Britain's Bizarre War Animals!

Humans - courageous, adaptable, indomitable. Nobody does warfare quite like us. Yet throughout history, animals of all shapes and sizes have taken part in mankind's favourite pasttime, from magical dogs to nuclear chickens. We take a look at some local examples of these, tonight on the Embur channel.

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00:00 Courageous, Adaptable, Indomitable
01:35 Early Days
05:48 War Pigeons, Pt. 1
08:50 War Pigeons, Pt. 2
12:00 Nuclear Proportions
15:17 From Arms to Flippers
19:43 Outro

Further Reading/Watching:

BOYE / THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
T.B. - Observations Upon Prince Rupert’s White Dogge Called Boye
Dianne Purkiss - The English Civil War: A People's History

CHER AMI / LOST BATTALION / WINKIE
Richard Cane - War of the Birds
Taylor V. Beattie - Whittlesey's "Lost" Battalion
Ellora Larsen - Biographies: Cher Ami

BRITISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS / BLUE PEACOCK
John Ehrman - The Atomic Bomb: An Account of British Policy in the Second World War
BBC News (Unknown Author) - Cold War Bomb Warmed by Chickens (BBC Archive, 1 April 2004)

NILS OLAV III
Edinburgh Zoo (Unknown Author) - Sir Nils Olav (Wayback Archive, Aug 17 2017)

Additional Footage:
Who's That Pokémon? Template by The Blueberry Haypile
Rise of Nations Intro - Big Huge Games (Uploaded to Youtube by The Game Archiver)
Protect and Survive, Episode 2 - HM Government & Roger Taylor (Uploaded to YouTube by Zazarity)
Wojtek the Bear Footage (The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum)
Sir Nils Olav promoted to Brigadier by Norwegian King's Guard (Uploaded to Youtube by Edinburgh Zoo)