An Edinburgh-based man’s touching film about a bear adopted by a Word War II Polish veteran has been shortlisted for consideration at the Oscars. After a decade in production, animator Iain ...

During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440 pound Syrian bear named Wojtek. Wojtek first came to the company as a ...

As a fan of history, I listened to a January podcast “The Rest Is History” by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Few stories in military history are as extraordinary as that of Wojtek, the Syrian ...

This is the story of Wojtek a magnificent 500lb military bear who fought in World War Two alongside a band of Polish soldiers shared their beer and cigarettes and eventually their fate Through ...

Tom and Dominic discuss Wojtek, one of history’s most extraordinary animals, and his life in the army - an emblem of hope amidst the horrors of the Second World War.