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Using computer graphics and live reenactments, this documentary dissects the Battle of Thermopylae, as well as the events leading up to the epic attack.
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It is almost impossible to understand how 300 Spartans managed to hold off the million-man Persian army for even a moment, much less seven days. They paid with their lives but their stunning Last Stand assured that their sacrifice would resonate throughout history. Relying on brilliant tactics, lifelong training and unshakable allegiance, the doomed Spartans achieved the impossible. The Battle of Thermopylae is literally a textbook case, required reading even to this day at military colleges and officer training around the world. There has never been another battle like the Last Stand of the 300. Never before this DVD has such an intricate and unlikely campaign been so thoroughly clarified.
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