Winston Churchill Speeches
Germany Invades Russia
by
Read by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill’s speeches bring listeners directly to the wartime voice of Britain’s prime minister. In this address, delivered on 22 June 1941 as Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Churchill responds to a dramatic change in the course of the Second World War.
The recording centers on Churchill’s public address: his measured, unmistakable delivery carries the argument, urgency, and resolve of a leader speaking to a nation at war. Rather than a dramatized story, it offers the immediacy of historical speech and the force of carefully chosen words.
Listeners can hear how Churchill frames the new conflict and addresses its consequences in the moment. The result is a concise encounter with wartime rhetoric and a distinctive historical voice, suited to anyone interested in the speeches and public life of the Second World War.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.