• lechekaflan@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Churchill once said of the Old World being endangered and hoping for the New World to step into the rescue.

    But now, makes me wonder if the Old World could possibly do the same, but feels like a long shot.

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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      59 minutes ago

      It’s funny, most of the time when you hear it, it’s this quote

      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.

      Then it stops.

      But the next bit is what you’re referring to

      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.

      I always thought it was odd because it showed the bond we have.