The Heart-Melting Story Of Wojtek, The Soldier Bear

The tale is bizarre, but true. During World War II, an orphaned brown bear went from being a cuddly pet to an officially enlisted soldier in the Polish army, and reportedly saw fierce combat in Italy. Decades after the war and his death, "Wojtek" continues to be honored.
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  • @thestorybehind7662
    @thestorybehind76625 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek was amazing! Learn one more story about an animal war hero, who was even cuter;) kzread.info/dash/bejne/gH-C17KQY9fPqqQ.html&t=

  • @MrCohel

    @MrCohel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Would you allow me to voice over this video? Bears mean a great deal to me. I'm growing my channel and this experience would be great for us both

  • @camronrapp4146

    @camronrapp4146

    5 жыл бұрын

    what's the name of the music you used?

  • @jennmarjpacilan8752

    @jennmarjpacilan8752

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aww I wish that is my pet

  • @michicon5758

    @michicon5758

    5 жыл бұрын

    How coincidental that he died at the age of 22 when he was in the 22nd Resupply Army. Or maybe he wanted to never be forgotten

  • @lukeysharp94

    @lukeysharp94

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@camronrapp4146 I second this!

  • @roasted__night4806
    @roasted__night48064 жыл бұрын

    BRUh Imagine being newly recruited and seeing a bear in your platoon that eats cigars and is an alcoholic.

  • @frodobaggins1230

    @frodobaggins1230

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be fuckn sick if enemies trained a bear id leave em alone

  • @balex1109

    @balex1109

    4 жыл бұрын

    And this bear becomes a corporal later and even outranks you as a private :D

  • @frodobaggins1230

    @frodobaggins1230

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@balex1109 😂

  • @trashcantacos

    @trashcantacos

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@balex1109 lmfao 😂

  • @mainepants

    @mainepants

    4 жыл бұрын

    Especially when you have to salute him!

  • @cruton8_6
    @cruton8_64 жыл бұрын

    Soldiers: Were out of shells Bear: this is my moment...

  • @Steve-hf4rw

    @Steve-hf4rw

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bear: my tike has come

  • @madastan1654

    @madastan1654

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bear:Hold my beear humans=))

  • @JohnSmith-kr2pn

    @JohnSmith-kr2pn

    4 жыл бұрын

    @usmc 03retired funniest thing I've seen all day

  • @moelester1946

    @moelester1946

    4 жыл бұрын

    bear: hold my beer

  • @envyallison926

    @envyallison926

    4 жыл бұрын

    Liemez 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Bristecom
    @Bristecom2 жыл бұрын

    I imagine the bear saying at the zoo, "The war was the best years of my life."

  • @Hayden11335

    @Hayden11335

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro I’m blown away. Have y’all never watched a documentary about nature, if an animal gets shelter, food, water they would be completely happy and would have no desire to leave.

  • @abdouaboud7490

    @abdouaboud7490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Hayden11335 plus since we was raised with humans and drank beer and cigarettes I don't think he'll survive in nature

  • @Hayden11335

    @Hayden11335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @I ain't no millionaires son! yeah I don’t agree with keeping monkeys in captivity at all.

  • @Hayden11335

    @Hayden11335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @I ain't no millionaires son! and you can’t compare a human to an animal like a lion doesn’t make any sense

  • @Hayden11335

    @Hayden11335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @I ain't no millionaires son! yes zoos are horrible but not because of captivity. It’s how they are treated that is the issue

  • @moist_captain
    @moist_captain3 жыл бұрын

    It's enough to make a grown man cry

  • @palmthief339

    @palmthief339

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop crying, on top of that he's my fellow countryman....

  • @tahmkench118

    @tahmkench118

    2 жыл бұрын

    And that's okay

  • @monkeyman2432

    @monkeyman2432

    2 жыл бұрын

    Damn right

  • @janwaynes.4713

    @janwaynes.4713

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cloudy with a chance of meatballs reference

  • @YogsenForfoth

    @YogsenForfoth

    Жыл бұрын

    Wojtek was the bravest and goodest boy there ever was. ❤

  • @toastfairy5546
    @toastfairy55464 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't matter what you are *A bro is still a bro.*

  • @risoscottiredentore2.089

    @risoscottiredentore2.089

    4 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @slijio2949

    @slijio2949

    4 жыл бұрын

    💙

  • @FlowersAndCrystals

    @FlowersAndCrystals

    4 жыл бұрын

    💚

  • @dain_9

    @dain_9

    4 жыл бұрын

    I felt that

  • @nicolochanleo5730

    @nicolochanleo5730

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brother bear

  • @marbre1318
    @marbre13184 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek needs a movie made in his honor, who agrees?

  • @HenryBlackwell

    @HenryBlackwell

    4 жыл бұрын

    sadly be incredibly difficult

  • @anger_issues8419

    @anger_issues8419

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ChaMpioN oh serious, lot of more special things in history just felt left behind cause of bigger things, sorry for grammar

  • @anger_issues8419

    @anger_issues8419

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ChaMpioN ohhh interesting maybe i ganna watch th movie, idk any Russia or Polish history, it sounds super interesting tbh

  • @97napolitano

    @97napolitano

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HenryBlackwell not that much if you watch a movie that now is going to be release (the call of the wild), the dog in the movie is completely helped in the movement by a 3d graphic system that let it looks real.

  • @blackknight94

    @blackknight94

    4 жыл бұрын

    MAR Bre13 me

  • @wajinshu
    @wajinshu2 жыл бұрын

    First time seeing this. The smile on their faces. Glad someone take those videos and pictures for us to see.

  • @lalagirl211

    @lalagirl211

    2 жыл бұрын

    They put him in a zoo... the bear probably become depressed after that. He think he is a human. There is a story about a dolphin commit suicide cus they put him in a tank. He commit suicide in the hands of his Trainor. Would be nice to see a video about it.. but this is the problem, ... they use the bear and after that they put him to zoo.. too bad they can't adopt him and make into their own family

  • @koxmapper5706

    @koxmapper5706

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lalagirl211 It's sad but the soldiers didn't wanted to make him a communist symbol

  • @abdouaboud7490

    @abdouaboud7490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lalagirl211 he would die in nature in the first day he was raised by humans after all

  • @kaijuar2003

    @kaijuar2003

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, without any footage or photos taken at the time we wouldn't know or see how it was and/or how it went. Wojtek would've been completely forgotten in the sense of being seen in action.

  • @warkey.6490

    @warkey.6490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lalagirl211 Nah it's just like he retired after some hard working years, he had food and a field and was still able so see humans.

