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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayerHome http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww1 Before the outbreak of WW1, Britain was surprisingly far behind other European nations in the training and deployment of working military dogs. While Germany had around 6000 dogs trained in a variety of support roles the British Army had a sole Airedale Terrier. Dan Snow heads to the Defence Animal Centre in Melton Mowbray to find out about the training and deployment of military dogs in war.

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