Greatest last stands in history for a worthy cause

[Lord Tim]

Above post makes me think about the campaign in Egypt, lead by general Napoleon Bonaparte.
When the enemy sent out an army that would certainly defeat the French, Bonaparte managed to escape to France. (The rest of the fleet couldn't, since the Mediterranean was blocked off.) 30,000 men were left for dead and the other French generals in France didn't have the guts to blame Napoleon for it.

[Angry Newbie]

Theres a reason people think he is an antichrist

[Roach XI the Magnificent]

By what is considered by many an inferior race.

You mean this?

By what is considered by me an inferior race.

No. I don't think race has any impact whatsoever, what matters is the culture.

[Gaunt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zbaraz

Siege of Zbarazh 

I know wikipedia doesn't really have any info but still, that's my favorite.

[johncage]

none of this matters. the only last stand worth taking is a personal one against your own nature.

the only action worth taking is suicide.

[Eternal]

none of this matters. the only last stand worth taking is a personal one against your own nature.

the only action worth taking is suicide.

...?
You okay there, john?

[Kobrag]

none of this matters. the only last stand worth taking is a personal one against your own nature.

the only action worth taking is suicide.

*slaps*
You forgot 'After taking with me as many other people as possible' beforehand.

Joking aside, Fight or Flight dude.
Any problem you have, either strike out at the non-you cause or find a way to reconsile.

[TA_Tatar_Han]

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for me that's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign

Knowing the condition of the Ottoman army.


Tsarist Russia collapsed after this war.

Also Ottoman Empire and  English Empire ended after this war.

There are also weird things that happened during the war.

1-) Seyit Ali carried a 257 kilogram shell and loaded it into the artillery which he fired. The bullet entered from the chimney of the ship Ocean and the ship was torn in two and sank. He also shot the ship Queen Elizabeth.

2-) A group of pinned down Turkish soldiers disappeared in a "fast cloud"

3-) A group of Anzacs disappeared in a "fast cloud".

You're right.

[Kobrag]

Damned Turkish invasion.
Stick to your own kind dammit! /joke.

[Cutpurse3]

Battle of Westerplatte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte
209 vs 3,400
Held out for seven days
Ended in capitulation

Off topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_code

[nijis]

First battle of Zawiya, March 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Zawiya

Civilians versus an armored brigade, and they held two weeks. This was before NATO. The Zawiya fighters probably saved Misrata and the entire rebellion in the west.

[Kobrag]

Never underestimate a people who have little to lose but their family. =]

[Brodan1]

Gallipoli??
Gallipoli was an invasion in Turkey, by the allied forces, it was the place the ANZAC's became famous, and gained world renown, for courage mateship, it was not a last stand.
It was a beginning of a legacy.
i know this because i did a essay about it for an compition by the Tasmanian history society or whatever there called.

[Lord Tim]

How about:
Battle of the Golden Spurs


An army of Flemmish peasants with nothing more than maces, improvised polearms(reworked pitch forks...), the Geldon and a few swords.
The Flemmish had about 9000 men, all infantry. (The 400 nobles never really did anything.) They had no armor, but a few self-made leather vests.

The French had 8000 men,but 2500 were noble cavalry, the rest consisted out of crossbowmen, spearmen and other infantry.
About a thousand cavalerists were killed and another thousand got wounded.

The French Royal army had to retreat, which was a disgrace for the King of France, to lose against the counts of Flanders.
Unfortunately, the Flemmish lost the following battles.

[ancalimon]

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The British Empire didn't end after WW1...

I would not debate with this. Both Russian and British hegemony "ended" after the failed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign   It was the trigger.

An age ended at that time.

An if the Turks had lost that war, there would have been no single Turkish person alive left in Anatolia today.