The historian Michael Burleigh comments here on the speech made by Churchill in 1940 now famous for the line - 'we shall fight them on the beaches'. Although it's the line probably most associated with Churchill it is interesting to hear it in the context of the original speech. What Churchill delivers is essentially a history lesson on the first stages of the war, those parts we most remember are actually lost in the general text and come as something of a surprise when heard in context. It remains, nevertheless, a brilliant piece of bravado rhetoric. Worth listening to as we approach Remembrance Day.
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Celtic elite grave discovered in the Taunus mountains
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An elite Celtic grave has been discovered near Bad Camberg in the Taunus
mountain range of western Germany. The grave goods are exceptional and
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I know the comment is not related to the post, but it's related to the topic we are doing at the moment: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp Follow this link to see some surprising coincidences in Lincoln and Kennedy's deaths. Don't know how much of it is true, but I thought i'd link it here.
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