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World War II speeches

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Hirohito surrender broadcast

radio broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender in World War II

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address, mentioning 4 freedoms that everyone should enjoy: freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear

Appeal of 18 June

1940 speech by Charles de Gaulle

December 8, 1941 speech by FDR on the bombing of Pearl Harbor

We shall fight on the beaches

Common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill

blood, toil, tears, and sweat

political catchphrase

This was their finest hour

1940 speech by Winston Churchill

Arsenal of Democracy

Franklin Roosevelt's World War II slogan

Quarantine Speech

speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Never was so much owed by so many to so few

speech by the British prime minister Winston Churchill on 20 August 1940

Stalin's alleged speech of 19 August 1939

alleged secret speech given by Stalin in 1939 to the Politburo, justifying war in Europe and collaboration with Nazi Germany

Quit India speech

Speech by Mahatma Gandhi during Quit India movement

George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army

motivational speech to US troops entering World War II

Be Ye Men of Valour

19 May 1940 speech by Winston Churchill

Badoglio Proclamation

announcement of the armistice between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies of World War II