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Ladies and gentlemen, the Prime Minister.
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The disastrous military events
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which have happened in France during the last fortnight have not come to me with any sense of surprise.
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indeed I told the House of Commons as you may remember almost exactly a fortnight ago
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that the worst possibilities were open and I made it perfectly clear
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that whatever happened in France would make no difference to resolve of britain
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and the british empire to fight on as i then said if necessary for years
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if necessary alone during the last few days
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we have successfully brought off the great majority of the troops we had on the lines of communication in france
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and seven -eighths of all the troops we have sent to france since the beginning of the war
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that is to say about About 350 ,000 out of 400 ,000 men are safely back in this country.
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Others are still fighting with the French.
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We have also brought back a great mass of stores, rifles and munitions of all kinds,
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which had been accumulated in France during the last nine months.
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We have therefore in this island today a very large and powerful military force.
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This force includes all our best trained troops and our finest troops,
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including scores of thousands of those who have already measured their quality against the Germans and found themselves at no disadvantage.
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We have under arms at the present time in this island over a million and a quarter men.
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behind these we have the local defense volunteers numbering half a
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million only a portion of whom however are yet armed with rifles
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or other firearms we have incorporated into our defense forces every man for whom
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we have a weapon we expect very large additions to our weapons in the near future.
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And in preparation for this, we intend forthwith to call up, drill and train further large numbers.
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Those who are not called up, or else are employed upon the vast business of munitions production in all its branches,
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and their ramifications are innumerable, those who are not so employed or required,
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will serve the country best by remaining at their ordinary work until they receive their summons.
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We have also over here the Dominion armies.
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The Canadians have actually landed in France, but have now been safely withdrawn.
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they were much disappointed but in perfect order with all their artillery and equipment
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and both these very high class forces from the Dominion will now take part in the defense of of the mother country.
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Lest the account I have given of these large forces we have in this country should raise the question,
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why did they not intervene in the Battle of France, I must make it clear that apart from the division training and organizing at home,
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only twelve divisions were equipped to fight upon the scale which justified their being sent abroad.
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And this was fully up to the number
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which the French had been led to expect would be available at the ninth month of the war.
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The rest of our forces have a fighting value for home defence,
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which will, of course, steadily increase with every week that passes.
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thus the invasion of great britain would at this time require
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the transportation across the sea of hostile armies on a very large scale
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and after they had been transported they would have to be continually maintained with all the immense mass of munitions
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and supplies which are required for continuous battle as continuous battle it will surely be.
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Now here is where we come to the Navy.
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And after all we have a Navy.
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Some people are inclined to forget that we have a Navy.
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For more than 30 years I have been concerned in discussions about the possibilities of oversea invasion.
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and i took the responsibility on the half on behalf of
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the admiralty at the beginning of the last war of allowing
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all the regular troops to be sent out of the country
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that was a very serious step to take because our territorials had only just been called up and were quite untrained
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Therefore, this island, once for several months, practically denuded of fighting troops.
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The Admiralty of those days had confidence in their ability to prevent a mass invasion.
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And you must remember that at that time, the Germans had a magnificent battle fleet,
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a a fleet in the proportion of 10 ships of theirs for 16 of ours, and capable of fighting a general engagement any day.
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Whereas now they have only two heavy ships worth speaking of, the Scharnhorst and the Neissenaar.
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So the situation is very much less critical than the one we lived through in the beginning of the last war.
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And it seems to me that so far a seaborne invasion on a great scale is concerned,
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we are far more capable of meeting it today than we were at many periods in the last war.
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And during the early months of this war also, before our other troops were trained,
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and while the BEF had proceeded abroad.
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Now the Navy have never pretended to be able to prevent raids by bodies of 5
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or 10 ,000 men flung suddenly across and thrown ashore at several points of the coast some dark night or foggy morning.
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The efficacy of sea power, and especially under modern conditions, depends upon the invading force being of a large size so
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that the Navy have something they can find and meet
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and as it were something
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they can bite on now even five divisions very lightly equipped would require 200 to 250 ships
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and with the modern air reconnaissance and photography it would not be easy to collect such an armada,
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marshal it and conduct it across the sea without any powerful naval force to escort it.
