3:06 the Samurai did have guns and made extensive use of guns during the Satsuma rebellion but had ran out of ammo by the time of the final Samurai change that made Shiroyama famous. The Samurai had been using guns before that during the battle though
I would like to bring up a very special battle in Canadian history. The battle for Frezenburg Belgium it was a ridge that the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry held. The battle begun at 0400 on the 8th of May 1915 with a pounding artillery attack from the Germans that lasted till 0900 hours. Almost immediately the allies to the left and right of the Canadians broke and routed but the 700 troops of the PPCLI didn’t they held their positions against 40 thousand Germans. And by the end of the first day the PPCLI was fight a battle on 3 sides outnumbered over 57:1 but they still held. They held out long enough that they were able to be reinforced and relived of their position by the British. They fought for 15 straight hours outnumbered 57:1. And when they were taken off the lines the original 700 Canadians were reduced to 154 men and 4 officers. And from this battle the unofficial motto of the PPCLI was born “hold up the whole damn line”
He forgot about the last stand of an unidentified viking at The Battle of Stamford Bridge, where said viking cut down fourty Englishmen crossing the bridge before he was killed himself.
Another thing Leonidas did along the same vein as his response at Thermopylae was when Alexander the Great was doing... you know, the whole world conquering thing, he sent an angry letter to Sparta basically saying "If my army conquers Sparta, we're going to raze the entire kingdom". Leonidas sent a response letter with only one word: "If."
Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods
There is one last stand that may perhaps be the greatest of all time. The Battle of Saragarhi, where 21 British/Sikh troops fought against 10-12,000 Afghani’s, where they ultimately killed between 200-400 and wounded an additional 200-400. The story has everything you could imagine, a 3 man counter charge once the walls and gate had been breached, which momentarily stopped the advance of 200 plus men, to 4 guys standing in a circle back to back fighting off the afghanis with bayonet and sword, to a signal man who had been signaling the other outpost the entire time ending his signals with stating “Sikh defenders, down to 1. Request to take up my rifle” to which he was granted, and the other British fort watched on as that last defender alone killed 20 Afghanis before they decided to set fire to his tower in which case he yelled the Sikh war cry Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal, until he eventually died. To put into contrast. The Alamo was 25 to 1 Rorkes Drift against the Zulus were 50 to 1 The battle of Thermopylae at the beginning during the first day were between 14 to 1 or 43 to 1, by the last day and last stand 71 to 1 or 214 to 1. The 21 Sikhs were at 571 to 1.
@ no, those guys were chilling on a mountain, thinking they were the targets Also some of the thebans surrendered Only the thespians stayed with the Spartans to the last man
Never underestimate a bottleneck with a dude planted in the middle dude, who put with some adrenaline is going to be a pretty tough cookie to crack. As you said with the bridge, only wide enough for two abreast. So the fighting is going to be seriously hampered. It doesn't matter if you've got 100 or 100,000... If only two can get through, only two can effectively fight.
Not sure if this would count as a last stand but the second battle of Bir el Gubi honestly deserves to be covered. During WW2 in the North African campaign an Italian unit of 1,454 men ended up rebuking several advances from an entire British army corp. The British Army corp consisted of an entire tank division which was supported by several elite units (Highlanders and Gurkhas). The Italians meanwhile had only 10 tankettes (which only had machine guns) and 2 tanks (both ended up surviving the battle) and they had been short on supplies and forced to fight while dehydrated and starving due to a lack of food and water while also being pummeled by artillery. They relentlessly fought off several fierce attacks for 3 days while inflicting heavy losses until Rommel dispatched armored reinforcements to relieve the Italian troops. The Italian's actions ended up preventing the British forces from flanking the rest of the German and Italian units in Operation Crusader essentially saving the Afrika Korps and other Italian units while preventing what could've been a decisive British victory.
