World War I Archives

WWI Animals: Winnie the Pooh

Who would have guessed that A.A. Milne‘s famous Winnie the Pooh was the result of World War I? Oh, I know…
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The first homing pigeons were used by the Egyptians 3000 years ago. The idea of using a pigeon to send…
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The fascinating uses of animals during WWI.

Imagine, elephants played a role in Britain during World War I. At the start of the war, the British army had…
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The book and movie War Horse immortalized World War I horses. A tear-jerker of a film, it told the story of a…
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Wars invariably involve not just nations, cities, towns, and people, but animals as well. World War I was no exception,…
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