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And there would be very great possibility, to put it mildly, that this armada would be intercepted long before it reached the coast
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and all the men drowned in the sea, or at the worst, blown to pieces with their equipment while they were trying to land.
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We have also a great system of minefields, recently strongly reinforced, through which we alone know the channels.
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If the enemy tries to sweep passages through these minefields,
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it will be the task of the Navy to destroy the minesweepers and any other force employed to protect them.
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There ought to be no difficulty in this, owing to our great superiority at sea.
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The question is whether there are any new methods by which these solid assurances can be circumvented.
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Odd as it may seem, some attention has been given to this by the Admiralty,
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whose prime duty and responsibility it is to destroy any large seaborne expedition before it reaches
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or at the moment it reaches these shores
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it wouldn't be a good thing for me to go into
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details of this I might put something in their minds
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which they haven't thought of and perhaps they wouldn't make any answer
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which would put something in our minds
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that we haven't thought of all I will say is
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that untiring vigilance and untiring searching of the mind is being and must be devoted to the subject,
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because remember, the enemy is crafty,
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cunning, and full of novel treacheries and stratagems there is no dirty trick he will not do
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this brings me to the great question of invasion from the air
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and of the impending struggle between the British and German air forces
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It seems quite clear that no invasion on a scale beyond the capacity of our land forces to crush speedily,
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no invasion on a scale beyond that is likely to take place until our air force has been definitely overpowered.
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In the meantime, there may be raids by parachute troops and attempted dissents by airborne soldiers.
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We ought to be able to give these gentry a warm reception,
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both in the air and also if they reach the ground in any condition to continue the discussion.
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But the great question is, can we break Hitler's air weapon?
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Now, of course, it is a very great pity
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that we have not got an air force at least equal to
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that of the most powerful enemy within reach of our shores.
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we were promised that five years ago
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but we have a very powerful air force
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which has proved itself far superior in quality both in men
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and in many types of machines to anything we have met
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so far in the numerous and fierce air battles
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which have been fought with the Germans in France where we were at a considerable disadvantage
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and lost a lot of machines on the ground
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when they were standing around the aerodrome in France
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we were accustomed to inflict in the air a loss of two to two
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and a half to one in the fighting over Dunkirk
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which was a sort of no -man's land we undoubtedly beat the German Air Force
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and gained the mastery of the local air inflicting here a loss of three
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or four to one day after day anyone who looked at the photographs you must remember them of
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the re -embarkation about ten days ago great photographs in all
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the papers showing the masses of troops assembled upon the beaches
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forming the ideal target for hours at a time anyone who looked at them must realize that this
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could not have been possible.
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That the re -embarkation of all these men could never have
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been achieved unless the enemy had resigned all hope of recovering air superiority at that time and at that place.
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In the defense of this island, the advantages of the defenders would be much greater than they were in the fighting around Dunkirk.
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We hope to improve upon the rate of three or four to one, which was realigned to Dunkirk,
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and in addition all injured machines and their crews which get down safely, which there are a great many in air fighting.
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Surprisingly, quite a large number come to ground without being permanently injured,
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and quite a large number of the men come to the ground safely.
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If they fall on friendly soil, they live to fight another day.
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Whereas all the injured enemy machines and all the men who man them will be total losses,
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so far as the war is concerned.
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During the great battle in France, we gave very powerful continuous aid to the French army both by fighters and by bombers
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but in spite of every kind of pressure
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we would never allow the entire metropolitan strength of the air force in fighters to be consumed
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this decision was painful but it was also right
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because the fortunes of the battle in France could not have been decisively influenced even
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if we had thrown in our entire air fighter force.
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That great battle was lost by the unfortunate strategic opening,
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by the extraordinary unforeseen power of the armoured column and by the very great German preponderance in number.
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Our fighter air force might easily have been exhausted as a mere incident in that conflict
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and then we should have found ourselves at the present time in a serious plight indeed.
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As it is, I am happy to inform you
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that our fighter air strength is stronger at the present time
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relatively to the Germans who have suffered terrible losses than it has ever been. and
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that consequently we believe ourselves possessed of the capacity to continue
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the war in the air under better conditions than we have ever experienced before.
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I look forward confidently to the exploits of our fighter pilots,
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these splendid men, this brilliant youth, who will have the glory of saving their native land,
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their island home and all they love from the most deadly of all attacks.
