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7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:11pm On Apr 18, 2017
1. Anibal Milhais: He was described as being “worth a million men” and was the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War 1.

During “Operation Georgette”, Milhais stood up alone with his machine gun and defeated two German assaults by laying down intense fire, leaving hundreds of Germans dead. He managed to cover the retreat of the Portuguese and Scots despite coming under heavy attacks himself. He fired in all directions and stayed at his post until he ran out of ammunitions.

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:14pm On Apr 18, 2017
2. Lone Viking on Stamford Bridge: In 1066, during the Vikings invasions into English lands, an epic last stand remained in history.

At Stamford Bridge, a 15,000 English Army was up against 9,000 Vikings. Only one nameless Berserker all alone at the bridge took down more than 40 enemies, giving his fellow Vikings time to regroup. Holding a great axe, this anonymous Norse warrior battled back the entire English army for over an hour.

Unfortunately, he was taken down after the Saxons sent a boat under the bridge and impaled him from underneath. The Vikings lost the battle, but the legend for that one Berserker still lives

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:15pm On Apr 18, 2017
3. Benjamin Lewis Salomon: Benjamin was a US Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon. During the battle of Saipan, his aid station was overrun by a Japanese assault.

When the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, rather than flee and leave the wounded, he grabbed an M1 rifle and evacuated the wounded while he covered their retreat. He ensured the safe evacuation of the wounded, killing at least 98 enemy troops before being killed

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:16pm On Apr 18, 2017
4. Dian Wei: Dian Wei was one of CaoCao’s many Generals who was renowned for his strength and bravery. He fought in several battles in his lord’s honour before he acted as the rear guard for his lord’s escape at Wan Castle.

Dian’s Last Stand took place during the Battle of Wancheng in 197AD, when he placed himself at the entrance of the castle and barred the way against the hordes of enemy soldiers. He killed at least 20 enemies before another group of assassins that had entered the building from a different direction attacked him from behind. He was finally brought down by a rain of blows from every direction

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:17pm On Apr 18, 2017
5. John R. McKinney: Private McKinney received the Medal of Honour in World War II for his bravery during the campaign to recapture the Phillipines from Japanese forces in 1945.

He was taking a nap when a hundred Japanese soldiers launched a sneak attack on his position. He single-handedly thwarted the assault, killing 40 of them before the rest withdrew, using only his M1 Garand

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by GloriaNinja(f): 4:20pm On Apr 18, 2017
GREAT, GENERATION BACK THEN SUFFERED A LOT O.

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Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:31pm On Apr 18, 2017
6. Sempronius Densus: He was an old veteran centurion in the Praetorian Guard and bodyguard to the deputy Emperor Galba (1st Century). He will be remembered by history for his courage and loyalty in singlehandedly defending his emperor while all his comrades deserted or switched sides.

Completely surrounded, Densus fought the entire army of mutinous Roman soldiers by himself to defend a man he hardly knew. His courageous stand ended when he was brought down by a blow to the back of the knee and murdered by the mob. Galba was killed, decapitated and his head was paraded around town on a spear.

Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:34pm On Apr 18, 2017
7. Saito Benkei Musashibo: He was a massive warrior monk who served Minamoto Yoshitsune, and was known for being strong enough to pulverize your head by squeezing your face. Benkei accompanied Yoshitsune as an outlaw, until they were encircled in the castle of Koromogawa.

As Yoshitsune retired to the inner keep of the castle to commit ritual suicide (Seppuku) on his own, Benkei fought on at the bridge in front of the main gate to protect Yoshitsune. Realizing that any attempt of fighting Benkei would result in defeat, the opposing army just decided to shoot a bunch of arrows at him instead. Arrows after arrows flew at him until he was covered in them.
Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by Nobody: 4:38pm On Apr 18, 2017
ftc.... nice info
Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by Jilo83(m): 4:57pm On Apr 18, 2017
Samson should be no1
Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by odimbannamdi(m): 4:59pm On Apr 18, 2017
Jilo83:
Samson should be no1

Lol...salient point. But Samson was a man who the Bible confirmed to be endowed with extraordinary and supernatural strength.
Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by Jilo83(m): 6:46pm On Apr 18, 2017
odimbannamdi:


Lol...salient point. But Samson was a man who the Bible confirmed to be endowed with extraordinary and supernatural strength.
yes. You are absolutely right.
Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by y3mi(m): 3:41am On Oct 30, 2019
Jilo83:
Samson should be no1
STFU! Samson is a semitic myth not fact.

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Re: 7 Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone by Jilo83(m): 7:47am On Nov 01, 2019
y3mi:
STFU! Samson is a semitic myth not fact.
for your mind

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