“我们决不气馁，决不认输。我们要坚持到底，我们将在法国作战，我们将在海上和大洋中作战，我们将在天空作战，而且越战越勇，越战越强。我们要不惜任何代价保卫本岛，我们将在海滩作战，我们将在敌人登陆地点作战，我们将在田野和街巷作战，我们将在山区作战，我们永远不会投降。”

在希特勒的攻势面前，这是丘吉尔的声音。

“Never Surrender”

“We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!”

—-House of Commons, 4 June 1940, following the evacuation of British and French armies from Dunkirkas the German tide swept through France.