From Pericles to Patton
12 speeches about war and battle including Elizabeth 1, Clive James, Paul Keating and General Patton.
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On April 25th, it's ANZAC Day in Speakola's home territory of Australia. It commemorates a battle in Turkey in 1915, and has become a sacred day for Antipodeans, similar to Memorial Day in the USA or Armistice Day in the UK.
The sheer awfulness of war means it often provides amazing material for speeches. In Australia, two that are massiv…
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