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Victory or death and its equivalents, is used as a motto or battle cry :

It is given as the translation of the heraldic motto of several Scottish clans :
- Clan MacDougall - BUAIDH NO BAS ("Victory or death")
- Clan MacNeil - BUAIDH NO BAS ("Victory or death")
- Clan Macdowall - VINCERE VEL MORI ("To conquer or die")
- Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie - VINCERE VEL MORI ("To conquer or die")

The Bedford Flag, possibly the oldest extant battle flag of the American Revolution, bears the motto VINCE AUT MORIRE (Conquer or Die)

Before Washington's crossing of the Delaware River at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, "Victory" was the password and "Or Death" was the response

The Maniots used "Victory or Death" as their motto when they joined the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821

The letter written "To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World" during the Battle of the Alamo (1836), ends with "Victory or Death!"

Adolf Hitler gave the order "Victory or Death" twice :
- to Erwin Rommel at the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942)
- to Friedrich Paulus at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-3)

The 32nd Armor Regiment of the United States Army has the motto "Victory or Death"
- The 1960 film G.I. Blues features the regimental emblem as Elvis Presley had served with them in 1958-60.
- The 1986 film Ferris Buellers Day Off features a black beret bearing the regiment's emblem
- Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses has the regiment's emblem and motto tattooed on his left arm.

The 442 Field Artillery Battalion of the US Army have the motto VICTORIA LAETA AUT MORS ("Glorious victory or death")

In fiction

In the 1984 film The Last Starfighter, the phrase is chanted by the starfighters.
In the Warcraft universe, "Lok'tar ogar!" (Victory or Death!) is the motto of the Horde faction.

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+'''''Victory or death''''' and its equivalents, is used as a motto or battle cry :
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+* It is given as the translation of the [[heraldic motto]] of several [[Scottish clan]]s :
-[[Image:Clan member crest badge - Clan MacNeil.svg|thumb|right|The [[Scottish crest badge]] used by [[Scottish clan]] members claiming allegiance to [[Clan MacNeil]]. ''Victory or Death'' is sometimes attributed as the English translation to the [[Gaelic]] motto within the crest badge.]]
+** [[Clan MacDougall]] - ''BUAIDH NO BAS'' ("Victory or death")
+** [[Clan MacNeil]] - ''BUAIDH NO BAS'' ("Victory or death")
+** [[Clan Macdowall]] - ''VINCERE VEL MORI'' ("To conquer or die")
+** [[Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie]] - ''VINCERE VEL MORI'' ("To conquer or die")
+* The [[Bedford Flag]], possibly the oldest extant battle flag of the American Revolution, bears the motto ''VINCE AUT MORIRE'' (Conquer or Die)
-'''''Victory or death''''' is a phrase, a motto, and sometimes given as the translation of several mottoes.
+*Before [[Washington's crossing of the Delaware River]] at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, "Victory" was the password and "Or Death" was the response
-*The motto is used by the [[32nd Armor Regiment (United States)|32nd Armored Regiment]] of the [[United States Army]]. It is visible on the yellow-and-red regimental emblem in some photographs of [[Elvis Presley]] during his Army service in [[Germany]] with that regiment, and in his later film "G.I. Blues". The emblem also appears on the black beret seen in the 1986 film "[[Ferris Buellers Day Off]]".
+*The [[Maniots]] used "Victory or Death" as their motto when they joined the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821
-*A similar motto is used by the 442 Field Artillery Battalion, ''VICTORIA LAETA AUT MORS'' "Glorious victory or death".<ref>http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/TIOH_Extras/ARMYMOTTOES.htm</ref>
+* The letter written "''[[To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World]]''" during the Battle of the Alamo (1836), ends with "Victory or Death!"
-*The [[Maniots]] of the [[Mani Peninsula]] in [[Greece]] used "Victory or Death" as their motto in [[1821]] when they joined the [[Greek War of Independence]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]].
+* [[Adolf Hitler]] gave the order "Victory or Death" twice  :
-*Lt. Col. [[William B. Travis|William Barrett Travis]] signed "Victory or Death!" at the end of the last letter sent from the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio]] during the [[Battle of the Alamo]] ([[February 23]], [[1836]] &ndash; [[March 6]], [[1836]]).
+** to Erwin Rommel at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] (1942)
+** to Friedrich Paulus at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] (1942-3)
+* The [[32nd Armor Regiment (United States)|32nd Armor Regiment]] of the United States Army has the motto "Victory or Death"
-*It is chanted by the starfighters in ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''.
+** The 1960 film ''[[G.I. Blues]]'' features the regimental emblem as Elvis Presley had served with them in 1958-60.
+** The 1986 film ''[[Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' features a black beret bearing the regiment's emblem
+** [[Axl Rose]] of [[Guns N' Roses]] has the regiment's emblem and motto tattooed on his left arm.
+* The 442 Field Artillery Battalion of the US Army have the motto ''VICTORIA LAETA AUT MORS'' ("Glorious victory or death")<!-- Dab pages don't do refs, but it's from http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/TIOH_Extras/ARMYMOTTOES.htm -->
-*It was used at the watchword for the [[Battle of Trenton|attack on the Hessians]] by George Washington on Christmas night, 1776.
+==In fiction==
-*[[Axl Rose]], [[Guns N' Roses]] frontman, has the emblem of the 32nd Armored Regiment and it's motto "Victory or Death", tattooed on his left arm.
+* In the 1984 film ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', the phrase is chanted by the starfighters.
+* In the [[Warcraft universe]], "''Lok'tar ogar!''" (Victory or Death!) is the motto of the Horde faction.
-*"Victory or Death" was also an order given to [[Erwin Rommel]] and [[Friedrich Paulus]] at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] ([[October 23]], [[1942]] &ndash; [[November 3]], [[1942]]) and the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] ([[August 21]], [[1942]] - [[February 2]], [[1943]]), respectively, by [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1942.
-*"Victory or death" is sometimes attributed as the translation of the [[heraldic motto]] found on the [[crest badge]]s used by members of several [[Scottish clans]]. These include [[Clan MacDougall]] (''BUAIDH NO BAS'' - "Victory or death"); [[Clan Macdowall]] (''VINCERE VEL MORI'' - "To conquer or die"); [[Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie]] (''VINCERE VEL MORI'' - "To conquer or die"); [[Clan MacNeil]] (''BUAIDH NO BAS'' - "Victory or death").
-*"Victory or Death!" is the motto of the Horde in the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. "Lok'tar ogar! Victory or death... the most sacred and fundamental of truths to any warrior of the Horde."
-*“VINCE AUT MORIRE” (Conquer or Die) used on Bedford flag.<ref>[http://flagspot.net/flags/us-mabed.html 1]</ref>
-Victory or Death:  "Victory" was the sign and "Or Death" countersign for American troops at Valley Forge during the American Revolution. It was used when the American forces sallied from Valley Forge to attack the Hessian forces at Trenton.  General George Washington had decided to gamble his entire force in one last major push.  He had decided to either win a dramatic victory over the Hessian/British forces that would rally the colonists against the British, or to lose his army in an effort to shame the American colonials into rallying to the cause.
-== References ==
-<references/>
+==See also==
+* [[Victory]]
+* [[Death]]
+{{Disambig}}
 [[Category:Mottos]]
-[[Category:Scottish clans]]
 [[Category:Victory]]
-[[Category:Clan MacNeil]]
-{{military-stub}}