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3 unusual facts about Dahomey Amazons


Dahomey Amazons

The unit is also depicted in (a special edition of, and now DLC of) PC game Empire: Total War.

Dahomey Amazons were represented in the 1987 film Cobra Verde by German director Werner Herzog.

Ultimately, bolstered by the Foreign Legion, and armed with superior weaponry, including machine guns, along with cavalry and Marine infantry, the French inflicted casualties that were ten times worse on the Dahomey side.



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