John F Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech, but set in the context of a Free Britain
This is simply my interpretation of what John F Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech would be like if it was set in the context of a recently free Britain
I am proud to come to this city as the guest of a free people, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of London. And I am proud to visit the United Kingdom with her Most Royal Majesty, who for so many years in exile has committed England to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Eisenhower, who has been in this city during its finest and darkest hours and will come again if ever needed.
Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is, "We Shall Never Surrender"
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the Free world and the Nazi world. Let them come to Britain. There are some who say that Fascism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Britain. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Nazis. Let them come to Britain. And there are even a few who say that it is true that Nazism is an evil system, but it enabled us to forge the greatest empire on Earth. Let them come to Britain.
Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but as Despots are so often reminded, the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants. I want to say, on behalf of my countrymen, who live many miles away on the other side of the Atlantic, who are far distant from you, that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you, even from a distance, the story of the last 18 years. I know of no town, no city, that has been occupied for 18 years that still lives with the vitality and the force, and the hope and the determination of the city of London. While the bloodshed is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of Nazi rule, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your Prime Minister has said, an offense not only against history but an offense against humanity, crushing under its Jackboot all those deemed unworthy of life, and condemning the rest to a life of perpetual cruelty and squalor.
What is true of this city is true of Britain--real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured as long as one man is denied the elementary right of free men, and that is to make a free choice. In 18 years of strife and tyranny, this generation of Englishman has earned the right to be free, including the right to free their families and their nation in lasting peace, with good will to all people. You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main. So let me ask you as I close, to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, to the hopes of tomorrow, beyond the freedom merely of this city of London, or your country of Great Britain, to the advance of freedom everywhere, beyond the channel to the day of peace with justice, beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind.
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of London can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of London, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "We Have Never Surrendered"
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This is simply my interpretation of what John F Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech would be like if it was set in the context of a recently free Britain
I am proud to come to this city as the guest of a free people, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of London. And I am proud to visit the United Kingdom with her Most Royal Majesty, who for so many years in exile has committed England to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Eisenhower, who has been in this city during its finest and darkest hours and will come again if ever needed.
Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is, "We Shall Never Surrender"
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the Free world and the Nazi world. Let them come to Britain. There are some who say that Fascism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Britain. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Nazis. Let them come to Britain. And there are even a few who say that it is true that Nazism is an evil system, but it enabled us to forge the greatest empire on Earth. Let them come to Britain.
Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but as Despots are so often reminded, the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants. I want to say, on behalf of my countrymen, who live many miles away on the other side of the Atlantic, who are far distant from you, that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you, even from a distance, the story of the last 18 years. I know of no town, no city, that has been occupied for 18 years that still lives with the vitality and the force, and the hope and the determination of the city of London. While the bloodshed is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of Nazi rule, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your Prime Minister has said, an offense not only against history but an offense against humanity, crushing under its Jackboot all those deemed unworthy of life, and condemning the rest to a life of perpetual cruelty and squalor.
What is true of this city is true of Britain--real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured as long as one man is denied the elementary right of free men, and that is to make a free choice. In 18 years of strife and tyranny, this generation of Englishman has earned the right to be free, including the right to free their families and their nation in lasting peace, with good will to all people. You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main. So let me ask you as I close, to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, to the hopes of tomorrow, beyond the freedom merely of this city of London, or your country of Great Britain, to the advance of freedom everywhere, beyond the channel to the day of peace with justice, beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind.
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of London can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of London, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "We Have Never Surrendered"
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What TNO could look like if it was a Battlefield game (Used BF1 as the source)
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How do TNO devs find these insanely obscure figures?
Like Sheponov or even just Zykov both are increadibly obscure footnotes in article so how were they able to even find anything about them?
https://preview.redd.it/sifll94vs2zc1.png?width=156&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5bb62a4ff8e67001d99861be04ae573729ca144
https://preview.redd.it/ure2vchxs2zc1.png?width=156&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc0b098fca1fb6c32d5f93f79819f39267a19d43
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Like Sheponov or even just Zykov both are increadibly obscure footnotes in article so how were they able to even find anything about them?
https://preview.redd.it/sifll94vs2zc1.png?width=156&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5bb62a4ff8e67001d99861be04ae573729ca144
https://preview.redd.it/ure2vchxs2zc1.png?width=156&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc0b098fca1fb6c32d5f93f79819f39267a19d43
https://redd.it/1cmnvo0
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