Horses in ww2

Horses in WWI were injured even more frequently than soldiers.

Wau - Mubo stores moved by horse power

A detachment of the Provisional Mounted Reconnaissance Troop of the Fifth (US) Army taking part in an action with US Rangers at the town of Cisterna, passing through a shell-torn Italian mountain town.

The unsung hero of the German army in WW2 was the horse. When Germany attacked Russia, the horse was still the backbone of the army transport system as Germany never gained an upper hand in providing her land forces with full strength motorized means. A perennial shortage of trucks and other vehicles kept horses in demand and fully deployed throughout the war fronts.

View of two men aboard a horsedrawn sleigh in Nome, Alaska. Photograph number 268.

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WWI, 24 Nov 1917; 235th Brigade (47th Divisional Artillery) watering their horses in captured Flesquieres. Battle of Cambrai. © IWM (Q 6320)

Q 1135. Transport for the Devonshire Regiment with troops and horses resting near Fricourt 7 August 1916.

The feats of cavalry riders in times gone by... not sure who is braver really, the horse and rider duos, or the ‘jumps’ themselves (especial...