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Ozi DanThreads: 22
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Joined: Nov 22, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: Moderator  Oct 14, 10, 05:05    #61
NorthMancPolak:
but they don't get a monument and a bear does??


I'm sorry, but I don't think the Poms have any cause to erect a monument to Katyn on their own soil. Katyn had nothing to do with them.

jonni:
There's now a facebook campaign which I'm part of - why not sign up?


Thanks mate - will do. Just need to sign up to facebook first.
TrevekThreads: 33
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Joined: May 21, 08 ♂ 		 May 12, 11, 23:37    #62
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Wojtek the Soldier Bear

Here's an interesting article about Wojtek on the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/wojtek_the_polish_soldier_bear_w ho_lived_at_edinburgh_zoo.shtml

I recently found a children's book about him in Polish too.
PennBoyThreads: 157
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Trevek:
Wojtek the Soldier Bear

Yea supposedly he carried amunition to the soldiers on his back during battles, and also drank vodka.
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PennBoy:
Yea supposedly he carried amunition to the soldiers on his back


He used to carry shells in his arms. The regimental cap badge shows this.
wildroverThreads: 180
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		 May 13, 11, 00:04    #65
Trevek:
The regimental cap badge shows this.


The regiments vehicles also carry the same badge...
rozumiemnicThreads: 4
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Merged: Wojtek the soldier bear

http://www.wojtekfilm.com/large/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(soldier_bear)

I was reading the paper yesterday and there was an article about this wonderful bear who was enlisted into the Polish army and carried munitions at Monte Cassino.
He liked beer and cigarettes and thought he was a soldier.
The whole story is superb.
Has anyone else heard of him?
JonnyMThreads: 16
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Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂ 		 Jan 7, 12, 19:04    #67
He's got his own facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43399319070

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