温斯顿丘吉尔 他们最光辉的时刻

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1、温斯顿·丘吉尔“他们最光辉的时刻”温斯顿·丘吉尔“他们最光辉的时刻”WinstonChurchill“THEIRFINESTHOUR”June18，1940WinstonChurchill“THEIRFINESTHOUR”June18，1940Ispoketheotherdayofthecolossalmilitarydisas-terwhichoccurredwhentheFrenchHighCom-mandfailedtowithdrawthenorthernarmiesfromBelgiumatamomentwhenth

2、eyknewthattheFrenchfrontwasdecisivelybrokenatSedanandontheMeuse.Thisdelayentailedthelossoffifteenorsix-teenFrenchdivisionsandthrewoutofactionthewholeoftheBritishExpeditionaryForce.OurarmywereindeedrescuedbytheBritishNavyfromDunkirk，butonlywiththelossofalltheircannon

3、，vehiclesandmodernequipment.Thislossinevitablytooksomeweekstorepair，andinthefirsttwooftheseweekstheBattleofFrancehadbeenlost.NowIputallthisaside.Iputitontheshelffromwhichthehistoriansmayselecttheirdocu-mentsinordertotelltheirstory.Wehavetothinkofthefutureandnotofthe

4、past.TherearemanywhowishtoholdaninquestupontheconductofthegovernmentandofParlia-mentduringtheyearswhichleduptothiscatas-trophe.Theywishtoindictthosewhowerere-sponsiblefortheguidanceofouraffairs.Thisalsowouldbeafoolishandperniciousprocess.Therearetoomanyinit.Leteachm

5、ansearchhisconscienceandsearchhisspeeches，asIfrequentlysearchmine.OfthisIamquitesure，thatifweopenaquarrelbetweenthepastandthepresentweshallfindthatwehavelostthefuture.ThemilitaryeventswhichhavehappenedinFranceduringthelastfortnighthavenotcometomewithanysenseofsurpri

6、se；indeed，IindicatedafortnightagoasclearlyasIcouldtotheHouse，thattheworstpossibilitieswereopenandImadeitperfectlyclearthatwhateverhappenedinFrance，itwouldmakenodifferencetotheresolveofBritainandtheBritishEmpiretofighton，ifneces-saryforyears，andifnecessaryalone.Wehav

7、eunderarmsatthepresenttimeinthisislandover1，250，000men.Behindthesewehavethelocaldefensevolunteers，numbering500，000，onlyaportionofwhom，however，arearmedwithriflesorotherfirearms.Wehaveincorporatedintoourdefenseforceamassofweaponsandweexpectverylargeaddi-tionstothesewe

8、aponsinthenearfuture.Inpreparation，weintendtocallup，drillandtrain，furtherlargenumbersatonce.WealsohavetheDominionarmieshere.TheCanadiansha