Voytek: The Soldier Bear

In 1942 Polish soldiers found a motherless bear cub which they quickly adopted. This is his story.

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1. PaterSin 3 years ago

at least give him a helmet...^^

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2. Comment rated too low. Show this comment KikooStyle 3 years ago

They were some Polish soldiers left in 1942 ? >:)

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3. chefnaj 3 years ago

Captain Voytek !

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4. smacky 3 years ago

Awsome animal-human friendship ! No wonder he became the mascott with so many friends ^^

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5. Crash0 3 years ago

That's Rasputin! If any of you had read Sven Hassels books...

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6. polishdemon 3 years ago

In case anybody is curious, the name in Polish is spelled "Wojtek". Interesting story, though. Never heard about this!

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7. samxgx 3 years ago

Sir, they have a Grizzly...

What kinda thank is that?

No Thank sir, it's an actual Grizzly

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8. Comment rated too low. Show this comment deenajs 3 years ago

He shot himself at the age of 22? ;)

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9. NotFirst 3 years ago

I knew an old man who had a pet tiger. He was in the Air Force, same kinda story, wish there was a video for it :(

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10. GhostInShell 3 years ago

awesome bear :)
good story

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11. c2quad 3 years ago

Wow Really Good story

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12. sux2bu 3 years ago

@ 1:06 The bear was humping the ammunition? Get him a girl bear!

Great story and I hope the bear ate a few Nazis.

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13. yakuzasssi 3 years ago

Where do you get Voytek??? its Wojtek, dumbass.