“BE YE MEN OF VALOUR”

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FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF CHURCHILL’S FIRST BROADCAST AS PRIME MINISTER in “The Listener” of 23 May 1940. Full transcript of Churchill’s Broadcast of 19May 40, quoting from the book of Maccabees: “Arm yourselves and be ye men of valour, for it is far better to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altars. As the will of God is in heaven, even so let it do.” Fine complete original BBC magazine. Woods C438.