Annotated typescript first draft of 'Finest Hour' speech and broadcast, 18 June 1940 - International Churchill Society

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Annotated typescript first draft of ‘Finest Hour’ speech and broadcast, 18 June 1940

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Here you can see the marked-up typescript of the first draft of one of Churchill’s most famous speeches, with the most iconic phrase at the bottom of the page: ‘this was their finest hour’.

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