Selected House of Commons Speeches
Winston S. Churchill
Play
Length 9 h 21 min
Chapters 25
First published 1955
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historical writer, and an artist. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
Maiden Speech, 1901 Read by musil 20:14
2
Army reform, 1901 Read by Lisa Chau 42:40
3
The Amritsar Massacre, 1920 Read by Andrew Coleman 42:42
4
The Gold Standard Bill, 1925 Read by David Barnes 49:55
5
The General Strike, 1926 Read by Carl Manchester and 2 others 24:37
6
German re-armament, 1935 Read by Johnnycake 23:16
7
The Abdication, 1935 Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:31
8
"The Locust Years", 1936 Read by Ruth Golding 38:06
9
How to Prevent War, 1938 Read by Aaron Elliott 32:49
10
The Annexation of Austria, 1938 Read by Ashwin Jain 18:56
11
"A Total and Unmitigated Defeat", 1938 Read by Johnnycake 34:28
12
The oubreak of war, 1939 Read by Sibella Denton 3:32
13
"Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat", 1940 Read by Sibella Denton 4:22
14
"We Shall Fight On the Beaches", 1940 Read by Sibella Denton 21:38
15
"Their Finest Hour", 1940 Read by Philippa 26:39
16
"The Few", 1940 Read by ink tree 30:05
17
Upon the death of Neville Chamberlain, 1940 Read by Cori Samuel 9:12
18
"Do Your Worst", 1941 Read by Sibella Denton 5:08
19
"Still Captain of Our Souls", 1941 Read by Sibella Denton 2:24
20
"I Offer No Excuses", 1942 Read by Sibella Denton 24:14
21
The invasion of France, 1944 Read by Sibella Denton 7:01
22
Upon the death of Franklin D Roosevelt, 1945 Read by Sibella Denton 10:26
23
Victory in Europe, 1945 Read by Philippa 5:08
24
Victory Over Japan, 1945 Read by ontheroad 37:36
25
"Never Flinch, Never Weary, Never Despair", 1955 Read by Ruth Golding 38:13
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