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Did you know animals play an important role in wartime?
Join IWM expert Clare as she shares real life stories about courageous animal heroes. Clare will tell us about animals that are super smart and can do amazing things that modern equipment and highly skilled people cannot!
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Amazing Animals
Amazing Animals
Curriculum Links and Learning Objectives
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KS3/4 - Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day.
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GCSE - Warfare and British society, c1250-Present.
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To learn about the roles animals play in war and conflict.
Animal Investigators
Animal Investigators
Animals are extraordinary creatures with amazing abilities, including keeping our spirits up during difficult times.
IWM experts Clare and Roly show you photos from IWM’s collections of animals in wartime. Each had a very specific job… but what were they?
Animals and the war effort

Animals and the war effort
From a tiny mouse to a huge elephant - see 12 amazing photographs that show show some of the different ways animals have helped humans in wartime.