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Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation:; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek (and pronounced as such) was a Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) bought, as a young cub, in the mountains of Iran, by Polish II Corps soldiers who had been evacuated from the Soviet Union.
Kenny Chmielewski. 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. In 1942 the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the II.
Apr 8, 2017 · 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...
Nov 16, 2011 · 16 November 2011. Man or beast? Meet Wojtek the soldier bear. By Martin Vennard. BBC World Service. One of the odder animal stories of World War II has been turned into a documentary. When...
Jan 7, 2017 · Updated November 9, 2023. How an orphaned Syrian bear named Wojtek became a Polish army 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.
Jan 27, 2019 · 313K. 10M views 5 years ago. The tale is bizarre, but true. During World War II, an orphaned brown bear went from being a cuddly pet to an officially enlisted soldier in the Polish army, and...
Jul 19, 2022 · Wojtek: The Bear who Fought for Poland in World War II. During the Second World War, the Polish army, freed from Soviet captivity, found itself with a unique and memorable recruit: Wojtek the bear. Jul 19, 2022 • By Turner Collins, BA History.
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