If the British had not have won the Battle of Britain in 1939, the United Kingdom would have fallen to Nazi rule and a strategic military base for the Allies would have been lost.
Where could the British and Americans bomb Germany from if their homeland had been taken? Australia?!
The British started the crumble of the Nazi Empire, not with their bouncing bombs on all those German damns in the mid-forties, but with this decisive victory.
The youth of today have no historical perspective, and need to see this.. My former Father in law, Cyril Thompson, turned 100 this march, and got a communique from the Queen. He landed on Queen's beach on D-Day and did his part to save all our asses. All Hail the Old Lions. Joe's chances of survival will ever be enhanced with Tommy at his flank. God Bless England
Winston Churchill took hold of the English language & sent it into battle. His speeches are awe inspiring & very moving even now. God bless you Winston!
my favourite phrase is "that if the British Empire lasts for 1000 years men will still say this was their finest hour"
in fact the British Empire lasted until August 1947, ie not very much longer.
But the phrase is still so impressive, perhaps more so because loss of empire was (arguably) a direct consequence of Britain's efforts during the war - the phrase is as ironic as it is iconic.
You are correct that the loss of the Raj, the empire's most prized possession in 1947-48 was the beginning of the end of the Empire. But the British Empire in Africa continued until the early 1960's, and with the the English monarch the reigning head of state of every nation in the Commonwealth the British empire still remains, albeit in a limited form today, and has not yet ended. The Falklands war was the most recent war in preservation of empire. RULE BRITANNIA!
@Kampfer1445 'and with the the English monarch the reigning head of state of every nation in the Commonwealth the British empire still remains, albeit in a limited form today, and has not yet ended.' - there are 53 nations in the commonwealth, only 16 are Commonwealth Realms, where the Queen is head of state. She is also not the 'Queen of England' - since 1707 the title has been 'King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' 300 years and people still get it wrong lol....
Good point & I concur entirely. There is no doubt that WC was correct with regard to the BoB eing our finest hour. It was indeed very ironic that in standing upto Hitler, we broke ourselves on the rocks too. We ended the war bankrupt with the Empire in tatters-we sacrificed ALL.
"Hitler knows that he will have to break us on this island or loose the war. If we can stand up to him all Europe may be free. . ." Thank God for this man and the 60 years of peace and freedom in Europe he and millions of others delivered to us. Past all the bitter, snide comments cast around us, let us remember the old alliances and the fact that all sides bled in this terrible war. US, Russia, the Empire (etc) all fought and died together as brothers. Not for glory but for us.
Churchill drank a pint of whiskey and used to do opium in his early years....Hitler was a vegetarian and openly criticized people for smoking cigs. Just goes to show you what really makes someone a good person, standing up for others.
I actually did one of these for Poland. Since the majority of the replies were in Polish I have no clue if they liked it or not. I will admit I'd have done it quite differently today.
but to say they saved our arses ,well OTT,out of 2800 ish RAF,in the battles of britain, only just over a hundred were poles,both german and british upped the numbers of kills, none more so than the poles, yes they did their bit, and sould thank us for giving them the oppertunity to fight the germans
Britain began a massive re-armament programme after Munich in 1938,the Navy mobilized for war.
Britain sent am expeditionary force of around 250,000 to France in 1940. The RAF's role was in air defence. Here, there were adequate resources for this duty as we saw in the Battle of Britain. The Navy was by far the biggest in the world at that time. In contrast; by 1945 there were never more than 100,000 British troops in Germany. Total British military personal peaked at 4,500,000 in July 1944.
britain may have began re arming after munich,but the germans had been doing it since the nazis came into power, in 33, yes we had the largest navy still but that had been cut massively and new ships limited tonnage and armament ,prince of wales ,king george v etc,were totally outclassed by the 50000 ton bismarck and tirptzthe RAF,didnt have adequate resorces,we lost half the fighter strength in the battle of france,and with the air fields being bombed came very close to loseing the b of britain
our army lost all its equipment after dunkirk,and the best equipped unit in britain after dunkirk was a canadian one,our development of just about verything had been cut during the 20s and 30s,if the government had given frank whittle full funding ,we could of had jet fighters by 39,plus we were the front runners in tank development in the 20s,that was knocked on the head to ,and the germans took the lead,,took us until after ww2 to better the german tank,the centurion
we were lucky to have the channel as a natural barrier,
but then again if there had been a land bridge ,our standing army would of been much larger and better equipped,thats why we relied on the navy, all in all,once the RAF defeated the luftwaffe,their was no chance of britain being invaded,the germans didnt have the sea power to make it possible,the only other way was starving us ,by the use of u boats,again ,almost worked but again defeated by the royal and canadian navies
At the time of the Battle of Britain, most Brits hadn't any thought of America joining the war. That was Churchill's obsession. I think the best that could be hoped for would have been some kind of an armistice with Nazi Germany as any prospect of Victory against such odds was absurd. The US was not then powerful. Britain was a formidable foe with an effective military and a massive navy. Hitler wanted a settlement with us and made several attempts to secure a lasting peace in the west.
