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Churchill Delivers the ‘Few’ Speech in the Battle of Britain
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1940

Churchill Delivers the ‘Few’ Speech in the Battle of Britain

Churchill’s 20 August 1940 Commons speech immortalised Fighter Command as ‘the Few’, fixing the Battle of Britain firmly in national memory.

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Churchill’s 20 August 1940 Commons speech immortalised Fighter Command as ‘the Few’, fixing the Battle of Britain firmly in national memory.
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