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True story of Wojtek, the Polish Bear who served.

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2 articles on this true story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320417/Private-Wojtek-35-stone-bear-battled-Nazis-remembered-statue.html

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/wojtek-the-bear-that-joined-the-polish-army-and-fought-the-nazis-a-844056.html
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Crazy!

Thanks for the post!
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076992/

The IMDB link for the documentary.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkcdsdOtOKU

Trailer on the movie.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&NR=1&v=GZiH5wMad1Q

Actual footage.
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That’s a remarkable story.

I suppose the British wanted to avoid even the slightest risk of compromising Irish neutrality - so if the Irish put someone in a camp and the British acknowledge their status as a neutral and non-belligerent country, then it follows that they would honor the laws and regulations of that country and return the escapee. But I don’t think they would have followed the same reasoning if Mr Wolfe would have been a British subject.
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