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This first volume of collected essays and journalism from the Nobel Prize–winning prime minister includes some of his most important WWII speeches. Legendary politician and military strategist Winston S. Churchill was a master not only of the battlefield, but of the page and the podium. Over the course of forty books and countless speeches, broadcasts, news items and more, he addressed a country at war and at peace, thrilling with victory but uneasy with its shifting role in global politics. In 1953, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for “his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” During his lifetime, he enthralled readers and brought crowds roaring to their feet; in the years since his death, his skilled writing has inspired generations of eager history buffs. Churchill was at his best when rallying Britons to the twin causes of war and justice, delivering inspiration and hope during the hard years of bombings, violence, sacrifice, and terror. This compilation, composed of speeches made in the early years of the war, contains some of his best. Profound words from famous speeches in this collection include: “This was their finest hour;” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few;” and “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Many decades after the end of the war, Churchill’s words still have the power to stir the blood—and inspire the heart. A must-read for all WWII history fans.

INTO BATTLECompiled byRandolph S. Churchill, M.P.CONTENTS EIRE BILL, House of Commons, May 5, 1938 THE CHOICE FOR EUROPE, Free Trade Hall, Manchester,May 9, 1938 THE AIR DEFENCES OF BRITAIN, House of Commons, May 25, 1938 CIVILISATION, University of Bristol, July 2, 1938 MANOEUVRES IN GERMANY, Theydon Bois, August 27, 1938 THE MUNICH AGREEMENT, House of Commons, October 5, 1938 THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM AND PEACE, Address to the People of the United States of America, October 16, 1938 THE CASE FOR A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY, House of Commons, November 17, 1938 THE FRUITS OF MUNICH, Waltham Abbey, March 14, 1939 THE STRENGTH OF THE NAVY, House of Commons, March 16, 1939 THE INVASION OF ALBANIA, House of Commons, April 13,1939 THE KINGS DOMINIONS, Canada Club, London, April 20, 1939 HITLER SPEAKS, Address Broadcast to the People of the United States of America, April 28, 1939 THE NEW ARMY, Corn Exchange, Cambridge, May 19, 1939 THREE MONTHS OF TENSION, City Carlton Club, London, June 28, 1939 THE SUMMER ADJOURNMENT, House of Commons, August 2, 1939 EUROPE IN SUSPENSE, Address Broadcast to the People of the United States of America, August 8, 1939 THE FIRST MONTH OF WAR, Address Broadcast October I, 1939 THE LOSSS OF THE Royal Oak AND THE WAR AT SEA, House of Commons, November 8, 1939 TEN WEEKS OF WAR, Address Broadcast November 12, 1939 TRAFFIC AT SEA, House of Commons, December 6, 1939 . OF THE PLATE, Address Broadcast December 18, OF MANSIONS, Address Broadcast January 20, TO DARE AND ENDURE, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 27, 1940 TIE NAVY is HERE, Gdldhall, London, at a lunck given to and men of the Exeter, February 23, THE NAVY ESTIMATES, House of Commons, February 27, 1940 A WAR, Address Broadcast March 30, 1940 . 180 of Commons, April u, 1940 WITHDRAWAL FROM NORWAY, House of Commons, May 8, House of Commons, May 13, 1940. Y OF VALOUR, Address Broadcast May 19, OF KING LEOPOLD, House of Commons, 1940 AT THE PEOPLE, Broadcast June 17, 1940 House of Commons and Broadcast, House of Commons, June 25, 1940 THE FRENCH FLEET, House of Commons, THE UNSHOWN WARRIORS, Address Broadcast House of Commons, August 20, 1940 f