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However, the dog managed to escape and return to him. Hitler, who adored the loyalty and obedience of the dog, thereafter developed a great liking for the breed. [19] He also owned a German Shepherd called "Muckl". [20] Before Blondi, Hitler had two German Shepherd dogs, a mother [born 1926] and daughter [born ca. 1930] – both named Blonda.
As the dogs relied on their acute sense of smell, the dogs sought out familiar Soviet tanks instead of strange-smelling German tanks. [10] The efficacy of using anti-tank dogs in World War II remains uncertain. There are claims by the Soviet sources that around 300 German tanks were damaged by Soviet anti-tank dogs. [3]
When you hear the term war dogyou probably imagine a snarling German shepherd or a sleek Doberman, pointy ears perked in attention. But most of the roughly 20,000 American dogs deployed in World ...
Nazi Germany "introduced the first legislation for the protection of wolves." [79] Many of those who devoted their working hours to slaughtering people, preferred to spend their leisure hours hunting animals. Hitler himself said in a conversation on September 7, 1942 that hunting for German officers is like jewelry for women. [80]
Chips (1940–1946) was a trained sentry dog for United States Army, and reputedly the most decorated war dog from World War II. [1] Chips was a German Shepherd-Collie-Malamute mix owned by Edward J. Wren of Pleasantville, New York. [2] He was bred by C.C. Moore, and was the son of Margot Jute, a half collie, half German shepherd, and Husky, a ...
Heinrich Himmler inspecting prisoners of war in Russia during the Second World War. They show the contrast of Himmler's mundane daily life of having lunch and placing calls to family with the historical events he was involved in, in one instance issuing an order to place new dogs at Auschwitz capable of ripping prisoners to "shreds", in another taking a tour of the Sonderkommando at Majdanek ...
A war dog, in service with the United States Army, participating in a training event at Camp Bondsteel with the NATO-led Kosovo Force, 23 July 2015. Change has also come in legislation for the benefit of the canines. Prior to 2000, older war dogs were required to be euthanized. The new law permits adoption of retired military dogs. [52]
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.