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Winston Churchill: "We Shall fight them on the Beaches" (1940)

Winston Churchill: "We shall fight them on the Beaches," 1940.

Churchill's speech to the House of Commons in 1940 on defeating the Axis Powers.

SOURCE: Marranca, Joe (2017), posted on YouTube, Duration: 1:42 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/azwCeCyxnk4

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Pop-Up Rhetoric: Churchill's Pathos in "We Shall Fight on the Beaches"

Churchill is one of the most celebrated political orators of the 20th century. Ever wonder how he worked his verbal mojo? This edition of Pop-Up Rhetoric dives into the peroration of one of his most famous speeches, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches"

SOURCE: Sergy, L.(2017), Posted on YouTube , Duration: 10:23 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/OfHkxbUZnVE