Ride Valkyries facts
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In 2009 a Japanese whaling fleet used a sonic weapon against a helicopter caring a camera crew of conservation activists. The conservationists noted that their helicopter was also equipped with a similar sonic weapon, but had only used it thus far to play a recording of "Ride of the Valkyries".
When US tanks crossed the border into Iraq, they played The Ride of the Valkyries from humvee-mounted speakers
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Wagner’s "Ride of the Valkyrie" once had been considered the most dangerous music to listen to while driving, according to Britain's RAC Foundation for Motoring.
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Ride of the Valkyries" is the most dangerous song to listen to while driving
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When a group of US tanks crossed the border into Iraq, they had a hummer with loudspeakers following them playing 'Ride of the Valkyries'.
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The US forces sometimes blast Ride of the Valkyries through speakers during attacks as psychological warfare. This was even done in Vietnam.
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Individual US Blackhawk pilots during the invasion of Grenada would play "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner on loudspeakers which boosted troop morale
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The Gunny' R. Lee Ermey played a helicopter pilot in the Ride of The Valkyries scene in Apocalypse Now
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The Star Wars theme song was partly inspired by Richard Wagner's 1870 "Ride Of The Valkyries," and it's not hard to hear why:
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Richard Wagner, the 19th century German musician composed "Ride of the Valkyries" in 1851, was born in Leipzig, Germany, and was forced into exile as a result of his involvement in an underground nationalist movement.
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At age 14, Steven Spielberg produced and directed a war film titled “Escape to Nowhere”. The 1961 movie includes battle scenes that play to the sound of Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” with Spielberg’s sister Anne credited in the cast.
