- The speaker promised blood, toil, tears, and sweat 5 years ago
- The response from the audience brought victory over Germany
- The conquest of Japan with American allies is a difficult task
- There are still tears, but not as many as before
- The speaker acknowledges the need for blood and sweat in the future
- The world is shattered and needs to be rebuilt

5 years ago, I promised you blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

And your untiring response brought us, in the end, victory over Germany.

Not so many, thank God, but the conquest of Japan, hand in hand with our American allies, is a formidable undertaking which we must and will see through to the end.

And we must still look forward, Alas, to blood and sweat.

We have a shattered world around us and we must help to rebuild it.


Speaker 0: 5 years ago, I promised you blood, toil, tears, and sweat. And your untiring response brought us, in the end, victory over Germany. Today, we still have tears. Not so many, thank God, but the conquest of Japan, hand in hand with our American allies, is a formidable undertaking which we must and will see through to the end. And we must still look forward, Alas, to blood and sweat.

We have a terrific task ahead of us. We have a shattered world around us and we must help to rebuild it.

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Winston Churchill speech to the nation after Allied victory in Europe.