<P> `` We shall fight on the beaches '' is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940 . This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France , with the others designated as the `` Blood , toil , tears , and sweat '' speech of 13 May , and the `` This was their finest hour '' speech of 18 June . Events developed dramatically over the five - week period , and although broadly similar in themes , each speech addressed a different military and diplomatic context . </P>
<P> `` We shall fight on the beaches '' is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940 . This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France , with the others designated as the `` Blood , toil , tears , and sweat '' speech of 13 May , and the `` This was their finest hour '' speech of 18 June . Events developed dramatically over the five - week period , and although broadly similar in themes , each speech addressed a different military and diplomatic context . </P>
who wrote we shall fight on the beaches
who wrote we shall fight on the beaches
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill