There is a statue of Wojtek in Edinburgh, another near Berwick-on-Tweed and in Cassino in Italy. Polish and Italian streets are named after him. A book for children, The Bear Who Went to War ...

In 1942, a Syrian brown bear was adopted by Polish troops—and ended up marching into battle. This is the remarkable story of ...

But what use could a bear have in a war? Well, most deployed troops ... the men needed to figure out what to do with Wojtek before they went back to Poland. The men had raised the bear and had ...

CLAW MARKS on trees in Northumberland are said to bear ... the war, many civilians were sent to Siberian gulags, but in 1942 the Soviets released those who had indicated a willingness to go ...