"Teaching history", meaning reading the Wikipedia for "famous last stands" with a bunch of mispronunciations? Plus a dozen malapropisms / missunderstanding of said wiki pages when slightly tweaking the wording to be his "own work" like a ninth grader the night before an assignments due? "Need more of" There's literally dozens of these Sam O'Nella rip off accounts popping up each week! And, "Relatable way" apparently equalling occasional injection of twitter speak. I mean, I don't hate this channel, and there are like 8 others I sub to that are even better, but that comment is sheer foolishness.
12:00 it's said Lacit Borphukan killed his own uncle when he caught him neglecting his duties. This is said to have scared his men into finishing making a dummy fort overnight.
Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon in Mogadishu 1993. the movie didn’t do it justice for just how long those guys held off for. Not to mention they held total professionalism until death.
The most badass thing about the Spartans was that when Persians sent out scouts to size up the Spartans before the battle, it was reported that the Spartans were combing their hair and doing calisthenics, truly no fooling around flexing.
How did you not include the incredible story of the Battle of Saragarhi, where 21 Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Army bravely fought against an estimated 10,000 Afghan tribesmen?
The Spartans did end up winning the war with Perisa with the battle of Plataea. The battle of thermopylae was just King Leonidas making a defensive stand, grabbing only 300 of his closet men who were already aware of the outcome that was to come. Fun fact there are two survivors of the 300, they're names are Pantites and Aristodemus. Pantites was sent on an embassy to thessaly and failed to return to thermopylae for the battle. He killed himself after, so I guess one survivor. Aristodemus was excuse because of an eye infection. He was labeled a coward and was subjected to humiliation, this is because he was escorted back by another Spartan who ended up going back and died in battle. It's said that the Spartans themselves had a body count in the tens of thousands but the actual body count is truly unknown. Once the path was told to the Perisans. King Leonidas send all the men he gathered along the way back home. Some even being farmers.
Ma dude, love Ya but get the facts straight. There weren't just 300 soldiers, a couple of armies joined. I know there's a movie that is cool and all, but check Your data at least twice since You've started with "there's a lot of misinformation about it"
You should’ve mentioned the battle of Fort Gregg, “The Confederate alamo” No matter what you think the war was about, the confederates fought long and well. The Battle of Fort Gregg took place on April 2, 1865, near Petersburg, Virginia, during the final stages of the American Civil War. It became known as the “Confederate Alamo” due to the heroic defense mounted by a small group of Confederate soldiers, reminiscent of the legendary stand at the Alamo in 1836. As the Confederate Army retreated from Petersburg under pressure from advancing Union forces, the Union launched an assault on Fort Gregg, a key defensive position. The fort was manned by about 350 Confederate defenders, primarily from South Carolina, including both artillerymen and infantry. Though vastly outnumbered, with the union having around 4 thousand men, the confederate soldiers fought with determination, repelling several Union charges and inflicting heavy casualties. Their resistance bought crucial time for the larger Confederate army to retreat. However, after several hours of fierce fighting, the Union forces managed to breach the fort’s outer defenses. A bloody melee ensued as the Union soldiers fought their way into the fort, engaging the defenders in close-quarters combat. Confederate soldiers, now running low on ammunition and with little hope of reinforcements, continued to resist desperately in hand-to-hand fighting. Despite their bravery, the Confederate defenders were overwhelmed and the fort eventually fell. The Union victory at Fort Gregg marked the end of the battle, but the fierce and bloody defense of the fort earned it the nickname “Confederate Alamo.” Though the fort was lost, the defenders’ stand delayed the Union advance long enough to allow the main Confederate army to retreat. This battle became one of the final moments of desperate resistance before the Confederacy’s collapse.
Kelevin, did you activate some auto translating setting? I'm italian and see title and description in italian... and it's annoying, I want to see the original one - I don't need translation!
