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."
- Winston Churchill

This is the famous speech famous speech by Winston Churchill, "we shall fight in the beaches. His speech was about not giving up to the odds of the powers of the Axis Forces in the WWII. At the time, year 1940, the allied forces were suffering devastating casualties at the seemingly unbeatable Axis forces. Many parts of Britain, was talking about surrendering against the axis forces to not suffer anymore casualties. To compare the British military forces, and the German forces, The Axis forces was sure to win. However, Britain's prime minister, Winston Churchill made a speech that made his thoughts about what actions to take would be clear: To fight with the Axis forces, and to never surrender whatever happens.
Whatever Winston Churchill felt at the time, I could be sure that it took him such great courage to face a brute force with the British, who were last ones standing. The value of this short speech, were, to the British, meant everything. This gave the courage for the British to fight on the WWII. The concept of what courage is, why it is needed, and what it is capable of, transcends both time and culture. Courage was viewed as a necessity in medieval European knights, African hunter gatherer tribes, to Japanese Samurais.



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