Churchill's V2 Worries...

[Dogdaddy]

Larry's right about this being W.C.'s "Finest Hour" speech. I often get them mixed up, but certain parts of all his speeches are etched into my psyche and that's why..they're all very powerful and moving, and M1..I get the same feeling you mentioned every time I hear that speech. I was watching an episode of The World at War last night...the one called "Alone', which picks up right at the Dunkirk evacuation and the sorry state of Britain's army after having to abandon all their tanks and other armored vehicles. They prepared for the imminent invasion by Germany with what was left of their infantry (mainly small arms) and the Home Guard. Without the words of a defiant leader like Churchill to inspire them, the outcome might have been very different. I've never quite been able to understand why Churchill lost the post war election.