This is the transcript of Churchill’s broadcast to the nation, via the BBC, at 300 pm on 8 May 1945, from 10 Downing Street You can download the transcripts here...

William Bourke Cockran (1854–1923), the New York Democrat and noted political orator who almost certainly influenced Churchill in the early days Bourke Cockran was his mother’s lover and Churchill stayed in...

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Put your confidence in us – give us your faith and your blessing and under Providence all will be well. We shall not fail or falter, we shall not weaken or tire – neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long drawn trails of vigilance or exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

One can usually put one’s thoughts better in one’s own words.

Here you can see the notes for Churchill’s speech, which was broadcast on 8 May 1945...

British Pathe film clip of ‘Some Chicken! Some Neck!’, 30 December 1941 Churchill made a brief trip to Canada to attend a meeting of the Canadian War Cabinet on 29 December,...

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The meeting was therefore symbolic … It symbolizes … the deep underlying unities which stir and at decisive moments rule the English-speaking peoples throughout the world … the marshalling of the good forces of the world against the evil forces which are now so formidable and triumphant …

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king.