On June 4, 1940, during World War II, the Allied military operation to withdraw approximately 338,000 people from Dunkirk, France, ended. Speaking in the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Churchill declared: "We will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the landing grounds, we will fight in the fields and streets, we will fight on the hills; we will never surrender. < /p>

Below is the full speech - the Never Surrender bit is almost over.