Who in a speech made the comment: "Never was so much owed by so many to so few"?

Correct answer: Winston Churchill

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Lumberjax47
Lumberjax47
Savior of the free world. He even saved Germany from tyranny.
The Chaser
The Chaser
Voted The Greatest Briton.
infamousiceberg313
infamousiceberg313
When Adolph Hitler the worlds worst War Criminal was poised to take over the know free world Winston Churchill inspired his Nation against tyranny and inspired the Sleep Giant Juggernaut United States of America to join an unpopular War at the time it was thought to be a European Problem the American People wanted no part of. So Hats off to you Mr. Churchill and may I say.... Cheers!! fine sir!!! as if I was British!
jess
jess
the greatest briton who ever lived
Powerfulpureone1965
Powerfulpureone1965
We all should be thankful for Winston Churchill , without him Hitler might have won and we all will be singing a different tune...
AloofFairy5103
AloofFairy5103
jess, gotta love his inspiring speeches! "... we shall fight on the beaches and in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!..." :)
Cazzie1304
Cazzie1304
If he were Prime Minister today, he would have sorted Brexit out by now!!!
MechanizedPossum5004
MechanizedPossum5004
Churchill so often maligned by today's standards, but was the string leader required at the time. during WW1 after the disaster in Gallipoli, he resigned and served in the army on the western front, home many leader s would do that now?
ottoknut
ottoknut
The pic should be of a Hurricane or Spitfire, and not a US fighter/bomber
Muffin101
Muffin101
Winston Churchill's speech known as "The Few", the line is : Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
Lionessa
Lionessa
FineBrown, The Bengal famine was not "induced." Rice harvests were stagnant, and India's population never stops growing. Churchill was not responsible for either of those things. It's possible that blaming Churchill was propaganda from the Indian government to focus anger on someone besides themselves.
CeM
CeM
jess, Boxers or Bull Mastiffs are often named Winston, in Aus ! 🤗 Cute as! Certainly dispels a tiny bit of fear when you hear such a dignified and honourable name.
Ade
Ade
Why is the picture not of a spitfire or a hurricane as that speech was made at the time of the Battle of Britain.?
B
B
change the word "was" to "in the history of mankind has"
Gryph
Gryph
Sir Winston Churchill. One of my all time favorite historical figures. I was asked once of I could visit and talk to any historical figure, who would it be? My answer was Churchill. He was a Prime Minister, statesman, Admiral of the Navy and a journalist over his lifetime.
Lionessa
Lionessa
AARIV, Approximately 3 million died in the Bengal famine. 70,000,000 died in WWII. YOU get YOUR facts straight.
Bigkev
Bigkev
infamousiceberg313, now we're on the brink of wwIII, and I'm afraid many enemies are already here, and in place, to include many "so called leaders", currently in government,!
F I Y A❤ ❤ ❤
F I Y A❤ ❤ ❤
unexpected correct answer😜😜😜
Lionessa
Lionessa
Thomas, If America only wanted to profit from the war, why did she do her best to stay out of it for so long? To set the record straight, the US DID NOT sell weapons to Germany.
Andr30u5
Andr30u5
Perhaps it would be better to show an image of an RAF aircraft, not a USAF plane.
 Tony
Tony
Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister before Winston Churchill took over. It was to Chamberlain's foolish policy of appeasement that granted concession after concession to Hitler's demands which nearly put that megalomaniac into world domination. Thank God for raising Churchill to have the will and fortitude to oppose that Nazi and his leadership saved the world. Never surrender! Never surrender!
pepperspicechile
pepperspicechile
infamousiceberg313, that's amazing. how do you know that?
Gadzooks
Gadzooks
Player #26038186, pretty apt description of our politicians though
DeadEye
DeadEye
Probably should have used a Spitfire or Hurricane image. The Navy aircraft pictured above was used at Midway fwiw.
Akshay
Akshay
Powerfulpureone1965, yes to kill so many in Bengal famine.
ESC
ESC
In Turkey Winston Churchill is known as an important historic figure of the twentieth century but also as an adversary of the Turks, largely due to the Gallipoli Campaign in which he was the major architect. The Campaign was a disaster for the Allied Forces and a great humiliation for Churchill which cost him his job as First Lord of the Admiralty. For the Turks, however, Gallipoli was a great victory which erased the bad image created by the First Balkan War of 1912 which portrayed the Turks as easy meat. Gallipoli reversed that. The victory at Gallipoli has largely been attributed to the military genius of the field commander Mustafa Kemal, who in later years became the top figure in Turkish politics and the founder of the Turkish Republic.
Angela
Angela
Ghost 16, that's really sad I didn't know that...that is so sad and wrong
Angela
Angela
ottoknut, yeah that makes sense but love hus US fighter bomber it's so cool
Angela
Angela
AloofFairy5103, stay strong
Angela
Angela
Powerfulpureone1965, true... way to go Mr. Churchill
Angela
Angela
infamousiceberg313, yes hats off and thumbs up great job
Cosimo
Cosimo
Its been said he slept with more than 1000 women
Patricia
Patricia
Reetesh, same in Ireland. the british caused starvation and called it a famine.
j fn b
j fn b
Lumberjax47, He was the creator of the Eastern block. he turned his back on poland and Eastern Europe.
AARIV
AARIV
Lumberjax47, your savior of the free world "Europe" is the murderer of hundreds of thousands in INDIA, when Europe was fighting WWII , there was a famine in India and Churchill knew about it still made sure all the food from India was exported to support his Army in the war. The amount of people died due to this famine is way more then what happened in WWII , get your history straight.
fred
fred
FineBrown, he was a bit busy at the time, you know the 2nd World War. . Read more books!!!
Henry
Henry
Christine ~ RN, from the uk, have also thought about this, we're like a business now
Reetesh
Reetesh
Winston Churchill looted India and Indian people and due to him there was famine and starvation
Christine ~ RN
Christine ~ RN
Vikingr, I’m from the USA but I hold a great admiration for the UK. I read Edward Rutherford’s books ‘Sarum’ and ‘London’ prior to our visit to the UK. In the past weeks we have watched the outpouring of love for Queen Elizabeth II from the UK and throughout the world. The UK has had such influence on the world. One thing that does concern me is that I’ve been reading in various sources that a lot of property and businesses and sports teams in London and throughput England have been sold to Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes. This will certainly change the character of England.
Christine ~ RN
Christine ~ RN
JimmyLovesQL, He won the Noble Prize for literature.