Astra Militarum // Imperial Guard | Warhammer 40,000 

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID CADIA STANDS

"The Commissar is dead?" "Keep fighting he might be faking it "

A single Guardsman, an unaugmented man who looked a towering demigod straight in the eye and basically told him that if anyone wanted to get to the Emperor, they had to get through him first. His name was Ollanius Pius, and he knew no fear.

"Alone, they are nothing. But they are never alone." Badass.

Astra Mili-what? YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON

*Shoots Commisar* "He was improperly motivated to die for the emperor" *Gasmask noises of agreement*

You know things are going well when the Commisar is shooting the enemy.

Guardsman: "sir, the enemy have us surrounded!" Commisar: "FANTASTIC! now we can attack in any direction!"

“For every one of us who falls, *ten more* will take his place!” “Well, let’s see ‘em fight *all* of us!”

‘Fire your weapon Guardsman!’ ‘But Sir, they’re killing us!’ *‘So Kill Them Back!’*

"The Imperial Guardsmen never die; We just go back to Hell, to regroup!!" "Now.... Fix Bayonets!"

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.- Dwight D. Eisenhower"

"A Guardsman's LIFE is to die. My job has always been to send them where they CAN die. I'm not afraid to spend men, but I never waste them!" - General Castor

"Commissar, sir, the enemy is running!" "Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"

Dark Angel: "Take up your weapon guardsmen." Guardsmen: "The Emperor Protects!" Dark Angel: "Yes. He does."

This quote is from an Ogryn Bodyguard and reminds me very much of my own time in the Army "Da Sergeant Major asked me what my job was an' I said it was to, uh, do what I was told. He said I was a genius and gave me another medal. I likes da Imperial Guard!"

"The Imperial Army?" "The Imperial Guard?" "THE WALL OF GUNS!"

"Astra Mili-what? YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON!" "They came at me faster than I could gut them.... SO I HAD TO GUT THEM FASTER!"

"You see, necrons have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down." Solar Commander Zapp Brannigan.

I have a guardsman that killed an Blood Angel Chaplain in tabletop. He has a purity seal now. They can do it.

A large group of Tau soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Imperial Guard is better than ten Tau!" The Tau commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill, where upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Guardsmen is better than one hundred Tau." Furious, the Tau commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Guardsman voice calls out again: "One Guardsmen is better than one thousand Tau!" The enraged Tau commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought! Then silence. . . Eventually one badly wounded Tau fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander: "Don't send any more men. . .it's a trap! There's two of them! . . ."

"To each of us falls a task. All the Emperor asks of us guardsmen, is that we hold the line and die fighting. It's what we do best: we die standing." - General Sturnn, Dawn of War: Winter Assault

I like how in warhammer 40k 1 million soldiers and 100 thousand cavalry is considered a "small" contribution

That Guardsman that stood in front of Horus to protect the emperor makes me tear up What a hero

“As the Emperor protects, so must we”.

“We are Cadians! We bar the gates to Hell! If they swung wide it is we who will slam them shut!” Cadia stands!

imperial guard: "its not much but it is the emperors will"

even as an ork player, i respect the idea of the Imperial Guard, where others will mock them for their inferior equipment, smaller numbers, weaker bodies, ect. i always think of one speech: "You would laugh monster. But let me remind you. Within this weak sack of meat and bone, uncared for by his god and wept for by none, beats a heart. A human heart, that carries with it the strength and courage of all mankind. Within that sack of meat is the hope, the will, and the fury of every man women and child from every corner of the Imperium. Within that weak sack of meat, festooned in thin armour and weapons only powerful in numbers, beats the heart of a man. And for ten thousand years, the hearts of men have beaten, strongly, in defiance of your so called "powers". For ten thousand years, your black crusades have been pushed back, beaten down, and made a mockery of, by weak sacks of flesh with cheap weapons and disposable equipment. For that weak sack of flesh that you so gleefully mock is no supersoldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an Imperial Gaurdsman drawn from some forgotten corner of the Imperium to fight for his species and for the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker. a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. And against creatures like you teeming and numberless, powered by the wills of thirsting gods... He holds the line. He has held the line for ten thousand years. So what is your excuse, monster?"

