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Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. | Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. | ||
Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and esprit de corps on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side. | Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and ''esprit de corps'' on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side. | ||
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File:Green_Lantern_Rebirth_6.jpg|link=Power ring (DC Comics) (nonfiction)|[[Green Lantern (nonfiction)|Green Lanterns]] field-testing new Battle cry. | |||
File:Soldiers with 9 mm pistols.jpg|Soldiers prefer guns to Battle cries. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Control Theory]] | * [[Control Theory]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Brandishing (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[War (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_cry Battle cry] @ Wikipedia | |||
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[[Category:War (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:20, 24 June 2016
A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit.
Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment.
Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and esprit de corps on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side.
In the News
Green Lanterns field-testing new Battle cry.
Soldiers prefer guns to Battle cries.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Battle cry @ Wikipedia