"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."

Winston Churchill, speech to the House of Commons, 4 June 1940. Delivered following the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 338,000 Allied troops were rescued from the French coast between 26 May and 4 June.