13:32 "lots of misinformation" and "let's go over what really happened" and proceeds to give misinformation. There were not only 300 Spartans there was a coalition of 7000 soldiers from various city states that held the narrow pass for 7 days (3 of which saw fighting). At the same time the Greek coalition navy was defenind their sea flank. Naturally since at the time Sparta was the dominant land power and Athens the dominant sea power, Leonidas from Sparta took command of the land forces and Themistocles of Athens the navy. On the third day when efialtis gave the Persians a path to bypass the Greek army and flank them, Leonidas sent the Greek army coalition away to fight another day and he along with 300 Spartans, 700 thespians and according to some sources some helots and thebans stayed back to buy the main army time. They fought to the end as their motto was, "ή ταν ή επί τας" meaning you either come with your shield in hand (a victor) or on it (dead).
“Welp were doing this i guess” Is something no japanese person would say, they are never that casual, ESPECIALLY Samurai 😂😂 (Correct me if i’m wrong random japanese person)
The samurais did use guns in the battle of Shiroyama though, the charge with swords happened when they were out of bullets.
Don’t tell me that!
Sounds like Last Samurai
Adrenaline is one hell of a drug
Humanity’s natural drug
I’m Rick James byitch
So iz yoe boohtehwhole.
On diddy, On Skibidi, On gronk, On dick, and On RIZZ
Spite is a powerful motivator
"Ah the battle of Shiroyama"
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED! FACING 500 SAMURAI!
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED
60 to 1 the sword face the gun!! Had to put it on whilst listening to that part.
Bushido dignified! It’s the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered!
As the new age begins the way of the warrior comes to an end
3:06 the Samurai did have guns and made extensive use of guns during the Satsuma rebellion but had ran out of ammo by the time of the final Samurai change that made Shiroyama famous. The Samurai had been using guns before that during the battle though
+rep
I would like to bring up a very special battle in Canadian history.
The battle for Frezenburg Belgium it was a ridge that the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry held. The battle begun at 0400 on the 8th of May 1915 with a pounding artillery attack from the Germans that lasted till 0900 hours. Almost immediately the allies to the left and right of the Canadians broke and routed but the 700 troops of the PPCLI didn’t they held their positions against 40 thousand Germans. And by the end of the first day the PPCLI was fight a battle on 3 sides outnumbered over 57:1 but they still held. They held out long enough that they were able to be reinforced and relived of their position by the British. They fought for 15 straight hours outnumbered 57:1. And when they were taken off the lines the original 700 Canadians were reduced to 154 men and 4 officers.
And from this battle the unofficial motto of the PPCLI was born “hold up the whole damn line”
They didn't let prisoners slow them down
He forgot about the last stand of an unidentified viking at The Battle of Stamford Bridge, where said viking cut down fourty Englishmen crossing the bridge before he was killed himself.
Ahem.... Please watch his "The Greatest Last Stands in Human History" video from a month ago before you type your comment 😅
Ahem.... Please watch his "The Greatest Last Stands in Human History" video from a month ago before you type your comment 😅
@@jaredjosephsongheng372 My bad, but to justify myself I’m not a long-time fan. Thanks for informing me!
@@derekma4492
No problem my guy! It's all good hahahaha.
I was just reminding you
Fun fact:
It was 300 spartans + few hundred to a thousand men from other greek polises (city states)
Another thing Leonidas did along the same vein as his response at Thermopylae was when Alexander the Great was doing... you know, the whole world conquering thing, he sent an angry letter to Sparta basically saying "If my army conquers Sparta, we're going to raze the entire kingdom". Leonidas sent a response letter with only one word: "If."
Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods
There is one last stand that may perhaps be the greatest of all time. The Battle of Saragarhi, where 21 British/Sikh troops fought against 10-12,000 Afghani’s, where they ultimately killed between 200-400 and wounded an additional 200-400. The story has everything you could imagine, a 3 man counter charge once the walls and gate had been breached, which momentarily stopped the advance of 200 plus men, to 4 guys standing in a circle back to back fighting off the afghanis with bayonet and sword, to a signal man who had been signaling the other outpost the entire time ending his signals with stating “Sikh defenders, down to 1. Request to take up my rifle” to which he was granted, and the other British fort watched on as that last defender alone killed 20 Afghanis before they decided to set fire to his tower in which case he yelled the Sikh war cry Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal, until he eventually died.
