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 the war progressed and the men strode into combat, the cub who would grow up to become Wojtek the military bear was right by their side. End of the war in Ukraine: “negotiations have already ...

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 ...