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  2. Moose cavalry - Wikipedia

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    Some sources [who?] state that in 17th-century Sweden Charles XI trialled the use of moose as a replacement for horses, which had to be imported, but this is disputed. The use of moose cavalry by the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939 and 1940 is also reported but seems to stem from a 2010 Popular Mechanics April Fools' Day article.

  3. Military animal - Wikipedia

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    Moose were discovered to be unsuitable for warfare, as they easily contracted livestock diseases, were difficult to feed, and fled the battleground. The Soviets later trained moose not to be gun-shy, but were unable to make use of their cavalry because of the Soviet-Finnish War and World War II.

  4. Winter War - Wikipedia

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    The Winter War [F 6] was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II , and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940.

  5. Sheep wars - Wikipedia

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    The sheep wars, [1] [2] or the sheep and cattle wars, [3] [4] were a series of armed conflicts in the Western United States fought between sheepmen and cattlemen over grazing rights. Sheep wars occurred in many western states, though they were most common in Texas , Arizona , and the border region of Wyoming and Colorado .

  6. Cold-weather warfare - Wikipedia

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    Cold-weather warfare, also known as cold-region warfare, arctic warfare or winter warfare, encompasses military operations affected by snow, ice, thawing conditions, or cold, both on land and at sea, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments.

  7. Man's Rare Up-Close Encounter with Moose in Maine Ends with ...

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    Video of a moose getting a little too close for comfort with a man walking in the woods in Maine recently has gone viral for this exact reason. And the man had every reason to be spooked. The end ...

  8. Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to ...

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    A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on Thursday after a deadly storm blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting earlier this week — part of a broader bout of ...

  9. The Israel-Hamas War is Taking an Unprecedented and Deadly ...

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    The first weeks of the war have been the deadliest period for journalists covering conflict since 1992 The Israel-Hamas War is Taking an Unprecedented and Deadly Toll on Journalists Skip to main ...