Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, to coincide with their major exhibition, and including an introduction by Jilly Cooper. From the First World War to the present day, animals have played a key part in warfare - and many have suffered and died as a result. Juliet Gardiner's book is a moving tribute to their efforts and sacrifice - illustrated with hundreds of evocative photographs and paintings. Many different animals have played a role on the battlefield - horses and mules carrying supplies and munitions; dogs, like Buster in Iraq, seeking out ammo dumps; canaries trained by tunnellers to detect gas; carrier pigeons sending messages, like Gustav who flew back with the first reports of the D-Day landings; camels used in the Arab Revolt in the First World War; and dolphins trained to protect submarines.
- ISBN10 0749951036
- ISBN13 9780749951030
- Publish Date 31 May 2006
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 1 April 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Portrait
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English