Irl, weren't they slaughtered by the white men they fought against?
I mean it's still better than the bizarre fetishization of Boudicca by feminists, because at least this woman didn't get a quarter million people killed by a force five percent of their size.
She... was at 1%. So... Yeah, Boudicca was better. And this woman was, specifically, fighting to preserve the honored tradition of selling black slaves.
I think an honest movie about black slave traders would be interesting since so many western youth think it was exclusively American. I honestly can’t believe they will hype this movie. But why am I surprised
Forces of 9,000 vs 2,000. The Dahomey inflicted 700 casualties, the French killed and wounded approximately 6,000. The greatest victory the Dahomey had was burning their own capital down (The French flag still flew over the palace)
In both wars altogether the French suffered only 100 dead (with just 16 in the first war), including their civilian black porters, including the dead from disease.
Yeah, a better way to say it was "France suffered 700 casualties", considering almost half was just because the water pipes weren't done being set up. I couldn't imagine something more humiliating than some dudes in big hats and gloves and nice boots walking into the contenent you've been on for three thousand or so years, saying "Seems nice, but kind of a shit hole" and then in the span of a few years completely teraforming it to where huge industry, unbreakable bridges, and pipes with clean flowing miles from the rivers your women have been walking to and from going up in the span of a few months. How do you come back from that massive disparity in power and competence, I feel humble when a plumber fixes my dripping faucet, let alone if he built the entire damn water pump in my face.
Also Boudicca slaughtered a lot of Romans first (including an entire city of army veteran settlers at Camulodunum and most of the 9th Legion, also razed Londinium), while the other one is a fictional character.
Irl, weren't they slaughtered by the white men they fought against?
I mean it's still better than the bizarre fetishization of Boudicca by feminists, because at least this woman didn't get a quarter million people killed by a force five percent of their size.
5%? These ones wish they were that good.
She... was at 1%. So... Yeah, Boudicca was better. And this woman was, specifically, fighting to preserve the honored tradition of selling black slaves.
I think an honest movie about black slave traders would be interesting since so many western youth think it was exclusively American. I honestly can’t believe they will hype this movie. But why am I surprised
they've been trained to think whitey just rowed up on africa and the poor souls were helpless as they walked on the ships like zombies.
And that narrative breaks down when you think about it but too many people don’t
They had modern artillery, machine guns, repeating rifles, all best weapons the slave trade can buy.
The French had alcohol and bayonets.
Kill ratio 1:100.
Forces of 9,000 vs 2,000. The Dahomey inflicted 700 casualties, the French killed and wounded approximately 6,000. The greatest victory the Dahomey had was burning their own capital down (The French flag still flew over the palace)
No, mostly malaria did.
In both wars altogether the French suffered only 100 dead (with just 16 in the first war), including their civilian black porters, including the dead from disease.
Yeah, a better way to say it was "France suffered 700 casualties", considering almost half was just because the water pipes weren't done being set up. I couldn't imagine something more humiliating than some dudes in big hats and gloves and nice boots walking into the contenent you've been on for three thousand or so years, saying "Seems nice, but kind of a shit hole" and then in the span of a few years completely teraforming it to where huge industry, unbreakable bridges, and pipes with clean flowing miles from the rivers your women have been walking to and from going up in the span of a few months. How do you come back from that massive disparity in power and competence, I feel humble when a plumber fixes my dripping faucet, let alone if he built the entire damn water pump in my face.
Also Boudicca slaughtered a lot of Romans first (including an entire city of army veteran settlers at Camulodunum and most of the 9th Legion, also razed Londinium), while the other one is a fictional character.