You're not serious, right? Effective military? After the policies of the governments of the 30s made Britain completely unprepared? Look at the resources of the RAF at the beginning of the war. They couldn't even provide adequate cover at Dunkirk because they had to conserve for the upcoming battle.
Churchill was absolutely right - if England went down, then the rest of the world was doomed too - including the US. Where would we Americans have gone to battle Hitler? We would have had no base in England from which to invade the continent. We would have been at the mercy of the U-boats on the Atlantic. Perhaps victory would have been achieved later, but at a much greater cost.
Yep, England holding down the fort early on - with a little material help from the U.S. - made all the difference. Had SHITler managed to take Britain or negotiate a truce, it would meant that the Nazis could've thrown everything they had at Russia rather than having to deal with a Western front as well. It might've been enough for Germany to win in the East and then re-group and team with Japan to go up against the U.S. who would've been totally isolated. The world dodged a huge bullet then....
@AllanR2D2 Had Hitler prevailed over England I fancy that US and allied forces would have relied more heavily on Africa to attack North into Europe. Meanwhile allied forces in the pacific theatre would have continued with their campaign and once finished a force of US, Chinese, Australians, would have made their way into Russia linking up with American forces who where coming in from Alaska and finally joining the Russians in an offensive. Thats just my opinion.
If Hitler conquered England it would have made Barbarossa unfeasible. Of course, that never stopped Hitler, and the Soviets would have been ready this time (Soviet complacency in '41 was partly due to the belief that Germany would not risk opening another theater in the Soviet Union while it was engaging Britain throughout the Mediterranean). The whole "what-if" scenario is stupid anyway; let's say Hitler crushed the BEF and landed 20 divisions, now let's see him SUPPLY all of them! HAHAHA
I would also like to add that although Britain's total war dead, both civil and military, approached 400,000; it is estimated that the Soviet Union lost 27million of its own citizens. A simple fact that we in the west do not seem to know, care about, or appreciate. We owe them more than we or they will ever realise.
Well said ghbg00107 the largest battel in history is the battle of Kursk but most have never heard of it before. This was the real turning point of the war. All was in the balance if Hitler had won this battle Nazism would probaly have survived long enough to perfect the bomb at the same time as America.
may i say that the main reasons for the great magnitude off the russian losses were German beastiality and russian stupidity. Stalin killed all the senior officers in the Red Army making it severely crippled.
What we have to add to the mix here is Stalin's invasion of Finland! Finland was a tacit ally of Germany that Britain and France were at war with. However, British public opinion was with the Finns in their gallant defence of their homeland against an unprovoked act of naked aggression. The Soviet Union was only interested in it's own defence I agree, and it was only Churchill's active pursuit of an alliance with them, and bring the U.S. into the war, that sealed the fate of Nazi Germany.
It was a combination of the terrible losses sustained by the British Empire in the Great War; The economic depression of the late 20's and early 30's under the stewardship of Ramsay McDonald's "National Government", and the cry and the popular creed for disarmament that left Great Britain almost defenceless by the time of the "Munich Agreement". Britain fought alone against the Nazi's for a whole year. Germany and The Soviet Union were allies at the time don't forget.
The Nazis and the USSR weren't necessary allies. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact only promised nonaggression (unlike alliance, mutual protection) and distrubuted Eastern Europe.
The military logistics of the United Kingdom was and still is amazing. It allowed them to quickly reestablish a strong military force. Even with recent economical unstability the UK was still able to draw up a sufficient military force with, not doubt, help from Churchill's speaches.
One thing i think most people forget is that if the uk had folded, germany would have been able to concentrate all its forces on the russians and he would have defeated them.
With time on his hands and no threat from anywhere, hitler would have perfected the inter continental missile and also without the disruption to the heavy water at telemark would have become nuclear capable.
