Wojtek: The bear who fought Hitler's Nazis

Wojtek: The bear who fought Hitler's Nazis

The story of the bear cub raised by Polish soldiers who helped take Monte Cassino from the Germans is to be turned into an animated film by the executive producer of The Snowman 

'Private Wojtek', seen here with a fellow soldier, was said to have carried ammunition as the Polish II Corps took Monte Cassino from the Germans ( Imperial War Museum )

It is, perhaps, an unlikely way to honour a most unlikely was here

Wojtek, the bear who helped Polish Sholdiers win one of the most brutal battles of the Second World War is to be the subject of an animated film by the executive producer of children’s Christmas classic The Snowman

While The Snowman showed a child flying with an enchanted snowman to the sounds of Walking In the Air sung by a choirboy, A Bear Named Wojtekwill feature the Battle of Monte Cassino which left 75,000 people killed or wounded.

Source: independent.co.uk