Winston Churchill's 'The Few' Speech

“The Few” Analysis On August 20, 1940 Winston Churchill delivered “The Few” a speech to The House of Commons. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Churchill was preparing the country for a possible German invasion. “The Few” is referring to the pilots of the Fighter Command. They were the last line of defense against the German Air Force. The speech has an ethical appeal to it. Churchill tells The House of Commons to have hope that they will win the war. Churchill gave a plethora of speeches, but this was one of his greatest. Why was it one of his greatest? Churchill looked to encourage his whole nation by creating this speech. Churchill used a great appell, went straight to the problem, and boosted his nation

Churchill addressed World War 1 and World War 2 in his speech. Churchill told his nation that World War 1 was a lot different than the war they were fighting at the moment (World War 2). Churchill tried to calm his country by telling them that this was not as brutal of a war they had fought in the past. Churchill said, “The British casualties in the first 12 months of the Great War amounted to 365,000”. Churchill then said, “In this war, I am thankful to say, British killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing, including civilians, do not exceed 92,000”. Churchill tries to tell his country that this war is more of a strategic war than, like he said, “Men and Shells”. That was a saying used in the Great War (World War 1). Churchill talks of the great Nazi Empire destroying powerful armies in days. Churchill says that the Nazi Empire is a great fighting force and will be very hard to stop. England is the last resistance before the Nazi’s take over the whole world. Churchill says that the war is everywhere. The war is in the cities and streets of civilians, instead of a common battlefield. Churchill talks about how the scientific technology of Britain was higher than the Nazi’s, because of the imprisonment of