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Sir Winston Churchill's Speech 'Be Ye Men Of Valour'
"Be ye men of Valour", an awoken and motivation speech for Britain to stay strong in the early hours of World War II was coined by Sir Winston Churchill on May 1940, on BBC radio. Winston Churchill had then become the prime minister of Britain after Neville Chamberlain. The primary motive for this speech was to inform and alert British on the imminent and impending threat from Nazi Germany after the Dutch and French fell to Nazi rule. The speech also was meant to elaborate and praise some significant victories the Royal Navy and Airforce achieved during the "Battle of France" where allied forces lost drastically to Nazi Germany and as result reinforce, encourage and reassure British that they can only win the war if they stay and defend their

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