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A last stand is a general military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming odds. The defensive force usually takes very heavy casualties or is completely destroyed, as happened at Thermopylae in 480 BC, Fall of Constantinople in 1453, or Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
A "last stand" is a last resort tactic, and is chosen because the defending force realizes the benefits of fighting outweigh the benefits of retreat or surrender. This usually arises from strategic or moral considerations, leading defenders to conclude that their sacrifice is essential to the greater success of their campaign or cause, as happened at the end of the Battle of Thermopylae.
The situation can arise in several ways. One situation is that retreat by the defending force would lead to immediate defeat, usually due to the surrounding geography or shortage of supplies or support, as happened to the Royalist infantry on Wadborough Hill after the Battle of Naseby.
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Last stand is a position against overwhelming odds.
Last Stand or The Last Stand may refer to:
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Music-Sabaton The Last Stand Sing-Brodén --------------LYRICS------------ In the heart of holy see In the home of Christianity The seat of power is in danger There's a foe of a thousand swords They've been abandoned by their lords Their fall from grace will pave their path, to damnation Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 Gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done! For the grace, for the might of our lord For the home of the holy For the faith, for the way of the sword Gave their lives so boldly For the grace, for the might of our lord In the name of his glory For the faith, for the way of the sword Come and tell their story again Under guard of 42 Along a secret avenue Castle saint Angelo is waiting They're the guard of t...
Deus Vult! (Read the description for lyrics) The song is about the brave 189 Swiss Guard soldiers during the sacking of Rome in 1527. Movie: The Kingdom of Heaven and Arn the Knight Templar Help Sabaton out by buying the Album! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-last-stand/id1120740483 Lyrics for The Last Stand In the heart of holy see In the home of Christianity The seat of power is in danger There's a foe of a thousand swords They've been abandoned by their lords Their fall from grace will pave their path to damnation Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done For the grace for the might of our lord For the home of the holy For the faith for the way of the sword Gave their lives...
On 6 May 1527 a leaderless mercenary army, consisting of German Landsknechts as well as Spanish and Italian mercenaries, invaded the city of Rome. No sooner had the Janiculum fallen into the hands of the looters they began advancing on the Vatican Hill. On St. Peter's Square 147 (of 189) men of the Swiss Guard stood in position to protect Pope Clement VII. In the meantime the remaining 42 Swiss escorted the Pope to the Castel Sant'Angelo (using a secret escape passageway, the Passetto di Borgo) where he finally had to capitulate after a month of siege. None of the 147 Swiss survived. Even today the Swiss Guards have their swearing-in ceremony of new recruits on 6 May, in tribute of the fallen. CAUTION! I won't tolerate any racist, discriminatory or in any other form inappropriate comment...
Herobrine returns to the village to wipe out the last survivor of the tribe. ► Check out MINECRAFT ANIMATIONS Playlist: http://bit.ly/22MEigC Watch the prequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oJj0ZyLKc Music used are Witcher 3 OST (In order) -Merchants of Novigrad -Hunt or Be Hunted ► Check out MINECRAFT REDSTONE Playlist: http://bit.ly/1VD9waN ► TWITTER ➨ https://twitter.com/Radapedaxa ► INSTAGRAM ➨ https://www.instagram.com/Radapedaxa/ ► GOOGLE+ ➨ https://plus.google.com/+Radapedaxa
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Here was a pretty solid gameplay that I got while streaming earlier today. I wanted to share this with you guys to prove that getting kills isn't everything. It's important to have people farming as well. We definetely could have lost this game if we made a few more mistakes. Thank you so much for watching. Be sure to drop the video a LIKE if you enjoyed! Thank you! All Division Videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl-FzMIyKe0XzCcBgkxTtQuUWhZYlF2SV CONNECT WITH ME! LIVESTREAM: http://www.twitch.tv/likebutterlive Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/LiKeBuTTeR9 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/likebutter9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/likebutter9
The Last Stand movie clips: http://j.mp/1hZgMfx BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1W8wZSh Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: A few members of the deputy's department practice shooting Lewis's (Johnny Knoxville) new gun. FILM DESCRIPTION: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Sheriff Owens, a disgraced lawman who fled the LAPD to lord over the sleepy border town of Sommerton Junction, which becomes the only thing in the way of an escaped head of a drug cartel's path to freedom in Lionsgate's The Last Stand. I Saw the Devil's Kim Jee-Woon directs from a script by Andrew Knauer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Peter Stormare, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Harry Dean Stanton, and Johnny Knoxvile co-star. CREDITS: TM & © Lionsgate (2013) Cast: Zach Gilford, Johnny Knoxvill...
