What was the speaker's intention when using figurative language in this sentence?

It is not quite the story of the wolf and the lamb. I will tell you why—because Germany expected to find a lamb and found a lion.


to assure the audience that England will defeat Germany in the war


to prove to the audience that England was not the cause of the war


to gain the sympathy of the English citizens and other nations


to prove that Germany was a major threat to England