  • @Deepak-ow3ww
    @Deepak-ow3ww3 жыл бұрын

    The fact that the polish didn't abandon the bear but enlisted him as private is highly commendable. Finally he repaid it by helping in carrying heavy ammunitions

  • @MatthewMcRowan

    @MatthewMcRowan

    Жыл бұрын

    not only carrying ammo was the point, imagine the morale booster everyone had, he could always make you crack a smile in a sad days like war

  • @ILLUMINATED-1

    @ILLUMINATED-1

    5 ай бұрын

    I would feel fucking unstoppable with a bear on my side

  • @m1l22
    @m1l224 жыл бұрын

    *_Everybody gangsta till the bear starts loading the Artillery gun._*

  • @funklebunk7249

    @funklebunk7249

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol made my day

  • @j0sh368

    @j0sh368

    4 жыл бұрын

    these comments make me die lol

  • @Falckie8008

    @Falckie8008

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@j0sh368 should I call a medic? The medic is also a bear.

  • @thunderfox4522

    @thunderfox4522

    4 жыл бұрын

    Made my day

  • @skiprussell2606

    @skiprussell2606

    4 жыл бұрын

    Real Gangsters are Italian.

  • @sax8592
    @sax85924 жыл бұрын

    Soldiers: “We ran out of ammo!” Bear: “Hold my beer and light my cigar”

  • @LilBigBriggi

    @LilBigBriggi

    4 жыл бұрын

    An (drinking, smoking, and actually helping in battle,) Iranian bear serving besides polish soldiers under British command, fighting in Italy. He needs a movie!

  • @rinzo2009

    @rinzo2009

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LilBigBriggi An anime motion picture will do him justice.

  • @pigmarshalltardigrade4637

    @pigmarshalltardigrade4637

    4 жыл бұрын

    So true!

  • @-tv6906

    @-tv6906

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very humorous.

  • @victorp0957

    @victorp0957

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just D O N ' T! The enemies would shot off the cute bear 😖

  • @joolspirog
    @joolspirog Жыл бұрын

    I forgot to say, thank you for posting this and keeping Wojtek’s memory alive. My father was with the 1st Polish armoured division but he met him. The only time i saw tears from my father was when he talked of him, he loved all of nature but said God has sent this bear

  • @catspeakegroove

    @catspeakegroove

    5 ай бұрын

    My father was also in the 1st armoured division.

  • @dragonmaster909

    @dragonmaster909

    5 ай бұрын

    That's pretty cool. Do any of you possibly have pics?

  • @blueyandicy

    @blueyandicy

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@dragonmaster909any pics from...WORLD WAR 2?

  • @dragonmaster909

    @dragonmaster909

    3 ай бұрын

    @@blueyandicy I saw someone somewhere mention a guy who said his grandfather or something met or spent time with Wojtek, and when people asked for proof, they say he delivered. So far I haven't found the so called pics. It was a passing curiosity for me.

  • @davidtkocz8356

    @davidtkocz8356

    6 күн бұрын

    I saw him too, in Edinburgh Zoo. I went with my Babcia who was visiting us from Chorzów Poland. It was about 1960.

  • @todddenio3200
    @todddenio3200 Жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine the fear any enemy soldiers who were close enough to see that even a massive BEAR was helping the Allied Artillery crew to fight against them?

  • @rKhael53

    @rKhael53

    Жыл бұрын

    It's amazing he survives the war. I bet his unit take great care of not exposing him to much to ennemy fire. Maybe even the ennemies don't want to shoot him, cause they would be amazed too by it.

  • @DaTimmeh

    @DaTimmeh

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rKhael53I know I wouldn’t. That bear deserves a fair hand to hand combat god damn it! He’s a good and honest boi, only to be taken out in an honorable duel. (Yes I know he’ll absolutely slaughter me)

  • @blueyandicy

    @blueyandicy

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@DaTimmehthe idea of 1v1ing a bear being the only way to take it down is strangely adorable

  • @AcidAroma
    @AcidAroma4 жыл бұрын

    British army: No animals allowed in camp. Polish army: Nah that’s just Private Wojtek Lol that’s amazing.

  • @gangadevi2784

    @gangadevi2784

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was even promoted to corporal wow even i wouldn't be able to do all that shit

  • @augerspyramid9466

    @augerspyramid9466

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ganga Devi is that because the crates were too heavy

  • @pajama5798

    @pajama5798

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@augerspyramid9466 no it's because it's a bear.. a bear who copied what humans do and did jobs that normal bear can't do.. that bear has a human soul inside of him

  • @Evenflovv

    @Evenflovv

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is polish way....

  • @closet_dude3522

    @closet_dude3522

    4 жыл бұрын

    British army:understandable have a great day

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Stupid Hollywood made a movie about running horse instead of hero bear.

  • @intellicogroup405

    @intellicogroup405

    4 жыл бұрын

    choppa grizzly the correct spelling is industries... you’re welcome... from Europe

  • @davinparker3614

    @davinparker3614

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao but sorry Hollywood can’t do that the bear isn’t Jewish 😢

  • @iLLntent

    @iLLntent

    4 жыл бұрын

    Davin parker They can still make it, its not necessary that WW2 or WW1 movies need someone jewish

  • @angelobalcueba7081

    @angelobalcueba7081

    4 жыл бұрын

    After watching Vinland Saga and Star Wars, I guess WIT studio should do the job... Yeah, I'm a weeb...

  • @amdchurro

    @amdchurro

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nero It’s cause people like him think the Jewish control everything, even Hollywood. That’s anti-Semitic in the first place.

  • @ElyBog1
    @ElyBog13 жыл бұрын

    I kinda felt bad, when he was turned over in a zoo, I hope his comrades who visited him were able to bond like they was before, hugging, wrestling, and eating. The bond of real friendship never dies, even after years and decades its still there.

  • @riiswalker8241

    @riiswalker8241

    2 жыл бұрын

    They did and were a nightmare to the zookeepers bcs they sometimes climbed over the railing and played with him there

  • @g_webb21

    @g_webb21

    2 жыл бұрын

    @somebody true! It's DEFINITELY better to slap him in a cage without all his childhood friends and 'parents'...do you have a brain?

  • @g_webb21

    @g_webb21

    2 жыл бұрын

    @somebody He's free to smoke/drink whatever he wants though...it's not like someone's forcing the bear to do so. You, instead, would force him to live in a cage🤔

  • @alicjak700

    @alicjak700

    2 жыл бұрын

    @King King well to be fair - if he returned to Poland like most Polish soldiers were forced to he most likely would have been killed... Like those returning soldiers who weren't inprisoned... Poland after the war was gifted to Russia by it's allies and suffed due to it greatly... So yeah - leaving Wojtek in a zoo was the best choice...

  • @chicagonative1507

    @chicagonative1507

    2 жыл бұрын

    In sure the bear felt like he retired from such a horrible war being in that zoo relaxed

  • @TrapperTVFoss
    @TrapperTVFoss3 жыл бұрын

    This is an awesome story! Made my day!

  • @chimmychanggas9269

    @chimmychanggas9269

    3 жыл бұрын

    Y E S

  • @kermitwithagunonhishead6445

    @kermitwithagunonhishead6445

    3 жыл бұрын

    hi

  • @5inchdude697

    @5inchdude697

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is

  • @EbNorth

    @EbNorth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! So awesome. They killed it's mom then carried it around like a puppy, and then feeding it beer and cigs. So awesome.

