This is also known as the "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech that Churchill gave during the Battle of France (which of course, the French would lose to the Nazis, who marched into Paris on June 14, 1940). Churchill was attempting to rally support from the British politicians and the people, since England too was at war with Germany. Great Britain was, in fact, on its own, since the United States would not enter the war until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor a year later.
Perplex : To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt.
Ex Nihilo - out of nothing
World Parents - creation resulting from the union of two natural forces
Earth Diver - earth emerging from water
Emergence - transfer of life from another world to earth
