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,BritaininWorldWarII,ThesituationofBritainineconomiccrisiss,PoliticInsistingthecapitalistsystem；EconomyTakemeasurestoeasethecrisis；DiplomacyIssuedthe“StatuteofWestminster”andAppeasementpolicy；MilitaryReducingarmaments.,WorldWarIIbrokeout,OnSeptember1,1939,GermanyattackedPolandwithoutdeclaring.OnSeptember3,BritainandFrancedeclarewartoGermany.OnSeptember5th,WorldWarIIofficiallybrokeout.AtthesametimethewestlineoftheFrance-Germanborder,isnotstatic,BritainandFrance,againsttheirownpromisethatIfyoudaretoinvadePoland,theGermanEmpire,theBritishandFrenchforceswilldestroytheRuhrvalley”,buthidingintheheavilyreinforcedconcreteTuenfortificationsbehindwatchedaDonQuixote-stylesmallcountrywithpowerfulneighborstoresisttheaggressionuntiperish,butinsteadonlyinthediplomaticcondemnation.,Churchillsspeech,“IsaytotheHouseasIsaidtoMinisterswhohavejoinedthisgovernment,Ihavenothingtoofferbutblood,toil,tearsandsweat.Wehavebeforeusanordealofthemostgrievouskind.Wehavebeforeusmany,manymonthsofstruggleandsuffering.Youask,whatisourpolicy?Isayitistowagewarbyland,seaandair.WarwithallourmightandwithallthestrengthGodhasgivenus,andtowagewaragainstamonstroustyrannyneversurpassedinthedarkandlamentablecatalogueofhumancrime.Thatisourpolicy.Youask,whatisouraim?Icananswerinoneword,Itisvictory.Victoryatallcosts-victoryinspiteofallterrors-victory,howeverlongandhardtheroadmaybe,forwithoutvictorythereisnosurvival.Letthatberealized.NosurvivalfortheBritishEmpire,nosurvivalforallthattheBritishEmpirehasstoodfor,nosurvivalfortheurge,theimpulseoftheages,thatmankindshallmoveforwardtowardhisgoal.Itakeupmytaskinbuoyancyandhope.Ifeelsurethatourcausewillnotbesufferedtofailamongmen.Ifeelentitledatthisjuncture,atthistime,toclaimtheaidofallandtosay,Comethen,letusgoforwardtogetherwithourunitedstrength.”,WinstonChurchill,AssessmentofthebattleofDunkirk,“TheDunkirkbeachscourse,willbesplendidinourhistory.Wemustbeprudent,donotregardtherescueasthevictory.Thewarisnotdependingonretreatstowin.ButwehavefrustratedtheGermaneliminationexpeditionaryforcesattempt,thistimewillretreatwillbreediswinning.”WinstonChurchill,BattleofBritain,ThecourageoftheRoyalAirForce,“Neverinthefieldofhumanconflicthassomuchbeenowedbysomanytosofew.”WinstonChurchill,Hugh.Dowding,BattleoftheAtlantic,Malayanavalbattle,“theheaviestandthemostpainfulattackinmylife”,PrinceofWales,BattleofElAlamein,“Nowthisisnottheend.Itisnoteventhebeginningoftheend.Butitis,perhaps,theendofthebeginning.”WinstonChurchill,BonadelaoMontgomery,Severalimportantinternationalconferences,CasablancaConference,CairoConference,YaltaConference,TehranConference,VictoryofWorldWarII,USandCommonwealthforcesinvadedEuropeanddrovetheGermanarmybacktoGermany.(inMay,1945)InAsia,thechinesedrovetheJapaneseoutofChina.(inAugust,1945),OnApril30,1945,theSoviettookBerlin.,OnMissouribattleshipsJapaneseforcessurrenderrepresentative,Waronlybringdisastertomankind,deathandsufferi