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Winston Churchill Analysis- We Shall Fight On The Beaches
English I
11/25/13
Analysis of “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” In 1940 the Nazis and Hitler were rapidly spreading through Europe. Only sixteen days after Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Britain were the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk, France ("Battle of Dunkirk"). There were 400,000 troops trapped on there, with the Nazis surprisingly halted. 338,000 troops were rescued from those beaches, thanks to efforts from many different groups of people ("World War II: Battle and Evacuation of Dunkirk"). In the speech “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” Winston Churchill used inspiring words and recent events to rally Britain to defy Hitler’s tyranny. Early on Churchill wanted to go into politics like his dad, but he did not have much money. He was a failure at school, so he did the only thing a poor person like him could do, he joined the Army. Even that was difficult to him. He failed his first two attempts at the Army exam, and got into the Royal Military College on his third try, which would have been his final (John). Although soldiering may have been a last resort career to Churchill, he embraced it. He was physically fearless and was very brave in action. He had no problem killing enemies of Britain (John). As a war correspondent during the Boer war, he first gained attention when he escaped from a war prison in Pretoria (Britannia Government). While in the Army, Churchill discovered his natural talent for writing. By age 25 he was a best-selling author. He earned enough money to go into politics, and he won a parliamentary seat. Churchill’s political career began in the year 1900 when he was elected to parliament as a conservative. He later switched association to the liberals over a proposed tariff reform. In 1908 he was appointed president of the Board of Trade by H.H. Asquith and was home secretary in 1910. He was in the Commons until 1923 and other ministerial offices

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