{"id":8722,"date":"2015-10-13T07:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2015-10-13T07:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T12:41:47","slug":"8-best-war-cries-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/8-best-war-cries-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Best War Cries of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/mongols.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8723\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/mongols.jpg\" alt=\"mongols\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>By Blake Stilwell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When fighting in close quarters combat, the posture which gives a warrior\u00a0the best\u00a0advantage is a necessary advantage. What better way to intimidate an\u00a0enemy than throwing him off balance with an\u00a0aggressive auditory clash to make him quake in his boots? Yelling as foreplay to a physical altercation is as old as War itself. Persian warriors in the epic\u00a0Shahnameh\u00a0had voices \u201clike an enraged elephant\u201d and voices \u201clike a drum beat.\u201d In the Iliad, one character\u00a0is literally named \u201cDiomedes of the Loud War Cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now scientifically\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/behind_news\/sports\/AJ201207240015\">proven<\/a>\u00a0that screaming during physical activity increases energy and power and anecdotal evidence throughout history shows it has an significant effect on both sides of a battle. With that in mind, here are history\u2019s most legendary battle cries.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> \u201cUukhai!\u201d \u2013 The Mongols<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since the Mongols controlled the largest empire in history, they were really good at winning battles, and even better at killing people. They defy expectation. They are always the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PqcVro-3f4I\">exception<\/a>\u00a0to conventional historical knowledge. There must be something to this battle cry. It was a both a cheer and a prayer,\u00a0like \u201cAmen\u201d mixed with \u201cHooray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the Remainder at<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realcleardefense.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/12\/the_8_best_war_cries_of_all_time_108570.html\">Real Clear Defense<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Blake Stilwell When fighting in close quarters combat, the posture which gives a warrior\u00a0the best\u00a0advantage is a necessary advantage. What better way to intimidate an\u00a0enemy than throwing him off balance with an\u00a0aggressive auditory clash to make him quake in his boots? Yelling as foreplay to a physical altercation is as old as War itself&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[387,1247,1286,1898],"tags":[2501,2502,2503,2504,2505,2506,2507,2508,2509,2510,2511,2425,2512,40,2513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}