名人演講 | 丘吉爾二戰著名演講：我們將戰鬥到底！（附視頻）

1940年5月，丘吉爾臨危受命，出任英國首相。上任後他首先訪問法國，驚訝地得知法國即將投降，但是他向法國領導人表明，即使法國被打敗，英國仍將繼續戰鬥。5月26日，丘吉爾下令撤出在法的英軍，代號為「發電機計劃」的敦刻爾克大撤退開始。在短短8天中，被圍困在敦刻爾克周圍一小塊地區的盟軍奇蹟般地撤出33萬多人。

1940年6月4日丘吉爾在下院通報了敦刻爾克撤退成功，之後就發表了二戰中最鼓舞人心的一段講話《我們將戰鬥到底》。

1940年8月20日，在不列顛戰役進入高潮階段時，丘吉爾在英國下院（House of Commons）發表了名為《少數人·The Few》的著名演講，高度讚揚了英勇作戰的士兵，成為鼓舞和安慰英國民眾的重要支撐。

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We shall fight in France, we shall fight 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.

我們將戰鬥到底。我們將在法國作戰，我們將在海洋中作戰，我們將以越來越大的信心和越來越強的力量在空中作戰，我們將不惜一切代價保衛本土，我們將在海灘作戰，我們將在敵人的登陸點作戰，我們將在田野和街頭作戰，我們將在山區作戰。我們絕不投降，即使我們這個島嶼或這個島嶼的大部分被征服並陷於飢餓之中——我從來不相信會發生這種情況——我們在海外的帝國臣民，在英國艦隊的武裝和保護下也會繼續戰鬥，直到新世界在上帝認為適當的時候，拿出它所有一切的力量來拯救和解放這箇舊世界。

I told the House two months ago that whereas in France our fighter aircraft were wont to inflict a loss of two or three to one upon the Germans, The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

All hearts go out to the fighter pilots, whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after day; but we must never forget that all the time, night after night, month after month, our bomber squadrons travel far into Germany, find their targets in the darkness by the highest navigational skill, aim their attacks, often under the heaviest fire, often with serious loss, with deliberate careful discrimination, and inflict shattering blows upon the whole of the technical and war-making structure of the Nazi power.

《少數人·The Few》（中譯文節選）：「大不列顛島上的每一個家庭乃至全世界的每一個家庭都感激你們，空軍勇士們以無畏失敗的精神勇敢迎接挑戰，通過他們的努力和投入，扭轉了世界戰爭的局勢。在人類戰爭歷史上，從來沒有一次像這樣，有如此之少的人，為如此之多的人，作出如此巨大的犧牲."