Custer’s Last Stand: How the 7th Cavalry Was Destroyed at Little Bighorn

On June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the U.S. 7th Cavalry toward an enormous Native American village beside the Little Bighorn River. Expecting the camp to scatter, Custer divided his regiment and ordered an immediate attack. Instead, thousands of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho people turned to defend their families, their land, and their freedom. This documentary explores the complete story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn—also remembered as the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Discover how broken treaties, the invasion of the sacred Black Hills, Custer’s ambition, inaccurate intelligence, and a divided cavalry regiment led to one of the most shocking defeats in United States military history. Follow the actions of George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall, Marcus Reno, and Frederick Benteen as the battle unfolds across the valley, ridges, ravines, and Last Stand Hill. Was Custer destroyed by arrogance? Could Reno or Benteen have saved him? And why did a major Native American victory ultimately lead to an even harsher campaign against the Lakota and Cheyenne? This is the true story behind Custer’s Last Stand—a battlefield victory, an act of resistance, and a tragedy that changed the American West forever. Subscribe for more cinematic history documentaries about legendary battles, lost civilizations, powerful empires, and the people who changed the world. #LittleBighorn #CustersLastStand #AmericanHistory