Listen to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint U.S. Congress session after Pearl Harbor
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Listen to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint U.S. Congress session after Pearl Harbor
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Dec. 26, 1941, declaring that the United States and Britain will “never cease to persevere” against the Japanese empire.
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Transcript
CHURCHILL: Many people have been astonished that Japan should, in a single day, have plunged into war against the United States and the British Empire. They have certainly embarked upon a very considerable undertaking [laughing]. What kind of a people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
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