II-89. GOODS BELONGED TO ENGLISH ARMY ABANDONED DURING THEIR ‘VICTORIOUS RETREAT’

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Determined to persuade the French not to give in, Churchill then spoke of his conviction that Britain and France 'had only to carry on the fight to conquer'. Even if one of them was struck down, the other must not abandon the struggle. […].It must be realized, Churchill said, that if Germany defeated either Ally, or both, 'she would give no quarter; they would be reduced to the status of vassals or slaves for ever.'

From: Martin Gilbert, The Second World War, A Complete History, Herry Holt and Company, Inc., New York, 1989, p. 81.

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