Winston Churchill “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat“

May 13, 1940 First Speech as Prime Minister to the House of Commons _______ The speech: On Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It as the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties, both those who supported the late Government and also the parties of the Opposition. I have completed the most important part of this task. A War Cabinet has been formed