  • @briantannenbaum8110

    @briantannenbaum8110

    2 жыл бұрын

    They didn’t kill its mother moron

  • @rated-x8512
    @rated-x85124 жыл бұрын

    Imagine a bear telling you his grandpa served in ww2

  • @mustafayousif2538

    @mustafayousif2538

    4 жыл бұрын

    This comment is so underrated.

  • @randomgurl5025

    @randomgurl5025

    4 жыл бұрын

    Huh

  • @Mizzriah

    @Mizzriah

    4 жыл бұрын

    I had to do a double take on this comment. At first I interpreted it as; Imagine your grandpa telling you a bear served in WW2. Then I realized what you actually meant.

  • @waitwho6985

    @waitwho6985

    4 жыл бұрын

    RATED-X ! On some Bojack Horseman shit

  • @user-iv9hu1db7u

    @user-iv9hu1db7u

    4 жыл бұрын

    that would be grand grand pa

  • @MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj
    @MuhammadAhmed-tk9sj4 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek: Was I a good bear? Death: No Wojtek: ... Death: I heard you were one of the best

  • @mav40420

    @mav40420

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek:"Got a cigarette?"

  • @MacCadalso

    @MacCadalso

    3 жыл бұрын

    Έλληνας Εθνικιστής Wojtek: Some beer too? Cheers.

  • @otniel4494

    @otniel4494

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah he's THE best

  • @toughspringrolls

    @toughspringrolls

    3 жыл бұрын

    I felt that.

  • @armandochaconjr5940

    @armandochaconjr5940

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your gonna make me cry man lol

  • @solsdadio
    @solsdadio3 жыл бұрын

    There’s a life size statue of him carrying an artillery shell in the Scottish Borders town of Duns. It often has flowers placed in its arms.

  • @winnieladyofthedulcimer
    @winnieladyofthedulcimer3 жыл бұрын

    Such an amazing story, beautifully told with these precious pictures. My father Tadeusz fought as a second lieutenant with the Light Artillery Regiment (Pułk Artylerii Lekkiej).of the Polish II Corps at Monte Cassino in 1944.

  • @aldonamijalska2554

    @aldonamijalska2554

    2 жыл бұрын

    God bless him for his service! 🇵🇱🙏

  • @TeddyBear-ii4yc

    @TeddyBear-ii4yc

    7 ай бұрын

    Monte Cassino was a terrible battle. The British tried to capture the monastery twice, the second time with Indians, the third was New Zealanders and the fourth was the Polish. Not only was the hill steep, there was only one approach which the enemy covered.

  • @matteofranceschi4487
    @matteofranceschi44875 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek is legendary in Italy too. That bear and the 22nd company freed my hometown in WW2, we even made him a statue!

  • @lastpsych5033

    @lastpsych5033

    5 жыл бұрын

    How is your town called?

  • @matteofranceschi4487

    @matteofranceschi4487

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lastpsych5033 Imola

  • @mikze123

    @mikze123

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FoOLiShGuAcBoWLMeRCHanT From germans.

  • @rakun-raccoon1907

    @rakun-raccoon1907

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't Italy on German side?

  • @mikze123

    @mikze123

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rakun-raccoon1907 many Italians were not.

  • @michaelderousse7519
    @michaelderousse75194 жыл бұрын

    Imagine your about to fire on an enemy artillery truck and then a bear just waddles out carrying ammo and has a cigarette in his mouth.

  • @num8ers711

    @num8ers711

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'd turn over myself.

  • @TheShadowMoto

    @TheShadowMoto

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would turn myself over asking if there could be anyway to fight on their side! I would absolutely die for the chance to be able to just hang out and chill with a ammo carrying, drinking and smoking, badass bear that loves to rough it!

  • @WhitShiro

    @WhitShiro

    4 жыл бұрын

    Michael DeRousse I would hold fire and give up just to see the bear

  • @chillsips9036

    @chillsips9036

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Shadow`Moto even if you had to join axis?

  • @halamadruuid2380

    @halamadruuid2380

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah in Russia that's just ol' grizzly from the neighborhood

  • @23Bulik
    @23Bulik2 жыл бұрын

    Nasz kochany MISIU, pozostaniesz zawsze w naszej pamięci!!

  • @dustinbone4942
    @dustinbone49423 жыл бұрын

    " he was promoted to corporal " thats when I had to burst out laughing lol what a freakin bear this is.

  • @dej25

    @dej25

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😝😝

  • @zoowiee2851
    @zoowiee28514 жыл бұрын

    Imagine just seeing a bear pop out of nowhere in the middle of a war smoking a cig Edit:damn 1.6k likes thanks Mates

  • @Jay-uo1sn

    @Jay-uo1sn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jumping out like king Kong

  • @Set4LifeYT

    @Set4LifeYT

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would have caught a bullet or two from staring

  • @cringe_homestuck_fan3703

    @cringe_homestuck_fan3703

    4 жыл бұрын

    The polish: boys were out of ammo! This bear: oh boy here I go Germans: oh shit they got a fucking bear dude wth

  • @jalapen-o5709

    @jalapen-o5709

    4 жыл бұрын

    The perfect distraction, charge!

  • @kevynhansyn2902

    @kevynhansyn2902

    4 жыл бұрын

    @zenigel ahhhhhh I see what you did there. Atta boy.

  • @theapachevikingnomadfromhell
    @theapachevikingnomadfromhell9 ай бұрын

    I never thought a bear could make me cry. Rest in power, Corporal Wojtek! 🫡 🐻

  • @Astroponicist
    @Astroponicist10 ай бұрын

    Wojtek is a favorite of mine. he needed the soldiers as much as they needed them. such a beautiful soul may he live in heaven with his friends from the expat army of Poland forever.

  • @moduman0072
    @moduman00725 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being a private and taking orders from a corporal bear.... Wojtek: Roaarrr Polish Soldier: Yes Sir !!

  • @lordzarmy3335

    @lordzarmy3335

    5 жыл бұрын

    moduman00 what’s wojtek?

  • @Vanessa-ck7ho

    @Vanessa-ck7ho

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha

  • @joud1436

    @joud1436

    5 жыл бұрын

    That’s funny

  • @stox9630

    @stox9630

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lordzarmy3335 ah shit i get it now

  • @russmartin9549

    @russmartin9549

    5 жыл бұрын

    His badge is his claws. He can smell bullshit

  • @vastolorde9586
    @vastolorde95865 жыл бұрын

    Im from Poland and here is a fun fact: When the bear was in zoo, Polish soldiers would jump over the fence and play with him (even the zoo let them do it).