He would have been able to dictate to the world, and the world would have had to comply.
and as for the russians..it wasn't them that killed the germans it was the cold....-30 or something there guns kept on freezing up...frost bite...the list goes on
SteveRessel, I would be more than willing to dub thee an "associate honorary" member of Great Britain and it's Empire. Sir Winston would have been proud of you.
Britain was so very fortunate to have had such a remarkable leader during WW2. This truly great man had the daunting task of arming and uniting a relatively weak nation in a war against a fully equipped fighting machine, unique in the annals of combat. We in America always held the qualities of this gifted man, as well as the people of your fair land, in the highest esteem. May the "special" relationship of both our countries forever exist.
Bligh1780 I respect most of your comments but to say the British are a relatively weak nation I take offence at. We are one of the strongest nations of the world. We formed the back-bone of your own country. The language you speak is English not American. I am always happy to be assosicated with america but don't think of America as a big brother or guiding light. Respect to you
jamie131970, I was merely illustrating Great Britains unpreparedness in it's entry into WWll. Britains armed forces had not fully recovered from WWl and were in point of fact rearming early in 1939. Britains present nuclear strike capability empowers your country with almost unsurpassed combat strength, making the prospect of any future war with Great Britain appear foolish. For our part we look upon England as the mother country. Both your royalty and politicians are always welcome here.
One thing fascinates me most. He said as early as in 1934 that Germany should be invaded because Hitler was getting too dangerous. If only all the allied forces would have listend to him that early, things would have been better for all of us, especially for us Germans. By the way, I tired to imitate him in one of my vids.
Every single person living in the United Kingdom today owes allof the British and other Commonwealth soldiers (Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Canadians etc.) a great deal and we must never forget that.
And with no disrespect to you, good sir, I don't think that is entirely the point. When Churchill made that speech the Russians and Nazis were allies. The point is that Britain stood alone from the fall of France in May 1940 to Hitler's daft trip into the Balkans in May 1941, delaying his invasion of Russia by six weeks, probably saving Moscow. Few are naive enough to think the Brits could've licked the Nazis unaided; but they bought valuable time.
I agree, and I really didnt mean to sound like a prick but I was replying to fenristhegreat's comment on how the "world owes britain and its commonwealth soldiers". I am just sad to see that western propaganda withholds credit from some places where it truly belongs. but otherwise, I really do wish American leaders had some Churchill in them (well the russians too, but I live in America now so thats what I care about more :))
No problem, Shureek - anyway, I think we're in broad agreement about credit going where it's due. And as for the world needing leaders with some Chruchill in them, I'd like to see a little Franklin, Jefferson and Lincoln in the mix too.
I disagree. Russia did contribute to the Allied victory in the WWII but they did not intend it to be that way. The Russians would not have entered (at least not until the Western Front was over) if Hitler did not break the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact. Russia had no initital intentions to aid the Allied forces, the Allies and USSR had a failing relationship. All Russia did was defend themself. Russia did not care for freedom in Western Europe.
You are absolutely right. Stalin didn't care about wester europe at all. But it did happen the way it did, and I think we are all lucky that Russia caused the 80% of the German casualties, because Britain would probably not have been able to handle Barbarossa on their own.
And I do beleive that the western front was opened to basically to stop stalin in germany so that he wouldnt conquer on. Remember, he was crazy. But like I said thats just what I beleive.
The tune at the end of this great video is the British national anthem.
God Save The Queen.
I cannot thank our forefathers enough for winning the Battle of Britain and for making sure that invading troops never set foot in our land in the forties.
If only our leaders here in America had the same mindset of Churchill--that is, that victory is an absolute MUST.
ParasiteQueen1 3 weeks ago
1:20 Thumbs up if you're watching this in 3940.
MenwithHill 1 month ago
If the British had not have won the Battle of Britain in 1939, the United Kingdom would have fallen to Nazi rule and a strategic military base for the Allies would have been lost.
Where could the British and Americans bomb Germany from if their homeland had been taken? Australia?!
The British started the crumble of the Nazi Empire, not with their bouncing bombs on all those German damns in the mid-forties, but with this decisive victory.
bigscolari 1 year ago 6
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bigscolari 1 year ago
The youth of today have no historical perspective, and need to see this.. My former Father in law, Cyril Thompson, turned 100 this march, and got a communique from the Queen. He landed on Queen's beach on D-Day and did his part to save all our asses. All Hail the Old Lions. Joe's chances of survival will ever be enhanced with Tommy at his flank. God Bless England
AqeousHumor 1 year ago 3
i am an american. Churchill was a man among men.
he makes today's leaders sound like idiots with their use of the english language.
