"The British Empire and the French Republic are linked together in their cause, and in their need, will defend to death, their native soil, ding each other like good comrades to, the utmost of their strength.
'"Bven though large tracts of] Europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo, and all the odious "apparatus of Nazi rul shall not flag or fail.
"We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France; we shall ght fon the seas and oceans; we shall fight} with growing confidence and strength in the air; we shall defend our island, whatever. the cost may be: we shall fight on the beaches; we shall fight on the landing grounds }we shall fight in the folds and in the streets, and in the hills. We shall ever surrender and even if—which for a moment T do not believe—this island, or a large part of it was sub-JJected and starving, then our Empire [beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on. the struggle, until in God's good time, the new world with all its power and might, steps forth to the liberation and rescue of the old." the Prime Minister concluded—Reuter,
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