The Importance Of Animals In World War II

Another animal who has always been a great use in war is the dog. He was used in WWII for many purposes, including

The beginning of World War II, started because Germany and Japan wanted power over Europe and Asia. Which started Adolf Hitler as the leader of Nazi Germany. Germany invaded Poland, and soon after they established more than 40,000 camps around Poland, which included forced labor camps, gas chambers, and incarcerated camps.

Last but definitely not least, military working dogs are another way that we can see animals working for us. Late one night on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Cairo, a military working dog, braced for landing in one of two Black Hawk helicopters. Cairo, a Belgian Malinois, a breed known for acute intelligence, sat alert, supremely alert to the mood of the soldiers traveling with him. This was a different mission as the helicopters they

The first reason that this should happen is that the dogs could get put down after service or killed doing their duty.The battlefields are dangerous to dogs as the enemies may be firing at humans or dogs, resulting in one or both of their deaths. After the dogs have worked for a while the military may find

World War II-- also known as The Holocaust / The Genocide -- was the world 's second 'Great War '. World War II was much more larger in scale and more longer in duration. World War I had only lasted for four years, while World War II had lasted for six years. I find it quite interesting that contrary to popular belief; the United States did not enter World War II until 2 years after the genesis of the conflict. It was only in 1941, when the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor that the United States had entered the war. World War II started in 1939 due to Germany performing an unprovoked attack on Poland. Surprisingly, only a few months later after Germany invaded Poland; the whole European continent was at war. In 1939, the United States was not ready to go to war. In the early 20th century, the United States Army only ranked 39th in the world. Many Americans believed that the United States could not handle another global conflict right after the Great Depression. Although the United States was not 'officially ' part of the war at that time, that did not stop the United States from becoming 'unofficially ' involved.

There has been a long history with animals and their natural bonds with humans for many decades now. Dogs have helped people with a multitude of illnesses for some time now, however Americans were not the first to discover this natural trait in animals. The Germans during World War 1 were the first to discover this. In the book, History of Guide Dog Use by Veterans it states that the German army in particular “relied heavily on the use of German shepherds as ambulance and messenger dogs. The Germans reportedly used more than 25,000 dogs during World War I. ' these dogs were ideally suited for this type of work, with ell-known traits such as trainability, loyalty, intelligence, strength, and endurance” (Ostermeier 587). In today 's society, we have numerous people who are unaware of the services that animals can provide for humans. Specifically humans with mental or physical disabilities. In this paper I will present various types of service animals as well as the many services they provide.

Canines were first used by Pharaoh Rameses II. Rameses II used war dogs, with spiked collars, that raced ahead of his armies. By turning the gentle Mastiff into a fearless and vicious fighter, the Romans were able to instill fear and terror into armies. They would wrap the massive canine in spike-covered armor and have it charge at full speed. Canines were used, not only for attack in this manner, but also to warn of an impending attack and to send messages (Aiello and Bacon 17-18). Elephants were used to terrorize and create mass destruction in enemy front lines. Though they were difficult to train and control, many believed that the destruction caused by elephants was worth the effort taken to train them. Animals were an important part of ancient warfare and their use has continued until today.

When owning a dog, studies show that more people that own dogs have less doctor visits and miss less days at work. It also motivates people to be more active in society and become social. People with a lot of energy tend to buy or adopt a dog. There are so many dogs that have just as important jobs as humans. Many people adopt dogs for their disabilities. Some common jobs for dogs include guide dogs, therapy dogs, war dogs, and search and rescue. A couple less common jobs are herding, acting dogs, hunting, sled, and dogs who are trained to detect seizures. Dogs can not only find bombs and weapons but also bedbugs said one book (Hare page 116)

In the year of World War two, the Nazis were taking over Denmark. Both Pavel and Kristina were Jewish and had to hide from the Nazi, who wanted to take away a Jewish Danish people in Denmark. The Nazis did not like the Jews, so they planned to take them away. They had both wanted freedom from the German Nazi, taking over Denmark. Kristina, a young 11 year girl and Pavel, a young adult were going to be put into a Ghetto with other Jewish citizens. Fortunately they both escaped. Kristina and her family had managed to escaped before the Nazi got them and had escaped to the sewer. Her family had planned to stay there until the War was over. Fortunately, 20 other survivors had come with them. They stayed there for 14 months with little civilization. By the time the War was done, 9 had died from living in the sewer and 11 survived. Pavel had stayed close to the Ghetto in a neighborhood instead, he planned to stay there until the War was over ,too. Eventually he had been caught and was put in a camp, where they worked him to the bone. Kristina and Pavel both want freedom and they both want to escape.

Animals have benefitted us since the beginning of time. Today we use them for food and many other things. Before vehicles we used donkeys and horses to transport goods. We even used birds to deliver messages and now we use dogs to smell out drugs and even explosives. Without animals we would have a lot more problems that humans would not be able to solve. In ancient Egypt animals were worshiped.

During the years leading up to the United States’ entry into World War II, the state also faced the threat posed by the European dictators and the Japanese military clique. Wartime preparations lead to great economic dislocations and social tensions. Labor shortages, rationing, and finding enough transportation were only a few of the new challenges. The need to house defense workers became a high priority. Military training camps, shipyards, and aircraft factories also had to be constructed quickly. Nothing could be allowed to impede the speeding of planes, tanks, guns to the fighting front. California’s war industries drew workers from all parts of the United States. The state demolished its “bum blockade” formerly elevated against

2. Out of all the Soviet males born in 1923, eighty percent didn’t survive WWII.

Dogs have the ability to be adversely trained for militaristic operations, they even have some characteristics that make them more qualified for a job than a human. Some of the jobs military dogs are used for are bomb detection, defense, messenger carriers, scouting for snipers or enemies etc. thus showing the adversity and importance of dogs. Compared to humans, dogs understanding of war and the moralities which are attached to war are nonexistent, thus making tasks more easily accomplishable because of dog’s compliance. Even though there are a vast amount of accomplishments that dogs can easily complete verse humans, simple task that acquire things such as apposable thumbs can be slightly more important for a human to accomplish them.

Dogs are used since ancient times when the Corinthians defeated the Greeks, when Romas guard their legions and raised alarms, even they were used by Atila for protection. This is because of the loyalty dogs have to their owners, using this for motivation made the training easier for soldiers. Dogs really played a crucial role during World War I, in fact they proved to be just as dependable as

The allied forces are using many types of animals such as horses, dogs, and even pigeons for a variety of jobs. Around 20,000 dogs are being used by the Allies for purposes such as: alerting soldiers of any unknown presence found in the camp, detecting enemy scent when patrolling, finding any injured or dying soldiers, running vital messages to other platoons, and even as emotional support for the soldiers.