When I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken! Some neck!


speech to Canadian Parliament, 30 December 1941, in Complete Speeches (1974) vol. 6

Winston Churchill Quotes

When I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his...

When I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his...

When I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his...

When I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his...