Wojtek used to entertain Allied troops by smoking cigarettes, drinking beer and wrestling with them, but the 30-stone bear was also a handy soldier who carried artillery shells and terrorised ...

Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear adopted by Polish soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company in the 2nd Polish Corps commanded by Gen. Władysław Anders. The bear took part in the famous ...

Thus began a near three-year friendship between Wojtek the bear and the then 17-year-old Polish soldier. The bond between the two was strengthened by the fact that they shared the same first name ...

But ask some Polish military veterans and they’d probably cite another creature: Wojtek the bear, a 500-to-600-pound brown bear that was essentially adopted by the 22nd Transport Company’s ...

As unbelievable as it sounds, Wojtek the bear was an official member of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps — a soldier-bear who not only raised morale, but who actually ...

The story of Wojtek the Bear; a magnificent 500lb bear who fought in World War II alongside a band of Polish soldiers, shared their beer and cigarettes, and eventually their fate. Show more This ...

Private Wojtek' was a 6ft-tall 35 stone Syrian brown bear which was adopted by a Polish regiment stationed in the Middle East . When Allied commanders issued an order that troops advancing on Rome ...