Winston Churchill Speeches
Address to Italy
by
Read by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill’s wartime speeches bring listeners directly to the voice of Britain’s prime minister as he addresses the nation and the wider world during the Second World War. This recording is an address to Italy, delivered on December 23, 1940.
Churchill’s speeches are public oratory rather than dramatic radio plays: their force comes from carefully shaped arguments, vivid language, and the urgency of events. In this address, he speaks to an international audience at a moment when Britain and Italy stood on opposing sides of the conflict.
The listening experience is direct and historically grounded, centered on Churchill’s distinctive delivery and the words themselves. It offers a concise encounter with wartime rhetoric and the political atmosphere of the period.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.