Winston Churchill Argumentative Essay

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“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.” These famous words, spoken by the United Kingdom’s newly elected Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, came at perhaps the most important time in the history of civilization. This speech was delivered to the British Parliament at a point during World War Two where many Members of Parliament wanted to surrender to the National Socialist Germans, who had routed the British military at the Battle of Dunkirk; however, Churchill knew that Adolf Hitler’s Germany posed the greatest threat to the sovereignty of nation-states. …show more content…

When assisting in the reconquering of Sudan, he allegedly bragged that he personally shot at least three “savages” (Hari). As a Member of the British Parliament (MP), he supported programs that saw more foreign conquests in the name of the British Empire. To say these actions are clearly rash, malicious, and shameless would be an understatement. If these actions continued throughout his life, there would be no way around condemning him as an evil, vice-filled monster; however, Churchill nor Britannia could continue conquering while after Britain entered the Great …show more content…

Even as members of his own party tried to convince him to appease Hitler and surrender, he would not. The Nazi war machine was going to come for the United Kingdom, if not immediately after it defeated the Soviet Union, and this was a fact that Churchill acknowledged. The appeasement sentiment was detained by Churchill, who thought “an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last” (Appeasement Quotes). This is a display of a trait that Churchill was known for; his legendary wit. Being a master a conversation, Churchill used his wit to make righteous indignation of his political opposition. Continuing his war effort even when things were bleak and support waned led to the eventual defeat of one of the most dangerous ideologies in the history of the

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