On December 26, 1941, Sir Winston Churchill delivered this speech to the U.S. Congress following the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. The event which threw the U.S. into the War. He related to his audience by jokingly informing them of his heritage of half American half British descent and makes himself one of us to further bond the U.S. and Britain. The general purpose was to persuade. Churchill organized his speech to instill confidence in his audience, hatred of the common enemy, and a bond between America and Britain. He was an articulate orator with humor and was great at relating with Congress. He knew how to hit the right tone with his American audience that gave him a lasting resonance. He had distinguished pauses to emphasize