(English: Go Savoy!) was the patriotic battle cry of the Italian Royal Army during World War I and to a lesser extent, World War II. Infantrymen would scream this motto when launching an offensive attack, namely against the Austro-Hungarians. During the Greco-Italian War (in WWII), the Greeks would shout "Αέρα!"
Before battle, Italian Soldiers would yell “Savoia” or “Avanti Savoia”, which is “Come on Savoy!” or “Onwards Savoy!” in Italian (compare “For the king!” among British soldiers of the same era).
This term came from the Japanese battle cry tennōheika banzai (天皇陛下万歳, transl. "long live the His Majesty the Emperor"), and was shortened to banzai, specifically referring to the tactic used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War.
"This is where we fight! This is where they die!" —King Leonidas__In 300, the king of Sparta uses this catchy jingle to rally his troops against the Persians.
Germany's Battle Cry is 'Germany Over All'
Here we are, here we are, here we are again (the British army's battle cry) [music]
The battle cry was often shortened to just “Banzai!” Because the battle cry was shouted in conjunction with these suicidal barrages, Allied forces began calling this quintessentially Japanese battle strategy “Banzai attacks.”
During the Indochina War in Vietnam, the Viet Minh soldiers usually used "Xung phong" (English: Charge) whenever attacking the enemy. The same battle cry would be used later by PAVN and NLF forces during the Vietnam War.
As the war dragged on, this battle cry became most famously associated with so-called “Banzai charges”—last-ditch human wave attacks that saw Japanese troops run headlong into American lines. Japanese kamikaze pilots were also known to howl “Tenno Heika Banzai!” as they plowed their aircraft into Navy ships.
which meant "Towards the bliss of heaven!" "Ura" or "Hura" is the battle cry of the Russian Armed Forces, as well the Soviet Armed Forces and Red Army that preceded it. Its usage dates back to the Medieval era, derived from the Mongolian phrase hurray, meaning "to move" or "to attack".
Montjoie is the cry of Charlemagne's forces in the Song of Roland, and Montjoie St Denis (which appears in the old royal arms of France) was the national war-cry of the French.
In battle, Vikings would urge each other forward by yelling "SKOLL" to one another. By doing so, they were telling each other to keep it up so they could drink from the skull (and the top of a lopped off skull looks roughly like a.. wait for it... BOWL!!) of the Vanquished that night.
Analysis. Brian R. Sullivan called Caporetto "the greatest defeat in Italian military history." John R.
Title. Germany's battle cry is "Germany over all" and her Navy drinks to "the day" when she hopes to smash Britain's fleet [...]
They were the Viet Cong, VC, or just Charlie, from Victor Charlie. Between 1954 and 1975, United States service members found themselves fighting Charlie, an enemy who was both everywhere and nowhere. More than one million of enemy combat soldiers died in the name of communism and nationalism.
The Siege of Khe Sanh--Stories. Khe Sanh saw some of the most brutal combat of the Vietnam War. In the following essays, four veterans of the Khe Sanh siege remember the stirring experiences they survived as young men fighting in a foreign land.
Many soldiers joined the antiwar movement by producing underground newspapers and holding strategic meetings in coffeehouses. Letters from soldiers abroad often described confusion and guilt about their military service. Other soldiers expressed feelings of betrayal by their own country.
Teribus ye teri odin or teribus an teriodin ([ˈtirɪbəs ən ˈtiri ˈodɪn]) is popularly believed to have been the war cry of the men of Hawick at the Battle of Flodden, and has been preserved in the traditions of the town. In 1819, James Hogg wrote a border ballad with the same name.
Motto of Indian Army is 'Sewa Parmo Dharma', and War Cry of Indian Army is 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
On the other hand, the yell “Tenno Haika! Banzai!” meaning “Long live the Emperor! Ten thousand ages!” signaled a charge en masse at the enemy. The extreme behavior of the banzai charge* without regard to casualties is supposedly rooted in the ancient samarai Bushido code of death, honor, and loyalty to the emperor.
The battle cry of the Spanish-American War was "Remember the Maine!" One of the main causes of the war was the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine on February 15, 1898.
The late-Roman army was particularly fond of the “Barritus,” a guttural cry that had been borrowed from Germanic warriors, many of whom had joined their ranks.
On an invitation from Ras Bihari Bose, Subhash Chandra Bose came to East Asia on June 13, 1943. He was made president of the Indian Independence League and the leader of the INA popularly called 'Azad Hind Fauj'. He gave the famous battle cry 'Chalo Dilli'.