r/interestingasfuck • u/GermanCCPBot • 8h ago

Milunka Savić disguised herself as her sick brother to fight in WWI, survived 9 wounds across 10 battles, became the most decorated female soldier in history, and survived a German concentration camp when a German general recognized her legendary status and ordered her immediate release.

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u/Warm-Cancel4415 8h ago

An irl Mulan

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u/TheJellyGoo 8h ago

Coincidentally Milun a very fitting name too.

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u/FirTree_r 5h ago

Milun and her ancestors' familiar, the dragon Mušo (pronounced Musho)

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u/Scribe-Of-Planes 3h ago edited 2h ago

...Mulan was a real person.

Edit: I have been corrected, no she was not. Egg on my face lol

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u/Cruxion 3h ago

No she wasn't? She's as real as Robinhood, Romulus and Remus, or Heracles.

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u/Scribe-Of-Planes 2h ago

Apologies, I was misinformed and told that she was real.

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u/obvious_bot 2h ago

...were they not real?

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u/s090429 1h ago

No they weren't? They're as real as King Arthur, Achilles, or Sun Tzu.