Absolute Mad Lads - Wojtek The Battle Bear

[@CountDankula]

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[@Maria00900]

No

[@Oogaboogaretard]

Do Nikki sixx

[@UnfinishedSwing]

Thanks Markus. This was wholesome! Congrats on your marriage and on being a future dad. Very happy for you! Cheers, mate

[@afakenamelastname5036]

The last mad Ladd video you should do is your dog

[@PissCovered]

NO I WANT A TERRIBLE MOBILE GAME

[@iphgfqweio]

USA: We have the right to bear arms! Poland: We have the right to arm bears!

[@lewisbarrah8804]

Best comment!

[@DxBlack]

Sounds...sounds like some Command and Conquer type of thing

[@bsseb2914]

Your comment made my day.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Hah, great Robin Williams callback 🤣👍

[@SB-qm5wg]

You win.

[@nylonpython]

If Disney has taught me anything it's that stories about Bears are better when told in a Scottish accent.

[@Gamespectives]

And dragons

[@brandongreenhough9379]

@WLM666 Why would they?

[@theeyeiswatching8036]

​@WLM666 wut?

[@logirogi1468]

Brave was trash. Brother Bear was literally better.

[@LittleMissLatvia1]

Brother Bear is shaking their head in the background of this comment..

[@Kommiekiller]

Bear salutes: give him a medal Dog salutes: fine him 800£

[@borquespawpaw8674]

@Cynical Frenchface Which right though?

[@owlsayssouth]

@Cynical Frenchface so, with both arms instead of just the one?

[@Rico_71]

@Cynical Frenchface the "reich" way I'm sorry

[@salazam]

@Cynical Frenchface The only thing Hitler ruined was the globalists plans to take over Germany and the world sooner than they actually did.

[@STOPSYPHER]

@Cynical Frenchface cry about it

[@BlackSabbath628]

> Eats Cigarettes > Drinks beer > A big boi > Hairy Are you sure he wasn't just Scottish?

[@lukequinlan4523]

More like polish lmao

[@ishzarkklyon9590]

Or Russian

[@jamieburns8139]

aye ano fs

[@ArthurKingoftheBritons404]

Sounds pretty Scottish to me... or welsh

[@suzannenichols6900]

LMBO👊😁👍

[@professionalbabyholder1551]

"The soldiers would greet Wotjek at the zoo by saluting him and he would salute back." Im not crying your crying.

[@akaer54928]

I did a presentation on Wojtek in like 8th grade. I got called a liar, laughed at, and the teacher gave me an F for making it up. Needless to say, I was very upset.

[@CYellowan]

That's when you hand them the book, or shower them with screenshots. That's pretty much a B or an A, god damn.

[@USRM1810]

I'm going to do a presentation about this now to teach everyone about wojtek

[@saintmichaelsarchangel2644]

To be fair I wouldn’t have believed Wojtek real if I hadn’t looked it up to find pictures of him

[@Vashthestampede967]

.....as a man that's seen wierd things in my life I will say a bear fighting in an army is low on my list. If I were you i would have shown my sources and called out that teacher for not knowing history.

[@possummagic3571]

The teacher might not have believed in you but the whole bus clapped.

[@aeriumfour6096]

Poland: *Teaches Wojtek to salute Scotland: *Leans to the side Scotland: "Do you think we could get £800 from Poland?"

[@Epic-pf8od]

I don't get it. I have a small brain.

[@chunkymonky4433]

Don't forget the 2 year court case

[@Tahgrizly]

@@Epic-pf8od Basically Count Dankula taught his pug to nazi salute to witch the scotish government upon discovering this fined him 800 pounds. Also he went to trial to have the fine revoked.

[@tobisquigles8453]

@@Tahgrizly Currently, he's *still* working that out. Last I saw, he was holding a poll to see if everyone who he raised funds from wants to see him to go to the BIG court. I checked that poll, and at the time it was like 96% in favor.

[@aeriumfour6096]

​@@Tahgrizly SNP logic: Spend £250k+ to get £800 back. To quote Trump: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever"

[@ijustworkhere1008]

Polish soldiers: *don’t want a pet bear* Inca: *gets a bear anyway* The soldiers and the bear:

[@DeepSeaBlu3s]

Truly a wholesome story

[@cperka1017]

Should be noted that Inka was a niece of a General in Polish Army, making her satisfaction a no small matter during her stay in refugee camp.

[@TheSlammurai]

It's a tale as old as time.

