Watch British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint session of U.S. Congress after Pearl Harbor

Name: Watch British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint session of U.S. Congress after Pearl Harbor
Uploaded: 2024-11-25T17:33:24
Duration: 48 s
Description: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Dec. 26, 1941, declaring that the United States and Britain will “never cease to persevere” against the Japanese empire.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Dec. 26, 1941, declaring that the United States and Britain will “never cease to persevere” against the Japanese empire.

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Transcript

CHURCHILL: Many people have been astonished that Japan should, in a single day, have plunged into war against the United States and the British Empire. They have certainly embarked upon a very considerable undertaking [laughing]. What kind of a people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

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