Winston Churchill, ”Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat”- 5/13/1940

We begin a series on the speeches of Great Britain's prime minister during World War II, Winston Churchill.

His very first speech as prime minister was on May 13, 1940 to the House of Commons. It begins with these words:

"I beg to move, that this House welcomes the formation of a Government representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion."

Peace with Hitler was out of the question. The war was already upon them. All he could offer his nation was "blood, toil, tears and sweat."

Churchill had one policy:

" You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."

Listen again with us to the inspiring words of one of the great statesmen of the 20th century as the war progresses.

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