Hitler believed army of talking dogs could help him win World War 2

Wed, 01 Jun 2011

Hitler was of the opinion that animals were almost as intelligent as humans and even made an attempt to win World War 2 with an army of talking dogs .

The German dictator was hoping the canines could learn to communicate with their SS masters and a school was set up with this objective in mind to train them to talk, read and spell so that in theory that they could act as concentration camp guards, which would free up more soldiers to fight.

Research has revealed the star dog at the school near Hanover, Germany, was an Airedale terrier called Rolf. He tapped out letters of the alphabet with his paws and was said to have speculated about religion and learnt poetry.

Dr Jan Bondeson, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University School of Medicine, has now written a book about the tale of Germany’s educated dogs in his book "Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities". Dr Bondeson said: "It is absolutely extraordinary stuff. There were some very strange experiments going on in wartime Germany regarding dog-human communication. It’s a fascinating insight into a hitherto unknown facet of Nazi Germany, but there is no evidence it ever came to fruition."

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