Doing Their Bit: The British Employment of Military and Civil Defence Dogs in the Second World War

The first in-depth study of the role of canines in WWII Britain, an "important but hitherto under-represented subject," with photos included (Society of Army Historical Research).

The Second World War allowed for the use of an unprecedented number of dogs for military duties, both internationally and among the British Armed Forces. On the British Home Front, civilians responded to calls from the British Army's War Dogs Training School and the Ministry of Aircraft Production Guard Dog Trai...