To put into contrast.
The Alamo was 25 to 1
Rorkes Drift against the Zulus were 50 to 1
The battle of Thermopylae at the beginning during the first day were between 14 to 1 or 43 to 1, by the last day and last stand 71 to 1 or 214 to 1.
The 21 Sikhs were at 571 to 1.
Saragarhi was undoubtedly the
greatest last stand since it was actually recorded 😊
No intro no ads no bullshit straight to the video, I love it 🫡
I got an ad
12 ads, so far. Unwatchable
I got 712 ads what you talking about 🤨
i think you meant no sponsors
Where is The Seatle Samurai?!?!?! A MAN WITH A KATANA!!! VS WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 10hours
15:55 the thespians also fought with the spartans to the bitter end
Thracians?
@ no, those guys were chilling on a mountain, thinking they were the targets
Also some of the thebans surrendered
Only the thespians stayed with the Spartans to the last man
Never underestimate a bottleneck with a dude planted in the middle dude, who put with some adrenaline is going to be a pretty tough cookie to crack. As you said with the bridge, only wide enough for two abreast. So the fighting is going to be seriously hampered. It doesn't matter if you've got 100 or 100,000... If only two can get through, only two can effectively fight.
the vikings fought godwinson, and it was at Stamford bridge, the battle of hastings was the english against the normans.
Not sure if this would count as a last stand but the second battle of Bir el Gubi honestly deserves to be covered. During WW2 in the North African campaign an Italian unit of 1,454 men ended up rebuking several advances from an entire British army corp. The British Army corp consisted of an entire tank division which was supported by several elite units (Highlanders and Gurkhas). The Italians meanwhile had only 10 tankettes (which only had machine guns) and 2 tanks (both ended up surviving the battle) and they had been short on supplies and forced to fight while dehydrated and starving due to a lack of food and water while also being pummeled by artillery. They relentlessly fought off several fierce attacks for 3 days while inflicting heavy losses until Rommel dispatched armored reinforcements to relieve the Italian troops. The Italian's actions ended up preventing the British forces from flanking the rest of the German and Italian units in Operation Crusader essentially saving the Afrika Korps and other Italian units while preventing what could've been a decisive British victory.
Kelevin is the kinda TH-camr that we need more of, he’s teaching history in a relatable way.
There's been a few of these types of channels popping up over the last 2 months, exactly the same format. nice watch, info, but kinda suspicous.
@nasateen13 Not suspicious. they're just copying Sam O'Nella In his (kinda) recent (almost) complete absence.
Yo there are more people
"Teaching history", meaning reading the Wikipedia for "famous last stands" with a bunch of mispronunciations? Plus a dozen malapropisms / missunderstanding of said wiki pages when slightly tweaking the wording to be his "own work" like a ninth grader the night before an assignments due?
"Need more of" There's literally dozens of these Sam O'Nella rip off accounts popping up each week! And, "Relatable way" apparently equalling occasional injection of twitter speak.
I mean, I don't hate this channel, and there are like 8 others I sub to that are even better, but that comment is sheer foolishness.
You deserve millions of views
Sabaton likes the part about Shiroyama.
Sam started the careers of like 200 people. That's crazy.
12:00 it's said Lacit Borphukan killed his own uncle when he caught him neglecting his duties.
This is said to have scared his men into finishing making a dummy fort overnight.
You know it's gonna be a good day when Kelevin uploads😮💨😮💨😮💨
YES DO MORE EPIC BATTLES OF HISTORY PLEASE
Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon in Mogadishu 1993. the movie didn’t do it justice for just how long those guys held off for. Not to mention they held total professionalism until death.
