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

The Second World War allowed for the utilisation of an unprecedented number of dogs for military duties. Civilians donated their canine pets for military training and employment. In the first comprehensive scholarly account of the employment of British military dogs in the Second World War, Kimberly Brice O'Donnell traces the history of the British military dog. AUTHOR: Kimberly Brice O'Donnell is a military historian specialising in the employment of dogs by the British Armed Forces in the twentieth century. O'Donnell earned her doctorate in History from King’s College London in 2017. She has written for the National Archives and 10 Downing Street History of Government online publication and has appeared on BBC Radio. 32 b/w photographs, 4 tables