Rhetorical Analysis Of Winston Churchill's We Shall Never Surrender

In 1944, the United States war effort in Europe was just starting to pick up. Even though the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred just three years prior, the growing power of the Third Reich could not be ignored. During this time, France was already occupied by Nazi Germany and Hitler's war machine was on the path of conquering all of Eurasia. In an attempt to combat this immense threat, the U.S. formulated a plan to engage the German forces through an invasion of Normandy. This bloody offensive would be remembered in infamy as D-Day. Shortly before this violent clash of U.S. and German forces, the inexperienced men of the United States Third Army was given an encouraging and inspiring speech by the four star general George S. Patton.

The fear of killing and being killed in battle is no easy thing to contemplate or to inspire. Inspiring soldiers to participate earnestly in battle is crucial to winning wars. Approaches to accomplish this have been studied and tried by military leaders for millennia. George S. Patton attempted this very thing in his speech to the Third Army. Patton delivered a profane and vulgar speech to untried soldiers who have yet to see combat. Patton is able to inspire his soldiers by using his reputation while dismantling his authority, using obscene humor, and appealing to their sense of honor and courage.

Curtin stood up to Churchill and demanded in the politest possible way to have our troops returned in order to defend Australia (23rd February 1942) and the English Prime Minister eventually conceded but it was too late. Our faith in the British had been shattered.

Faced with this pretty kettle of fish, as a leader of this country, Churchill needs to explain the dire situation to his countrymen and courage them confront the Nazis straightly with a positive attitude, as a result, the inspiring speech-The Finest Hour is born. Churchill elaborately puts strong pathos, subjective logos, convincing ethos and various of figurative languages into it, to make it a magic speech.

The Pearl Harbor incident is an instant in history that changed our world views and also our standing in the world. During this time World War II was at its peak and the United States was going through a horrendous plunge in the stock market which threw us into the Great depression. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor is an event that will haunt our nation for the rest of history and is unforgettable due to what the nation went through after that incident. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, otherwise known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States and also the representative of the nation during this treacherous time. When the nation was broken and needed a little light of hope due to the horrible circumstances that they were put

Day of Infamy and We Shall Fight in the Beaches are two contrastable speeches. Roosevelt and Churchill had distinct concepts about the war and their situations. However had significantly identical objectives, they wanted to defend their countries, to conserve their ways of life, and to destroy the enemies who threaten their countries. If referring to the differences, Churchill and Roosevelt had different objectives with their speeches. Roosevelt convocates his nation to intent to rally them to enter the war and seek revenge. Churchill tone in the speech is different due to the position that he is in, his purpose is to recall for their patriotism, to make them keep fighting.

In Black Hawk's Surrender Speech in 1832, Black Hawk portrays many forms of being a courageous Indian who faced many obstacles, but was always true to his nation. He portrays this by utilizing rhetorical devices and associating to the reader through pathos.

In the Blitzkrieg bombing of Britain, the country needed support more than ever as their patience was growing thin. It was at this very crucial moment in history when the British were about fall to the Germans overwhelming military when Winston Church gave his famous speech, “Their Finest Hour.” This would be the speech that changes the tide of the war, and inspired the British people to rally together against the German forces. In his famous speech, he focuses on the patriotism of the British people and letting them know that this war was far from over, and they weren’t going to go down without one heck of a fight. The reason this speech was so successful and uplifting was because Churchill was able to present it in a way to make all the British

Queen Elizabeth wrote an inspiring speech to the Troops who fought for the Armada about their honor and power over this astonishing war. Alongside, Winston Churchill delivered a majestical yet powerful speech about the issue dealing with battle of Britain and the unifications needing to be healed. Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill both delivered exhilarating speeches to their troops and counties with the battle of Britain. The Queen delivers her speech to the courageous group of men and women who fought this rigid, enduring war. While Winston delivers his speech to the House of Commons. While analyzing and juxtaposing these two speeches and their contrastive audiences; it is very mere to see the compelling diction, dynamic emotion used in their speeches.

“If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as admirable (as Adolf Hitler) to restore our courage

in 1940 was “We shall fight on the Beaches”(Churchill 341). These words inspired all of Britain

Churchill wrote all of his own speeches, and wont the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. “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,… ...in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and liberation of the old.” Given shortly after Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk, France, this speech was used to check the mood of the nation, to inspire the people, and call upon the United States for aid. Operation Dynamo saved the lives of over 338,000 Allied troops, 26,000 of which were French soldiers, and brought them to England.

Nevertheless, Churchill valiantly drove the British to victory over Germany through the use of his oratory skills and assistance from allies. Churchill’s inspiring and honest speeches; political and military tactic; and interrelationship with other world leaders contributed to the British’s survival. Perhaps the actions and decisions of Churchill and his people saved Europe and the world from fascist leaders like Hitler, who cared nothing for the sufferings which his actions imposed upon mankind.

This paper explores the personal life and career of Sir Winston Spencer- Churchill (1874-1965). Soldier, member of Parliament, Prime Minister twice, husband, father, leader- all of these apply to Winston Churchill, one of the most influential men of the twentieth century, and possibly all of time. He became one of the youngest members of Parliament ever. He foresaw the upcoming conflict that England was soon to have with Germany. He was elected Prime Minister of Great Britain twice. During World War II, he used his stunning speeches to rally the British people, and it was, in part, thanks to him, that the British did not succumb to the Nazis. His plethora of fine qualities included courage, optimism, resilience, independence, and loyalty.

On September 1939, Britain and France decided to declare war on Germany due to its invasion of Poland. The French and the British felt threatened from Germany as the Germans didn’t respect the peace treaty the signed couple of years ago. Two years later, in 1941, Japan fiercely attacked the USA Pearl Harbor and from that moment the United States of America joined the war on the side of the Allies against the Axis powers such as Germany, Japan and Italy. In response to the USA decision, Mr. Churchill, the British Prime Minister, flew to Washington from London to give his emotional, political and memorable speech in front of the American people, Congress and the president of the USA. Churchill's main aim was to emphasize on the