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There remains, of course, the danger of the bombing attacks
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which will certainly be made very soon upon us by the numerous bomber forces of the enemy.
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It is quite true that their bomber force is superior in numbers to ours
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but we have a very large bomber force also which we shall use to strike at military targets in Germany without intermission
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I do not at all underrate the severity of the ordeal which lies before us
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but I believe our countrymen will show themselves capable of standing up to it
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and of carrying on in spite of it at least as well as any other people in the world.
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Much will depend on this
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and every man and woman will have the chance to show the finest qualities of their race
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and to render the highest service to their cause.
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For all of us, whatever our sphere or station,
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it will be a help to think of the famous lines he nothing common did or mean upon that memorable scene
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i have thought it right on this occasion to give you some indication of the solid practical grounds upon
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which we base our inflexible resolve to continue the war
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there are a good many people who say never mind win
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or lose think i'll swim better die and submit to tyranny
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and such a tyranny and i do not dissociate themselves myself from them but i can assure you
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that our professional advisors of the three services very able men united the advisors
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that we should carry on the war
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that we are able to carry on the war and
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that there are good and reasonable hopes of final victory we have fully informed
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and consulted all the self -governing dominions these great communities far
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beyond the ocean who have been built up on our laws
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and on our civilization who are absolutely free to choose their course but are absolutely devoted
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into the ancient motherland and who feel themselves inspired by the same emotions
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which lead us to stake our all upon duty and honour.
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We have fully consulted them, and I have received from their Prime Ministers Mr Mackenzie King of Canada,
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Mr Menzies of Australia, Mr Fraser of New Zealand, and the great
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General Smuts of South Africa, that wonderful man
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with his immense profound mind
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and his eye watching from the distance the whole panorama of European affairs I received from all these eminent men
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who all have governments behind them elected on wide franchises
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who are all there
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because they represent the will of their people I've received from them messages couched in the most moving terms
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in which they endorse cordially our decision to fight on
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and they declare themselves ready to share our fortunes and to persevere to the end
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that is what we are going to do
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we may now ask ourselves in what way has our position worsened since the beginning of the war
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it has been worsened by the fact
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that the germans have conquered a large part of the coastline of western europe
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and many small countries have been overrun by them this aggravates the possibilities
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this aggravates the possibilities of air attack and adds to our naval preoccupation
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it in no way diminishes
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but on the contrary definitely increases the power of our long
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distance blockades similarly the entrance of italy into the war increases the power of our long distance blockades
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we stop the worst leak of all by that
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we do not know whether military resistance will come to an end in france or not but should it do so,
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then, of course, the Germans will be able to concentrate their forces, both military and later on industrial, upon us.
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But for the reasons I have given you a little earlier in these remarks,
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they will not find it easy to apply their military forces to this island in great strength.
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If invasion has become more imminent, as no doubt it has,
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we, being relieved from the task of maintaining a large army in France,
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have far stronger and more efficient forces here to meet it.
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If Hitler can bring under his despotic control the industries of the country that he has conquered,
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this will add greatly to his already vast armament output.
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On the other hand, he will not be able to develop them immediately.
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And we are now assured of immense,
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continuous, increasing support in supplies and munitions of all kinds from the United States,
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and especially of aeroplanes and pilots from the Dominions and across the oceans, who will come from regions outside the reach of the enemy bombers.
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I do not see how any of the new factors, the new adverse factors I have mentioned,
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can operate to our detriment on the balance before the winter comes.
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And the winter will impose a strain upon the Nazi regime with almost all Europe writhing
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and starving under its cruel heel which for all their ruthlessness will run them very hard.
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We must not forget that from the moment that we declared war on September 3rd
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and you heard that first air raid warning within a few minutes of the declaration of war,
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we must not forget that it was always possible for Germany to turn all her air force upon this country,
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together with any other devices of invasion and darn tricks and stratagems she had in mind,
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and that France could do little or nothing to prevent her doing so.
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we have therefore lived under this danger all these months
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in the meanwhile however we've enormously improved our methods of defense
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and we have learned what we had no right to claim at the beginning namely
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that the individual air aircraft and the individual British pilot,
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has assured indefinite superiority.
