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Listen to Winston Churchill delivering his first speech as prime inister in 1940

Listen to Winston Churchill delivering his first speech as prime inister in 1940

Winston Churchill addressing Parliament in his first speech as prime minister, May 13, 1940.
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Transcript

WINSTON CHURCHILL: . . . side by side, the British and French peoples have advanced to rescue not only Europe but mankind from the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny which has ever darkened and stained the pages of history. Behind them--behind us--behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France--gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races: the Czechs, the Poles, the Norwegians, the Danes, the Dutch, the Belgians--upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must; as conquer we shall.
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