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The Few Speech

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill20 August 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Praises Fighter Command pilots in his speech on the Few.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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