  • @ironfist3270

    @ironfist3270

    5 жыл бұрын

    😢😢

  • @Baldur1975

    @Baldur1975

    5 жыл бұрын

    😪 😫

  • @hamzaalvi8198

    @hamzaalvi8198

    5 жыл бұрын

    THIS BEAR didnot deserve to bee in zoo

  • @lordcarlos7001

    @lordcarlos7001

    5 жыл бұрын

    RIP harambe

  • @FaisalKhan-jl5hq

    @FaisalKhan-jl5hq

    5 жыл бұрын

    lord carlos da hek😂

  • @alienx097
    @alienx0972 жыл бұрын

    Commander: what did u see in their shelter? Soldier : a bear smoking and drinking beer Commander: another schizophrenia patient

  • @creditory3338

    @creditory3338

    2 жыл бұрын

    Another victim bois

  • @angierucinski5694

    @angierucinski5694

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, it's a bear.🇵🇱🇵🇱

  • @spirokaci
    @spirokaci2 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek lived his life in dignity. Like a true soldier.

  • @ElJags
    @ElJags4 жыл бұрын

    imagine having a lower rank than a bear

  • @Stenominator

    @Stenominator

    4 жыл бұрын

    Minister of defence, from my country, was liberated from sevice at recruite site before joining the army, as the incapable for service. As such, he was selected as minister of defence, many years later, and served few months of basic military training... And from the other side, there is Wojtek...

  • @Kokorocodon

    @Kokorocodon

    4 жыл бұрын

    i'd be fucking honored

  • @purin5167

    @purin5167

    4 жыл бұрын

    If the bear deserves it like Wojtek did I would be happy

  • @ImxAdon

    @ImxAdon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't matter who you are, the bear always outranks you

  • @resu2026

    @resu2026

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahahaha!

  • @riccardozilioli6338
    @riccardozilioli63384 жыл бұрын

    Imagine this bear telling stories to his fellas in the zoo and no one believing him 😔😔

  • @hubert1921

    @hubert1921

    4 жыл бұрын

    Worst is those soldiers backed to Poland to be killed by new communist regime...

  • @TejanoDeFuego

    @TejanoDeFuego

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's actually sad :( plus this comment is gold!

  • @howaboutyoulookitup8023

    @howaboutyoulookitup8023

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe tho but he did smoke and drink beer which isn't a natural thing a animal can do but u can teach them or make them do it

  • @davidstarr8126

    @davidstarr8126

    4 жыл бұрын

    You stupid!😁😂😂

  • @Bamiyanbigasf

    @Bamiyanbigasf

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hubert Szeszula only if they chose to... it’s not like Britain left them to die they had refugee available in Britain

  • @cas9007
    @cas90073 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: You wonder why there are a lot of Bear talking movies, because they are inspired by this.

  • @bozhi1217
    @bozhi12179 ай бұрын

    One of the best polish soldiers. RIP Wojtek From Bulgaria

  • @maxhaly1612
    @maxhaly16125 жыл бұрын

    The soldiers saved his life when he was a cub, but when he grew up, he was the one saving them on the battlefield. What a legend.

  • @JMastura

    @JMastura

    5 жыл бұрын

    He even cracked open cold ones with the boys. It is always nice when people treat animals as equals, and in return they show that same respect.

  • @ahmed325ful

    @ahmed325ful

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Don Joe it was his destiny, at the end he did a great Job and thought this is his way and i will stand by my family also in *War*

  • @ahmed325ful

    @ahmed325ful

    5 жыл бұрын

    A human War!

  • @KAMIKAZE-dk8xd

    @KAMIKAZE-dk8xd

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is underated

  • @pdswrld5200

    @pdswrld5200

    5 жыл бұрын

    You right there A legend 💯

  • @bakainu3559
    @bakainu35595 жыл бұрын

    Americans : We train dogs for military Polish soldiers : *That's cute*

  • @thegamerguy8420

    @thegamerguy8420

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a laugh about this

  • @jebacpis869

    @jebacpis869

    5 жыл бұрын

    Freddy Fazbear as it's finest

  • @jebacpis869

    @jebacpis869

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@wozza2154 My?

  • @theconsul6615

    @theconsul6615

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jebacpis869 He just wants you to delete the comment so he can steal it, *outstanding move*

  • @dericksmith2137

    @dericksmith2137

    5 жыл бұрын

    Perfect comment Yash. Very funny.

  • @AllyaComfreak
    @AllyaComfreak Жыл бұрын

    That bear must have been one hell of a morale booster

  • @groupb5420
    @groupb54203 жыл бұрын

    What a fantastic true story and what a morale booster for the lads serving at the time 👌❤️🇬🇧

  • @ronyakim9198
    @ronyakim91984 жыл бұрын

    They need to add him to call of duty

  • @schmot3396

    @schmot3396

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ron GG haha a killstreak

  • @JonathanLopez-ps9kw

    @JonathanLopez-ps9kw

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be fucking awesome

  • @spongebobbies

    @spongebobbies

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ron GG he should have been the replacement for Reilly sure Reilly’s cool and all but this would just be awesome to see him instead

  • @tradingturtle2313

    @tradingturtle2313

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm just seeing a bear running all over the place with some shells

  • @chillsips9036

    @chillsips9036

    4 жыл бұрын

    bear artilary strike imbound, get to cover!

  • @ausi2
    @ausi25 жыл бұрын

    He protecc He attac But most importantly he brings ammunition back

  • @fecardona

    @fecardona

    5 жыл бұрын

    awesomeA6 - FN like tucker budzyn!

  • @missyb9438

    @missyb9438

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not Austinnn fuck off with that pathetic bullshit🖕🏻

  • @qwasoby9738

    @qwasoby9738

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bacc**

  • @qwasoby9738

    @qwasoby9738

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@missyb9438 bruh you mad xD

  • @ausi2

    @ausi2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@missyb9438 someone woke up on their bad side

  • @adamkorniak255
    @adamkorniak2553 жыл бұрын

    It is one more memorial of Wojtek in Sopot, Poland.

  • @user-tp8jl8iw5r
    @user-tp8jl8iw5r3 жыл бұрын

    That's what we call "true hero" right there. He deserves every joy in this world

  • @matthewblank8230
    @matthewblank82304 жыл бұрын

    It's nice especially because he lived for 22 years, their expectancy is about 20. That means he was happy and healthy. Salute!

  • @erenlucilfer420-69

    @erenlucilfer420-69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ohdreadeddawn1804 yah thats a nice point brother so we can conclude that bears can live longer if we give them cigarettes and beer 😂

  • @NtJk

    @NtJk

    4 жыл бұрын

    i mean, they are really tough, a lot tougher than human, beer and cigarettes barely do anything

  • @spectre2891

    @spectre2891

    4 жыл бұрын

    He can bear the nicotine and alcohol

  • @wizzlo3307

    @wizzlo3307

    4 жыл бұрын

    So you saying eating cigarettes and drinking beer is heathy I'm gonna give it a try

  • @mThund3R_

    @mThund3R_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wizzlo3307 Are you a bear?

