we shall fight on the beaches
/wiː ʃəl ˌfaɪt ɒn ðə ˈbiːtʃɪz/
a vow of total, unyielding resistance
we shall fight on the beaches in a sentence
“His we shall fight on the beaches speech rallied the demoralized team.”
Origin of we shall fight on the beaches
Churchill's 1940 address to Parliament after Dunkirk evacuation
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