The most badass thing about the Spartans was that when Persians sent out scouts to size up the Spartans before the battle, it was reported that the Spartans were combing their hair and doing calisthenics, truly no fooling around flexing.
Love your animation! Amazing!
How did you not include the incredible story of the Battle of Saragarhi, where 21 Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Army bravely fought against an estimated 10,000 Afghan tribesmen?
Last stands will strike fear into the hearts of your enemies
Great video, really enjoyed watching it
“Nah I’d win” ahh thumbnail 😭😭😭
Kelvin with another banger
Homie had a mj flu game level performance at that river bank
17:30 missed opportunity to say "like he was putting in the Konami code"
Those samurai did deserve a moment of silence
When he says subscribe the subscribe button gets highlighted. I think that’s very cool
Great video as always. I always gotta click when there's something new. May I suggest doing a "Dumbest Leaders" video?
From Assam ❤
_"...multiple creampies..."_ 💀
The Spartans did end up winning the war with Perisa with the battle of Plataea. The battle of thermopylae was just King Leonidas making a defensive stand, grabbing only 300 of his closet men who were already aware of the outcome that was to come. Fun fact there are two survivors of the 300, they're names are Pantites and Aristodemus. Pantites was sent on an embassy to thessaly and failed to return to thermopylae for the battle. He killed himself after, so I guess one survivor. Aristodemus was excuse because of an eye infection. He was labeled a coward and was subjected to humiliation, this is because he was escorted back by another Spartan who ended up going back and died in battle.
It's said that the Spartans themselves had a body count in the tens of thousands but the actual body count is truly unknown. Once the path was told to the Perisans. King Leonidas send all the men he gathered along the way back home. Some even being farmers.
You need to check out soldier poltronieli, stood against 600 soldiers on his own to protect his mates
Nice bro ❤ support from India
Bro If you are reading this please make a video on Maha Rana Pratap Singh he was a great Indian king u can look about him on internet
“Resolved to die with their loved king, around his corpse in a corpse-ring”
Where can I buy this “adrenaline” stuff
Ma dude, love Ya but get the facts straight.
There weren't just 300 soldiers, a couple of armies joined. I know there's a movie that is cool and all, but check Your data at least twice since You've started with "there's a lot of misinformation about it"
Yeah people keep forgetting that
you should do one about the last stand of peak Shipka in Bulgaria its a damn cool story
The fact Msgt. John Chapman isnt on this list is wild
I know it's a bit nitpicky, but 0:32 I don't believe that a bridge meets the definition of a bulding.
Samurai used guns in that time period but ight
how many of you are there??? swear ive seen this vid twice already…
Other video, same theme
Do King Baldwin the IV PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Samurai are the best
u didn’t mention imam husain😢
You should’ve mentioned the battle of Fort Gregg, “The Confederate alamo” No matter what you think the war was about, the confederates fought long and well.
The Battle of Fort Gregg took place on April 2, 1865, near Petersburg, Virginia, during the final stages of the American Civil War. It became known as the “Confederate Alamo” due to the heroic defense mounted by a small group of Confederate soldiers, reminiscent of the legendary stand at the Alamo in 1836.
As the Confederate Army retreated from Petersburg under pressure from advancing Union forces, the Union launched an assault on Fort Gregg, a key defensive position. The fort was manned by about 350 Confederate defenders, primarily from South Carolina, including both artillerymen and infantry. Though vastly outnumbered, with the union having around 4 thousand men, the confederate soldiers fought with determination, repelling several Union charges and inflicting heavy casualties. Their resistance bought crucial time for the larger Confederate army to retreat.
However, after several hours of fierce fighting, the Union forces managed to breach the fort’s outer defenses. A bloody melee ensued as the Union soldiers fought their way into the fort, engaging the defenders in close-quarters combat. Confederate soldiers, now running low on ammunition and with little hope of reinforcements, continued to resist desperately in hand-to-hand fighting. Despite their bravery, the Confederate defenders were overwhelmed and the fort eventually fell.
