<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Churchill had taken over as Prime Minister on 10 May, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe . He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway . </P> <P> Coincidentally, the German Wehrmacht offensive in the Low Countries and France had begun on 10 May with the invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg . Churchill had spoken to the House of Commons as Prime Minister for the first time on 13 May, to announce the formation of the new administration: </P> <P> I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat ." </P>

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