Johnfsu 2 years ago 3
Winston Churchill took hold of the English language & sent it into battle. His speeches are awe inspiring & very moving even now. God bless you Winston!
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 2 years ago 6
Well said.
xplund 2 years ago
my favourite phrase is "that if the British Empire lasts for 1000 years men will still say this was their finest hour"
in fact the British Empire lasted until August 1947, ie not very much longer.
But the phrase is still so impressive, perhaps more so because loss of empire was (arguably) a direct consequence of Britain's efforts during the war - the phrase is as ironic as it is iconic.
DrSpamMD 2 years ago 3
You are correct that the loss of the Raj, the empire's most prized possession in 1947-48 was the beginning of the end of the Empire. But the British Empire in Africa continued until the early 1960's, and with the the English monarch the reigning head of state of every nation in the Commonwealth the British empire still remains, albeit in a limited form today, and has not yet ended. The Falklands war was the most recent war in preservation of empire. RULE BRITANNIA!
Kampfer1445 2 years ago 3
@Kampfer1445 'and with the the English monarch the reigning head of state of every nation in the Commonwealth the British empire still remains, albeit in a limited form today, and has not yet ended.' - there are 53 nations in the commonwealth, only 16 are Commonwealth Realms, where the Queen is head of state. She is also not the 'Queen of England' - since 1707 the title has been 'King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' 300 years and people still get it wrong lol....
maureenOWW 9 months ago
Good point & I concur entirely. There is no doubt that WC was correct with regard to the BoB eing our finest hour. It was indeed very ironic that in standing upto Hitler, we broke ourselves on the rocks too. We ended the war bankrupt with the Empire in tatters-we sacrificed ALL.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 2 years ago
"By the Lights of Perverted Sciences"
That is the most important phrase to me from this speech.
TKainZero 2 years ago
Why?
Pavluke 2 years ago
Gives me chills
mothersgrave 3 years ago 5
Thank god I was Born British.
Liam987hebbo 3 years ago 9
Thanks for your efforts, Rexlibris99. This history is vitally important.
Regards,
Red Bingham,
Australia
bingmort 3 years ago 5
"Hitler knows that he will have to break us on this island or loose the war. If we can stand up to him all Europe may be free. . ." Thank God for this man and the 60 years of peace and freedom in Europe he and millions of others delivered to us. Past all the bitter, snide comments cast around us, let us remember the old alliances and the fact that all sides bled in this terrible war. US, Russia, the Empire (etc) all fought and died together as brothers. Not for glory but for us.
BeScotFree 3 years ago 7
Churchill drank a pint of whiskey and used to do opium in his early years....Hitler was a vegetarian and openly criticized people for smoking cigs. Just goes to show you what really makes someone a good person, standing up for others.
pythag123 3 years ago 2
Hitler was also a herion addict his doctor used to give it him.
GBuck0885 2 years ago
Don't forget about the Polish, without them we really would have been in the crap.
Respect to the brave poles, who saved our arses in the battle of britain.
Highest kill rate in the battle of britain,
sgt j frantisek, 303 hurricane squadron = 17 confirmed.
and many others like him.
BIG RESPECT, NEVER FORGOTTEN
kempy6661 3 years ago 16
I actually did one of these for Poland. Since the majority of the replies were in Polish I have no clue if they liked it or not. I will admit I'd have done it quite differently today.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
kempy there is respect plenty of it,
but to say they saved our arses ,well OTT,out of 2800 ish RAF,in the battles of britain, only just over a hundred were poles,both german and british upped the numbers of kills, none more so than the poles, yes they did their bit, and sould thank us for giving them the oppertunity to fight the germans
TheMightOfTheEnglish 3 years ago 2
ty for posting this video; Long Live Britain for our Children and theirs;
AvengingAngel1969 3 years ago 3
I wish I were there.
gangstamoocrew 3 years ago 2
I´m so glad you Allies freed us from totalitarism. Thank you for that!
Wayne4President 3 years ago 7
Would they have given their lives if they could see the slum that Britain has turned into today?
wastedwasted3 3 years ago 4
Yeah, you are wasted.