The Union victory at Fort Gregg marked the end of the battle, but the fierce and bloody defense of the fort earned it the nickname “Confederate Alamo.” Though the fort was lost, the defenders’ stand delayed the Union advance long enough to allow the main Confederate army to retreat. This battle became one of the final moments of desperate resistance before the Confederacy’s collapse.
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Kelevin, did you activate some auto translating setting? I'm italian and see title and description in italian... and it's annoying, I want to see the original one - I don't need translation!
You can change it in settings don’t worry
It’s a TH-cam thing just change in settings
Thanks you both, will look into it
Weird that it happens only with Kelevin's channel
I used to imagine this as a child, the only difference is that I would come out victorious.
Bridges are great places for last stands
Harold, the second killed Olaf, the second
thank bro for talking about my country hero
Ayy. Another installment of this mini series
Helm Hammerhand my beloved
You are the best you need a 10 million sub +
I'm on here too much
If you do a pt2 can you do rorkes drift
So sad you didn’t include Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin 😢
An other amazing last stand that could participate in the video would be Dimitrios Itsios
"I want to clear up misinformation about thermopolyea doesn't mention the 7000 thebians
You forgot Lacchiman Gurung
Entertainment video man just found the channel
i love this video
how tf did u not include what happened with the khalsa when it was 40 people vs 1 million people and they won
Whaaa that sounds interesting asf
@@Kelevins its called the battle of chamkaur sahib. You should really look into the history of the khalsa its really interesting
Bro you missed a man named abbas bin Ali you need to search about his story 😢
16:46 GUTS!?!?!
There where 9000 soldiers on the Spartans side
Also shout out to Tobruk WWII
I don’t remember horacious swimming to safety pretty sure he died
Walmart Sam O’nella, good video though
13:32 "lots of misinformation" and "let's go over what really happened" and proceeds to give misinformation.
There were not only 300 Spartans there was a coalition of 7000 soldiers from various city states that held the narrow pass for 7 days (3 of which saw fighting). At the same time the Greek coalition navy was defenind their sea flank.
Naturally since at the time Sparta was the dominant land power and Athens the dominant sea power, Leonidas from Sparta took command of the land forces and Themistocles of Athens the navy.
On the third day when efialtis gave the Persians a path to bypass the Greek army and flank them, Leonidas sent the Greek army coalition away to fight another day and he along with 300 Spartans, 700 thespians and according to some sources some helots and thebans stayed back to buy the main army time.
They fought to the end as their motto was, "ή ταν ή επί τας" meaning you either come with your shield in hand (a victor) or on it (dead).
The last stand I had was this morning when I woke up.. wait
What
SATSUMA‽ IS THAT A MARTINCITOPANTS MSC REFERENCE‽
We love Kelevin!
Shoutout bro 😎
I'm Singaporean and id say not bad try at pronouncing Pasir Panjang
Arrived so early there were no dislikes
When is someone gonna mention the siege of Szigetvár
or the other name the battle that saved western civilization.
Fortune favors the bold
SINGAPORE MENTION LETS GO
very sigma video ❤
FEED ME MORE
Recycling content I see
“Welp were doing this i guess”
Is something no japanese person would say, they are never that casual, ESPECIALLY Samurai 😂😂
(Correct me if i’m wrong random japanese person)
First you like this comment is sigma
,,👇👇👇👇👇
16:53 Or, Samson.
Its funny that id rather learn from you *a probably 18 year old kid* than i did want to learn from an old man teacher in high school (im 6’0”)
Nice
Moreeeeeeeeeee
Babe wake up, there’s a new video
Why does the mugal army have a Maldivan flag 11:34
Is it epic that I made it here early?
No
Nah imma do my own thang
where is the battle of karbala