Animals in War Memorial (39 photos)

1. The soldiers are going to shoe a horse in a temporary camp in his smithy, August, 1864. (Photo by David Knox) ​​



2. rescue dog named Rip finds in the rubble of a destroyed house in London man. Rip was found after the bombing of London and then saved the lives of more than 100 people, finding them under the rubble. (Source: Spink auction house via Bloomberg News EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES.)



3. Soldiers from New York enjoyed the signing of the armistice in Corby, France, November 11, 1918. (AP Photo)



4. The caravan in the desert of Morocco, November 9, 1942. (AP Photo)



5. Local residents welcomed the Nazi salute German cavalry, a member of the Polish city of Lodz, September 9, 1939. (AP Photo)



6. View of Balaklava bay with ships, castle ruins, tents, buildings and animals. This picture was taken by one of the photographers during the Crimean War.



7. General John Pershing on horseback against the backdrop of his summer residence and main headquarters in Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France, 1918. (AP Photo)



8. The cavalry army of General Gomez, Cuba. One of the soldiers in the hands holding a Cuban flag. (Photo Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1899)



9. Good disguised infantryman, being at the front line, orders the dog, Solomon Islands, 13 January 1944. During World War II, residents gave their dogs military, their help was invaluable in the fight against the Japanese snipers. (AP Photo)



10. American paratroopers used horse-drawn carts, to pursue the enemy, Italy, July 29, 1943.



11. Four American soldiers hiding behind a horse lying on the ground. One of the soldiers in the bugles blowing, the other three kept ready rifle.



12. Trooper Red Army in the form of heavy winter rides past the German tanks abandoned by the retreating German invaders, close to the line of the Soviet-German front, 22 February 1942. (AP Photo)



13. German soldiers staged a watering place for horses at a stream flowing near the line of German-Soviet front, November 25, 1941. (AP Photo)



14. The photograph captures one of the nine African rats, which is able to find mines, Mozambique. 12 years after the end of a brutal civil war in Mozambique is still a critical situation remains unexploded mines. Belgian deminers trained rats, claiming that these animals are more developed sense of smell, they are easy and cheap to tame, train and maintain. (AFP PHOTO / Alexander JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE / AFP / Getty Images)



15. Swiss cavalry patrols the border during World War I, December 24, 1917.



16. The German artillery is part of the Belgian city of Antwerp, August 22, 1940. (AP Photo)



17. German soldiers on the streets of the Belgian city of Bruges, May 6, 1940. (AP Photo)



18. Militia during the Civil War. In the photo you can see a few riders, as well as artillery pieces. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington)



19. The Japanese cavalry, 1904.



20. American soldiers and local children on an elephant in Burma during the Second World War. (AP Photo / National Archives via the National World War II Museum)



21. A German soldier with his horse. At the beginning of the war, the German army was the cavalry, but later had to use horses for transportation of provisions and ammunition. (AP Photo / National World War II Museum)



22. The soldiers heroically withstood a 3-week-ex environment and the protection of the Polish capital Warsaw. (AP Photo)



23. Treo, 8-year-old black labrador was awarded the Dickin Medal - the highest military award of the United Kingdom for animals, February 24, 2010. Treo awarded this honor for his work on the search for explosives in Afghanistan. (AP Photo / Sang Tan)



24. Marshal Josip Broz Tito - leader of the Yugoslav partisan military organization that fought the German invaders, with his dog, June, 1944. (AP Photo)



25. Captain Harry Page, one of the commanders of the Army of the Potomac on vacation with him and his friend the horse.



26. The US military is sitting on a camel, photographed against the backdrop of the pyramids and the Sphinx during a military operation in North Africa in March 1943. Second of those present at the photos first pilot William H.Hetton, left, and second D.P.Heys, right, in 1943, lost without a trace, along with his B-24 during the operation in Naples. Man in the middle is unknown. (AP Photo)



27. Kudabi, chimpanzees mascot of American engineers in Liberia during World War I, resting on one of the beds, using a pillow helmet, December 7, 1942. (AP Photo)



28. German soldiers are pushing carts loaded with ammunition, on the bridge, October, 1941, the north-eastern Finland. (AP Photo)



29. British soldiers on horseback patrolling the streets of Kowloon. After a brief period of independence from Britain, Hong Kong was again brought under the control of the British Pacific Fleet sailors. Since then, Hong Kong has long remained a British colony. (AP Photo)



30. In Nearko, the most expensive stallion in the world even had his own bomb shelter in England, 16 April 1944. In the shelter was electricity and ventilation system worked. In the picture Nearko withdrawn from a bomb shelter. (AP Photo)



31. The picture shows an example of the area, which accounts for British and American troops keep fighting, Italy, January 15, 1944. (AP Photo)



32.Na photos girl from the Arab tribe of nomads riding a donkey with canisters with water, 16 March 2008. (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE / AFP / Getty Images)



33. A resident of Grozny and her dog sitting in front of the destroyed by bombing the house, Chechnya, Russia, February 17. (KRT) AP PL BL KD 2000 (Vert) (kn) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, KRT / PressLink or upon request)



34. The funeral ceremony with the body of Lieutenant Colonel US Army Marines William Hall, who was killed on 30 March 2008 in Iraq, close to the Arlington National Cemetery, April 23, 2008. Lieutenant Colonel Hall became the 419th soldier buried in this cemetery since the start of the war in Iraq. (AP Photo / Washington Post, Gerald Martineau)



35. Cambodian military use carts pulled by mules to carry provisions and ammunition, November 2, 1972. These carts are unchanged since the time of the war of their ancestors with the Thais and Vietnamese. (AP Photo)



36. Three of the Indians during the halt. (Photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1905.)



37. The US military patrol the Vietnamese jungle, June 27, 1964. Elephants are a great tool for travel and transportation of goods from the time of Hannibal and the First Punic War. (AP Photo / Horst Faas)



38. The Russian man, before leaving the capital of Chechnya Grozny says goodbye to his dog. People forced to save their lives, pets allowed. Russian military evacuated 200 people from Grozny, January 21, 1995. Most of the evacuees - Russian, who was nowhere to hide during clashes Russian and Chechen military forces. (AP Photo)



39. Bird on one of the crosses in the American cemetery in Normandy, June 4, 2009. At this time, were preparing for the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the start of operations in Normandy. US President met with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, and together they visited the American Cemetery. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)



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