"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of notes for WSC's speech on the fall of Belgium and surrender of King [Leopold] of Belgium; the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France]; the successes of the RAF; losses of men and weaponry; military development and the possibility of German invasion. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the beaches . . . We shall never surrender".Carbon typescript copy with some manuscript annotations in ink [not by WSC] laid out in "psalm style" apart from the last 4 folios.
Dates
- Creation: 04 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown and Winston Churchill
Extent
19 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Bibliography
Subject
- Royal Air Force (Organization)
- Royal Navy (Organization)
- Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
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