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8. A Man's Best Friend - Dogs Tied With Explosives Were Sent To Run At Tanks By The Soviets

Dogs were trained and used by the Soviet military during World War II in order to blow-up German tanks on the frontline.

Approved for use by the nation's Revolutionary Military Council from 1924 onwards, anti-tank dogs were utilised extensively between 1941 and 1942 - when 40,000 were deployed. Originally the dogs were trained to carry 12kg mines strapped to their body towards a specific target before dropping them. However, this proved too difficult and instead the dogs were retrained to run directly at any enemy tank they saw - blowing both it and themselves up.

The Germans were terrified of the dogs, knowing how dangerous they could be - and in certain cases the Wehrmacht would even prioritise searching a town or city for these animals before doing anything else.