 | Alan Loy McGinnis - 1985 - 202 страници
...as they gathered in their living rooms and listened to Churchill thunder out from their radios: 17 The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle...battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have... | |
 | Alfred F. Havighurst - 1985 - 707 страници
...was anxious to share in the spoils of victory. Britain Alone In a broadcast June 18, Churchill said, "The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin... Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war." That same day the Evening... | |
 | Derek Beales, Geoffrey Best - 2005 - 352 страници
...allusive to be sure, to the defence of home and altar. ' The Battle of Britain', he declared in June 1940, 'is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization.'4 Such dogmatic language, ' ASF Gow, Letters from Cambridge, 1939-1944 (London, 1945),... | |
 | Winston Churchill - 1948 - 724 страници
...Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians, have joined their causes to our own. All these shall be restored." I ended: "What General Weygand called the Battle of France...Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and... | |
 | Derek Benjamin Heater, Derek Heater - 1987 - 228 страници
...continent. On 18 June Churchill had broadcast one of his most heroic speeches. Here is the last paragraph: What General Weygand called the Battle of France is...Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and... | |
 | Keith Robbins - 1993 - 328 страници
...allusive to be sure, to the defence of home and altar. 'The Battle of Britain', he declared in June 1940, 'is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization.'4 Such dogmatic language, however, came from an undogmatic mind. It was no part of his... | |
 | Irving Farmer Kennedy - 1994 - 208 страници
...fight. John Keegan in The Second World War The Determination of Winston Churchill June 1 8, 1 940: "The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin . . . The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will... | |
 | Nicholas John Cull - 1996 - 301 страници
...overhear.14 His radio address of June 18, displayed the same concern to involve the United States: the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin .... Hitler knows he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him,... | |
 | Edward R. Kantowicz - 1999 - 532 страници
...Speaking to the House of Commons on June 18, 1940, the day after France sued for peace, he orated: The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle...Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation If the British 381 Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say,... | |
 | P.M. Heathcote - 2001 - 448 страници
...people is higher than ever before. A newsreel commentary by Quentin Reynolds, a US journalist, in 1 940. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the fate of Christian civilisation. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the... | |
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What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. 