Bretonnian Hill Last Stand - 7,000 Beastmen invasion | Warhammer Total War. We are finally back with some more Total war warhammer on a custom map battle. This battle turned out really well so make sure to watch till the end. Scenario: -The beastmen have gather a great army of over 7000 units to raze brettonia to counter this the lords of brettonia have call their knights and peasants to battle. rules: -Do not repeat any legendary lord -If all generals die, that team lose the battle -units over 1000 only can be use twice -units under 1000 can be use three times. -max 1 artillery or cygor. map: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=921283345 mods: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704361604 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJxVXT_Rn0UJR3B_M0srFUlG1LxIIpQqh - All my songs in one playlist. https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com - for high quality downloads. https://www.patreon.com/Vindsvept - If you want to support me directly. Visit http://Vindsvept.com for more information about me and my life. All of my material is under a CC BY 4.0 License, more information about it can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Here we are again, way outside the comfort-zone. I actually wrote most of this tune a few months back but I left it incomplete because it just didn't sound the way I wanted it to, it still doesn't. However, I thought I should do my best and at least finish it. In the end, I think the tune as a whole is rather good but the mix is where it is lackin...
The word nationalism has been utterly co-opted. Yet, by reclaiming its true meaning, people from around the world can show pride in their home countries and cultures, and share the best of both with the rest of Planet Earth. Colin's Last Stand is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent historical and political content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Reddit: /r/ColinsLastStand Still images in this video were acquired from the following sources, for which Colin's Last Stand is thankful: Biography.com, Business Pundit, Clipart Panda, Culturalist, History.com, Huffin...
Music-Sabaton The Last Stand Sing-Brodén --------------LYRICS------------ In the heart of holy see In the home of Christianity The seat of power is in danger There's a foe of a thousand swords They've been abandoned by their lords Their fall from grace will pave their path, to damnation Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 Gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done! For the grace, for the might of our lord For the home of the holy For the faith, for the way of the sword Gave their lives so boldly For the grace, for the might of our lord In the name of his glory For the faith, for the way of the sword Come and tell their story again Under guard of 42 Along a secret avenue Castle saint Angelo is waiting They're the guard of t...
Deus Vult! (Read the description for lyrics) The song is about the brave 189 Swiss Guard soldiers during the sacking of Rome in 1527. Movie: The Kingdom of Heaven and Arn the Knight Templar Help Sabaton out by buying the Album! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-last-stand/id1120740483 Lyrics for The Last Stand In the heart of holy see In the home of Christianity The seat of power is in danger There's a foe of a thousand swords They've been abandoned by their lords Their fall from grace will pave their path to damnation Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done For the grace for the might of our lord For the home of the holy For the faith for the way of the sword Gave their lives...
On 6 May 1527 a leaderless mercenary army, consisting of German Landsknechts as well as Spanish and Italian mercenaries, invaded the city of Rome. No sooner had the Janiculum fallen into the hands of the looters they began advancing on the Vatican Hill. On St. Peter's Square 147 (of 189) men of the Swiss Guard stood in position to protect Pope Clement VII. In the meantime the remaining 42 Swiss escorted the Pope to the Castel Sant'Angelo (using a secret escape passageway, the Passetto di Borgo) where he finally had to capitulate after a month of siege. None of the 147 Swiss survived. Even today the Swiss Guards have their swearing-in ceremony of new recruits on 6 May, in tribute of the fallen. CAUTION! I won't tolerate any racist, discriminatory or in any other form inappropriate comment...