My favorite part in Cadia Stands is when these two guardsmen escape the destruction of Cadia onto a Space Wolves ship, and two Space Marines on the ship make the Aquila and the two guardsmen stop but the one that brought them there just says: “Do not fear. They are saluting you.”

And remember kids, PLANETS BREAK BEFORE THE GUARD DOES

Imperial citizen: Sir, your next at the cashier. Sir? You okay? Catachan Retiree: The trees keep talking to me. (Helicopter Rotor sounds slashing).

"I DON'T NEED NO GUN, ALL I NEED IS MY FAITH AND MY SHOVEL" *- Death Korps Veteran 999. M40*

I'm now the most experienced member in my imperial guard company. Been here a whole three days

*"What I cannot crush with words, I shall crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard."* - Lord Solar Macharius

AK: who are you? Lasgun: I'm you, but I fire laser and used by anyone.

Commissar: You there trooper! Guardsmen: Yes Sir? Commissar: You see those dislikes! I want them gone... Guardsmen: Understood sir!

FOR THE EMPEROR!

Some say the standard-issue weapon of the Guard are their lasguns. Some people are wrong. The greatest weapon of the Guard are their Emperor-blessed TITANIUM BALLS

When krieg is so hardcore that commissars have to prevent them from sacrificing themselves to easily * heavy gas mask breathing*

I actually got chills when they introduced the Death Korps like that.

Let me put something in perspective for everyone: The Orks, the hands-done most violent faction in 40k that laughs and has zero respect for most humie warriors, respect [and fear] not a Space Marine, but a old, grouchy sonuva-grox who just refuses to die. That man is Commissar Sebastian "Frak you, I have a Power Klaw" Yarrick. To quote Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka: _"Humies is all weak scum that deserve ta get stomped. 'Cept for One-Eye Yarrick. He knows how ter fight."_

*Commiser:* "Do i see an enemy encampment guard?" *Artillery Guardsmen:* "Yes sir?" *Commiser:* "I don't want to anymore." *Artillery Guardsmen:* "Yes sir!"

"We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight an we die, that's the Krieg way." Lieutenant Konarski, 933rd Death Korp of Krieg

"You would laugh monster. But let me remind you. Within this weak sack of meat and bone, uncared for by his god and wept for by none, beats a heart. A human heart, that carries with it the strength and courage of all mankind.Within that sack of meat is the hope, the will, and the fury of every man women and child from every corner of the Imperium. Within that weak sack of meat, festooned in thin armor and weapons only powerful in numbers , beats the heart of a man. And for ten thousand years, the hearts of men have beaten, strongly, in defiance of your so called "powers". For ten thousand years, your black crusades have been pushed back, beaten down, and made a mockery of, by weak sacks of flesh with cheap weapons and disposable equipment. For that weak sack of flesh that you so gleefully mock is no supersoldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an Imperial Gaurdsman drawn from some forgotten corner of the Imperium to fight for his species and for the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker. a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. And against creatures like you teeming and numberless, powered by the wills of thirsting gods...He holds the line. He has held the line for ten thousand years. So what is your excuse, monster?"

“We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial - carved into the heart of Chaos." FOR THE EMPEROR!! EDIT: for all the people. I know it the grey knight quote and saying, but I really liked it because if you take the chapter out and SPACHMARINE. It a great saying for the Guard. If the space marine can take all the credit for saving the emperor. When we know a imperial guard who wasn't even a follower of the faith of the god emperor. Then I believe the guard can take one quote from the SPACHMARINES.

Enemies of the Imperium hear me You have come here to die The immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible His soldiers will strike you down His war machines will crush you under their treads His mighty guns will bring the very sky fall upon you We are the Imperial Guard and today is our victory day!

