Soon, the British and French forces in northern France were cut off by the Germans. At this time, Churchill's government was mainly concerned with withdrawing the British expeditionary force. The British expeditionary force and the French army finally withdrew from Dunkirk, but all the equipment of these troops had to be abandoned in France. In this way, the British army was defeated in 1940, and the prospect of Britain continuing to fight with Germany was very dim.
At this unusual moment, Churchill was firm and brave. When the House of Commons met on June 4th, the Prime Minister delivered an impassioned speech to the British people. He said: "Although we lost, we will never surrender and never give in. We will fight to the end. We will fight in France, we will fight at sea and on the ocean, we will fight in the air with confidence, and we will become stronger and stronger in the Vietnam War. We will defend our homeland at any cost. We will fight on the beach where the enemy landed, in the fields and streets, in the mountains, and we will never surrender at any time. Even if our islands or most of them are conquered and starved to death-I never believe this will happen-our overseas empires armed and protected by the British fleet will continue to fight. "