The correct answer is option letter A (It balances the negative of France’s fall with the positive of England’s ability to better defend itself). The purpose of the speech “<em>Their Finest Hour</em>” delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1940 was to give Great Britain hope during World War II, to achieve perseverance in the people in order to make them gain courage to fight on. . In the case of the excerpt presented above, the structure clearly balances what happened to France and what will happened to England in effect. Churchill says to feel <u>relieved</u> from maintaining troops in France and having them back in England because as the invasions escalate, England would have “far larger and more efficient forces” to face these invasions.
