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** The battle of Thermopylae... which makes this one [[Older Than Feudalism]].
*** Twice at least. A second battle during WWII took place but it was a withdrawal instead of a sacrifice.
***According to one version Leonidas made sure that all of his three hundred were married men who Sparta could [[Men Are the Expendable Gender| afford to lose]] as they had already reproduced and thus would not be hurting Sparta's population of warriors. This was against the normal custom of Kings having a guard of youths who needed promotions. Thus it appears that he had a pretty good idea that there was a strong chance [[Suicide Mission| he wouldn't be coming back.]]
* This was a massive part of [[NATO]] plans for a [[World War Three]] in Europe. The aim was to trade ground for time to allow US forces to arrive. One must feel sorry for the West Germans in all this...
** Though with West Germany's insistence on "forward defense", that their country be defended right up to the border with East Germany it was really more like trading lives for NATO Army Groups to mobilize their corps and the mentioned REFORGER reinforcements to arrive.
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