Incredible Warrior Queens Throughout History

The Trung Sisters of Vietnam

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The Trung Sisters were Vietnamese military leaders who got the job done better than any man on the team. The pair repelled Chinese invasions for more than three years, cementing their place in history as national heroines.

Born during the thousand-year Chinese occupation, the siblings held off the Chinese from their village by assembling an army of tough females. They were named Queens of Vietnam and continued to fight the good fight against the Chinese for two more years. According to legend, the Chinese marched into battle naked to try and shame the female fighters and ended up winning in 43 AD. Although accounts of the story vary, some state that the pair drowned themselves in the Hat Giang river after defeat, along with Phung Thi Chinh, a pregnant captain who gave birth on the front line and killed her baby to continue fighting.