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You do your worst—and we will do our best

Churchill’s defiant July 1941 oration rallied London’s battered civil defenders, pledging reciprocal retribution against Nazi terror while celebrating Britain’s unconquerable spirit amid the gathering storm of total war.

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“You do your worst—and we will do our best.”
Winston Churchill

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Topics: Defiance War Courage

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• Title: You do your worst—and we will do our best

• Author: Winston Churchill

• Type: Speech

• Publisher: n/a

• Publication time: July 14, 1941

• Publication place: London, England

• Link: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/you-do-your-worst-2/

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