[@andgodsaiduntoabraham]

Why did he sound irritated when he said Wojtek could salute? Oh, right.

[@Inqusitor_VDM]

Why?

[@andgodsaiduntoabraham]

@@Inqusitor_VDM He got in legal trouble when he taught his dog to do the roman salute and posted it online

[@chekklist6501]

@@andgodsaiduntoabraham 'roman salute' kek

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@chekklist6501 Yes, it's the Roman Salute. The Nazis stole it from the Romans, much like how they stole the Swastika from Asian cultures, and the "Aryan" term from the ancient Aryan Empire. I can honestly see why Hitler failed to enter art school twice.

[@zordii9]

@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 ancient Aryan Empire. what the fuck is that? xD

[@toxicstupidity730]

You should do one on Buddha the Nazi pug who framed his human slave for a hate crime.

[@josesousa1059]

This shit would be hilarious.

[@stu6748]

Legend

[@stevenbacon-cheddar9914]

you win comments for today!

[@p_campbell]

Best comment ever bro

[@JC-hf7zt]

I started thinking "why does this sound so familiar"

[@hayessingerrunning4370]

Technically he did get some kills, those shells he carried went somewhere.

[@johngray3449]

Bearware those artillery bearrages.

[@MrtheChief1]

John Gray that joke was unbearable 😁

[@JohnsonTheSecond]

Technically most indirect fire artillery shells don't hit anything Technically he supplied a minority of the shells fired by a minority of the guns at Cassino Technically he still hasn't got the Loss of Innocence achievement

[@CourierSiix]

@@JohnsonTheSecond you must be fun at parties

[@juliusmoe-nstar8942]

Assist kills do count when you're Wojtek

[@MrSpruce]

"You can't take an animal aboard our ship." "Wojtek is not just an animal, he is a soldier" "ok."

[@mattwilliams3456]

"Fine, you tell him yourself."

[@immikeurnot]

So very British. "Oy. You got a loicense for that bear!?" This bear is Private Wojtek, part of our unit. "Olroit, carry on."

[@afrosheenix]

@@immikeurnot brit soldier, unconvinced : show me his dog tags then. Polish soldier: trick question, he has bear tags.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodc8109]

Or the bear just roars at his face "Ok"

[@nashtheneet]

I mean, you cant say no to a bear. He probably would have just thrown the guy off the dock

[@willpestka2745]

"Wojtek was ALSO taught how to salute" I am getting a hint if bitterness. I could not imagine why.....

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Imagine witnessing the other side's soldiers wrestling a bear for fun and realising no matter how much superior your military is you'll never match that level of alpha

[@BigDemz]

Fucking A!!!

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

@@B1RD0FGOD I imagine the number of soldiers defecting to polish military increased

[@Ash-gv7uj]

😭 we have a great army, but we’ll never be that cool

[@corvuszorcath398]

Goosecore kinda hard to take selfies with a bear during World War Two in the trenches, but u know.... they all had cameras in their pockets too in World War Two

[@womanofcubesdestroyerof4th623]

@Goosecore It's good to see they're making the KZbin comments more available to children with disabilities. So do you spell the words on your own or does your handler do it for you?

[@ALDM404]

God bless that Iranian boy, the Polish girl and the soldiers that took such good care of him

[@LordBaktor]

"If you are face to face with a bear, the bear outranks you" I'm gonna shamelessly steal that for a short story. Thanks Dank.

[@dogman9223]

Can you give us a link when you’re done?

[@larrymcjones]

Cheers

[@LordBaktor]

@@dogman9223 I write in Spanish, my command of Shakespeare's language is not good enough to write fiction.

[@averagedemographic8933]

Imagine getting out ranked by an orphan bear with beer and cigarette addictions.

[@rileywags]

bruh moment

[@michaelfairchild]

Imagine trying to talk shit to him about that.

[@afuzzycreature8387]

work harder!

[@jw9099]

Just thank fuck it wasn't a cocaine addiction.

[@s.sradon9782]

@@jw9099 general butt naked: polish bear edition.

[@B4R0N.]

Imagine realizing in the afterlife that the shell that killed you was loaded by a bear.

[@TheSlammurai]

I wouldn't wish for a better death, tbh

[@dirtydan9785]

I wouldn't even be mad

[@zonk4718]

Two things you missed Dank, he apparently preferred eating cigarettes when they were lit, and he once caught a spy who had snuck into the regiments encampment

[@cheezburgrproduction]

Probably smelled much different than his usual people

[@tommygallagher5747]

He said that he ate ciggarettes

[@robincray116]

It is also said that when Wodjtek retired to a zoo, polish veterans used to visit him and throw ciggiarettes into his pen.