Pike25x99 3 years ago
I very often wonder that wastedwasted3; My great cousin died aged 19 in January 1945 for this shit country that the UK is nowdays; WHY ::????
AvengingAngel1969 3 years ago
They believed in something geater. so make it what you want it to.
DjTenn08 3 years ago 2
i THINK that was are finest hour
jimmyfingers2 3 years ago 2
Britain began a massive re-armament programme after Munich in 1938,the Navy mobilized for war.
Britain sent am expeditionary force of around 250,000 to France in 1940. The RAF's role was in air defence. Here, there were adequate resources for this duty as we saw in the Battle of Britain. The Navy was by far the biggest in the world at that time. In contrast; by 1945 there were never more than 100,000 British troops in Germany. Total British military personal peaked at 4,500,000 in July 1944.
ghbg00107 3 years ago
britain may have began re arming after munich,but the germans had been doing it since the nazis came into power, in 33, yes we had the largest navy still but that had been cut massively and new ships limited tonnage and armament ,prince of wales ,king george v etc,were totally outclassed by the 50000 ton bismarck and tirptzthe RAF,didnt have adequate resorces,we lost half the fighter strength in the battle of france,and with the air fields being bombed came very close to loseing the b of britain
TheMightOfTheEnglish 3 years ago
our army lost all its equipment after dunkirk,and the best equipped unit in britain after dunkirk was a canadian one,our development of just about verything had been cut during the 20s and 30s,if the government had given frank whittle full funding ,we could of had jet fighters by 39,plus we were the front runners in tank development in the 20s,that was knocked on the head to ,and the germans took the lead,,took us until after ww2 to better the german tank,the centurion
TheMightOfTheEnglish 3 years ago
we were lucky to have the channel as a natural barrier,
but then again if there had been a land bridge ,our standing army would of been much larger and better equipped,thats why we relied on the navy, all in all,once the RAF defeated the luftwaffe,their was no chance of britain being invaded,the germans didnt have the sea power to make it possible,the only other way was starving us ,by the use of u boats,again ,almost worked but again defeated by the royal and canadian navies
TheMightOfTheEnglish 3 years ago 3
At the time of the Battle of Britain, most Brits hadn't any thought of America joining the war. That was Churchill's obsession. I think the best that could be hoped for would have been some kind of an armistice with Nazi Germany as any prospect of Victory against such odds was absurd. The US was not then powerful. Britain was a formidable foe with an effective military and a massive navy. Hitler wanted a settlement with us and made several attempts to secure a lasting peace in the west.
ghbg00107 3 years ago 6
You're not serious, right? Effective military? After the policies of the governments of the 30s made Britain completely unprepared? Look at the resources of the RAF at the beginning of the war. They couldn't even provide adequate cover at Dunkirk because they had to conserve for the upcoming battle.
liverpoolishgirl 3 years ago
Churchill was absolutely right - if England went down, then the rest of the world was doomed too - including the US. Where would we Americans have gone to battle Hitler? We would have had no base in England from which to invade the continent. We would have been at the mercy of the U-boats on the Atlantic. Perhaps victory would have been achieved later, but at a much greater cost.
AllanR2D2 3 years ago 19
Very well said, you have vision
feherman86 3 years ago
correct my friend
scottishlad1987 3 years ago
Yep, England holding down the fort early on - with a little material help from the U.S. - made all the difference. Had SHITler managed to take Britain or negotiate a truce, it would meant that the Nazis could've thrown everything they had at Russia rather than having to deal with a Western front as well. It might've been enough for Germany to win in the East and then re-group and team with Japan to go up against the U.S. who would've been totally isolated. The world dodged a huge bullet then....
SabuPtolemy 3 years ago 4
@AllanR2D2
Remember, Hitler lost the war on the eastern front. He lost about 80% of his army there. Stalingrad, Kursk etc ..
MrReykjavik 1 year ago
@MrReykjavik Actually, nobody knows where the war was lost or won ... if you know what i mean ...
litanijebral 1 year ago
@AllanR2D2 Had Hitler prevailed over England I fancy that US and allied forces would have relied more heavily on Africa to attack North into Europe. Meanwhile allied forces in the pacific theatre would have continued with their campaign and once finished a force of US, Chinese, Australians, would have made their way into Russia linking up with American forces who where coming in from Alaska and finally joining the Russians in an offensive. Thats just my opinion.
