Euronion wrote:Custer's last stand comes to mind, wouldn't exactly call it heroic, but I would call it a cool last stand
There's a fine line between heroic and stupid..... Custer crossed it.
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by Tekania » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:05 am
Euronion wrote:Custer's last stand comes to mind, wouldn't exactly call it heroic, but I would call it a cool last stand
by The lepearchauns » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:06 am
by Lackadaisical2 » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:07 am
Free foundation wrote:back to topic.
Battle of Saragarhi ,1897. 21 sikh soldiers of british indian army faced abt 10000 afghani tribesmen.
Russian-German Empire wrote:Battle of Shiroyama.Because they fought for a way of life.
The Republic of Lanos wrote:Proud member of the Vile Right-Wing Noodle Combat Division of the Imperialist Anti-Socialist Economic War Army Ground Force reporting in.
by Euronion » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:13 am
Thomas Paine wrote:"to argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"
by Morrdh » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:15 am
by Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:17 am
The Archregimancy wrote:'Last stands' typically involve either military incompetence or barbarism. I see no reason why they should necessarily be celebrated.
I mean, the final siege of Constantinople in 1453 holds some historical resonance for me, but I see no reason to celebrate it.
Also, this thread will likely turn into a tiresome debate over Thermopylae between people who think 300 is history, and a smaller group who are actually familiar with the Persian War.
by Modder River » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:22 am
by Revolutopia » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:25 am
by Ragnarsdomr » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:27 am
Conservative Morality wrote:By accepting yourself and who you are. Accept violence. Accept aggression. Accept dominance. Not as a man, but as a human. Accept conflict, and find a place for it in life. Neither deny nor revel in it. Revel in one thing and one thing only: humanity. What higher goal is there, after all? Embrace who you are, what you are, and what you can be. Throw off the shackles of shame, refuse self-loathing, refuse misandry, refuse misogyny, refuse misanthropy, instead, love what you are. Love mankind, love man and woman, and love yourself.
by West fiji » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:36 am
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by Blazedtown » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:48 am
by Suidwes-Afrika » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:54 am
Euronion wrote:yhep, but the last part when they were in a circle, huddled together, the American flag in the middle, firing the last of their bullets surrounded by a superior force, was pretty cool.d
by Hathradic States » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:54 am
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by Shofercia » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:09 pm
Kemaliste wrote:Firstly Gallipoli War is an entirely unbelievable last stand against imperialists. '' I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die. Ataturk '' it was the key to victory. Also it is an important detail that a group of soldiers without any weapon runs through the heavily armed enemy soldiers only in order to keep them back for a while until the regular troops arrive and they all die.
The other one is Hasan Tahsin, a journalist who shot the first bullet of the National War for Independence on Greek invading forces that occupied Izmir, and then killed by them.
by The Republique Dardania and Gazmania » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:09 pm
by Farnhamia » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:14 pm
by Farnhamia » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:15 pm
Hathradic States wrote:The Battle of Berlin. 300,000-ish Germans against several million Russians.
The Battle of Thermoplae (sp?), 300 Spartans, 40,000 Thebians against quite a bit more Persians.
by The lepearchauns » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:22 pm
by Bales Rant » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:36 pm
by Hathradic States » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:39 pm
Farnhamia wrote:Hathradic States wrote:The Battle of Berlin. 300,000-ish Germans against several million Russians.
The Battle of Thermoplae (sp?), 300 Spartans, 40,000 Thebians against quite a bit more Persians.
300 Spartans, 500 warriors from Tegea, 500 from Mantinea, 120 from Arcadian Orchomenos, 1000 from the rest of Arcadia, 200 from Phlius, 80 from Mycenae, 700 Corinthians, 400 Thebans, 1000 Phocians and the Opuntian Locrians. Come on, you can look this stuff up.
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