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marble falls

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1. We need to remember what Churchill said: We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight ...
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 09:30 AM
Thursday

... 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, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.”

I've heard that he also said they'd fight them with broken beer bottles if required.

I'll buy a couple of beers just in case we need some bottles, too.

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