  • @mrcisgenstraightwhitemale2246
    @mrcisgenstraightwhitemale22465 жыл бұрын

    I bet he missed his brothers-in-arms terribly when they locked him up. No drinking, smoking, wrestling, sitting around the camp fire and sleeping with his comrades.

  • @nathansugden9332

    @nathansugden9332

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeh bro then they locked him up he was a war hero,that's why he died at aged just 22.

  • @sir_spenj3465

    @sir_spenj3465

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nathansugden9332 just like John j Rambo ..

  • @slowcarracing3025

    @slowcarracing3025

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bro that face is so punchable 😂😂😂

  • @fihilist

    @fihilist

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@slowcarracing3025 Every time ANTIFA wanna punch "nazis" (White ppl) they knock themselves out though?

  • @_theballadofbort5861

    @_theballadofbort5861

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nathan Sugden dude Syrian brown bears have a life span of 20 to 25 years, wojtek lived a long and full life, it’s not like he died young or anything because they put him in the zoo

  • @olives4143
    @olives4143 Жыл бұрын

    Quite literally the strongest soldier to have ever lived

  • @Empurioss
    @Empurioss5 ай бұрын

    I cried with this story. Happy Valentine Wojetk and all the hearts out there who are filled with pure love.

  • @Missditabomb

    @Missditabomb

    2 ай бұрын

    Nice!!!

  • @BanksDrinnen
    @BanksDrinnen5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine spying on their base, and just seeing a bear smoking a cigarette and drinking beer from the bottle

  • @arturbonkowski4503

    @arturbonkowski4503

    5 жыл бұрын

    There was a situation when wojtek find german spy in something like shower room. (Wojtek liked to take shower)

  • @atilioarchilochus2488

    @atilioarchilochus2488

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol that's hilarious

  • @TheGuywithnolife

    @TheGuywithnolife

    5 жыл бұрын

    beer*

  • @RorySinn

    @RorySinn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha, that's hilarious, the Nazis would think the Allies have made a species of super intelligent bear supersoldiers

  • @andreafangman7582

    @andreafangman7582

    5 жыл бұрын

    Banks Drinnen eating a cigarette you mean 😂

  • @williamedwards1480
    @williamedwards14804 жыл бұрын

    just imagine how boring his life got after being sent to a zoo.

  • @Ppareja1976

    @Ppareja1976

    4 жыл бұрын

    William Edwards I was thinking, it’s an incredible story until they put him in a zoo. Then it became a sad story.

  • @salmonightrage5424

    @salmonightrage5424

    4 жыл бұрын

    His life was like a life of whole Poland and men, who fought bravely for their homeland (ripped apart and destroyed by Hitler and Stalin). They fought for their country, but in the end, they were put behind bars.

  • @kairisafari713

    @kairisafari713

    4 жыл бұрын

    MAN!!! Probably got extremely depressed

  • @aaronlopez3585

    @aaronlopez3585

    4 жыл бұрын

    Poor bear he served his country and his, life behind bars!! No more beer or cigs what's a bear to do.

  • @user-uo2sl5us8f

    @user-uo2sl5us8f

    4 жыл бұрын

    William Edwards why not let him in the wild?

  • @prashanthbk3760
    @prashanthbk37603 жыл бұрын

    Kindness and compassion shown towards the abandoned bear resulted in such a friendly and joyful relationship.

  • @Doguelife
    @Doguelife3 жыл бұрын

    What a magnificent bond they all had. Wojtek I will go see your memorial statue in Edinburgh. May you rest easy in the stars with your brothers 😌

  • @diament53

    @diament53

    4 ай бұрын

    W Polsce i we Włoszech też jest pomnik

  • @ninepuchar1
    @ninepuchar15 жыл бұрын

    I feel like having a bear,gave the troops a morale boost.

  • @russmartin9549

    @russmartin9549

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is all he needed was some goodiez and the ammo kept a' comin

  • @NODAK9

    @NODAK9

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ninepuchar1 Similar bond with our troops K9’s. Definitely a morale boost and is carried over to post war endeavors. 👍

  • @NODAK9

    @NODAK9

    5 жыл бұрын

    @scott warwick Wojtek

  • @Etechization

    @Etechization

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard the navy had kittens to boost morale but a bear alongside you in the trenches is a whole different level lol

  • @snipplez8657

    @snipplez8657

    5 жыл бұрын

    probably the only reason they let their regiment keep the bear

  • @TubeRJF
    @TubeRJF4 жыл бұрын

    In America, we believe in the right to bear arms. In Poland, they believe in the right to arm Bears!

  • @johnnyparker9928

    @johnnyparker9928

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely the most brilliant comment!

  • @Thr33.Sid3z

    @Thr33.Sid3z

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fuck I had to delete my post after I saw you beat me to it haha Witty Minds think alike!

  • @sailordoc2007

    @sailordoc2007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very witty 👌🏽

  • @hubertsochalski3060

    @hubertsochalski3060

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wierzymy w to co jest pod ręką 😂

  • @TubeRJF

    @TubeRJF

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hubertsochalski3060 - zabawny

  • @socorrocbenitez
    @socorrocbenitez3 жыл бұрын

    This is legendary... There should be a documentary, a Netflix series, or a movie based on this bear and the potentials of this intriguing insight of humans becoming one with wildlife. (Okay, so maybe a documentary then).

  • @johngreen9830
    @johngreen9830 Жыл бұрын

    This is just proves that animals are more intelligent than we think they are. He was clearly treated with respect by the soldiers aswell. If the situation is perfect like this, Bears and humans are perfect combination.

  • @chipbutty3645

    @chipbutty3645

    Жыл бұрын

    Depends on the animal, bears are very intelligent animals with many human characteristics

  • @herpderp1662
    @herpderp16624 жыл бұрын

    This is a soldier you do NOT wanting having a PTSD Vietnam flashback.

  • @johnnybeste4550

    @johnnybeste4550

    4 жыл бұрын

    Herp Derp 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @james-ud9lp

    @james-ud9lp

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ya! No kidding!! Lmao.

  • @Panthercholo

    @Panthercholo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why Vietnam?? He was dead by then.

  • @gsilvy4k570

    @gsilvy4k570

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Panthercholo issa joke bro

  • @bigboss2174

    @bigboss2174

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now this is underrated

  • @wuh-huw9950
    @wuh-huw99505 жыл бұрын

    Everybody gangsta till they see a bear on enemy lines

  • @yael6629

    @yael6629

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @ilikeemericas

    @ilikeemericas

    5 жыл бұрын

    A bear carrying artillery and smoked. Yeah I'm not fighting that.

  • @zen528

    @zen528

    5 жыл бұрын

    WhydoU Needit and drank beer lmao

  • @ilikeemericas

    @ilikeemericas

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zen528 Throw some coke in him and you're in for a wild time

  • @j-sant-animations8105

    @j-sant-animations8105

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha! This one got me good. Great comment here

  • @meimei-le3fe
    @meimei-le3fe3 жыл бұрын

    Somehow it made me feel so sad even though people were smiling in the video. Wish there would be no war anymore. This bear was really the tender moment during the harsh time.

