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This is London. Ed Murrow reporting.
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To an American reporter...
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there is something very special
about the people of this city...
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this island, this nation.
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Never in the long and stormy
history of Great Britain...
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have her fortunes been
as low as they are...
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in this spring of 1941.
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Britain is fighting alone
for her very existence...
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fighting desperately.
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Yet her people remain
steadfast and unflinching.
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Britain's allies have been
defeated one by one...
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as the dark stain of Nazi conquest...
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spreads across the map of Europe.
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In Africa, Rommel is giving
the Eighth Army a very bad time.
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Greece has fallen.
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And the Luftwaffe continues
to smash English cities.
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The worst news of all
comes from the North Atlantic...
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where last month, German U-boats
and surface raiders...
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sank 600,000 tons of shipping.
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In this battle,
Britain's lifeblood is at stake.
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This is the battle on which depends...
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the future course of the war...
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the future course of British history.
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The battle of the North Atlantic
is fought at sea...