[@wcisnijstart]

@Dottoman 共匪 people who tried to put their dads to sleep after angry juice know.

[@orzorzelski1142]

The story with a spy went something like this iirc: Wojtek LOVED bathing. He could spend hours in water or under shower, which at some point caused a bit of a crisis - you know, water is quite important in the desert. So it was decided, that Wojtek's shower will be limited and the showers themselves closed with a padlock. One day Wojtek wanted to sneak into the showers or at least check if they are open by chance - luckily for him, they were! The happy bear barged in and saw why they were opened: an Arab spy was inside. After causing a ruckus, the spy was captured, and as a reward Wojtek was awarded extra shower time.

[@thydzz2180]

Imagine finding out that a bear is partially responsible for delivering the artillery shell that took your legs and perferated your drums

[@cornflakesandmilk8157]

Honestly...I'd be okay with that.

[@luis4390]

I would be honoured

[@danziglaughlin9747]

"Damn you, Smokey!"

[@imapopo2924]

@@danziglaughlin9747 Remember kids, Smokey the War Bear says only you can return fire!

[@hewhobattles8869]

I was just thinking to myself "I wonder if any of the soldiers that were killed by an artillery shell from Wojtek found out from God or Devil after they died and were like "WtF are you serious?" Lol

[@MDMetal]

He smoked? Check He drank beer? Check He enjoyed roughhousing with his human brothers? Check Confirmed: Wojtek was a SOLDIER!

[@benfranklin4198]

He wouldn’t smoke em he would eat em

[@kishinasura1989]

No he was Chad

[@josephstalin7389]

And a pole

[@bgggsht]

@Melvin Deeply They could take care of him only as a company, maybe at the time a zoo was the best option

[@nikolaivanovic1060]

​@Melvin Deeply poland was under soviet ocupation, the lads were refugees

[@sigmacheseman]

He protec He attac But most importantly he snack on tobacc

[@Luke_Segovia]

Go back to reddit with that stale ass joke

[@dexjones4515]

Personally I liked the joke

[@baconcatbug]

He protec He attac But most importantly he load the ammo racc

[@drunkenghoul]

@@baconcatbug He protecc He attacc But most importantly he made a Nazi snacc

[@rae7864]

🙏Blessed 🙏

[@mivapusa]

Nothing *mini* about this boi. He's a *major* Mad Lad

[@VoxelMusic]

Massive mad lad

[@Dja05]

A *corporal* mad lad.

[@megahellreaper]

@@Dja05 To be fair, face to face, he outranks both.

[@MPHJackson7]

In awe of the size of this lad

[@generalralph6291]

@@Dja05 Corpulent, yes.

[@fappefar]

Something to be noted is that in addition to eating cigarettes, Wojtek refused to eat his cigarettes if they were not lit. When given an unlit cigarette, he would spit it out and require that it be lit, and once lit, Wojtek would once again consume the cigarette, only this time he would be satisfied.

[@hewhobattles8869]

What?! This bear is fucking Crazy!

[@CurtisAlfeld]

If you give someone a cigarette, it is only polite that you offer a light, too. I'd be pretty pissed if you gave me a cigarette and didn't light it, too.

[@dannylamb456]

C'mon, he's not uncivilized. Only brutes eat cigarettes raw.

[@sharischoll9411]

Some food, like tomatoes need to be heated in order to release it'svitamin contents. Also easier to digest. Man is superior to animals?

[@keystrix3704]

_"A... bear... necessity."_ Immediate thumbs up Emmy award winning five stars 10/10 video

[@phoenix4267]

"Truely an emotional and striking statement" 10/10

[@Shaun_Jones]

Bad puns are how eye roll.

[@cosmoroach]

>sees bear in thumbnail >"It's Wojtek" >It's Wojtek

[@theodorepinnock1517]

I've heard that apparently when the soldiers went to visit Wojtek at Edinburgh Zoo, they would jump into his enclosure to play with him.

[@smallestcharles]

Ye I’ve heard that too, they’d all jump in and wrestle him together like how he did when he serving his duty.

[@WingsOfNovaaris]

@@smallestcharles Yeah I heard that too.

[@kishinasura1989]

I'm picturing one soldier with a bell ringing it. " Alright Wojtek round 356."

[@jollythejackalope]

You know why Wojtek was so badass? It's because he didn't smoke AND helped his friends stop smoking by eating their cigarettes Be like Wojtek, kids!