  • @personaldove
    @personaldove2 жыл бұрын

    Animals such as these bears, dogs and horses seldom get any recognition for serving their masters. Wojtek Forever!

  • @cyprys2137
    @cyprys21373 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: no one told him to carry the ammunition boxes, he volunteered. After observing his comrades carrying the boxes and placing them he learned to carry them and worked hard. Thanks to his effort his squad carried over a few tons of ammunition

  • @JackAss-xo3gp

    @JackAss-xo3gp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait what someone can speak bear language oh. my. god.

  • @kacperschmidtke6675

    @kacperschmidtke6675

    3 жыл бұрын

    They learned h8m that by giving him candys

  • @Shinyarc

    @Shinyarc

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, the best part about Wojtek was that he could easily leave at some points, but he was committed to helping the soldiers.

  • @LizziesLukas

    @LizziesLukas

    3 жыл бұрын

    usually animals run away when hearing loud explosions and gunfire, but this one particular bear would rather mimick human behaviour

  • @umso4l

    @umso4l

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sarawak's Sky Dweller because that’s all he knew he imprinted on humans and they taught him human nature same way a mother bear would’ve taught him how to be a bear if she hadn’t been killed.

  • @neutralman269
    @neutralman2693 жыл бұрын

    American army: we bear arms Polish army:we armed bears

  • @michaelsmith9714

    @michaelsmith9714

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seriously on 11 likes. What’s wrong with the algorithm?

  • @a.k8185

    @a.k8185

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelsmith9714 it was copyed

  • @a.k8185

    @a.k8185

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Daniel Guevara it does, the same focking comment is in this comment section

  • @Faith_Pride

    @Faith_Pride

    2 жыл бұрын

    *Right to arm bears*

  • @chehystpewpur4754

    @chehystpewpur4754

    2 жыл бұрын

    edit * in poland bears armed us...

  • @tonytheabc
    @tonytheabc3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful story. And I hope no more war. Respect from Japan.

  • @ThatKidWitTheAfro
    @ThatKidWitTheAfro2 жыл бұрын

    HOW IS THERE NOT A MOVIE OF THIS?! A LEGIT SOLDIER BEAR?! WHY AM I JUST NOW HEARING OF THIS?

  • @karlsonkowalsky441

    @karlsonkowalsky441

    Жыл бұрын

    Hollywood does not like Polish... check out Captain's Pilecki story another one that will never be turned in to a movie

  • @MrThemob11
    @MrThemob114 жыл бұрын

    Everyone’s gangster till the bear starts sending mortars down range

  • @Cuban20

    @Cuban20

    4 жыл бұрын

    The best version of this Meme so far

  • @JM-tf4nk

    @JM-tf4nk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @yalyash

    @yalyash

    4 жыл бұрын

    You copied that off reddit

  • @MrThemob11

    @MrThemob11

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reshma Deshpande obviously no one cares, just like no one cares of your roblox and Minecraft videos

  • @yalyash

    @yalyash

    4 жыл бұрын

    Forgot KZread has a bunch of four year olds that dont know what reddit is and how it feels when someone takes credit for your work. I'm sorry you haven't lived that long.

  • @matthewrarig6760
    @matthewrarig67605 жыл бұрын

    Soldiers: WE NEED MORE AMMUNITION *bear comes running in with supplies* Germans: fml

  • @EchoFilmHD

    @EchoFilmHD

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Rarig choked on my food reading this

  • @siegemoo6014

    @siegemoo6014

    5 жыл бұрын

    I fucking died laughing reading this

  • @samsimmonds1079

    @samsimmonds1079

    5 жыл бұрын

    i hahahahahhaha omg just screenshotted that shit

  • @archtheenemy3043

    @archtheenemy3043

    5 жыл бұрын

    “Hold on, be a min bear with me boys, i mean *GROWL*”

  • @mrcatfish2100

    @mrcatfish2100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @joolspirog
    @joolspirog2 жыл бұрын

    Makes me cry that he ended up in a zoo. He was not a bear in his mind but a human and hero soldier. Chwala bohaterom

  • @DownUnderSniperGaming

    @DownUnderSniperGaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where was he supposed to go? I hope they gave him a good care though

  • @Diego5151999

    @Diego5151999

    Жыл бұрын

    Considering what happened to Poland after the war, it was for the best.

  • @joolspirog

    @joolspirog

    Жыл бұрын

    I do understand that it would have been impossible to house him but it just breaks my heart to think, after his efforts and camaraderie, he was still in a cage. Some of us know that feeling and no amounts of visits really help. I am grateful that his story is told and thank the people of Scotland for all their kindness, shown to Polish services. My father was 1st Polish armoured division

  • @user-cx4ly5bs1g
    @user-cx4ly5bs1g3 жыл бұрын

    Heart Touching STORY 👍👍👌👌 SALUTE To Bear Soldier 🐻🐻

  • @rockythesnailracechampion7144
    @rockythesnailracechampion71445 жыл бұрын

    "Sir what should our plan of attack be?" *bear noises* "You heard him men, we shall go to the woods and catch samon with our mouths."

  • @dankmemes5823

    @dankmemes5823

    5 жыл бұрын

    “But the Germans are marching towards our position!” “COURT MATIAL,”

  • @MNZGamin

    @MNZGamin

    5 жыл бұрын

    samon

  • @Evilpricetag

    @Evilpricetag

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MNZGamin underrated

  • @amoniousbt1110

    @amoniousbt1110

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sal mon

  • @a-1b-2c-37

    @a-1b-2c-37

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MNZGamin in poland its samon u fool

  • @bokute2020
    @bokute20204 жыл бұрын

    British high command: No animals allo.... Polish army: Welcome private

  • @BartekSt90

    @BartekSt90

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's how we Poles roll!

  • @wiktoriawolak1900

    @wiktoriawolak1900

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@funnythrush2891 Germany started ww2 by attacking Poland. If you think it was the other way around kust think for awhile. If Poland attacked Germany, why for all the time soldiers fought on Polis land? From the first day to the defeat of Poland no Polish soldiers fought on German land. By your logic if Poland started ww2 and was easly defeated, why war didn't end in October 1939? Poland was defeated in a month, France nearly the same amount of time, while having more soldiers and better equipment. Polish soldiers fought in Battle of England and Polish squadron was one of the best. They bear away Monte Cassino. Polish soldier Witold Pilecki volounteer to Aushwitz and thanks to him whole world got to know what Germans done in death camps. Without Poles whole war would look diffrent. They were actually pretty helpful.

  • @WTymSek

    @WTymSek

    4 жыл бұрын

    10 days after German attack we have been attacked from other side by russia ...

  • @liverpool5146

    @liverpool5146

    4 жыл бұрын

    @murzyn n Erm no ya didn't? if you were so successful in the war how come you fell so fast? Stop with the lies.

