Indeed... the history of many a nation knows such cases of heroism. Polish history in particular knows quite a handful of these...
I have always wondered what higher ideal commands these people to do such great deeds in the face of certain death. Is it some oath of loyalty? Is it honour? Is it recklessness? Or is it just a plain vengeful "die-hard" attitude shown by the men who had realized that they were to die anyway?
I cannot resist admiring such acts, though. On the battlefield, there have always been too many people who had abandoned their honour prior to abandoning their lives... Those fighing to the death, dying with weapons drawn, taking as many foes with them as they could, truly deserve to be admired and remembered as heroes, for their deeds become the very essence of the legends.
A great to m52nickerson for writing this story It proves our national skill at noticing and commemorating these acts of bravery