NationStates

Hathradic States wrote:

Farnhamia wrote: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.

Why the bloody hell was I thinking 40k Thebians? O.o

I blame sickness.

Farnhamia wrote: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.

Novus Kanaan wrote:Well According to my History bbook, Leonidas and his 300 did fight til last man.

And i know that the movie is far from the truth

Blazedtown wrote:Stalingrad. The cause was evil, but the men of the 6th Army did something truly heroic in scope. They were surrounded from the end of November to early February.

The lepearchauns wrote:I personally like the US navy at the Battle of Leyte(particularly the battle off Samar). It wasnt a last stand for the navy, however it was for the battle group.

What essentially amounted to the entire Japanese navy(at this point) including the 2 largest battleships ever built was bearing down on US troops in the Philippines. They managed to trick the largest fleet of the US navy to sail in essentially the wrong direction(they sent another large force to the north including most of their carriers) and left the entire operation to a scouting group meant to take out submarines. When under attack the group launched every plane, weapons or not to attack the battleships and cruisers while the US escort carriers escaped under smoke cover from the rest of the task force. Soon it was apparent that this wasnt enough and the destroyers and escorts turned to attack a Japanese force of over 10x its size(in tonnage). They landed dozens of torpedo hits on high value targets before either being sunk or retreating to the carriers. A submarine task force managed to hold back the largest fleet in the Japanese navy long enough for air support to come in from the surrounding fleets and eventually turned back the attack.

The US lost 2 of its 6 Carriers(Gambier Bay and St. Lo), 2 of 3 destroyers(Johnston and Hoel), and 1 of its destroyer escorts(Samuel B Roberts). According to reports, all but 1 American ship received heavy damage.

The Japanese force lost 4 heavy cruisers, 1 destroyer but retreated when they thought their battleships were in danger

It has to be one of the most important naval battles in history and a last stand for the task force protecting the American troops at Leyte. It started as 13 on 21 and ended as 7 on 16 but the US still managed to beat back an unprecedented attack.

I know its not technically a last stand as there were surviving ships on both sides, but it was for half of the task force. Thats why I picked it. This was the 300 of naval battles...only this time some of the spartans lived and the Persians failed.

*making a correction to this. 1 of the largest battle ships in the world was sunk the day before...so only 1 was in the actual battle. That slipped my ind when writing this

Cill Charthaigh wrote:The Alamo. Pretty damn brave if you ask me. Not really heroic as it might be brave, but it was awesome. Roughly 180-200 Texians stood up to the Mexican Army and fought back until they all were killed but it was pretty awesome. Not that I was there. It happened in 1836.