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The Brave Animals That Helped Win World War I


The Animals That Helped Win World War I - Smithsonian Magazine

Take, for example, Whiskey and Soda, two lion cubs serving as the mascots of the Lafayette Escadrille, a military unit of the Aéronautique ...

The Brave Animals That Helped Win World War I

The stray dog turned soldier was just one of the estimated millions of dogs, horses, camels and other animals that served during the Great War. Often referred ...

15 Animals That Went To War | Imperial War Museums

A cat inside the barrel of a naval gun. · A fox cub sits on the fuselage of a bi-plane fighter, the pilot · Camels in India in the First World War, fitted with ...

The Animals That Helped Win World War I - National WWI Museum

It also tells the stories of famous animals of WWI, including Whiskey and Soda, the lion cub mascots of the Lafayette Escadrille, and most notably Rags, a ...

Remembering The Animals Who Served In The First World War

Horses, donkeys, and mules represented the most significant animal contribution to the war effort by far—it's estimated that 5-6 million served ...

How did animals (even slugs) serve in World War I?

The American Red Star Animal Relief created posters that urged people to "Help the Horse to Save the Soldier," depicting a soldier holding his ...

Animals - 1914-1918 Online

By far the greatest animal contribution in the First World War was made by equines. Horses, mules, and donkeys were used in a range of roles by ...

4 Famous Animals That Served in WWI & WWII

Sergeant Stubby was the official mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment (US). Stubby was found on a ship after a young soldier had stowed him ...

The brave animals that helped turn the tide during WWI - Daily Mail

Animals on the front line: The brave dogs, horses and other creatures that helped turn the tide during World War One · Photographs show horses, ...

ANIMALS WHO WON MEDALS in WW1 Cher Ami - Devon Museums

Dogs were used to carry messages too. They also helped wounded soldiers and sniffed out the enemy. Around 20,000 served in the war, some pulling heavy armour, ...

Tales of Animals in War - 2006 Edition - Veterans Affairs Canada

During the Second World War, soldiers sent doves and rats into the tunnels behind enemy lines to detect bad air and poison gas. Pest Brigade. Not all animals in ...

Tails of Bravery | Smithsonian Institution

Ann Bausum, author of Stubby the War Dog and Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win WWI and Stole the Heart of a Nation ...

Canadian Animal War Heroes - Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence

They have helped protect and save soldiers fighting, and raised morale. During wartime, animals have sometimes played a crucial role. In the First World War ( ...

15 Animals That Went to War | National WWI Museum and Memorial

Many animals served as mascots to boast morale, but others were put to work. Dogs helped lay telephone wires, camels carried the wounded, and horses wore ...

Animals in the First World War | National Army Museum, London

Animals, for example, were as indispensible as their technological comrades in the fight for victory. Many animals were used by the British Army ...

Uses of Military Dogs in World War I - FamilySearch

The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman armies all enlisted dogs to help fight their battles. Napoleon Bonaparte set strays around his ...

World War 1 facts - National Geographic Kids

British families gave their pet dogs to the army so they could carry messages in special tubes on their collars (see above). Dogs were fast, difficult to shoot ...

Sergeant Stubby - Wikipedia

Sergeant Stubby (1916 – March 16, 1926) was a dog and the unofficial mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment and was assigned to the 26th (Yankee) Division in ...

Top 10 animal war heroes | Children's books - The Guardian

The first world war saw Lizzie the elephant helping out at Tommy Ward's factory and being a star goalkeeper in a match against a neighbouring ...

Heroic War Animals: The History of the PDSA Dickin Medal

Commando, a red chequer pigeon, served with Britain's National Pigeon Service during the Second World War, making more than 90 trips in and out ...