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Churchill's famous: "This was their finest hour..." speech...



Item # 713843

June 19, 1940

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 19, 1940 

* This was their finest hour
* Winston Churchill speech
* World War II - WWII


The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL DARES GERMAN ARMY TO INVADE ENGLAND'" with subhead. (see) This was Churchill's famous speech to the House of Commons in which he concludes with the famous passage: "...Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that if the British commonwealth and empire last for a thousand years, men will still say this was their finest hour".
Complete with all 36 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

(Added to Catalog #354 after the hardcopy was released - only available on-line.)

Category: The 20th Century