[@Quarterspine143]

I ain't eating cigarettes, smoking them is bad enough man.

[@livedandletdie]

@@Quarterspine143 Cair Nichts, actually, eating cigarettes is less bad for you than smoking them... After all, most toxins are broken down in the gastric acid in your stomach. Turning the cigarettes into basically eating dried up leaves. Which to be fair Tobacco is the dried leaves of the Tobacco plant family. Which is a subset of the Nightshades, Which makes Tobacco closely related to Tomatoes, Eggplants and Potatoes, and also a lot of plants that will kill you if ingested. Such as aptly named Deadly Nightshade.

[@petervonfroster8i]

and together with Smoky he prevented Forestfires and Communism!

[@grantglow4206]

@@livedandletdie enhh we. Will die oneday ..smoke it away

[@guardrailhitter]

ok, ill eat my dads ciggies hopefully he wont beat my ass

[@spacewarrior769]

My great grandfather was a Polish soldier that fought in the battle of Monte Cassino. I never met him but I used to hear my dad talk about him and one of the things I heard passingly was him talking to my dad about "a goddamn bear" during the war. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it was Wojtek! O Kurwa!

[@KrissowskiM]

It’s guaranteed. Your grandpa (full respects to him from another Pole) has seen Wojtek... ask your dad if he remembers more!

[@juliusmoe-nstar8942]

I am not Polish, but Kurwa do i want to listen to you talk about the 22nd Artillery of Wojtek

[@Inqusitor_VDM]

@steve jobs love child actually there was a few of them

[@darealpapajon]

My uncle fought in monte cassino for poland

[@antonikudlicki1100]

>Live in Europe >ask old family members about the past >feel like you belong somewhere >have a based identity to adhere to >have good relations with family >ancestors pleased, day made >feelsgoodman.jpg

[@Erraddo]

Just imagine going to the zoo, seeing the plaque "Cpl. Wojtek", looking at the bear confused, and seeing a polish soldier sharing beer with the animal.

[@mateuszbednarski_fizjo]

In Poland we say: "Eat Enemies of Fatherland" and I think it's beautiful

[@michelguevara151]

polish is such an elegant language, kurwa!

[@Feedtehhobo]

being that its a bear, i dont think you can call him a "mini" madlad.

[@J0ECrAWF15H]

Bro, fuckiing HOW did you miss the BEST story about him though? Where he actually captured an enemy spy in the bath house because he was trying to sneak extra bath time. it's the CLOSEST we ever actually got to him mauling the enemy with his Bear paws, lol.

[@michaelfairchild]

French: We got flying rats German: We got hawks Poles: How nice, how cute...

[@PKVarianceArts]

*hold my bear

[@nukezgaming4958]

@@PKVarianceArts *bear holds you*

[@GusBried]

@@nukezgaming4958 Cuddly!

[@westcoastrenegade8594]

@@Tigerfish. I recently found out that I'm mostly polish, these videos help me to take pride in my heritage.

[@westcoastrenegade8594]

@@horselovercock6835 it was changed yes, not to something totally different but simply for spelling. I always thought I was just broadly european, but after talking about our history to my dad he started telling me where we came from and that sort of shit.

[@RoscoeS-zo2cg]

Ah Poland, the Florida of Europe. The last lands of cultured men.

[@f145hr3831jr]

I would say the last land of MEN.

[@voidc4]

FlashRebel k

[@dogman9291]

@Piotr Sawicki Yes, you are absolutely right, though Greece seems chill; it is the slavs that are rather mad. I think for Asia it is Mongolia, Russia's Asian, equally mad lad sister country. Probably some more countries that fit the mad lad bill that I do not know of but Mongolia is definitely the Maddest. They have bubonic plague gophers and reindeer riding there.

[@hewhobattles8869]

@Piotr Sawicki So what you're saying is: Going to Florida is like going to another planet. Whereas as crossing the border into Poland is like stepping into an entirely different universe or dimension

[@dosran5786]

cultured= aged most of florida is in a diaper dont let roscoe fool you guys.

[@JuggerNATE93]

As a half-Polish man, I'm filled with pride knowing my countrymen were such brave and unwaiveringly loyal soldiers. Oh, the humans were probably cool too.

[@booboss]

I get the joke but it's disrespectiful for soldiers who died there.

[@magisterrleth3129]

​@booboss I'm sure all those dead soldiers are real broken up about being the butt of a joke 80 years after they stopped existing. Don't get me wrong, they were brave men. We'll never forget their sacrifice. But if you've ever met a soldier, you'd know they like to laugh, usually about death.

