Which parts of this excerpt reflect winston churchill's belief that the nazis could be overcome only through the collaboration of great britain and its allies? speech to the house of commons of the british parliament, 4 june 1940 by winston churchill (excerpt) that is the resolve of his majesty's government, every man of them. that is the will of parliament and the nation. the british empire and the french republic, linked together in their cause and their need, will defend to the death their native soils, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength, even though a large tract of europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the gestapo and all the odious apparatus of nazi rule. we shall not flag nor fail. we shall go on to the end. we shall fight in france and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. we shall never surrender and even if, which i do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the british fleet, will carry on the struggle until in god's good time the new world with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the old.