Animals during the war

Exactly 100 years ago, began one of the largest wars in history. We continue a series of articles devoted to this terrible event, which claimed millions of lives.

Pigeons during the war saved thousands of lives, adjusting the movement of troops and taken to the headquarters of the results of aerial photography.





Army pigeons Belgium. Birds specifically brought to the front line, so that they then returned to the rear of the information.



Two soldiers on motorcycles with boxes for pigeons.



British soldiers attached to the message carrier pigeons. Dove-French Cher Ami was awarded the Order of the present for the delivery of 12 important messages during the Battle of Verdun.



The horse was still alive at the time of the shelling, and the rider was lost.



Kitten mascot looks out of the barrel of the gun on the ship HMAS Encounter.



Japanese cavalry included in Tsing Tau.



Belgian refugees from the wagon, drawn by a dog.



Australian camel corps attack the Israeli city of Beersheba.



The soldier and his horse in gas masks.



German Red Cross medics close to the front line with the dogs.



Sad picture in the Romanian Wallachia.



Belgian rangers on the way to the German troops in Bruges.



German troops break through to Saint-Quentin, lashing the horses.



See the final part of tomorrow.