“To each of us on this day falls a single task. All that the Emperor requires of you Guardsmen is that you stand in line, and die fighting. This is what we do best. We die standing. “The Golden Throne and Terra lie far from us here, yet know that the Emperor’s hand is on your shoulders today. “You have fought and displayed bravery and loyalty far above your calling as Guardsmen. You have faced horrors none can imagine, and you will face them again. “I am honored to have led you. “Enemies of the Imperium hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor of All Mankind is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down. His war machines will crush you. His guns will bring down the sky itself upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor is our greatest weapon. “This is our day for victory!”

Templin institute: “Who holds authority and superiority over vast swathes of the galaxy” High Lords: “I vote we should outlaw laxatives again”

At the end of the day, though he's been ferried through hell on a ship that's ten thousand years old to some godforsaken, war-torn rock; though he deployed from high orbit with nothing but a grav chute; though he is one of ten million men and women snatched from his homeworld to fight a war he barely understands; though he has been given a weapon that fires small suns and may annihilate him as he fires because the knowledge of how it functions has been lost; though his company is supported by tractor-tanks that run on anything you can burn; though he wages war against a devouring hivemind, ravenous demons and hordes of hyper-advanced aliens with strange technologies and sorceries he never dreamed existed; no one will remember his sacrifice, there will be no records of his deeds, no glorious parades in his honor, and no remembrance of his name. All he will earn is a shallow, unmarked grave on a forgotten world untold lightyears from home. Yet for all this thankless sacrifice a Guardsman is a man, just like you. He has no millennia-old genetic engineering, no prophetic leader, no miracles of faith. He has his lasgun, his orders, and those beside him. He is an Imperial Guardsman. And he will hold the line. +++ CADIA STANDS HERETIC +++

That moment when you feel patriotic for a fictional empire...

Astra mili-whatnow? *YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON*

I love that the Imperiom of Man is this, clusterfuck of different cultures that are heavily based on real on going cultures or long forgotten ones

"The Valhallans are as inexorable as the winter, as ruthless as the frost, and as certain as death." And they can make a damn fine cup of tea, too. 😁

"Commissar, sir, the enemy is running!" "Well, keep firing until they stop!"

Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt - Tanith First and Only: "Look at me. Look at me! This is home now, Trooper! This is the zone! It doesn't like you, but by the Throne, it's where you are! The Emperor wants you, boy! Did no one ever tell you that? The Emperor wants you to make his glory for him! And if you're scared, I'm terrified. The archenemy is no playmate. You're going to see things, and be expected to do things your poor mother would have a fit at. But the Emperor expects, and the Emperor protects, all of us, even you. Especially you - I promise you that." "Men of Tanith! Do you want to live forever?"

"Drive me closer I want to hit them with my sword!"- commissar Yarrick aka the most badass man in the guard.

To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best, we die standing. General Sturnn, Cadian 412th

Whoever made the first concept art of the Imperial Guard must have been thinking “What if we just got World War 1 and put it on steroids?”

I nearly fell off my chair yelling "Ollanius Pius!" when they started talking about him. As an Imperial Guard player this made my day :)

THE WALL OF GUNS! -Corvus Corax in despair.

"The Many, The Expendable, the Guard" Sargent Greg Sargent, inquisition.

Ollanius Pious - The one guardsmen who had the massive balls that would dwarf an Emperor-class titan

"Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger!" Olanius Pius

this is the most encouraging recruitment video for imperial army i've ever watched.

The Mordian Iron Guard holds the line and looks good doing it.

"A declaration to the enemies of mankind, that they have come here, to die." that line was so awesome.

"To each of us falls a task. And all The Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand the line and we die fighting. It is what we do best. We die standing." *Lord General Sturnn, 412th Cadian Regiment*

“Someone call for an earthshaker?”

The Valhalla regiment also has one amazing advantage. They have Comissar Ciaphas Cain the patron saint of good luck and heroic cowardice.

_Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger_ -Ollanius Pius

18:29 "Against the terrible foes of mankind, a single guardsman alone can do nothing, but a guardsman is never alone..."

The Emperor points, and we obey, Through the warp and far away.

Despite it's grim dark setting, no science fiction franchise gives me as much hope as Warhammer 40k. No other franchise dares to predict that we will not only be around in 38,000 years, but we will be able to fend off mindless monsters, literally demons from hell, and entire civilizations intent on our destruction. Warhammer40k predicts we can hang on not with fancy wonder technology or godlike A.I's, but with nothing more than overpowered flashlights, bayonets, faith and the human spirit. The emperor protects! (but don't retreat or the Commisar will have to shoot you.)