  • @tomekznowu940

    @tomekznowu940

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@funnythrush2891 Poland did not start the ww2!!! It started in Poland but we were atacked, by german. How can you Say think like that?

  • @orange-one
    @orange-one3 жыл бұрын

    this is heart warming and heart breaking at the same time

  • @bubdubs5294
    @bubdubs52943 жыл бұрын

    Pic of him at the road signs is all you need to see to understand how happy he was with his brothers.

  • @joemamma3272
    @joemamma32724 жыл бұрын

    "Bear carrying crates with bullets around." *Battlefield intro plays*

  • @DasCODE

    @DasCODE

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also can be League of Legends into-"Legends never die...."

  • @phillip.km.7323
    @phillip.km.73235 жыл бұрын

    American soldiers: we have trained dogs that help us in battles! Polish soldiers: *Hold my bear*

  • @miriam7779

    @miriam7779

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hold my 🐻 .

  • @loohobbohoo9678

    @loohobbohoo9678

    5 жыл бұрын

    phillip .km. yeah and how did that work out for them...

  • @alias9307

    @alias9307

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your emojis ruined it.

  • @nifru1072

    @nifru1072

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Anders Houmøller Eliasen America actually still uses dolphins in the military, but like you said, Russia had.

  • @anthonyking8852

    @anthonyking8852

    5 жыл бұрын

    Idk i would rather a dog they can sniff ied’s and enemy combatant’s.

  • @mitchconner2021
    @mitchconner2021 Жыл бұрын

    You can just tell from his face in the pictures that he was loved and cared for.

  • @igorsokolenko6144
    @igorsokolenko61448 ай бұрын

    Like many Soldiers, he would always feel more at home in the field of battle when he learned that everyone was in the same industrial wilderness as he was. He was loved, and he loved them back. It's 2100 at my base, the Taps are playing, and I salute a fellow soldier.

  • @ImDieverse
    @ImDieverse5 жыл бұрын

    Dolphins: were the most human like creatures Wojtek: hold my bear my cigar and my ammunition box....

  • @_awkwardness_5884

    @_awkwardness_5884

    5 жыл бұрын

    And his wrestling gloves

  • @_awkwardness_5884

    @_awkwardness_5884

    5 жыл бұрын

    @KING RAGENDARY yea they said in the video he wrestled with the other soldiers

  • @wh4918

    @wh4918

    5 жыл бұрын

    Underated comment.

  • @_awkwardness_5884

    @_awkwardness_5884

    5 жыл бұрын

    @KING RAGENDARY sorry boxing* gloves

  • @ajithgopi3460

    @ajithgopi3460

    5 жыл бұрын

    And the fricking beer bottle 😂

  • @bakainu3559
    @bakainu35595 жыл бұрын

    He was in 22nd unit and he died at the age of 22. *It's like he was made for this*

  • @bakainu3559

    @bakainu3559

    5 жыл бұрын

    @alen Sam someone did that tho

  • @xuxrh8476

    @xuxrh8476

    5 жыл бұрын

    alen Sam ur a good man, but some assholes didn’t listen

  • @kidfly2712

    @kidfly2712

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did 555the like keep it like DAT.

  • @omaewamoushindeiru2216

    @omaewamoushindeiru2216

    5 жыл бұрын

    Whats the cause of death?

  • @rage8673
    @rage86733 жыл бұрын

    The enemy troops after seeing a bear handling ammunitions and army related stuff: are we fighting russians? Leaving that, i love the story, quite unique in itself.

  • @channelyoutube7542

    @channelyoutube7542

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @99maxim38
    @99maxim383 жыл бұрын

    Wojtek is my great great uncle and my and his brother which is my great grandfather has just past away at the age of 104 and he actually looked after the bear as well he told me lots of wonderful stories about it

  • @marc789
    @marc7895 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the enemies radioing to his superiors. “Sir there is a bear carrying ammo”

  • @johnnynavarra2818

    @johnnynavarra2818

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol, If I was a superior I would go crazy.

  • @thebranch4756

    @thebranch4756

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao! If you heard this in battle as superior you be pissed off & in disbelief bcuz you think someone had the audacity to lie & talk shit to you in an ongoing battle. Lol!

  • @DTS214

    @DTS214

    5 жыл бұрын

    Soldier: Sir! They have a bear! Superior: They what? Soldier: THEY HAVE A COMBATANT BEAR Superior: They’re fighting bare?? Soldier: THEY. HAVE. A. BEAR. Superior: They’re having a fair? Soldier: Curses while walking away

  • @sickmit3481

    @sickmit3481

    5 жыл бұрын

    No they would say "Heilige Scheisse Kameraden da ist ein Bär der die Munition trägt"

  • @jessesimons6537

    @jessesimons6537

    5 жыл бұрын

    I see this happening in my head and i like the idea lol

  • @PunchianThe3rd
    @PunchianThe3rd5 жыл бұрын

    Wotjek later went on to fight in the Tekken Tournament where he became the Champion after beating a kangaroo who served in Australia's Navy.

  • @hansbendixen5430

    @hansbendixen5430

    5 жыл бұрын

    HunchoPuncho901 W and changed his name to kuma

  • @rayir.1382

    @rayir.1382

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hansbendixen5430 nah.. that's his stage name ya know?

  • @garycooper1375

    @garycooper1375

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did that really happen😂

  • @PunchianThe3rd

    @PunchianThe3rd

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@garycooper1375 Yes its on "Where Are They Now?"

  • @mltvk8769

    @mltvk8769

    5 жыл бұрын

    And fell inlove with a sexy panda

  • @wobblywobblier
    @wobblywobblier2 жыл бұрын

    I am from England but I live in Poland and I know all about this bear.

  • @overfoxed
    @overfoxed3 жыл бұрын

    Did anyone else tear up at this? So beautiful...

  • @WhiteEaglle86

    @WhiteEaglle86

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im 35yo and cried, bro. The sad fact is that after all of that he has been living in the zoo. Okay, friends were visiting him, thats very good, but always it was like a prison. Thats very sad.

  • @Missditabomb

    @Missditabomb

    2 ай бұрын

    @@WhiteEaglle86 No. Apparently he was well-adjusted and HAPPY.

  • @TheWalkingRed
    @TheWalkingRed4 жыл бұрын

    "The crates weighed over 100 pounds." That's like 1 pound in bear units

  • @beh.r_co-mando.1374

    @beh.r_co-mando.1374

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha

  • @JG-fj6xq

    @JG-fj6xq

    4 жыл бұрын

    True lol

  • @maarten332

    @maarten332

    4 жыл бұрын

    British pounds

  • @slice-o-life

    @slice-o-life

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was so cool. I was like whoa awesome!

  • @Mizzriah

    @Mizzriah

    4 жыл бұрын

    TheWalkingRed Metric bear units? Or Customary bear units?

