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== Real Life ==
* [[media:Green Nuns.jpg|The 40-woman Amazonian Guard]] of [[Muammar Gaddafi]] ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|may his spellings be many]]) Officially they're known as the Green Nuns, but western media tends to refer to them as the Amazonian Guard as something of an invocation of this trope's imagery.
* Not to mention the famous Dahomey Amazons [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_%28warrior%29\]{{Dead link}}, or ''Mino'', who composed a third of the Dahomeyan Army in the 19th Century. Fanatically dedicated and intensively trained, they were nearly unbeatable for three and a half centuries, until the invention of the machine gun made industry more important in war than bravery.
* Not sure if this one is Mythology or Real Life or if this really counts as an Amazon Brigade since they were never recorded as seeing combat; When military genius Sun Tzu was trying to sell Helu, the King of Wu, on hiring him as an advisor, the King put a group of his concubines under Sun's command to train as a test of his skill. He split them into two teams, assigned each team a captain (His Nibs' two favorite concubines) and explained the commands, but they laughed and didn't take it seriously. So he tried again, repeating the commands and explaining what they mean. Still nothing but giggles. So he beheaded the two team captains. The ladies immediately obeyed every command and ran through every drill perfectly. When the King complained at losing his lady loves, Sun Tzu [[Deadpan Snarker|snarked in his face]] about the costs of real warfare. He got hired anyway. (Technically, they lost members in action, while under military command, so they might be considered an Amazon Brigade)
** The story states Sun Tzu faulted himself first, saying that if the orders were unclear, the general was to blame. The second time, he stated that if the orders were clear but not obeyed, it was clearly the fault of the officers. When the king protested, Sun said that when in the field, there are orders from the regent that the general does not obey. This principle is stated in the Art of War, the original [[Big Book of War]]. When the ladies began to comply (much to the relief of the next two commanders), Sun stated they were ready to face fire and death and be used however the king saw fit. Not bad for someone who may never have existed.
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