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Therefore, in casting up this dread balance sheet and contemplating our dangers with a disillusioned eye,
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I see great reason for intense exertion and vigilance, but none whatever for panic or despair.
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during the last four years
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Now during the, I should say, during the first four years of the last war,
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1914 to 1918, the Allies experienced nothing but disaster and disappointment.
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That was our constant fear.
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One blow after another, and terrible losses, and frightful dangers.
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everything miscarried
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and yet at the end of those four years the morale of the Allies was higher than that of the Germans
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who had moved from one aggressive triumph to another
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and who stood everywhere triumphant invaders of the lands into which they had broken
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during that war we repeatedly asked ourselves this question
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How are we going to win?
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And I do not remember that anyone was ever able to answer it with much precision until at the end,
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quite suddenly and unexpectedly, our terrible foe collapsed before us
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and we were so gorged and glutted with victory that in our folly we threw it all away.
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we do not know yet what will happen in France
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or whether the French resistance will be prolonged both in France and in the French Empire overseas
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or whether it will only be prolonged in the French Empire overseas
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the French government will be throwing away great opportunities
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and casting adrift their future
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if they do not continue the war in accordance with their treaty obligations from
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which we have not felt able to release them.
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I dare say you saw in the newspapers this morning the historic declaration in which,
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at the desire of many Frenchmen and of our own hearts,
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we have proclaimed our willingness at this darkest hour in French history to conclude a union of common citizenship in this struggle.
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However matters may go in France or with the French government or other French government,
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we in this island and in the British Empire will never lose our sense of comradeship with the French people.
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If we are now called upon to endure what they have been suffering, we shall emulate their courage.
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And if final victory rewards our toils, they shall share the gain.
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Aye, more, freedom shall be restored to all.
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We abate nothing of our just demands.
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Not one jot or tittle do we receive.
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Czechs, Poles, Norwegians, Dutch and Belgians have joined the courties with our own.
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All these shall be restored.
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What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over.
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The Battle of Britain is about to begin.
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upon this battle depends the survival of christian civilization upon it depends our own british life
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and the long continuity of our institutions and our empire the whole fury
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and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us hitler knows
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that he will have to break us in this island
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or lose the war if we can stand up to him all europe may be freed
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and the life of the world may move forward into broad sunlit uplands
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but if we fail then the whole world including the united states
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including all that we have known and cared for will sink into the abyss of a new dark age,
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made more sinister and perhaps more protracted by the likes of perverted science.
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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty,
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and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealths last for a thousand years,
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men will still say, This was their finest hour.
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Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « Winston Churchill - Their Finest Hour Speech - Complete ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : force, france, upon. Cette vidéo contient 263 phrases et 3533 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 29:59. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 118 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 84 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| invasion nom | /ɪnˈveɪʒən/ | invasion |
| fighter nom | /ˈfaɪtɚ/ | combattant, lutteur |
| bomber nom | /ˈbɑmɚ/ | bombardier |
| safely adverbe | /ˈseɪfli/ | prudemment |
| continuous adjectif | /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ | continu, continuel |
| raid nom | /ɹeɪd/ | raid, razzia |
| assure verbe | /əˈʃʊɹ/ | assurer |
| employ verbe | /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ | employer, embaucher |
| immense adjectif | /ɪˈmɛns/ | immense |
| superiority nom | /sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/ | supériorité |
| vast adjectif | /væst/ | vaste, immense |
| trick nom | /ˈtɹɪk/ | tour |
| superior adjectif | /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ | supérieur |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | tandis que, alors que |
| abroad adverbe | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | à l'étranger |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| call up verbe | sélectionner | |
| stand up to verbe | tenir tête | |
| bring back verbe | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | ramener, rapporter |
| throw away verbe | rejeter, jeter |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | have happened · have successfully brought · have sent |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | had been accumulated · are not called · been safely withdrawn |
| Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose | those who have · Those who are · supplies which are |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 7 contractions et formes réduites, comme haven't, wouldn't, I'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: invasion /ɪnˈveɪʒən/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, superiority /sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: whereas /(h)wɛɹˈæz/, behalf /bɪˈhæf/, hostile /ˈhɑstəl/
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, strategic /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/, courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, gentleman /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: raid /ɹeɪd/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/, superiority /sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/, trick /ˈtɹɪk/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/
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- Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
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