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List of last stands. An illustration of the Battle of Thermopylae by John Steeple Davis. A last stand is a military situation on which a normally-small defensive force holds a position against a more powerful opposing military force. The defending force usually takes heavy casualties.
The last stand of the survivors of Her Majesty's 44th Regiment of Foot at Gandamak in Afghanistan in 1842, painted by William Barnes Wollen. A last stand is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds. [1] Troops may make a last stand due to a sense of ...
Category:Last stands. Category. : Last stands. Articles relating to last stands, military situations in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds. [1] Last stands loom large in history, as the heroism and sacrifice of the defenders exert a large pull on the public's imagination.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, [1] [2] and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) was a United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He was defeated and killed by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. More than 30 movies and countless television shows have featured him as a character.
Iconoclasm. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy depicting the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" over iconoclasm under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III, late 14th to early 15th century. Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break') [i] is the social belief in the importance of the ...
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National Army Museum, London. The Last Stand at Isandlwana (originally titled The Last Stand at Isandhula) is an oil painting by Charles Edwin Fripp. It depicts the last stand of the British army at the battle of Isandlwana, and is considered one of the most notable portrayings of the Anglo-Zulu war. It is currently exhibited at the National ...