[@olinewman]

sorry if i'm the millionth person to pitch this idea. You should do a 'mini mad lads' on 'The pug that got its owner arrested.' i just love the idea of retelling the story from the pug's POV. x

[@thatdudecj3483]

I second this motion

[@Mp.v]

Here here to this fine man input! 🍻

[@oliverh.8332]

Great idea

[@oslonorway547]

Great idea, but the story isn't over yet. He could do it after this last phase of his ongoing battle with the courts.

[@Maddmank]

@@oslonorway547 mad pug 1 Mad pug 2 Boogaloo

[@martinmortyry7444]

If I had a nickel for every bear recruited to Polish army, I'd have two nickels - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@aw2584]

3. One during WW1 and 2 during WW2. Those are the ones more known to the public, at least.

[@availxe8639]

The Polar bear, the 1st bear, was sadly killed by villagers.

[@buddyguy4723]

@@availxe8639 poor bear :^(

[@sock8211]

@@availxe8639 f

[@darrylweathers7361]

"I'd love to wrestle a bear" Thats what grindr is for.

[@chevysforlife100]

😂😂

[@ikillify]

Damn straight... ?

[@goatgod2009]

I can't believe I had to look for this comment.

[@daveware4117]

Lol

[@greg0r-32]

This sounds like the most Eastern European thing i'v heard in my life. And to be honest, Wojtek deserves to be in MAD LAD squad more than some of its current members.

[@TheOrangVegetal]

Definitely more than the bjork stalker, absolute f tier madlad. Wojtek is a strong b tier in my opinion

[@riam850]

Small thing - Poland is in Central Europe. There's no better way to piss off Polish people than calling them Eastern Europeans.

[@greg0r-32]

@@riam850 Nice. I didn't know that. I always considered Poland more eastern in traditions and culture then central part of Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia and probably my home country of Slovenia). It would be more appropriate if I called it most Slavic thing ever. :)

[@s.sradon9782]

@@riam850 i don't care! just don't call us little russia or easern germany and don't you fucking say shit about our lack of tank restrictions or beer ads on kids shows.

[@botfug]

@@riam850 no no no, confuse us for balkans, that's how you really do it

[@ethanschenck9714]

I was in Poland last Summer, and he really was a huge celebrity. Everywhere that was related to the Polish military, there was at least some kind of reference to him, but it was especially pronounced at the WW2 Museum in Gdansk. Right as we went in, there was a whole compartment of paraphernalia related to him. I really wish I got some kind of souvenir of him.

[@lniko333]

@Cactus Gdańsk, *throws kiełbasa*

[@Lucama221]

@Cactus Rightful Polish clay. Come and get it Kraut.

[@jacobduty28]

Proof that even animals believe that Service Guarantees Citizenship.

[@declansavage519]

@@LordDoddka YES

[@TheSlammurai]

He was doing his part.

[@mathphysicsnerd]

Staff Sergent Reckless has to be the next animal Mad Lad. That horse had a better sense of comedic timing than most stand-up comics do.

[@brucesethre7972]

and then she ate it...

[@mattm6883]

Please, I LOVE sergeant reckless

[@TessaTestarossa]

Inb4 peaceful protesters tear down her statue for being a symbol of imperialism and racism.

[@aaaaa2098]

my great grandfather was actually the main trainer of staff sergeant reckless so I would love to see this one

[@gregorytymkow1695]

My grandfather was in this regiment. Legit brought a tear to my eye seeing you talk about it

[@christiangallien3730]

Do you have any stories from your grandfather to share with the rest of us??

[@gregorytymkow1695]

@@christiangallien3730 which one you want to hear? How to escape Siberian labour camps? How to kill Polar bears? How to kill and eat foxes? Or how we thought the story of Voytek was at the very least embellished until we saw a BBC documentary on it?

[@nelsonpanthera896]

The name Wojciech has the following meanings: "the one who rejoices as a soldier", that is, "consolation warrior", "glad warrior" or "the one who enjoys the fight".

[@Fancysaurus]

I'm starting to think Poland is the Florida of Europe.

[@martinmortyry7444]

It's cooler and less humid. Other than that... pretty much on point.

[@greed6846]

@@martinmortyry7444 Can't argue with that

[@Szzega]

True

[@smiglo112]

Erm... No? If anything it's Florida that's Poland of the US. Except that Poland has less old people coming for a retirement.

[@renttojo]

Hopefully not Jacksonville Florida

[@madtrapper1312]

You know it’s a bad ass bear when the 22 artillery supply comman changed there emblem to wojtek holding an artillery shell

[@williamjackson3582]

What I want to know if the emblem is still the same.

[@fastony9659]

Artillery Man 1: Don't worry. We're getting more shells soon! Artillery Man 2: Oh thank God! Who's bringing them so I'll know who they are? Artillery Man 1: Oh, you'll know when you see

[@richardpowell4281]

Anytime he says "Habibi please, click the link" I think of the Uday Hussein episode of Mad Lads

[@Myth1221]

And much like Latif, "Habibi, Of course you have a choice." Click the link, or Uday forces you into an Iron Maiden.

[@chrisconstanti9283]

@@Myth1221 I'm going to send you to be a little bit happier.

[@fan9775]

@Mag Netron and habibti is the female term

[@bagingospringo4396]

My dad used to call me that...

[@richardpowell4281]

@Mag Netron yes, I know. It's a casual term of endearment. Just like in Bristol England everyone says "alright my lover?"

[@AlphaBiggotz]

You'd think the line: "Because he's a fucking bear" Would get tiresome... But even when I knew it was coming I still laughed.

[@ziahamm1603]

It's the deadpan delivery and 'seriously?' expression that made it so funny 🤣

[@isaacgraff8288]

"He grew into a big boy" NO KIDDING!

[@BennysGamingAttic]

Russians: "Our leader rides a bear!" Poland: "Our soldiers wrestle with bears."

[@fisher3317]

Besides, that picture was photoshopped, while this was real.

[@DelmiraVesna]

@@fisher3317 no shit, Sherlock! 😹

[@fisher3317]

@@DelmiraVesna What I’m saying is that Poles don’t fake their bear companions 😂

[@MomDoer-qc7iw]

russians wrestle bears a lot

[@worldshappiestgamer]

fun fact, “wojtek” in polish roughly translates to “he who loves war”

[@availxe8639]

I thought it was "Happy Warrior"

[@thorild69]

One and the same.

[@pkly]

it's not a translation, it's the etymology of the word, the only thing that you could even translate is "woj" which means warrior in old Polish

[@johnynawalony5333]

Wojtek is the shorter version of Wojciech, which etymogically means a 'happy warrior'

[@Angel-bl9rs]

@@johnynawalony5333 Exacally.

[@_s_9920]

His haircut looks like when Spongebob went to the prom with Mr Krabs' daughter.

[@armintor2826]

Oh my god...

[@sponge540]

Dankula: Here is a interview with Wojtek. Wojtek: *Bear sounds*

[@RolfHartmann]

One is a compulsively friendly drunk covered in hair who spent much of his life in Scotland, the other is Count Dankula.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Only YOU can prevent fascism -Wojtek

[@HunterSentinel]

The venom in the words “yes voytek was also taught how to salute” was palpable... I love it!

[@toxics.]

"Back when I was in the war, when we weren't busy being shot at, we were relaxing by wrestling a bear twice our weight" "Whatever grandpa, can I play video games now?"

[@hellhawk9199]

When my grandfather told me about wojtek I was amazed by the idea lol

[@whollymindless]

Now THAT's a plot for Battlefield 6!

[@thevapingauditfrog2387]

I'd rather wrestle the super smart bear :handsup:

[@employee962]

Ok Boomer

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

"It dosent matter who you are: if youre face to face with a bear, the bear outranks you" Finnish lumberjacks: "PERKELE!"

[@trajectoryunown]

I know it's off topic, but might I ask for the sauce on your profile pic?

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

@@trajectoryunown Its puck from the Comic series berserk, I saved this image manually by using snipping tool on the comic online so I cant give you the sauce, but it was from somewhere in the lost children ark if I recall.

[@onanthebarbarian4842]

@@trajectoryunown Don't get your hopes up, mate. Puck's a boy. Well, unless you're into that. But the proper solution is probably to just read all of Berserk. That's what I did with my quarantine time. Now I finally understand all the memes.

[@trajectoryunown]

Thanks, I've been meaning to watch that one for a while.

[@trajectoryunown]

@@onanthebarbarian4842 I'm honestly just a fan of the art style.

[@Dev_Six]

An army doesn't move without supply, so Wojtek's job was very important. He was a very good boi.

[@HandsomeFlackoJodye]

I wondered why there was a statue of a polish bear in princes street gardens. This is amazing!

[@nickmagrick7702]

thats amazing you can live there and not know that

[@rustyshack2349]

It's amazing people aren't tearing it down for some dumbass reason

[@nickmagrick7702]

@Seven V they better not

[@blueberrymcphuckerson9821]

Wojtek wasn't the first bear we (the Polish) used in a World War: there was a Polar Bear named Baśka Murmańska in WWI.

[@tektur]

An absolutely Mad Lass as well. Even shook hands with Marshal Piłsudski :)

[@wingedhussar5528]

"Fed him condensed milk from a vodka bottle", I 100% expected to hear something like that.

[@TSTD_Punisher]

When I first heard this story I had visions of an overly caffeinated, hungover bear on nicotine withdrawals just mercing nazis. The fact that he loaded trucks and cannons instead is still pretty cool though.

[@angrypossumsx1259]

My daughter just compared me to Wojtek. “You’re a bear and you like beer” True but I prefer to smoke my smokes.

[@salmontube1691]

Wait so, youre actually a bear...

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Wojtek deserves his own avatar on Raid: Shadow Legends, he's that mad

[@matthewbrasel2737]

Or a character in Smite

[@DJWeapon8]

A giant bear in plate armor that summons meteors to rain down on enemies.

[@dylancross1039]

@@DJWeapon8 Or he wields a cannon

[@declansavage519]

@@dylancross1039 spawns in the entire polish army

[@francisjamesjupiter9376]

The uk: we have a pigeon The us: yh well we have a dog Poland: we have a fucking bear

[@GWAR1982]

Ft sill has a donkey and goat .

[@Syndixal]

Ireland we have no potatoes

[@grahamrushin4384]

Eating cigarettes and drinking beer, sound's like my old German shepard. Eating telephones, opening the fridge and stealing all the salad, destroyed the cooker. Jumped through a window, jumped out a moving car. What a great dog

[@absolutezero6423]

I had one too. I named him Rambo. He would snap chains. Jump 5ft fences and rip my clothes to shreds when I played with him. I unfortunately did not have the time to work with him for obedience school training so I had to give him to a better home. He became a K9 unit dog. I imagine he was in heaven as a police dog because he had unlimited energy despite being the size of a large wolf.

[@grahamrushin4384]

@@absolutezero6423 this is just part of the stuff he got up to. Thirteen and a half years of that feeling of what next👍

[@jagerfromgsg945]

Absolute Zero first dog I get when I csn is gonna be a German Shepard.

[@absolutezero6423]

They are awesome pets but will require lots of attention and dog food lol.

[@sweetpotatofries99]

He tore open a fridge and picked the salad?

[@SleepySloth2705]

Wojtek: "I've yet to meet one that can outsmart artillery shell"

[@TheMacabreTavern]

So, it's safe to say that Poland is the Florida of Europe.

[@benkenobi_]

But actually badass and not embarrassing

[@Romulan64]

That would be Balkans. 🤣

[@denisn8336]

@@benkenobi_ florida is still better than commiefornia

[@bonda_racing3579]

@@denisn8336 True rather spent my time in Florida running from a meth head with a shank sausage. Than in California being taxed out of existence and canceled into homelessness.

[@0l3k6]

@@denisn8336 i hate u called Poland commiefornia...

[@Jerald_Fitzjerald]

"And yes, Wojtek was ALSO taught how to salute." Dang dude you sound a little salty about something

[@michelguevara151]

noice KEK m8

[@LordBaktor]

Oh shit, I didn't make that connection until I read your comment. How fucking dumb can I be sometimes?

[@uncle_ry_1337_guy]

One of the last mini mad lads featured a dog that would salute, but yea could also be referring to the Nazi Pug lol

[@Goofy_Ahh_Dawg]

“We have arrived at the last animal mad lad of mini mad lads” But...sergeant Stubby..........

[@StraboSE]

:'-(

[@cryptomnesiac]

In the rear with the gear and the bear with the beer.

[@Stunningandbrave]

Lmfao!!! Seems like a cool bear to rock beers with.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. That damn bear is one of the coolest stories from WWII. I figure that in 1000 years people will wonder if ever actually happened.

[@Gray-Wolf]

“...No I don’t have shell shock” 😂😂

[@pubcle]

I like that the bear was just like part of the unit, like he was just a bro among the guys. Just part of the soldiers doing a job and hanging out with the rest of 'em.

[@tootsie_]

"If you are face to face with a bear, the bear outranks you." Good god lmaooo

[@JohnSmith-yx8kf]

“Wojtek has grown to 500lb” That really puts Hafthor Bjornsson’s size into perspective... he was 450lb when he broke the deadlift record.

[@userrrrthxmas]

As a Scotsman, this man speaks more sense than our own government. And he taught his pug to nazi salute ffs

[@itsjustaclint8404]

Pug*

[@dac518]

@@itsjustaclint8404 pig*

[@Shoob2137]

@@itsjustaclint8404 pig*

[@lmao.3661]

R8 Renegade same thing

[@martinmortyry7444]

@@itsjustaclint8404 What's the difference, they both snort.

[@brianfederico5854]

"I would love to wrestle a bear. " There's plenty of bears here in California that would probably love you to wrestle you too brother

[@theshocker4626]

ZING

[@leotenenbaum6806]

don't forget about the coyote tag-team

[@mrcheesemunch]

"Because he's a fucking bear" I love being Scottish, the way we deliver blunt lines like that is just fantastic.

[@DarthSidian]

Finally! After what was probably forever, our prayers are answered. Wojtek, the chad himself, is getting some well-deserved recognition lol

[@Oliver-fb3qw]

Wojtek was an absolute legend. I was going to say they should erect a statue of him, but we all know what happens if you have a statue nowadays.

[@dripdropx2563]

there are multiple statues of him already tough

[@hemidas]

Wojtek was not racist, he wasn't even American.

[@Spindacre]

Wojtek isn't a white person so his statue would be fine.

[@ShooterLLM]

There is a statue of him in Edinburgh I believe. Edit: posted before watching the full video

[@crankyanker2682]

Jovan Mitrić why are you associating being American with being racist 🤔

[@michaeloosthuizen2383]

A sergeant in motion out-ranks a lieutenant standing still. An explosive ordinance technician in a full sprint out-ranks everyone... except maybe a battle bear.

[@tomdickson3225]

I live near the town he stayed and there’s actually a statue in memory of him, it’s so cool

[@bartonixPL1]

BECAUSE POLISH - as a Polishman, that part made me laugh more than it should XD

[@Thomas-vd4hu]

That bear needs a Sabaton song.

[@alzorion6208]

So glad you gave this Mad Lad a spot, my Granddad told me stories of Wojtek he had comics in war magazines made about him

[@Brickinasock]

Habibi, do another good lad like Bob Rossu

[@genericlegionaryrecruit7235]

Habibi habibi haboo habibi habibi

[@donalmagee7077]

Mr Rogers

[@williammays9408]

That they taught him to salute and drink beer and coffee and eat cigarettes and he carried munitions to help out melts my heart, what a good fella

[@CrackaPackify]

When I moved to Edinburgh and saw the bear statue I was like wtf But it's such a class story ha ha

[@notimportant493]

My great granddad fought in the battle of Monte Cassino. He walked down from a Gulag in Siberia with the Polish after being present during and captured by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre. He died before I ever got to meet him but I would have loved to have asked him if he ever saw a damn bear following his division around.

[@booboss]

That would be awsome. Thankfully there are still some people alive who actually served with Wojtek and can tell about him. Respect to your grandfather.

[@duggiez08]

"he was also taught how to salute" - Count Dankula

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Daddy dank: "But before the mad lad, time for a big thank-you to Ra-" Me: *instantly assumes fetal position* Dank: "-ycon" Me: "Oh..." *fighting back ptsd tears*

[@bunnieskitties293]

He should have drawn out the "Rai" syllable for a long time.

[@theshocker4626]

Holy fuck I laughed too hard at this

[@shred1894]

He usually says "It's ya boi, raid shadow legends"

[@Zszywek17]

Your pronunciation of his name is top notch!

[@shapesnatch1341]

The idea of a bunch of soldiers being officially and legally outranked by a bear js absolutely hilarious

[@Ericonamor]

Dank, this is what the world needs right now.

[@SgtBuck01]

The soldier that Wojtek is with in that first photo looks a lot like Vee.

[@michelguevara151]

it is Vee, he's vampire, they don't age much.

[@swirekster]

@@michelguevara151 VEEMPIRE

[@harraldschmitt9113]

Facts. Hey look so much alike

[@jenniferwilson1402]

That was one of the most heartwarming stories and God bless the bear. X

[@Buster_Piles]

I think the same. But then I think all animals deserve equal rights with humans. They are all beautiful and the world would be immeasurably better if we worked with them rather than treating them as slaves. If people accepted/ believed that they might be a cow or chicken in their next life they might hesitate to keep eating meat.