"But anyone can see how bitter 1s the need of Hitler and his gang to cut sea routes between Britain and the United States and, having divided these mighty Powers, to destroy them one by one.
"We must regard this battle of the Atlantic as one of the most momentous ever fought in all annals of war, Therefore, Mr, Winant, you come to us at a grand turning point in the world's history,"
Mr. Churchill said that there was a succession of influential and official American visitors recently and he discerned one thing in all of them, "They would be ready to give their lives; nay, proud to give their lives, rather than a good cause should be trampled down by darkness, and barbarism again engulf mankind.
We know that other hearts of millions, of scores of millions, beat with ours and that their voices proclaim the cause for which we strive. Other strong hands wield the hammers and shape the weapons we need, Other gleaming eyes are fixed with hard conviction upon the tyrants and tyrannies that must and will be destroyed,
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