The First Month Of War chords by Winston Churchill
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From the BBC in London,
Winston Churchill speaks on the
first month of war,
October 1st 1939,
a world broadcast.
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The British Empire
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and the French Republic
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have been at war with Nazi Germany
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for a month tonight.
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We have not yet come at all
to the severity of fighting
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which is to be expected.
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But three important things
have happened.
First, Poland has been again overrun
by two of the great powers
which held her in bondage
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for 150 years,
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but were unable to quench
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the spirit of the Polish nation.
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The heroic defense of Warsaw
shows that the soul of Poland
is indestructible,
and that she will rise again like a rock
which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal wave,
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but which remains a rock.
What is the second event
of this first month?
It is, course,
the assertion of the power of Russia.
Russia has pursued a cold policy
of self -interest.
We could have wished that
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the Russian armies
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should be standing on their present line
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as the friends and allies of Poland,
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instead of as invaders.
But that the Russian armies should stand
on this line was clearly necessary
for the safety of Russia
against the Nazi menace.
At any rate, the line is there.
And an Eastern Front has been created
which Nazi Germany does
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not dare assail.
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What is the third event?
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Here I speak as First Lord
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of the Admiralty,
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with a special caution.
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It would seem that the U -boat attack
upon the life of the British Isles
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has not so far proved suc cessful.
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It is true that when they sprang out upon us
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and we were going about
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our ordinary business
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With 2 ,000 ships
in constant movement
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every day upon the seas,
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they managed to do some
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serious damage.
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But the Royal Navy
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has immediately attacked the U -boats,
and is hunting them night and day.
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I will not say without mercy,
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because God forbid we should ever part
company with that.
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But at any rate, with zeal,
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an d not altogether without rel ish.
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An d it looks, tonight, very much,
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as if it is the U -boats
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who are feeling the weather,
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and not the Royal Navy,
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or the World Wide Commerce of Britain.
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A week has passed...
Mr Churchill then went on... take
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over here.
Corrections have been
given by the government
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to prepare for a war of
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at least three years.
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That does not mean that
victory may not be gained
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in a shorter time.
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How soon it will be gained
depends upon how long
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Herr Hitler and his group of wicked men,
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whose hands are stained with blood
and soiled with corruption
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can keep their grip on the docile,
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unhappy German people.
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It was for Hitler to say
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when the war would begin,
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but it is not for him or for his successors
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to say when it will end.
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It began when he wanted it,
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and it will end only when we are
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convinced that he has had enough.
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We may remember the
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words of old John Bright,
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after the American Civil War was over,
when he said to an audience
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of English working folk,
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at last, after the smoke of
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the battlefield had cleared away,
the horrid shape which
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had cast its shadow
over the whole continent had
vanished and was gone forever.
The First Month Of War
Winston Churchill
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