WinstonChurchillBROADCASTONRUSSIABEINGINVADEDJune22,1941At4o'clockthismorningHitlerattackedandinvadedRussia.Suddenly,withoutdeclarationofwar,withoutevenanultimatum,theGermanbombsraineddownfromtheskyupontheRussiancities;theGermantroopsviolatedtheRussianfrontiersandanhourlatertheGermanAmbassador,whotillthenightbeforewaslavishinghisassurancesoffriendship,almostofalliance,upontheRussians,calledupontheRussianForeignMinistertotellhimthatastateofwarexistedbe-teenGermanyandRussia.Hitlerisamonsterofwickedness,insatiableinhislustforbloodandplunder.TheNaziregimesdevoidofallthemeandprincipleexceptappetiteandracialdomination.Itexcelsinallformsofhumanwickedness,intheefficiencyofitscrueltyandferociousaggression.NoonehasbeenamoreconsistentopponentofCommunismthanIhaveforthelasttwenty-fiveyears.IwillunsaynowordsthatI’vespokenaboutit.Butallthisfadesawaybeforethespectaclewhichisnowunfolding.Thepast,withitscrimes,itsfolliesanditstragedies,flashesaway.IseetheRussiansoldiersstandingonthethresholdoftheirnativeland,guardingthefieldswhichtheirfathershavetilledfromtimeimmemorial.Iseethemguardingtheirhomes,theirmothersandwivespray,ah,yes,fortherearetimeswhenallprayforthesafetyoftheirlovedones,forthereturnofthebreadwinner,ofthechampion,oftheirprotectors.Iseethe10,000villagesofRussia,wherethemeansofexistencewaswrungsohardlyfromthesoil,butwheretherearestillprimordialhumanjoys,wheremaidenslaughandchildrenplay.Iseeadvancinguponallthis,inhideousonslaught,theNaziwarmachine,withitsclanking,heel-clicking,dandifiedPrussianofficers,itscraftyexpertagents,freshfromthecowingandtyingdownofadozencountries.Iseealsothedull,drilled,docile,brutishmassesoftheHunsoldiery,plod-dingonlikeaswarmofcrawlinglocusts.IseetheGermanbombersandfightersinthesky,stillsmartingfrommanyaBritishwhipping,sodelightfultofindwhattheybelieveisaneasierandasaferprey.Andbehindallthisglare,behindallthisstorm,Iseethatsmallgroupofvillainousmenwhoplanned,organizedandlaunchedthiscataractofhorrorsuponmankind.AndthenmymindgoesbackacrosstheyearstothedayswhentheRussianarmieswereourAl-liesagainstthesamedeadlyfoe,whentheyfoughtwithsomuchvalorandconstancyandhelpedtogainavictory,fromallshareinwhich,alas,theywere,throughnofaultofours,utterlycutoff.Ihavelivedthroughallthisandyouwillpar-donmeifIexpressmyfeelingsandmestirofoldmemories.ButnowIhavetodeclarethedecisionofHisMajesty'sGovernment,andIfeelsureitisdecisioninwhichthegreatDominionswill,induecourse,concur.Andthatwemustspeakofnow,atonce,withoutaday'sdelay.Ihavetomakethedeclarationbut,canyoudoubtwhatourpolicywillbe?Wehavebutoneaimandonesingleirrevocablepurpose.WeareresolvedtodestroyHitlerandeveryvestigeoftheNaziregime.Fromthisnothingwillturnus.Nothing.Wewillneverparley;wewillnevernegotiatewithHitleroranyofhisgang.Weshallfighthimbyland;weshallfighthimbysea;weshallfighthimintheair,until,withGod'shelpwehaveridtheearthofhisshadowandliberateditspeoplefromhisyoke.AnymanorStatewhofightsagainstNazismwillhaveouraid.AnymanorStatewhomarcheswithHitlerisourfoe.ThisappliesnotonlytoorganizedStatesbuttoallrepresentativesofthatvileraceofQuislingswhomakethemselvesthetoolsandagentsoftheNaziregimeagainsttheirfellowcountrymenandagainstthelandsoftheirbirths.TheseQuislings,liketheNazileadersthemselves,ifnotdisposedofbytheirfellowcountrymen,whichwouldsavetrouble,willbedeliveredbyusonthemorrowofvictorytothejusticeoftheAl-liedtribunals.Thatisourpolicyandthatisourdeclaration.Hitler'sinvasionofRussiaisnomorethanapreludetoanattemptedinvasionoftheBritishIsles.Hehopes,nodoubt,thatallthismaybeac-accomplishedbeforetheWintercomesandthathecanoverwhelmGreatBritainbeforethefleetsandairpoweroftheUnitedStateswillintervene.Hehopesthathemayonceagainrepeatuponagreaterscalethaneverbeforethatprocessofdestroyinghisenemiesonebyone,bywhichhehassolongthrivedandprospered,andthatthenthescenewillbeclearforthefinalact,withoutwhichallhisconquestswouldbeinvain,namely,thesubjugationoftheWesternHemispheretohiswillandtohissystem.TheRussiandangeristhereforeourdangerandthedangeroftheUnitedStatesjustasthecauseofanyRussianfightingforhishearthandhomeisthecauseoffreemenandfreepeoplesineveryquarteroftheglobe.Letuslearnthelessonsalreadytaughtbysuchcruelexperience.Letusredoubleourexertionsandstrikewithunitedstrengthwhilelifeandpowerremain.温斯顿·丘吉尔在俄国遭到入侵时发表的广播演说1941年6月22日今天凌晨4时,希特勒已进攻并侵入俄国。没有宣战,甚至没有最后通牒,德国炸弹突然在俄国城市的上空雨点般地落下,德国军队侵犯俄国边境。一小时后,德国大使拜见俄国外交部长,称两国已处于战争状态。而正是这位大使,昨夜还在喋喋不休地向俄国人保证友谊,几乎要保证结盟。希特勒是个伤天害理,屠杀掠夺成性的魔鬼;而纳粹制度除了欲望和种族统治外,毫无宗旨和原则。它凶恶残忍的侵略所造成的后果,为人类一切形式的罪恶行径所不及。在过去25年里,没有人比我反对共产主义更始终如一的了。我不想收回我对此所说过的话。但是,所有这一切在目前展现的情景面前都黯然失色了。过去的一切,连同它的罪恶,它的愚蠢和悲剧,正在飞驰而去。我看见俄国士兵站在其祖国的大门口,守卫着自古以来他们的祖先就已耕作的土地。我看见他们在守卫家园,他们的母亲和妻子在祈祷——呵,是的,因为这个时候人人都要为所爱之人的平安而祈祷,为他们的赡养者、战斗者和保护者的归来而祈祷。我看见数以万计的俄罗斯村庄,那儿的人们正在艰辛地从土地中获取生活资料,但那儿依然有着人类的基本乐趣,少女在欢笑,儿童在玩耍。我看见纳粹的战争机器连同立正起来喀嚓一声,全身叮当作响的花花公子似的普鲁士军官,以及刚刚威吓、压制过十多个国家的、奸诈无比的特工高手,向这一切碾压过去,展开了骇人听闻的袭击。我看见大批愚笨迟钝,受过训练,唯命是从,凶残暴戾的德国士兵,像一大群爬行的蝗虫正在沉重缓慢地前进。我看见因英国人的多次惩罚仍心有余悸的德国轰炸机和战斗机在天空盘旋,为找到一个自以为唾手可得的猎物而得意忘形。在这种嚣张气焰的背后,在这场突然袭击的背后,我看到了那一小撮策划、组织并向人类发动这场恐怖战争的恶棍。于是,我的思绪回到了若干年前。那时,俄国军队是我们抗击同一不共戴天的仇敌的盟军,他们坚韧