When you said Sly Marbo, I was half expecting to hear the scream: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Imperial Guard Commander: "If we throw enough men at that fortress, they might drown in all the blood."

What is your Duty? -To serve Emperor's Will. What is Emperor's Will? -That we fight and die. What is Death? -It is our duty. What is your Duty? ...

“Others are present where the fighting is thickest, leading their soldiers through example” *Shows Ibram Gaunt fighting like a by the throne boss*

What i love about these guys is that they are everyone. Any quality you can imagine can be used to contribute to the guard. Anyone could be a solider laying down their life to protect the imperium. Unlike the Space marines, sisters of battle, psykers, or any other imperial faction, these are normal people. Bob smith grew up working in a factory, and is now protecting his home from space demons with a laser gun. The guardsmen aren't special, but THAT is what makes the guard special. The guard recognizes that every second of every day some soldier will turn the tide of battle. Some soldier will save countless lives, some soldier will be a hero. And these heroes will never be remembered. These soldiers will not be immortalized in songs or stories. Their deeds will not be taught to children. Yet all the same, these soldiers are wake keep the imperium safe. For every space marine who is remembered for his deeds, there are 100 thousand forgotten guardsmen who helped make him a hero.

Join the Imperial Guard. Defend Humanity. And if you're lucky, you might just live long enough for the Astartes to swoop in and take all the credit.

Finally something that isn't paradox. Consent unlocked!

As an astra militarum player I hope you do us justice Else we have to report you to the nearest commissar 😉

"For even in the darkest hour... The Emperor Protects!"

"Commissar! Sir, the enemy outnumber us 10 to 1!" "Perfect! We've more than enough ammo for all of them!"

The Lasgun: the AK of the future

My theory is that the _Tactica Imperium_ is actually just Sun Tzu's _Art Of War._

Even a man who has nothing can give his life. The Emperor protects.

I started learning about this lore from a friend before watching these videos. And I surged to learn more because of one simple phrase: The planet broke before the guard did.

Oh, here we go. The biggest badasses of the galaxy at long last.

Came here to hear Larissa's Voice once more, its too bad she left the Institute

As a Space Marine player, I say come on the Guard! Even the mightiest chapters would be nowhere without the staunch shield of the guardsmen! It saddens me to see so many of my brethren looking down upon our fellow man. After all, are we, guard and marine, not the dedicated defenders of humanity? We must stand together brothers and sisters, guardsman and astartes, for we are all sons and daughters of the Emperor. Fight on guardsman, you are the truest form of humanity. Ave imperator.

You misspelled "The Wall of Guns"

Grey Knight: The Guard's valor and faith is inspirational. Inquisitor: True, it's a shame we have to mind-wipe them.

“The Legionnaire who scoffs at a lasgun has never had to charge across an open field against a hundred of them.”

*They have held the line for ten thousand years! And they shall hold the line for ten thousand more!* Also looks like the institute is aware of retcons about the guardsmen/terminator/custodes lol

I love the warhammer lore on this channel the most I hope we see an full episode on Krieg someday

It's incredible to think what the Armageddon Steel Legion could have accomplished during those crucial early days of the Second War for Armageddon, would it have not been for the bumbling planetary governor who's arrogance nearly wiped out the Steel Legion all together. It's thanks to the incredible bravery, skill, and grim determination against impossible odds displayed by Sebastian Yarrik that the planet survived long enough for the Adeptus Astartes to become involved. Indeed, Yarrik is such a force to be reckoned with, he's even gained the admiration of Ork Warboss Grazkull Mac'thraka Urka, who described him by saying: "Good enemies iz 'ard ta find."

"Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger!"

Commissar: I have bad and good news, firstly, it is probable that none of you will survive this battle Guardsman: and what are the bad news?

“The Guard does two things, we stand in line and we die for the Emperor. In other words, we die standing!”

"Nothing worse than windmills" I understood that reference.