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{{quote|"That'll show 'em!"}}

* Invoked in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'':

'''Miracle Max:''' "It would take a miracle." }}

* This is the plot of ''[[Das Boot]]''; the German U-Boat is supposed to get to Italy via the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the most heavily defended Allied naval zones in the world.

* Happens from time to time in warfare:

** At the Battle of Cold Harbor during the [[Civil War]], some Union soldiers wrote letters beforehand declaring "I died at Cold Harbor."

* Special Operations units occasionally are used in this fashion. The St. Nazaire Raid is an excellent example with the British Commandos and Royal Navy losing 72% of their personnel either killed or captured. However in the process, they also prevented the Germans from using the dock as St. Nazaire to house the battleship Tirptiz that could make in into the Atlantic and cause havoc with their convoys.

* As mentioned in the 300 example, the Battle of Thermopylae, which pitted 300 Spartans and their allies against the massive Persian Army to buy time for the rest of the Greeks to mobilize for war.

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