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** For this troper, it is the end of that documentary talking about the Battle of Shiloh. After speaking about the length of the battle, the horrendous conditions, the fact that more men were killed in a few hours in that battle than in * all of the previous US Wars combined,* it ends with the words: "Shiloh is a Hebrew word. It means, 'Place of Peace.'" Sorry, I need a moment.

* Elizabeth I of England was responsible for at least one, while waiting for the Armada with her troops on the shore. Can also be considered a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]:

{{quote| My loving people, we have been persuaded by some, that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear; I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects. And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realms: to which, rather than any dishonor should grow by me, I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble and worthy subject; not doubting by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and by your valor in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over the enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.}}

{{quote|My loving people, we have been persuaded by some, that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear; I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects. And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realms: to which, rather than any dishonor should grow by me, I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble and worthy subject; not doubting by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and by your valor in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over the enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.}}

* This Troper lives in Israel and grew up in a Jewish school, who studied World War II and the Holocaust ''every year'' when the 'Yom Hashoah' comes. Even in sixth grade, when this troper was told about some of the things that were done through a lecture by a teacher- so casually she told us that the people had been led to their doom thinking that they were being given some sort of freedom - she couldn't help but almost break down in tears because it's so painful and horrible to listen to.

** Actually, let ''the entire freakin' Holocaust'' count as one big [[Tear Jerker]]. This troper listened to her father telling her about his own family and how his grandfather, my great-grandfather, was shot in the streets by the Nazis - which left quite a big impression on me, although I don't tear up easily. This troper also heard a survivor speak about it and got a lump in her throat after he talked about how the Nazis broke his grandfather mentally by forcing him to scrub an entire square. This same survivor also saw his little brother shot in front of his eyes, an event which he also talked about, and it took all this troper's reserves of willpower not to start crying.

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** There were reports of all possible bestialities that took place in the city during the blockade. For instance a little girl's diary recounts how her father ate his own, his wife's and his daughter's bread rations. When he died a short time later, the weakened girl was ''genuinely'' happy. She didn't survive either. With time, the methods of the survivors grew more and more abstract. This troper's great-grandfather (a high-ranking militia commander), for instance, once was forced to eat his own ''belt'' because there simply weren't even rations left. Another time, and his men were swatting rats and then quickly devouring them. Tanya Savicheva, a young girl, who was 11 when the siege began wrote these entries to her diary:

{{quote| ''Zhenya [her sister] died on Dec. 28th at 12:00 P.M. 1941}}

{{quote|''Zhenya [her sister] died on Dec. 28th at 12:00 P.M. 1941}}

{{quote| Leka [her brother] died on March 5th at 5:00 A.M. 1942}}

{{quote| Uncle Vasya died on Apr. 13th at 2:00 after midnight 1942}}

{{quote|Uncle Vasya died on Apr. 13th at 2:00 after midnight 1942}}

{{quote| Everyone died.~~<br />~~

{{quote|Everyone died.

Only Tanya is left.'' }}

** Tanya was rescued from Leningrad in August 1942, but died from tubercolosis in 1944. Her diary was used by the prosecutors during the Nuremberg Trials.