Herobrine returns to the village to wipe out the last survivor of the tribe. ► Check out MINECRAFT ANIMATIONS Playlist: http://bit.ly/22MEigC Watch the prequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oJj0ZyLKc Music used are Witcher 3 OST (In order) -Merchants of Novigrad -Hunt or Be Hunted ► Check out MINECRAFT REDSTONE Playlist: http://bit.ly/1VD9waN ► TWITTER ➨ https://twitter.com/Radapedaxa ► INSTAGRAM ➨ https://www.instagram.com/Radapedaxa/ ► GOOGLE+ ➨ https://plus.google.com/+Radapedaxa
One of my favorite Zombie Flash Games from the days of old! Subscribe Today! ► http://bit.ly/Markiplier MORE Awesome Games ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiDAf0LeFLFH8S83JWBjvtqE Play Last Stand ► http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/375622 Follow my Instagram ► http://instagram.com/markipliergram Follow me on Twitter ► https://twitter.com/markiplier Like me on Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/markiplier Livestream ► https://gaming.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME/live Shirts ► http://1shirt.com/collections/markiplier
Here was a pretty solid gameplay that I got while streaming earlier today. I wanted to share this with you guys to prove that getting kills isn't everything. It's important to have people farming as well. We definetely could have lost this game if we made a few more mistakes. Thank you so much for watching. Be sure to drop the video a LIKE if you enjoyed! Thank you! All Division Videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl-FzMIyKe0XzCcBgkxTtQuUWhZYlF2SV CONNECT WITH ME! LIVESTREAM: http://www.twitch.tv/likebutterlive Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/LiKeBuTTeR9 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/likebutter9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/likebutter9
The Last Stand movie clips: http://j.mp/1hZgMfx BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1W8wZSh Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: A few members of the deputy's department practice shooting Lewis's (Johnny Knoxville) new gun. FILM DESCRIPTION: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Sheriff Owens, a disgraced lawman who fled the LAPD to lord over the sleepy border town of Sommerton Junction, which becomes the only thing in the way of an escaped head of a drug cartel's path to freedom in Lionsgate's The Last Stand. I Saw the Devil's Kim Jee-Woon directs from a script by Andrew Knauer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Peter Stormare, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Harry Dean Stanton, and Johnny Knoxvile co-star. CREDITS: TM & © Lionsgate (2013) Cast: Zach Gilford, Johnny Knoxvill...
Bretonnian Hill Last Stand - 7,000 Beastmen invasion | Warhammer Total War. We are finally back with some more Total war warhammer on a custom map battle. This battle turned out really well so make sure to watch till the end. Scenario: -The beastmen have gather a great army of over 7000 units to raze brettonia to counter this the lords of brettonia have call their knights and peasants to battle. rules: -Do not repeat any legendary lord -If all generals die, that team lose the battle -units over 1000 only can be use twice -units under 1000 can be use three times. -max 1 artillery or cygor. map: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=921283345 mods: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704361604 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=8...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJxVXT_Rn0UJR3B_M0srFUlG1LxIIpQqh - All my songs in one playlist. https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com - for high quality downloads. https://www.patreon.com/Vindsvept - If you want to support me directly. Visit http://Vindsvept.com for more information about me and my life. All of my material is under a CC BY 4.0 License, more information about it can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Here we are again, way outside the comfort-zone. I actually wrote most of this tune a few months back but I left it incomplete because it just didn't sound the way I wanted it to, it still doesn't. However, I thought I should do my best and at least finish it. In the end, I think the tune as a whole is rather good but the mix is where it is lackin...
The word nationalism has been utterly co-opted. Yet, by reclaiming its true meaning, people from around the world can show pride in their home countries and cultures, and share the best of both with the rest of Planet Earth. Colin's Last Stand is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent historical and political content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Reddit: /r/ColinsLastStand Still images in this video were acquired from the following sources, for which Colin's Last Stand is thankful: Biography.com, Business Pundit, Clipart Panda, Culturalist, History.com, Huffin...
It used to be that old John Wayne
Would fight the good fight once again,
Find the strength to bear the pain,
Stand up til he'd finally fall.
But now it's not just movie time,
And now it's you that's on the line.
And now it's you that's going to find
If you can stand at all.
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees,
And you try to find some courage on your knees.
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band,
You knew this is where you'd have to make
Your last stand.
And so, my friends, the last stand,
The last song from the last band,
The last note from the last man,
But you gave it all you can.
The cards came down to the last deal,
You're a starving man at his last meal,
And the movie's rolled down to the last real,
It's got an ending you never planned.
She's left you now, and so it seems,
You've tumbled down the last stream,
And you've found out that the final dream,
Can disappear so fast.
Watch it all just fade away, boy,
It came down to the last day,
And then the last out, and then the last play,
And you're alone at last.
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees,
And you try to find some courage on your knees.
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band,
You knew this is where you'd have to make
Your last stand.
Well, so it was late last night,
She left on the final flight
You watched as the last light
Went out there in your soul.
Took your look around the top,
For now you face the final drop.
You'll go down fast and you won't stop,
You found a very deep hole.
Say you're off on the last ride,
Remembering how she last cried,
And you know that love had long last died
In silence, not in pain.
You lost your last, your last race
Stumbled in at last place,
Too late to find the one last face
Waiting in the rain.
So you circle all the wagons
And you hide behind the trees,
And you try to find some courage on your knees.
When you heard the sound of taps played
By the one man band,
You knew this is where you'd have to make