MACLEA1987 1 year ago
If Hitler conquered England it would have made Barbarossa unfeasible. Of course, that never stopped Hitler, and the Soviets would have been ready this time (Soviet complacency in '41 was partly due to the belief that Germany would not risk opening another theater in the Soviet Union while it was engaging Britain throughout the Mediterranean). The whole "what-if" scenario is stupid anyway; let's say Hitler crushed the BEF and landed 20 divisions, now let's see him SUPPLY all of them! HAHAHA
X1mtheDespot 1 year ago
@AllanR2D2 whats with this England guff it was the UK COMMONWEALTH AND DISPLACED COUNTRYS THAT DONE HIM IN BEFORE YOU'S GREW A SET
whingenjock 1 year ago
I would also like to add that although Britain's total war dead, both civil and military, approached 400,000; it is estimated that the Soviet Union lost 27million of its own citizens. A simple fact that we in the west do not seem to know, care about, or appreciate. We owe them more than we or they will ever realise.
ghbg00107 4 years ago
Well said ghbg00107 the largest battel in history is the battle of Kursk but most have never heard of it before. This was the real turning point of the war. All was in the balance if Hitler had won this battle Nazism would probaly have survived long enough to perfect the bomb at the same time as America.
Jamie131970 3 years ago
may i say that the main reasons for the great magnitude off the russian losses were German beastiality and russian stupidity. Stalin killed all the senior officers in the Red Army making it severely crippled.
leskeel 3 years ago 2
What we have to add to the mix here is Stalin's invasion of Finland! Finland was a tacit ally of Germany that Britain and France were at war with. However, British public opinion was with the Finns in their gallant defence of their homeland against an unprovoked act of naked aggression. The Soviet Union was only interested in it's own defence I agree, and it was only Churchill's active pursuit of an alliance with them, and bring the U.S. into the war, that sealed the fate of Nazi Germany.
ghbg00107 4 years ago
It was a combination of the terrible losses sustained by the British Empire in the Great War; The economic depression of the late 20's and early 30's under the stewardship of Ramsay McDonald's "National Government", and the cry and the popular creed for disarmament that left Great Britain almost defenceless by the time of the "Munich Agreement". Britain fought alone against the Nazi's for a whole year. Germany and The Soviet Union were allies at the time don't forget.
ghbg00107 4 years ago
The Nazis and the USSR weren't necessary allies. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact only promised nonaggression (unlike alliance, mutual protection) and distrubuted Eastern Europe.
The military logistics of the United Kingdom was and still is amazing. It allowed them to quickly reestablish a strong military force. Even with recent economical unstability the UK was still able to draw up a sufficient military force with, not doubt, help from Churchill's speaches.
NelsonCornwallis 4 years ago
One thing i think most people forget is that if the uk had folded, germany would have been able to concentrate all its forces on the russians and he would have defeated them.
With time on his hands and no threat from anywhere, hitler would have perfected the inter continental missile and also without the disruption to the heavy water at telemark would have become nuclear capable.
He would have been able to dictate to the world, and the world would have had to comply.
fergawdsache 4 years ago
Sorry about being reductionist in the language but I get extremely angry about my adopted country.
Bligh1770 4 years ago
What could Britain do Chamberlain did his best but Hitler just took the piss. They even trained those fucking germans!!!!
Bligh1770 4 years ago
We are still reeling from the British rock musical invasion which began in the 60,s. Please don't send anymore we raise the white flag in surrender.
Bligh1780 4 years ago
and as for the russians..it wasn't them that killed the germans it was the cold....-30 or something there guns kept on freezing up...frost bite...the list goes on
deanost24 4 years ago
a relatively weak nation.....thats funny what language do you speak??????....hum
deanost24 4 years ago
SteveRessel, I would be more than willing to dub thee an "associate honorary" member of Great Britain and it's Empire. Sir Winston would have been proud of you.
Bligh1780 4 years ago
Britain was so very fortunate to have had such a remarkable leader during WW2. This truly great man had the daunting task of arming and uniting a relatively weak nation in a war against a fully equipped fighting machine, unique in the annals of combat. We in America always held the qualities of this gifted man, as well as the people of your fair land, in the highest esteem. May the "special" relationship of both our countries forever exist.
