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#original_high_speech
Hello, everyone! Today, I want to present to you an extract from a speech that is one of the most celebrated speeches in the history of mankind, the speech pronounced by Winston Churchill in the time of the Second World War called 'We Shall Fight on the Beaches'. In it, Winston Churchill informed the British nation about the events on the front of the British Army and its allies and about their confrontations with their common enemy – the German Army – as of 4 June 1940.

I will provide the last paragraph from this speech for which it is best known and has received its title. I will also enclose a link to the full speech, so you can read more of it if you like.

Supportive glossary:
resolve – намерение
odious – гнусный, мерзкий
comrade – товарищ
to subjugate – покорять, порабощать
to starve – голодать

I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty’s Government – every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

Link to the full speech: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1940-the-finest-hour/we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches/