The Heart-Melting Story Of Wojtek, The Soldier Bear

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 reportedly saw fierce combat in Italy. Decades after the war and his death, "Wojtek" continues to be honored.
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[@thestorybehind7662]

Wojtek was amazing! Learn one more story about an animal war hero, who was even cuter;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHyxpoONaNmcsKM&t=

[@MrCohel]

Would you allow me to voice over this video? Bears mean a great deal to me. I'm growing my channel and this experience would be great for us both

[@camronrapp4146]

what's the name of the music you used?

[@jennmarjpacilan8752]

Aww I wish that is my pet

[@michicon5758]

How coincidental that he died at the age of 22 when he was in the 22nd Resupply Army. Or maybe he wanted to never be forgotten

[@lukeysharp94]

@@camronrapp4146 I second this!

[@AcidAroma]

British army: No animals allowed in camp. Polish army: Nah that’s just Private Wojtek Lol that’s amazing.

[@gangadevi2784]

He was even promoted to corporal wow even i wouldn't be able to do all that shit

[@augerspyramid9466]

Ganga Devi is that because the crates were too heavy

[@pajama5798]

@@augerspyramid9466 no it's because it's a bear.. a bear who copied what humans do and did jobs that normal bear can't do.. that bear has a human soul inside of him

[@Evenflovv]

That is polish way....

[@closet_dude3522]

British army:understandable have a great day

[@cruton8_6]

Soldiers: Were out of shells Bear: this is my moment...

[@Steve-hf4rw]

Bear: my tike has come

[@madastan1654]

Bear:Hold my beear humans=))

[@JohnSmith-kr2pn]

@usmc 03retired funniest thing I've seen all day

[@moelester1946]

bear: hold my beer

[@envyallison926]

Liemez 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bristecom]

I imagine the bear saying at the zoo, "The war was the best years of my life."

[@Hayden11335]

Bro I’m blown away. Have y’all never watched a documentary about nature, if an animal gets shelter, food, water they would be completely happy and would have no desire to leave.

[@abdouaboud7490]

@@Hayden11335 plus since we was raised with humans and drank beer and cigarettes I don't think he'll survive in nature

[@Hayden11335]

@I ain't no millionaires son! yeah I don’t agree with keeping monkeys in captivity at all.

[@Hayden11335]

@I ain't no millionaires son! and you can’t compare a human to an animal like a lion doesn’t make any sense

[@Hayden11335]

@I ain't no millionaires son! yes zoos are horrible but not because of captivity. It’s how they are treated that is the issue

[@moist_captain]

It's enough to make a grown man cry

[@palmthief339]

I can't stop crying, on top of that he's my fellow countryman....

[@tahmkench118]

And that's okay

[@monkeyman2432]

Damn right

[@janwaynes.4713]

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs reference

[@YogsenForfoth]

Wojtek was the bravest and goodest boy there ever was. ❤

[@marbre1318]

Wojtek needs a movie made in his honor, who agrees?

[@HenryBlackwell]

sadly be incredibly difficult

[@anger_issues8419]

@ChaMpioN oh serious, lot of more special things in history just felt left behind cause of bigger things, sorry for grammar

[@anger_issues8419]

@ChaMpioN ohhh interesting maybe i ganna watch th movie, idk any Russia or Polish history, it sounds super interesting tbh

[@97napolitano]

@@HenryBlackwell not that much if you watch a movie that now is going to be release (the call of the wild), the dog in the movie is completely helped in the movement by a 3d graphic system that let it looks real.

[@blackknight94]

MAR Bre13 me

[@sax8592]

Soldiers: “We ran out of ammo!” Bear: “Hold my beer and light my cigar”

[@LilBigBriggi]

An (drinking, smoking, and actually helping in battle,) Iranian bear serving besides polish soldiers under British command, fighting in Italy. He needs a movie!

[@rinzo2009]

@@LilBigBriggi An anime motion picture will do him justice.

[@pigmarshalltardigrade4637]

So true!

[@-tv6906]

Very humorous.

[@victorp0957]

Just D O N ' T! The enemies would shot off the cute bear 😖

[@wajinshu]

First time seeing this. The smile on their faces. Glad someone take those videos and pictures for us to see.

[@lalagirl211]

They put him in a zoo... the bear probably become depressed after that. He think he is a human. There is a story about a dolphin commit suicide cus they put him in a tank. He commit suicide in the hands of his Trainor. Would be nice to see a video about it.. but this is the problem, ... they use the bear and after that they put him to zoo.. too bad they can't adopt him and make into their own family

[@koxmapper5706]

@@lalagirl211 It's sad but the soldiers didn't wanted to make him a communist symbol

[@abdouaboud7490]

@@lalagirl211 he would die in nature in the first day he was raised by humans after all

[@kaijuar2003]

I agree, without any footage or photos taken at the time we wouldn't know or see how it was and/or how it went. Wojtek would've been completely forgotten in the sense of being seen in action.

[@warkey.6490]

@@lalagirl211 Nah it's just like he retired after some hard working years, he had food and a field and was still able so see humans.

[@Deepak-ow3ww]

The fact that the polish didn't abandon the bear but enlisted him as private is highly commendable. Finally he repaid it by helping in carrying heavy ammunitions

[@MatthewMcRowan]

not only carrying ammo was the point, imagine the morale booster everyone had, he could always make you crack a smile in a sad days like war

[@ILLUMINATED-1]

I would feel fucking unstoppable with a bear on my side

[@roasted__night4806]

BRUh Imagine being newly recruited and seeing a bear in your platoon that eats cigars and is an alcoholic.

[@frodobaggins1230]

That would be fuckn sick if enemies trained a bear id leave em alone

[@balex1109]

And this bear becomes a corporal later and even outranks you as a private :D

[@frodobaggins1230]

@@balex1109 😂

[@trashcantacos]

@@balex1109 lmfao 😂

[@mainepants]

Especially when you have to salute him!

[@MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj]

Wojtek: Was I a good bear? Death: No Wojtek: ... Death: I heard you were one of the best

[@mav40420]

Wojtek:"Got a cigarette?"

[@MacCadalso]

Έλληνας Εθνικιστής Wojtek: Some beer too? Cheers.

[@otniel4494]

Nah he's THE best

[@toughspringrolls]

I felt that.

[@armandochaconjr5940]

Your gonna make me cry man lol

[@todddenio3200]

Can you imagine the fear any enemy soldiers who were close enough to see that even a massive BEAR was helping the Allied Artillery crew to fight against them?

[@rKhael53]

It's amazing he survives the war. I bet his unit take great care of not exposing him to much to ennemy fire. Maybe even the ennemies don't want to shoot him, cause they would be amazed too by it.

[@DaTimmeh]

@@rKhael53I know I wouldn’t. That bear deserves a fair hand to hand combat god damn it! He’s a good and honest boi, only to be taken out in an honorable duel. (Yes I know he’ll absolutely slaughter me)

[@blueyandicy]

​@@DaTimmehthe idea of 1v1ing a bear being the only way to take it down is strangely adorable

[@joolspirog]

I forgot to say, thank you for posting this and keeping Wojtek’s memory alive. My father was with the 1st Polish armoured division but he met him. The only time i saw tears from my father was when he talked of him, he loved all of nature but said God has sent this bear

[@catspeakegroove]

My father was also in the 1st armoured division.

[@dragonmaster909]

That's pretty cool. Do any of you possibly have pics?

[@blueyandicy]

​@@dragonmaster909any pics from...WORLD WAR 2?

[@dragonmaster909]

@@blueyandicy I saw someone somewhere mention a guy who said his grandfather or something met or spent time with Wojtek, and when people asked for proof, they say he delivered. So far I haven't found the so called pics. It was a passing curiosity for me.

[@davidtkocz8356]

I saw him too, in Edinburgh Zoo. I went with my Babcia who was visiting us from Chorzów Poland. It was about 1960.

[@toastfairy5546]

Doesn't matter what you are *A bro is still a bro.*

[@risoscottiredentore2.089]

❤️

[@slijio2949]

💙

[@FlowersAndCrystals]

💚

[@dain_9]

I felt that

[@nicolochanleo5730]

Brother bear

[@matteofranceschi4487]

Wojtek is legendary in Italy too. That bear and the 22nd company freed my hometown in WW2, we even made him a statue!

[@lastpsych5033]

How is your town called?

[@matteofranceschi4487]

@@lastpsych5033 Imola

[@mikze123]

@@FoOLiShGuAcBoWLMeRCHanT From germans.

[@rakun-raccoon1907]

Wasn't Italy on German side?

[@mikze123]

@@rakun-raccoon1907 many Italians were not.

[@solsdadio]

There’s a life size statue of him carrying an artillery shell in the Scottish Borders town of Duns. It often has flowers placed in its arms.

[@winnieladyofthedulcimer]

Such an amazing story, beautifully told with these precious pictures. My father Tadeusz fought as a second lieutenant with the Light Artillery Regiment (Pułk Artylerii Lekkiej).of the Polish II Corps at Monte Cassino in 1944.

[@aldonamijalska2554]

God bless him for his service! 🇵🇱🙏

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

Monte Cassino was a terrible battle. The British tried to capture the monastery twice, the second time with Indians, the third was New Zealanders and the fourth was the Polish. Not only was the hill steep, there was only one approach which the enemy covered.

[@maxhaly1612]

The soldiers saved his life when he was a cub, but when he grew up, he was the one saving them on the battlefield. What a legend.

[@JMastura]

He even cracked open cold ones with the boys. It is always nice when people treat animals as equals, and in return they show that same respect.

[@ahmed325ful]

@Don Joe it was his destiny, at the end he did a great Job and thought this is his way and i will stand by my family also in *War*

[@ahmed325ful]

A human War!

[@KAMIKAZE-dk8xd]

This is underated

[@pdswrld5200]

You right there A legend 💯

[@hansvonessen6259]

Glad to find out Wojtek the bear was not killed in action but survived the war.

[@viktorthevictor6240]

@carmena You gotta go sometime...

[@motodin4210]

@carmena probably wouldn't survive the wild

[@nggaknormal]

@carmena he won't survive the wild, worst case he become a man eater

[@touya-san_omannuevo2071]

No it much better if he died in a battle not in a zoo cage!

[@Kimi-uk6lf]

@@touya-san_omannuevo2071 you'd rather have the bear shot in the head by an enemy for being in a war an animal knows nothing about than it dying due to natural causes while being cared for and treated right by humans in a zoo? If yes then you're a fucking asshole

[@ElyBog1]

I kinda felt bad, when he was turned over in a zoo, I hope his comrades who visited him were able to bond like they was before, hugging, wrestling, and eating. The bond of real friendship never dies, even after years and decades its still there.

[@riiswalker8241]

They did and were a nightmare to the zookeepers bcs they sometimes climbed over the railing and played with him there

[@g_webb21]

@somebody true! It's DEFINITELY better to slap him in a cage without all his childhood friends and 'parents'...do you have a brain?

[@g_webb21]

@somebody He's free to smoke/drink whatever he wants though...it's not like someone's forcing the bear to do so. You, instead, would force him to live in a cage🤔

[@alicjak700]

@King King well to be fair - if he returned to Poland like most Polish soldiers were forced to he most likely would have been killed... Like those returning soldiers who weren't inprisoned... Poland after the war was gifted to Russia by it's allies and suffed due to it greatly... So yeah - leaving Wojtek in a zoo was the best choice...

[@chicagonative1507]

In sure the bear felt like he retired from such a horrible war being in that zoo relaxed

[@TrapperTVFoss]

This is an awesome story! Made my day!

[@chimmychanggas9269]

Y E S

[@kermitwithagunonhishead6445]

hi

[@5inchdude697]

It is

[@EbNorth]

Yes! So awesome. They killed it's mom then carried it around like a puppy, and then feeding it beer and cigs. So awesome.

[@briantannenbaum8110]

They didn’t kill its mother moron

[@cyprys2137]

Fun fact: no one told him to carry the ammunition boxes, he volunteered. After observing his comrades carrying the boxes and placing them he learned to carry them and worked hard. Thanks to his effort his squad carried over a few tons of ammunition

[@JackAss-xo3gp]

Wait what someone can speak bear language oh. my. god.

[@kacperschmidtke6675]

They learned h8m that by giving him candys

[@Shinyarc]

Exactly, the best part about Wojtek was that he could easily leave at some points, but he was committed to helping the soldiers.

[@LizziesLukas]

usually animals run away when hearing loud explosions and gunfire, but this one particular bear would rather mimick human behaviour

[@umso4l]

Sarawak's Sky Dweller because that’s all he knew he imprinted on humans and they taught him human nature same way a mother bear would’ve taught him how to be a bear if she hadn’t been killed.

[@23Bulik]

Nasz kochany MISIU, pozostaniesz zawsze w naszej pamięci!!

[@theapachevikingnomadfromhell]

I never thought a bear could make me cry. Rest in power, Corporal Wojtek! 🫡 🐻

[@vastolorde9586]

Im from Poland and here is a fun fact: When the bear was in zoo, Polish soldiers would jump over the fence and play with him (even the zoo let them do it).

[@ironfist3270]

😢😢

[@Baldur1975]

😪 😫

[@hamzaalvi8198]

THIS BEAR didnot deserve to bee in zoo

[@lordcarlos7001]

RIP harambe

[@CaptainJleeb]

lord carlos da hek😂

[@rated-x8512]

Imagine a bear telling you his grandpa served in ww2

[@mustafayousif2538]

This comment is so underrated.

[@randomgurl5025]

Huh

[@Mizzriah]

I had to do a double take on this comment. At first I interpreted it as; Imagine your grandpa telling you a bear served in WW2. Then I realized what you actually meant.

[@waitwho6985]

RATED-X ! On some Bojack Horseman shit

[@user-iv9hu1db7u]

that would be grand grand pa

[@dustinbone4942]

" he was promoted to corporal " thats when I had to burst out laughing lol what a freakin bear this is.

[@dej25]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😝😝

[@Astroponicist]

Wojtek is a favorite of mine. he needed the soldiers as much as they needed them. such a beautiful soul may he live in heaven with his friends from the expat army of Poland forever.

[@matthewblank8230]

It's nice especially because he lived for 22 years, their expectancy is about 20. That means he was happy and healthy. Salute!

[@erenlucilfer420-69]

@@ohdreadeddawn1804 yah thats a nice point brother so we can conclude that bears can live longer if we give them cigarettes and beer 😂

[@NtJk]

i mean, they are really tough, a lot tougher than human, beer and cigarettes barely do anything

[@spectre2891]

He can bear the nicotine and alcohol

[@wizzlo3307]

So you saying eating cigarettes and drinking beer is heathy I'm gonna give it a try

[@mThund3R_]

@@wizzlo3307 Are you a bear?

[@joemamma3272]

"Bear carrying crates with bullets around." *Battlefield intro plays*

[@DasCODE]

Also can be League of Legends into-"Legends never die...."

[@alienx097]

Commander: what did u see in their shelter? Soldier : a bear smoking and drinking beer Commander: another schizophrenia patient

[@creditory3338]

Another victim bois

[@angierucinski5694]

No, it's a bear.🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@cas9007]

Fun fact: You wonder why there are a lot of Bear talking movies, because they are inspired by this.

[@m1l22]

*_Everybody gangsta till the bear starts loading the Artillery gun._*

[@funklebunk7249]

Lol made my day

[@j0sh368]

these comments make me die lol

[@Falckie8008]

@@j0sh368 should I call a medic? The medic is also a bear.

[@thunderfox4522]

Made my day

[@skiprussell2606]

Real Gangsters are Italian.

[@moduman0072]

Imagine being a private and taking orders from a corporal bear.... Wojtek: Roaarrr Polish Soldier: Yes Sir !!

[@lordzarmy3335]

moduman00 what’s wojtek?

[@Vanessa-ck7ho]

hahaha

[@joud1436]

That’s funny

[@stox9630]

@@lordzarmy3335 ah shit i get it now

[@russmartin9549]

His badge is his claws. He can smell bullshit

[@bozhi1217]

One of the best polish soldiers. RIP Wojtek From Bulgaria

[@spirokaci]

Wojtek lived his life in dignity. Like a true soldier.

[@TheWalkingRed]

"The crates weighed over 100 pounds." That's like 1 pound in bear units

[@beh.r_co-mando.1374]

Ha

[@JG-fj6xq]

True lol

[@maarten332]

British pounds

[@slice-o-life]

That was so cool. I was like whoa awesome!

[@Mizzriah]

TheWalkingRed Metric bear units? Or Customary bear units?

[@ninepuchar1]

I feel like having a bear,gave the troops a morale boost.

[@russmartin9549]

Is all he needed was some goodiez and the ammo kept a' comin

[@NODAK9]

@ninepuchar1 Similar bond with our troops K9’s. Definitely a morale boost and is carried over to post war endeavors. 👍

[@NODAK9]

@scott warwick Wojtek

[@Etechization]

I’ve heard the navy had kittens to boost morale but a bear alongside you in the trenches is a whole different level lol

[@snipplez8657]

probably the only reason they let their regiment keep the bear

[@groupb5420]

What a fantastic true story and what a morale booster for the lads serving at the time 👌❤️🇬🇧

[@adamkorniak255]

It is one more memorial of Wojtek in Sopot, Poland.

[@mrcisgenstraightwhitemale2246]

I bet he missed his brothers-in-arms terribly when they locked him up. No drinking, smoking, wrestling, sitting around the camp fire and sleeping with his comrades.

[@nathansugden9332]

Yeh bro then they locked him up he was a war hero,that's why he died at aged just 22.

[@DreweTube]

@@nathansugden9332 just like John j Rambo ..

[@slowcarracing3025]

Bro that face is so punchable 😂😂😂

[@fihilist]

@@slowcarracing3025 Every time ANTIFA wanna punch "nazis" (White ppl) they knock themselves out though?

[@_theballadofbort5861]

Nathan Sugden dude Syrian brown bears have a life span of 20 to 25 years, wojtek lived a long and full life, it’s not like he died young or anything because they put him in the zoo

[@TubeRJF]

In America, we believe in the right to bear arms. In Poland, they believe in the right to arm Bears!

[@johnnyparker9928]

Absolutely the most brilliant comment!

[@Thr33.Sid3z]

Fuck I had to delete my post after I saw you beat me to it haha Witty Minds think alike!

[@sailordoc2007]

Very witty 👌🏽

[@hubertsochalski3060]

Wierzymy w to co jest pod ręką 😂

[@TubeRJF]

@@hubertsochalski3060 - zabawny

[@user-tp8jl8iw5r]

That's what we call "true hero" right there. He deserves every joy in this world

[@prashanthbk3760]

Kindness and compassion shown towards the abandoned bear resulted in such a friendly and joyful relationship.

[@TheCeiteach]

I've seen his statue in Edinburgh, people still leave wreaths & flowers. Touches the heart to see

[@kennethultimate02]

300th like

[@warbossgrotsmasha23]

@@kennethultimate02 301st like :) he was an awesome bear

[@AlexSDU]

Wait! No cigarette?

[@nvmffs]

Do they leave beers too?

[@ausi2]

He protecc He attac But most importantly he brings ammunition back

[@fecardona]

awesomeA6 - FN like tucker budzyn!

[@missyb9438]

Not Austinnn fuck off with that pathetic bullshit🖕🏻

[@qwasoby9738]

Bacc**

[@qwasoby9738]

@@missyb9438 bruh you mad xD

[@ausi2]

@@missyb9438 someone woke up on their bad side

[@Empurioss]

I cried with this story. Happy Valentine Wojetk and all the hearts out there who are filled with pure love.

[@Missditabomb]

Nice!!!

[@Doguelife]

What a magnificent bond they all had. Wojtek I will go see your memorial statue in Edinburgh. May you rest easy in the stars with your brothers 😌

[@diament53]

W Polsce i we Włoszech też jest pomnik

[@unknownfromkashmir]

He couldn't talk to them. But he understood the language of love.

[@BamBlam]

I’m your 500th like! Gave a good day!

[@santi7059]

He understood kurwa

[@VI-pp4jo]

Perfectly summed up. This world is alive. I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that we have to destroy it to survive longer.. And for what, to destroy it more.

[@amjan]

LOL, you snowflake whimp. They spoke the language of the army.

[@checktheplaylist101]

they saved him from most likely death and he loved them for it

[@MrThemob11]

Everyone’s gangster till the bear starts sending mortars down range

[@Cuban20]

The best version of this Meme so far

[@JM-tf4nk]

Lmao

[@yalyash]

You copied that off reddit

[@MrThemob11]

Reshma Deshpande obviously no one cares, just like no one cares of your roblox and Minecraft videos

[@yalyash]

Forgot KZbin has a bunch of four year olds that dont know what reddit is and how it feels when someone takes credit for your work. I'm sorry you haven't lived that long.

[@AllyaComfreak]

That bear must have been one hell of a morale booster

[@olives4143]

Quite literally the strongest soldier to have ever lived

[@riccardozilioli6338]

Imagine this bear telling stories to his fellas in the zoo and no one believing him 😔😔

[@hubert1921]

Worst is those soldiers backed to Poland to be killed by new communist regime...

[@TejanoDeFuego]

That's actually sad :( plus this comment is gold!

[@howaboutyoulookitup8023]

Maybe tho but he did smoke and drink beer which isn't a natural thing a animal can do but u can teach them or make them do it

[@davidstarr8126]

You stupid!😁😂😂

[@Bamiyanbigasf]

Hubert Szeszula only if they chose to... it’s not like Britain left them to die they had refugee available in Britain

[@bakainu3559]

Americans : We train dogs for military Polish soldiers : *That's cute*

[@thegamerguy8420]

I had a laugh about this

[@jebacpis869]

Freddy Fazbear as it's finest

[@jebacpis869]

@@wozza2154 My?

[@theconsul6615]

@@jebacpis869 He just wants you to delete the comment so he can steal it, *outstanding move*

[@dericksmith2137]

Perfect comment Yash. Very funny.

[@meimei-le3fe]

Somehow it made me feel so sad even though people were smiling in the video. Wish there would be no war anymore. This bear was really the tender moment during the harsh time.

[@johngreen9830]

This is just proves that animals are more intelligent than we think they are. He was clearly treated with respect by the soldiers aswell. If the situation is perfect like this, Bears and humans are perfect combination.

[@chipbutty3645]

Depends on the animal, bears are very intelligent animals with many human characteristics

[@michaelderousse7519]

Imagine your about to fire on an enemy artillery truck and then a bear just waddles out carrying ammo and has a cigarette in his mouth.

[@num8ers711]

I'd turn over myself.

[@TheShadowMoto]

I would turn myself over asking if there could be anyway to fight on their side! I would absolutely die for the chance to be able to just hang out and chill with a ammo carrying, drinking and smoking, badass bear that loves to rough it!

[@WhitShiro]

Michael DeRousse I would hold fire and give up just to see the bear

[@chillsips9036]

The Shadow`Moto even if you had to join axis?

[@halamadruuid2380]

Nah in Russia that's just ol' grizzly from the neighborhood

[@flawlesslazyyy5099]

This was the most manliest thing I've ever seen. Imagine fighting alongside a fully grown Bear and drinking beer with him afterwords

[@paranpics]

Masculinity has reached it's peaked years ago. Amen

[@deniu1586]

Thats true

[@monsterlord9438]

@@paranpics is that supposed to be a prayer?

[@paranpics]

@@monsterlord9438 amen means the truth 😂 so it might be a prayer or just another fancy way of saying it

[@lavashu1916]

Fusion LaZyy Rocket Racoon??

[@socorrocbenitez]

This is legendary... There should be a documentary, a Netflix series, or a movie based on this bear and the potentials of this intriguing insight of humans becoming one with wildlife. (Okay, so maybe a documentary then).

[@tonytheabc]

Beautiful story. And I hope no more war. Respect from Japan.

[@robertjohnson4293]

This is unbelievable....how has there not been a movie about this yet???

[@Skepticlane]

I really want to see a movie made :/

[@TailsFetish]

they made a movie for a horse, why not a bear?

[@bali-b292]

I would watch that

[@dont-cv7ms]

His fat idk

[@plagued._]

123 dont1234 lol wut

[@bokute2020]

British high command: No animals allo.... Polish army: Welcome private

[@BartekSt90]

That's how we Poles roll!

[@wiktoriawolak1900]

@@funnythrush2891 Germany started ww2 by attacking Poland. If you think it was the other way around kust think for awhile. If Poland attacked Germany, why for all the time soldiers fought on Polis land? From the first day to the defeat of Poland no Polish soldiers fought on German land. By your logic if Poland started ww2 and was easly defeated, why war didn't end in October 1939? Poland was defeated in a month, France nearly the same amount of time, while having more soldiers and better equipment. Polish soldiers fought in Battle of England and Polish squadron was one of the best. They bear away Monte Cassino. Polish soldier Witold Pilecki volounteer to Aushwitz and thanks to him whole world got to know what Germans done in death camps. Without Poles whole war would look diffrent. They were actually pretty helpful.

[@WTymSek]

10 days after German attack we have been attacked from other side by russia ...

[@liverpool5146]

@murzyn n Erm no ya didn't? if you were so successful in the war how come you fell so fast? Stop with the lies.

[@tomekznowu940]

@@funnythrush2891 Poland did not start the ww2!!! It started in Poland but we were atacked, by german. How can you Say think like that?

[@Acta-nonVerba]

*Polonia Semper Fidelis* 🥇💐

[@joolspirog]

Makes me cry that he ended up in a zoo. He was not a bear in his mind but a human and hero soldier. Chwala bohaterom

[@DownUnderSniperGaming]

Where was he supposed to go? I hope they gave him a good care though

[@Diego5151999]

Considering what happened to Poland after the war, it was for the best.

[@joolspirog]

I do understand that it would have been impossible to house him but it just breaks my heart to think, after his efforts and camaraderie, he was still in a cage. Some of us know that feeling and no amounts of visits really help. I am grateful that his story is told and thank the people of Scotland for all their kindness, shown to Polish services. My father was 1st Polish armoured division

[@bakainu3559]

He was in 22nd unit and he died at the age of 22. *It's like he was made for this*

[@bakainu3559]

@alen Sam someone did that tho

[@xuxrh8476]

alen Sam ur a good man, but some assholes didn’t listen

[@kidfly2712]

I did 555the like keep it like DAT.

[@omaewamoushindeiru2216]

Whats the cause of death?

[@marc789]

Imagine the enemies radioing to his superiors. “Sir there is a bear carrying ammo”

[@johnnynavarra2818]

Lol, If I was a superior I would go crazy.

[@thebranch4756]

Lmao! If you heard this in battle as superior you be pissed off & in disbelief bcuz you think someone had the audacity to lie & talk shit to you in an ongoing battle. Lol!

[@DTS214]

Soldier: Sir! They have a bear! Superior: They what? Soldier: THEY HAVE A COMBATANT BEAR Superior: They’re fighting bare?? Soldier: THEY. HAVE. A. BEAR. Superior: They’re having a fair? Soldier: Curses while walking away

[@sickmit3481]

No they would say "Heilige Scheisse Kameraden da ist ein Bär der die Munition trägt"

[@jessesimons6537]

I see this happening in my head and i like the idea lol

[@personaldove]

Animals such as these bears, dogs and horses seldom get any recognition for serving their masters. Wojtek Forever!

[@user-cx4ly5bs1g]

Heart Touching STORY 👍👍👌👌 SALUTE To Bear Soldier 🐻🐻

[@yawarnoaman2636]

so im a medical student and interestingly i was told about this bear by a patient! he was too frail to explain the whole thing, so i came here to find out! this patient was one of the soldiers in this squadron can you imagine, what a remarkable story

[@Dk-ie4te]

Fighting a war and your comrade is a fucking bear!!!

[@jedimindtrix2142]

That must have been a shock haha. I have always been interested in the War and have found all kinds of interesting little stories buried in those horrible years. This has to be one of the more interesting ones for sure!

[@tomek5513.]

You are fortunate to have been told this story.

[@yawarnoaman2636]

@Tj 100+ years of age. Hope he’s doing okay 🙏

[@amjan]

@@yawarnoaman2636 Wow, what an incredile honor it was to meet such a legendary person!

[@rockythesnailracechampion7144]

"Sir what should our plan of attack be?" *bear noises* "You heard him men, we shall go to the woods and catch samon with our mouths."

[@dankmemes5823]

“But the Germans are marching towards our position!” “COURT MATIAL,”

[@MNZGamin]

samon

[@Evilpricetag]

@@MNZGamin underrated

[@amoniousbt1110]

Sal mon

[@a-1b-2c-37]

@@MNZGamin in poland its samon u fool

[@rage8673]

The enemy troops after seeing a bear handling ammunitions and army related stuff: are we fighting russians? Leaving that, i love the story, quite unique in itself.

[@channelyoutube7542]

😂😂😂

[@ThatKidWitTheAfro]

HOW IS THERE NOT A MOVIE OF THIS?! A LEGIT SOLDIER BEAR?! WHY AM I JUST NOW HEARING OF THIS?

[@karlsonkowalsky441]

Hollywood does not like Polish... check out Captain's Pilecki story another one that will never be turned in to a movie

[@PunchianThe3rd]

Wotjek later went on to fight in the Tekken Tournament where he became the Champion after beating a kangaroo who served in Australia's Navy.

[@hansbendixen5430]

HunchoPuncho901 W and changed his name to kuma

[@rayir.1382]

@@hansbendixen5430 nah.. that's his stage name ya know?

[@garycooper1375]

Did that really happen😂

[@PunchianThe3rd]

@@garycooper1375 Yes its on "Where Are They Now?"

[@mltvk8769]

And fell inlove with a sexy panda

[@rocketman8476]

I’m glad he was able to live a life with people who cared about him like family, and I’m further pleased he did not die in combat

[@RWOSR1]

me too

[@elkevinski]

Yep. I thought that he was a bear who was enslaved to fight in wars or something like that ... And that he died in combat. That would be already sad. But it saddened me ever more how the story actually is. Damn I love that bear.

[@orange-one]

this is heart warming and heart breaking at the same time

[@igorsokolenko6144]

Like many Soldiers, he would always feel more at home in the field of battle when he learned that everyone was in the same industrial wilderness as he was. He was loved, and he loved them back. It's 2100 at my base, the Taps are playing, and I salute a fellow soldier.

[@matthewrarig6760]

Soldiers: WE NEED MORE AMMUNITION *bear comes running in with supplies* Germans: fml

[@EchoFilmHD]

Matthew Rarig choked on my food reading this

[@siegemoo6014]

I fucking died laughing reading this

[@samsimmonds1079]

i hahahahahhaha omg just screenshotted that shit

[@archtheenemy3043]

“Hold on, be a min bear with me boys, i mean *GROWL*”

[@mrcatfish2100]

Lmao

[@BanksDrinnen]

Imagine spying on their base, and just seeing a bear smoking a cigarette and drinking beer from the bottle

[@arturbonkowski4503]

There was a situation when wojtek find german spy in something like shower room. (Wojtek liked to take shower)

[@atilioarchilochus2488]

lol that's hilarious

[@TheGuywithnolife]

beer*

[@RorySinn]

Haha, that's hilarious, the Nazis would think the Allies have made a species of super intelligent bear supersoldiers

[@andreafangman7582]

Banks Drinnen eating a cigarette you mean 😂

[@behiran2252]

آه ووجتک بچه همدان،از کوهستان زاگرس تا کجاها رفتی!!،چه کارها کردی!!،تا اروپا رفتی و جنگیدی و در اسکاتلند هم مردی،،اما ما بهت افتخار میکنیم👏❤️🤝 ..آبروی ایران شدی ..ایرانیان بهت افتخار میکنند❤🇮🇷🇮🇷❤️🙏

[@mitchconner2021]

You can just tell from his face in the pictures that he was loved and cared for.

[@tshawtshi3040]

Imagine the stories he'd tell his bear friends at the zoo

[@aaronlopez3585]

I could almost here the beats."That new bear is such lier. Yea tell me about it, he told me he was corporal"

[@NannupTiger]

~ what bear friends? Animals were kept in concrete jungles when he went to a zoo 😞

[@tshawtshi3040]

@@NannupTiger his cellmates* :D

[@claireosborne692]

tas tiger I think this comment is A JOKE 🤗we all no that zoos are cages and the bears would be kept separate ect, plus BEARS DONT TALK, your looking at it from a serious perspective, just see it from a light hearted perspective 😊 x

[@tshawtshi3040]

@@claireosborne692 it was a joke I can verify that

Stupid Hollywood made a movie about running horse instead of hero bear.

[@intellicogroup405]

choppa grizzly the correct spelling is industries... you’re welcome... from Europe

[@davinparker3614]

Lmao but sorry Hollywood can’t do that the bear isn’t Jewish 😢

[@iLLntent]

Davin parker They can still make it, its not necessary that WW2 or WW1 movies need someone jewish

[@angelobalcueba7081]

After watching Vinland Saga and Star Wars, I guess WIT studio should do the job... Yeah, I'm a weeb...

[@amdchurro]

Nero It’s cause people like him think the Jewish control everything, even Hollywood. That’s anti-Semitic in the first place.

[@Matthew-yr4lx]

When people say far cry 5s cheeseburger the bear can’t be possible in real life I point to this. Hats off to a king RIP.

[@99maxim38]

Wojtek is my great great uncle and my and his brother which is my great grandfather has just past away at the age of 104 and he actually looked after the bear as well he told me lots of wonderful stories about it

[@andrdavi6520]

In my hometown Cassino,Italy ( where he fought) we recently built a sculpture of Wojtek.

[@angierucinski5694]

❤️❤️❤️

[@wanttosayadrem2551]

Thank you for this information. My father was fighting there. Best regards from Poland

[@Creambrunette]

Serio, non ne avevo idea

[@N238E]

Show us please.

[@nah5925]

​@@N238EGoogle it beyaatch

[@ImDieverse]

Dolphins: were the most human like creatures Wojtek: hold my bear my cigar and my ammunition box....

[@_awkwardness_5884]

And his wrestling gloves

[@_awkwardness_5884]

@KING RAGENDARY yea they said in the video he wrestled with the other soldiers

[@wh4918]

Underated comment.

[@_awkwardness_5884]

@KING RAGENDARY sorry boxing* gloves

[@ajithgopi3460]

And the fricking beer bottle 😂

[@jjakjamnik]

Proud to be from Poland. I cry always when i watch Wojtek's story, and the saddest for me is fact that he never saw a Poland, free Poland. RIP our Hero 🫡

[@bubdubs5294]

Pic of him at the road signs is all you need to see to understand how happy he was with his brothers.

[@ElJags]

imagine having a lower rank than a bear

[@Stenominator]

Minister of defence, from my country, was liberated from sevice at recruite site before joining the army, as the incapable for service. As such, he was selected as minister of defence, many years later, and served few months of basic military training... And from the other side, there is Wojtek...

[@Kokorocodon]

i'd be fucking honored

[@purin5167]

If the bear deserves it like Wojtek did I would be happy

[@ImxAdon]

Doesn't matter who you are, the bear always outranks you

[@resu2026]

hahahahaha!

[@BurgerBoi2911]

Soldier:WE NEED MORE AMMO Wojtek: *RAWR* 'Passes artillery crate'

[@hosshydraa1181]

😂😂

[@shoesrmyhobby]

Nae mate we ppl talk like bears theres no big difference

[@Fadilanse]

the fact that this scene could very much be real just blows my fucking mind what a story

[@absolutemadlad4306]

reminds me of the dovah bear animated series lol

[@ContentIsCool]

I am from England but I live in Poland and I know all about this bear.

[@mariuszmariusz1702]

To mogło się wydarzyć tylko w Polskim wojsku.Wielki szacunek dla żołnierzy i samego szergowego Wojtka!!!

[@aldonamijalska2554]

🇵🇱❤

[@Wakakakzi]

Private Alexander! Present Private Franciszek! Present Private Wojyek! Roar And this is how the movie starts

[@2HeadEagle]

Corporal

[@Heisenberg355]

@@2HeadEagle when it's the start of the movie, he's still a private...

[@RimiruTemPest433]

@@Heisenberg355 is there a movie? based on this story?

[@cavareenvius7886]

@@RimiruTemPest433 I don't know if it's part of a movie but there is one. "Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War" from 2011

[@12martin12rojas]

And he will ha a red shirt

[@phillip.km.7323]

American soldiers: we have trained dogs that help us in battles! Polish soldiers: *Hold my bear*

[@miriam7779]

Hold my 🐻 .

[@loohobbohoo9678]

phillip .km. yeah and how did that work out for them...

[@alias9307]

Your emojis ruined it.

[@nifru1072]

@Anders Houmøller Eliasen America actually still uses dolphins in the military, but like you said, Russia had.

[@anthonyking8852]

Idk i would rather a dog they can sniff ied’s and enemy combatant’s.

[@KageumiUmikage]

This is the perfect story to showcase humanity at its worst and at its best. What a heart melting bitter sweet story; the friendship they shared somehow reminds me of simpler times.

[@hrishikeshchaudhari6382]

I dont understand how could people dislike the video...... Be good humans not bad and selfish humans....

[@ronyakim9198]

They need to add him to call of duty

[@schmot3396]

Ron GG haha a killstreak

[@JonathanLopez-ps9kw]

That would be fucking awesome

[@spongebobbies]

Ron GG he should have been the replacement for Reilly sure Reilly’s cool and all but this would just be awesome to see him instead

[@tradingturtle2313]

I'm just seeing a bear running all over the place with some shells

[@chillsips9036]

bear artilary strike imbound, get to cover!

[@theravingtimes9582]

Imagine families in Scotland taking their children to the zoo and then a Polish veteran breaks into Wojtek's cage and starts wrestling him before sharing a few shots of vodka and cigarettes.

[@yourmom-jw2ur]

That was real, polish soliders was breaking into Wojtek's cage, but they wasn't giving him cigaretts hahahah. In Poland we remember about him!

[@AlejandroRasmussen7]

😂 😂 😂

[@ziolko1990]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYCXXoekeN6gfMk

[@ziolko1990]

But that is actually not nice becose it was stupid drunk man.

[@jejrhriktntndkkwnrjriths1510]

I was watching documentary about it and Wojtek actually was begging for the cigarettes and they were being thrown to him on regular bases

[@wrathschild9241]

Amazing! ❤️ My mums from casino, she was a young child there when the war ended. I’ve never heard of the bear before though.

[@FuZZZe]

I am a soldier on duty rn, I only wish our platoon had a companion like Wojtek