Bligh1780 4 years ago 2
Bligh1780 I respect most of your comments but to say the British are a relatively weak nation I take offence at. We are one of the strongest nations of the world. We formed the back-bone of your own country. The language you speak is English not American. I am always happy to be assosicated with america but don't think of America as a big brother or guiding light. Respect to you
Jamie131970 4 years ago
jamie131970, I was merely illustrating Great Britains unpreparedness in it's entry into WWll. Britains armed forces had not fully recovered from WWl and were in point of fact rearming early in 1939. Britains present nuclear strike capability empowers your country with almost unsurpassed combat strength, making the prospect of any future war with Great Britain appear foolish. For our part we look upon England as the mother country. Both your royalty and politicians are always welcome here.
Bligh1780 4 years ago
Rule Britannia!
cvsr1980 4 years ago 2
God bless her majesty, from a loyal subject.
xmzytb 4 years ago 2
How do you think Churchill would've treated Saddam, Ahmadinejad and Al-Qaeda ?
theforeigner85 4 years ago
One thing fascinates me most. He said as early as in 1934 that Germany should be invaded because Hitler was getting too dangerous. If only all the allied forces would have listend to him that early, things would have been better for all of us, especially for us Germans. By the way, I tired to imitate him in one of my vids.
Mann1979HH 4 years ago
The Great man speaks.
10MEN 4 years ago 2
I'm not British, but Churchill makes me wish I was.
What a great man, and an embodied spirit of his nation.
Rise again, Britain.
SteveRessel 4 years ago 8
her!! here!! Bigscolari
dinglenutzz 4 years ago
Every single person living in the United Kingdom today owes allof the British and other Commonwealth soldiers (Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Canadians etc.) a great deal and we must never forget that.
bigscolari 4 years ago 2
"Every single person living in the *world* today owes all of the British and other Commonwealth soldiers"
Fenristhegreat 4 years ago 4
No disrespect, but the Russians, as cruel as their leaders were, are the heroes of the war in mainland Europe
shureek 4 years ago
I agree, they were important, but only after they stopped being Hitler's allies.
Fenristhegreat 4 years ago
And with no disrespect to you, good sir, I don't think that is entirely the point. When Churchill made that speech the Russians and Nazis were allies. The point is that Britain stood alone from the fall of France in May 1940 to Hitler's daft trip into the Balkans in May 1941, delaying his invasion of Russia by six weeks, probably saving Moscow. Few are naive enough to think the Brits could've licked the Nazis unaided; but they bought valuable time.
Fawkes05 4 years ago
Sorry folks, my comment below was intended as answer to 'shureek's' reference to the Russians.
Fawkes05 4 years ago
I agree, and I really didnt mean to sound like a prick but I was replying to fenristhegreat's comment on how the "world owes britain and its commonwealth soldiers". I am just sad to see that western propaganda withholds credit from some places where it truly belongs. but otherwise, I really do wish American leaders had some Churchill in them (well the russians too, but I live in America now so thats what I care about more :))
shureek 4 years ago
No problem, Shureek - anyway, I think we're in broad agreement about credit going where it's due. And as for the world needing leaders with some Chruchill in them, I'd like to see a little Franklin, Jefferson and Lincoln in the mix too.
Fawkes05 4 years ago
I disagree. Russia did contribute to the Allied victory in the WWII but they did not intend it to be that way. The Russians would not have entered (at least not until the Western Front was over) if Hitler did not break the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact. Russia had no initital intentions to aid the Allied forces, the Allies and USSR had a failing relationship. All Russia did was defend themself. Russia did not care for freedom in Western Europe.
Also I must side with Fawkes's points as well.
NelsonCornwallis 4 years ago
You are absolutely right. Stalin didn't care about wester europe at all. But it did happen the way it did, and I think we are all lucky that Russia caused the 80% of the German casualties, because Britain would probably not have been able to handle Barbarossa on their own.
And I do beleive that the western front was opened to basically to stop stalin in germany so that he wouldnt conquer on. Remember, he was crazy. But like I said thats just what I beleive.
shureek 4 years ago
The tune at the end of this great video is the British national anthem.
God Save The Queen.
I cannot thank our forefathers enough for winning the Battle of Britain and for making sure that invading troops never set foot in our land in the forties.
bigscolari 4 years ago 2
awesome presentatiion. the song goes something like "from every mountainside let freedom ring..." isn't this an american song? great video though.
bdot757 4 years ago
Rule Britannia!
jabbadu431 4 years ago
This Makes me so proud to be a Briton indeed our finest hour
Ohyewildthong 4 years ago