 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokubviswa kwavarwi veBritain neFrance kubva kuDunkirkuye kukundwa kweFrance musi wa22 June 1940, Hitler akanyanya kuisa simba rake pamukana wokupinda muSoviet Union. Aidavira kuti vaBritain, vakakundwa mukondinendi uye vasina vavakidzani vokuEurope, vaizokurumidza kubvumirana. VaGermany vakanga vapwiswa kwazvo nezvokunyarara kwehondo kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika zvokuti vakatanga kugadzira zvishongo zvomumugwagwa nokuda kwokufamba-famba kwokudzokera kumusha kwemauto anokunda. Kunyange zvazvo Gurukota reBritain rezvekunze, Ishe Halifax, uye zvimwe zvikamu zvevanhu vokuBritain vaida rugare rwunokurukurwa neGermany yakanga ichisimuka, Churchill nevoruzhinji veKhabhineti yake vakaramba kufunga nezvokunyarara. Panzvimbo pezvo, Churchill akashandisa kutaura kwake kwounyanzvi kuti asimbise pfungwa dzavanhu mukurwisana nokuzviisa pasi uye kugadzirira vaBritain hondo refu. 