"Victory or death" and its equivalents, is used as a motto or battle cry. * The Bedford Flag, possibly the oldest extant battle flag of the American Revolution, bears the motto Vincere nel mori ("To 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 th