Take a look at how Leonidas and the Spartans battled and maintained position during their fight with the Persians.

FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate.

RELATED CONTENT

In march of 1865, Confederate forces made a valiant last stand against General Sherman's advancing troops, but were undone by the most unlikely of errors

Watch the making of the animation process from sketch to finished product in this Patton 360 graphic reveal.

The spread of Communism in Korea led to a battle that was brief yet bloody, and a national divide that exists to this day.

Nostradamus' prophecies end in the year 3797, possibly foretelling the end of the world.

Find out more about the journalists who reported directly from the frontlines of the Vietnam War.