- Wojtek (bear) - Wikipedia
Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjtɛk]; in English sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear [1][2] adopted during World War II by soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps, [3] which Wojtek accompanied to Italy, serving with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company
- Wojtek the Bear | Private, Rank, Edinburgh Zoo, War, Facts - Britannica
Wojtek the Bear, Syrian brown bear adopted by soldiers in the Polish army during World War II The bear, who was initially given the rank of private, eventually rose to the rank of corporal and served mainly as a morale booster for the soldiers
- Wojtek: The bear who was a private in the Polish army - BBC
Wojtek was adopted by the 2nd Polish Corps in 1943, after his mother was shot by hunters The Syrian brown bear travelled with them from the Middle East as they were deployed to Italy
- Story of Polands soldier bear Wojtek turned into film - BBC
Now the 86-year-old professor of geochemistry and petrology has travelled from his home in Krakow, Poland, to London for the UK premiere of the documentary, Wojtek - The Bear That Went To War
- Wojtek the Bear: Surprising World War II Animal Hero | TIME
It was 75 years ago that Polish fighters rescued Wojtek the bear, who became known as a cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking World War II hero
- The story of Wojtek: The 440-pound bear that drank, smoked, and carried . . .
During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440-pound Syrianbear named Wojtek Wojtek first came to the company as a cub, but over the course of the war he matur…
- Wojtek: The bear who ate cigarettes and carried ammo for Polish troops . . .
Wojtek, the soldier bear who ate cigarettes and helped support soldiers during the Battle of Monte Cassino, had brought so much joy to those he lived with during the Second World War
- How Wojtek The Beer-Drinking Bear Became A World War II Hero
Amid a long journey to join forces with the British Army in World War Two, one unit of the Polish II Corps stumbled upon an unlikely, and invaluable, comrade: a Syrian brown bear they named Wojtek
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