  • @tshawtshi3040
    @tshawtshi30404 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the stories he'd tell his bear friends at the zoo

  • @aaronlopez3585

    @aaronlopez3585

    4 жыл бұрын

    I could almost here the beats."That new bear is such lier. Yea tell me about it, he told me he was corporal"

  • @NannupTiger

    @NannupTiger

    4 жыл бұрын

    ~ what bear friends? Animals were kept in concrete jungles when he went to a zoo 😞

  • @tshawtshi3040

    @tshawtshi3040

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NannupTiger his cellmates* :D

  • @claireosborne692

    @claireosborne692

    4 жыл бұрын

    tas tiger I think this comment is A JOKE 🤗we all no that zoos are cages and the bears would be kept separate ect, plus BEARS DONT TALK, your looking at it from a serious perspective, just see it from a light hearted perspective 😊 x

  • @tshawtshi3040

    @tshawtshi3040

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@claireosborne692 it was a joke I can verify that

  • @brandomikeman318
    @brandomikeman3186 ай бұрын

    Ive never been so emotional over a bear

  • @Acta-nonVerba
    @Acta-nonVerba3 жыл бұрын

    *Polonia Semper Fidelis* 🥇💐

  • @PaxSoldaat
    @PaxSoldaat5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine see a bear walk with a AK-47 and a pack of cigaretts

  • @B6kmd

    @B6kmd

    5 жыл бұрын

    And let's not forget his six pack of beer.

  • @domesticrifles4068

    @domesticrifles4068

    5 жыл бұрын

    And some face paint that makes him look like a bear version of Rambo

  • @maltenymberg7987

    @maltenymberg7987

    5 жыл бұрын

    pizzamx I would be scared shitless

  • @dimasprasetiya7286

    @dimasprasetiya7286

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well anime does that

  • @yatas024

    @yatas024

    5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having an ak47 during world war 2

  • @unknownfromkashmir
    @unknownfromkashmir4 жыл бұрын

    He couldn't talk to them. But he understood the language of love.

  • @BamBlam

    @BamBlam

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m your 500th like! Gave a good day!

  • @santi7059

    @santi7059

    3 жыл бұрын

    He understood kurwa

  • @VI-pp4jo

    @VI-pp4jo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perfectly summed up. This world is alive. I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that we have to destroy it to survive longer.. And for what, to destroy it more.

  • @amjan

    @amjan

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL, you snowflake whimp. They spoke the language of the army.

  • @checktheplaylist101

    @checktheplaylist101

    3 жыл бұрын

    they saved him from most likely death and he loved them for it

  • @mariuszmariusz1702
    @mariuszmariusz17023 жыл бұрын

    To mogło się wydarzyć tylko w Polskim wojsku.Wielki szacunek dla żołnierzy i samego szergowego Wojtka!!!

  • @aldonamijalska2554

    @aldonamijalska2554

    2 жыл бұрын

    🇵🇱❤

  • @Matthew-yr4lx
    @Matthew-yr4lx2 жыл бұрын

    When people say far cry 5s cheeseburger the bear can’t be possible in real life I point to this. Hats off to a king RIP.

  • @hansvonessen6259
    @hansvonessen62595 жыл бұрын

    Glad to find out Wojtek the bear was not killed in action but survived the war.

  • @viktorthevictor6240

    @viktorthevictor6240

    5 жыл бұрын

    @carmena You gotta go sometime...

  • @motodin4210

    @motodin4210

    5 жыл бұрын

    @carmena probably wouldn't survive the wild

  • @nggaknormal

    @nggaknormal

    5 жыл бұрын

    @carmena he won't survive the wild, worst case he become a man eater

  • @touya-san_omannuevo2071

    @touya-san_omannuevo2071

    5 жыл бұрын

    No it much better if he died in a battle not in a zoo cage!

  • @Kimi-uk6lf

    @Kimi-uk6lf

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@touya-san_omannuevo2071 you'd rather have the bear shot in the head by an enemy for being in a war an animal knows nothing about than it dying due to natural causes while being cared for and treated right by humans in a zoo? If yes then you're a fucking asshole

  • @timreisinger7078
    @timreisinger70785 жыл бұрын

    He protecc He attacc But most importantly, He Wojtecc

  • @slackmeister77

    @slackmeister77

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ, really?

  • @iggy082

    @iggy082

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fuck this

  • @darkangel-ve8pn

    @darkangel-ve8pn

    5 жыл бұрын

    yikes....you took this from being a stupid fucking trend....to total idiocracy

  • @AlphaQHard

    @AlphaQHard

    5 жыл бұрын

    He protecc He attacc But most importantly, Shut the fucc up

  • @darkangel-ve8pn

    @darkangel-ve8pn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kool-Aid Man sounds like good advice perhaps u should take it 😆😂

  • @wrathschild9241
    @wrathschild92412 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! ❤️ My mums from casino, she was a young child there when the war ended. I’ve never heard of the bear before though.

  • @HenryChinaski614
    @HenryChinaski6143 жыл бұрын

    Tremendously sad. Glad you made the video to illuminate this great creatures life. I would imagine that his presence in the time of war gave the men a feeling of something hopeful and outside of the death that is observed during these times. Thank you.

  • @pagansaman406
    @pagansaman4064 жыл бұрын

    British army: Animals are not allowed in the camp Polish army: Wojtek is now an official Polish soldier British: You what?!

  • @alexb.e7498

    @alexb.e7498

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Ia have a feeling this wouldn't work work today

  • @spinosaurusFan

    @spinosaurusFan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Feathers ❌ Biped ✅ It's a Soldier

  • @davidconde1521

    @davidconde1521

    4 жыл бұрын

    Angelo Raesen U wot m8?

  • @Megan_Fiorilla

    @Megan_Fiorilla

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@spinosaurusFan actually it would there is a Norwegian knighted penguin and. Many other very high ranking animals in army's now. Most are dogs have higher rank then their human handler's.

  • @erlexar
    @erlexar4 жыл бұрын

    It’s sad a war hero ended up in jail after the war.

  • @slowa1495

    @slowa1495

    4 жыл бұрын

    shits deep for real

  • @zacksilverstone7642

    @zacksilverstone7642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not uncommon, even for human actually... That's why some of the smartest soldiers stayed on the battlefield rather than taking a promotion until they retire or die back then (even now!). When all your nation CARES about is their image, there's ALWAYS those that for scape goat-ed...

  • @CN-wt2bj

    @CN-wt2bj

    4 жыл бұрын

    A war hero? The bear was held in captivity by the soldiers. See the leash?

  • @marsranara616

    @marsranara616

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine it was hes retirement like most veteran do

  • @rielzuad7028

    @rielzuad7028

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jail is a strong word for this. Pretty sure he was contained in an inclosure which he can move around. Also returning him in wild after being raised by human is just cruel imagine not being able to hunt or fend for yourself yet they leave u in the wild

  • @FuZZZe
    @FuZZZe Жыл бұрын

    I am a soldier on duty rn, I only wish our platoon had a companion like Wojtek

  • @elRambo14
    @elRambo143 жыл бұрын

    The army saved his life and he paid them back with the greatness way!