Winston Churchill's Speech 'The Finest Hour'

Not every person who declaims a speech is the best public speaker. For thousands of years, the oration has known where the political leaders have used to address their countries’ citizens, and Winston Churchill, who was the sharp Prime Minister of the Great Britain through his famous speech “The Finest Hour1,” became the model for speeches in the modern policy. His speech “Their Finest Hour” was apparent and describes the phases that the Great Britain passed during the World War II from the weakness in front of the Nazi Germany with Adolph Hitler to adjust the progress of the battles and achieve the desired victory. Moreover, he succeeded in stopping the attacks in the British cities, especially London to the shore and the sea cooperating with

Some people believed and considered that Winston Churchill was a stutter while he spoke his speeches. According to Nan Bernstein Ratner, Ed.D, and VIivan Sisskin, M.A., of the Department of Hearing and Speech Science at the University of Maryland “that Churchill was not seen to stutter in some records is in fact a classic and frustrating feature of stuttering.” This accusation could not ignore the fact of the effect of his speech “Their Finest Hour,” on his citizen, where, according to Dr. John Mather, a Washington Physical, who said clearly Churchill’s stutter “is a lie.” Winston Churchill succeeded by attracting people’s attention, where no one else could. First of all, people were waiting for hearing his speeches on the BBC radio, which was his secret weapon to deliver his messages not just to the British people, but to everyone who can receive the broadcast of the BBC overseas. With this in mind, Winston Churchill said that “if we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United Stated, including all that we have known and care for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister.” Secondly, gathering people around him gave him the support and the absolute power to take decisions to defend on Great Britain then the British Empire. For this purpose, he sent

After Winston Churchill broadcasted his speech, he signed an agreement with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 2, 1940, where, according to U.S. Department of State, OFFICE of the HISTORIAN “the United States gave the British more than 50 obsolete destroyers, in exchange for 99-year leases to territory in Newfoundland and the Caribbean, which would be used as U.S. air and naval bases.” This agreement had an effect on the progress of the war where Great Britain was in need to support its army divisions to be able to stand up the German ambition, adjust the war strategy and reduce the losses. Therefore, the Prime Minister said: “We expect very large additions to our weapons in the near future, and in preparation for this we intend forthwith to call up, drill and train further large numbers.” There is no doubt that after the U.S entered the war in December 1941, Germany gradually lost control, and there were several defeats that led to the victory of Britain and its allies. Accordingly, Sir Winston Churchill implied in his speech “Their Finest Hour” to the American that the German dream would not stop by Great Britain, but it would control and govern not only the Europe, but even all the countries that overseas, and the United Stated was one of them. Hereby, the Prime Minister intended to mention “the whole world, including the United Stated…will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age.” Winston Churchill