WHEN British soldiers looked along the Italian battlefield at the height of World War Two, they were met with a surreal sight: a fully-grown bear lumbering with an armful of artillery shells. The ...

A beer-drinking bear who saw action in World War II could be immortalised by a statue in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. Wojtek - dubbed the "Soldier Bear" - was adopted by Polish troops and ...

Strange tales retold again and again often turn out to be based on myth. Not so for the tale of Wojtek (pronounced Voy-tek), the war bear. His story, as preposterous as it seems, is true and based on ...

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'Private Wojtek', seen here with a fellow soldier, was said to have carried ammunition as the Polish II Corps took Monte Cassino from the Germans (Imperial War Museum ) "It's fantastic to have a piece ...

A small maquette of the sculpture has already been made A beer-drinking bear who saw action in World War II could be immortalised by a statue in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. Wojtek - dubbed the ...