10 Heroic Last Stands from Military History

10 Heroic Last Stands from Military History. To me, the �heroic last stand� is one of the most awesome of all the awesome footnotes of history. Sure, not all of them work out this way, but I can almost see the noble bunch of heroes looking at one another and saying, �This is it, gentlemen, we are royally screwed, surrounded, and the cavalry apparently ain�t coming so lets make this bunch pay