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Even though large tracts of Europe and
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many old and famous States have fallen
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or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the
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odious apparatus of Nazi rule,
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we shall not flag or fail.
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We shall go on to the end.
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We shall fight in France,
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we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
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, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air,
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we shall defend our island,
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whatever the cost may be.
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We shall fight on the beaches,
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we shall fight on the landing grounds,
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we shall fight in the fields
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and in the streets,
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we shall fight in the hills;
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we shall never surrender,
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and if, which I do not for a moment believe,
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this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving,
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then our Empire beyond the seas,
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armed and guarded by the British Fleet,
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would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time,
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the New World,
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with all its power and might,
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steps forth to the rescue
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and the liberation of the old.
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