Mercy dogs didn’t need orders, medals, or parades—they just saw a man bleeding in the mud and ran straight into gunfire to ...

As centenary commemorations of the sacrifices of men and women in World War One get under way, efforts are also being made to mark the work of Britain's war dogs.

How did animals help soldiers as workers and pets during World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize. ... Sentry dogs stayed with one soldier and guarded trenches.

While the United States emerged from the war as a world superpower, Skabelund presents in another chapter how Japan became a “pet superpower,” in part through the popularity of “pure Japanese breeds,” ...

In 1918 during World War I, soldiers with the 11th Engineer Battalion were aided by an unlikely ally: A cigarette-carrying dog named 'Mutt.' ... Dogs were even taken as prisoners of war.

A French soldier and his dog, both wearing gas masks, head to the Western Front in 1919. During World War I, both sides deployed tens of thousands of messenger dogs.

News of dogs serving in a war isn’t anything new. It’s a practice that’s been done for decades; the United States began steadily using dogs for fighting and training purposes during World ...

One such recruit was yellow labrador Texas, of the No 4 Platoon, Royal Engineers, which was trained to detect anti-personnel mines. On March 24, 1945, Texas was part of a mine-breaching assault in the ...