| Tango01 | 11 Jun 2018 2:58 p.m. PST |
"One of the all time great stories of war is that of soldiers facing a foe many times their size in fighting strength. One of the first appearances in human history of such a lopsided battle is the Battle of Thermopylae where 7,000 Greeks faced off against what is now estimated by historians to have been 100,000 to 150,000 Persians. This is such a prevalent type of war film, that I listed it as one of the central war film archetypes. In this week's article, I take a look at soldiers that fought to the end, against overwhelming odds, examining the odds of survival in each battle, and whether or not they survived (they live a surprising percentage of the time!)
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 Legion 4   | 11 Jun 2018 3:30 p.m. PST |
Last Stands are a bad thing for the defenders generally. But it makes a good movie …  |
| BrockLanders | 11 Jun 2018 3:48 p.m. PST |
"An older WW2 version of an RPG". I think it would've been pretty easy to just google it to see what the Germans called it |
| JimSelzer | 11 Jun 2018 4:00 p.m. PST |
Thermopylae
Alamo
I really wish the was an accurate Little Big Horn movie in the works Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was close to a last stand would be nice to see this as well |
| Minibeady | 11 Jun 2018 5:07 p.m. PST |
ZULU! Just didn't go like most last stands. |
| robert piepenbrink | 11 Jun 2018 5:23 p.m. PST |
Zulu!
13th Warrior
The John Wayne Alamo |
| whill4 | 11 Jun 2018 5:57 p.m. PST |
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| rvandusen | 11 Jun 2018 6:21 p.m. PST |
Gallipoli is a weird one to add since it is not a last stand. The Australians are the attackers trying to storm a Turkish trench line. Black Hawk Down was not really a last stand either, though there is the final scenes where the Rangers are surrounded until the air support arrives. Now I have to watch 13 Hours and Lone Survivor. What about Zulu Dawn? Or fictional last stands like The Wild Geese? |
| Narratio | 11 Jun 2018 8:00 p.m. PST |
I'd go black and white with Errol Flynn as George Custer. Of course it was "Rah-Rah!" Hollywood biopic. Covers the war college days and the civil war but the last stand scenes were rather epic. |
| jurgenation | 12 Jun 2018 3:20 a.m. PST |
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| Bismarck | 12 Jun 2018 6:41 a.m. PST |
One I am surprised that missed this list was the made for tV movie of The Lost Battalion from the World War I account. |
| khanscom | 12 Jun 2018 7:31 a.m. PST |
"Zulu" has got to rate #1; 2 from Vietnam-- "Go Tell the Spartans" and "Siege of Firebase Gloria" ('Zulu" in SEA). |
| brass1 | 12 Jun 2018 7:59 a.m. PST |
The defenders won in "Zulu". What about "Zulu Dawn"? +1 for the TV version of The Lost Battalion. LT |
| Major Mike | 12 Jun 2018 8:47 a.m. PST |
Saving Private Ryan
Wake Island
Letters from Iwo Jima |
| Phil DAmato | 12 Jun 2018 9:26 a.m. PST |
Wake Island
Bataan
Pride of the Marines Phil |
| Andrew Walters | 12 Jun 2018 9:33 a.m. PST |
I think Star Wars: A New Hope qualifies for that definition. I haven't seen The Beast yet, but I from what I understand it qualifies and is pretty highly thought of. |
| Allen57 | 12 Jun 2018 10:52 a.m. PST |
Zulu Dawn, The 300 Spartans, and Wake Island. They Died With Their Boots On is OK but there has to be a better movie on Custers Last Stand. Not really a last stand but Charge of the Light Brigade. |
| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2018 11:15 a.m. PST |
Many good movies here… I recomended 13 hours… my friend. Amicalement
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| Tango01 | 13 Jun 2018 11:38 a.m. PST |
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| Bunkermeister | 13 Jun 2018 9:25 p.m. PST |
John Wayne, Alamo.
Wake Island.
Bataan.
Zulu.
The Bunker. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog link |
| Please delete me | 14 Jun 2018 4:52 a.m. PST |
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