Rare Photos of War Dogs

Mankind's folly, suffered by our best friends

 

Two Airedale terriers in training with gas masks in the UK 1939
Two Airedale terriers in training in the UK (1939)

 

 

Parisians walk their gas mask-equipped dogs. 1939.
Parisians walk their gas mask-equipped dogs. 1939.

 

 

An American soldier and dog participate in drills in Germany. 1955.
An American soldier and dog participate in drills in Germany. 1955.

 

 American troops treat a wounded dog in Guam, 1944.American troops treat a wounded dog on Orote Pennisula, Guam, 1944.

 

 

Bandages retrieved from the kit of a British Dog, ca. 1915.
Bandages retrieved from the kit of a British Dog, ca. 1915.

 

 

A messenger dog with a spool attached to a harness for laying out new electric line in September of 1917.
A messenger dog with a spool attached to a harness for laying out new electric line in September of 1917.

 

 

Belgian refugees leaving Brussels, their belongings in a wagon pulled by a dog, 1914..
Belgian refugees leaving Brussels, their belongings in a wagon pulled by a dog, 1914.

 

 

German Red Cross Dogs head to the front.
German Red Cross Dogs head to the front.

 

 

Interwar German army in training exercises. 1920s.
Interwar German army in training exercises. 1920s.

 

 

A dog-handler reads a message brought by a messenger dog, who had just swum across a canal in France, during World War I.

 A dog-handler reads a message brought by a messenger dog, who had just swum across a canal in France, during World War I.

 

A dog trained to search for wounded soldiers while under fire, 1915.
A dog trained to search for wounded soldiers while under fire, 1915.

 

 

A dog-handler reads a message brought by a messenger dog, who had just swum across a canal in France, during World War I.
War animals carrying war animals a dispatch dog in Belgium fitted with a pigeon basket for transporting carrier pigeons to the front line.

 

 

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