On 19 April 1943, Passover eve, the Nazis entered the ghetto.

The first armed resistance in the ghetto occurred in January 1943. Many of the remaining Jews decided to revolt. Nevertheless, the soldiers put up their most dogged defence, and died fighting.Дuring the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, by the end of 1942, the Jews trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto learned that the deportations were part of an extermination process, as the deportees were sent to death camps. In the end, the hilltop where George Armstrong Custer's remaining troops made their last stand made it impossible for Custer's men to secure a defensive position. In Custer's last stand, at the end of the battle, the extent of the soldiers' resistance to the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors indicated they had few doubts about their prospects for survival if they surrendered. Troops may fight a last stand if they believe that they will be executed if they surrender. The historian Bryan Perrett suggests that although the majority of last stands throughout history have seen the defending force overwhelmed, on rare occasions the outnumbered defenders succeed in their desperate endeavours and live to fight another day, and he lists the Battle of Agincourt and the Battle of Rorke's Drift as such engagements. Similarly, they have sometimes suggested deliberately putting their own forces in such a situation, for example by burning boats or bridges that could tempt them to retreat. Sun Tzu wrote: 'To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape'. Some military thinkers have cautioned against putting an opposing force into a last stand situation, recognising that trapped men will fight harder.

The Shangani Patrol - The last stand of Major Allan Wilson, Matabeleland, 4 December 1893. One situation is that retreat by the defending force would lead to immediate defeat, usually due to the surrounding geography or shortage of supplies or support, as happened to the Royalist infantry on Wadborough Hill after the Battle of Naseby. This usually arises from strategic or moral considerations, such as staying and fighting to buy time for wounded soldiers or civilians to get to a safe place, leading defenders to conclude that their sacrifice is essential to the greater success of their campaign or cause, as happened at the end of the Battle of Saragarhi. A 'last stand' is a last resort tactic, and is chosen because the defending force realizes or believes the benefits of fighting outweigh the benefits of retreat or surrender.

Last stand call of duty