15 Sep 20
@wolfgang59 said"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 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. " -- Winston Churchill.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
- Churchill
80 years ago today. (15th September)
This is leadership, not "I didn't want to cause a panic."
15 Sep 20
@suzianne saidI admire his courage - 'Darkest hour'.
"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 isl ...[text shortened]... the old. " -- Winston Churchill.
This is leadership, not "I didn't want to cause a panic."
15 Sep 20
-Removed-I'd agree with you there. He was a racist, a war-monger and in peace-time not a
very good leader but he was a great orator, war-time leader and is emblematic of
Britain's WW2 struggle. And it is for those positive attributes we have statues of him.
Totally different to celebrating slave-traders or Confederate generals.
15 Sep 20
@wolfgang59 saidYes. He was great despite those things, not because of them.
I'd agree with you there. He was a racist, a war-monger and in peace-time not a
very good leader but he was a great orator, war-time leader and is emblematic of
Britain's WW2 struggle. And it is for those positive attributes we have statues of him.
Totally different to celebrating slave-traders or Confederate generals.