In what has become regarded as one of the greatest speeches ever delivered in the English language, on June 4, 1940, during the Battle of France, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed Parliament, in an attempt to encourage the United Kingdom as it fought the menace of Nazi Germany.

Near the close of his address, Churchill said that, “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.”