On may 21, 1940 ,Hitler army surround and trapped almost 400,000 allied force mostly BEF, the remaining Belgium army and three French field armies along the northern cost of France, the British began planning operation dynamo to evacuate the remaining forces from the port of Dunkirk back to English island , the evacuation began on 26th of may 1940 and almost 338,226 solider were rescued in ten days operation process , there was a sense of jubilation and victory among the citizen and army of united kingdom on the success of operation operation dynamo , but Hitler army was bristling through the continent of Europe, after the fall France their next target was united kingdom , Churchill was well aware of the threat of Hitler wrath . On 4 June 1940 he delivered a famous speech "we shall fight on the beaches" to the house of common, to make clear to public and army that evacuation is not victory but also they must not be demoralized by power and victory of Nazis in content Europe, we will not surrender in front of them.
"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. And even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old"
The timing , wording and presentation of Churchill speech not only create a major impact on British people and world war 2 but later on it was used by series of world leaders to show their bravery, courage, confidence and their will to fight in time of difficult situation for their nation.
On December 3, 1971 a war broke out between Pakistan and India, after twelve days of intense fighting and heavy looses on both side India army was getting upper hand in the war and Pakistan army was at the verge of disgraceful defeat , emergency meting of United Nation security council was held in New York on 15th of December 1971, to pass a resolution of ceasefire between the two countries . In this meeting the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto made his famous speech as for as a loosing nation was concerned , in which he echoed a word "we will fight" which was enticed from that of Churchill "we shall fight "
Mr. Bhutto speech in UN security council 1971
On February 14 2019, a member of terrorist organization Jash-e- Muhammad , Adil Ahmad waqas carried out suicide attack on the convoy of Central Reserve Force in pulwama in which 40 personal died, in the response of this attack Indian Air Force carry out air strike inside Pakistan on the camp of the terrorist group, in which they claimed to have killed 300 militants which Pakistan deny , On 27 February 2019 Pakistan and both claimed to have shoot down each other fighter jets in dogfight and an Indian pilot named
Abinandan was also arrested by Pakistan air force, who was freed on march 1, 2019. Due to those incidents the situation between Pakistan and India became to much volatile , and they came to verge a nuclear war, but due the intervention of global powers the danger of war was deescalated , but hostilities remain intact, On August, 5 2019 the India government revoked the article 370 of Indian constitution which granted special status to the Jammu and Kashmir, this provoked a reaction among Pakistani people and Pakistani government who were considering Kashmir as jugular vein of Pakistan and all the foreign polices of Pakistan were made keeping Kashmir as the center point.
this act of Indian government put the two nuclear countries face to face once again. the chance of another war was more likely than that has been in the past few decades. The then prime minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan , In his speech to 74th session of United Nation on 30, September 2019, once gain echoed the famous word "we will fight". to show his country determination to fight till the end.
Imran khan speech at UN
It is a different subject of debate that Imran khan and Bhutto should have used the words similar to that of Churchill or they should not have copied their former ruler instead they must have their own words ,what so ever but one thing is clear that the gravity of situation in which Churchill made his speech was very very intense than that of Bhutto's and Imran khan times,
and the positive impact of Churchill speech cannot be denied on contrary Bhutto and Imran speeches were proved to be rhetoric because Bhutto surrender the next day and Imran never fight after that.
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