World War Weird Episode #2.8 (Season 2, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

World War Weird

Episode #2.8 (Season 2, Episode 8)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

The Germans hear that Polish forces are fighting alongside a huge bear. Tales of this beer-swilling, chain-smoking beast terrify them - but incredibly the stories are true.

Director

Mike Ibeji

Writer

Sophie McKenzie

Editors

Alex Rees | Julia Riding | Guy Scutter (as Gary Scutter)

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 8, 2018

Release date

Nov 8, 2018 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Guy Walters Self - Author & Historian Self - Author & Historian See fewer	Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb (2023)
Alexandra Churchill Self - Author & Broadcaster Self - Author & Broadcaster See fewer	Secret Histories
Joshua Levine Self - Historian & Author Self - Historian & Author See fewer	Dunkirk (2017)
Martin K.A. Morgan Self - U.S. Military Historian (as Martin Morgan) Self - U.S. Military Historian (as Martin Morgan) See fewer	Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007)
Andrew Robertshaw Self - Military Historian (as Andy Robertshaw) Self - Military Historian (as Andy Robertshaw) See fewer	Wonder Woman (2017)
John Heffernan Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Eye in the Sky (2015)
ABBA Themselves - Swedish Super Group (archive footage) Themselves - Swedish Super Group (archive footage) See fewer	Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Wladyslaw Anders Self - Polish General (archive footage) Self - Polish General (archive footage) See fewer
James Bradley Self - American Author (archive footage) Self - American Author (archive footage) See fewer	Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
George Bush Self - U.S. Airman (archive footage) Self - U.S. Airman (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Fidel Castro Self - Leader of Cuba (archive footage) Self - Leader of Cuba (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Heinrich Himmler Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Samuel Hoare Self - MI6 Agent (archive footage) Self - MI6 Agent (archive footage) See fewer
Vladimir Lenin Self - Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (archive footage) See fewer	Un'alba (1920)
Anni-Frid Lyngstad Self - Norwegian Singer (archive footage) Self - Norwegian Singer (archive footage) See fewer	Walk on Water If You Can (1979)
Grigory Rasputin Self - Advisor to Nicholas II (archive footage) Self - Advisor to Nicholas II (archive footage) See fewer	Weird History (2018)
Oswald Rayner Self - MI6 Agent (archive footage) Self - MI6 Agent (archive footage) See fewer
Yoshio Tachibana Self - Japanese Cannibal Soldier (archive footage) Self - Japanese Cannibal Soldier (archive footage) See fewer
Tsar Nicholas II Self - Tsar of Russia (archive footage) Self - Tsar of Russia (archive footage) See fewer	The German Curse in Russia (1918)
Wojtek Self - Polish Army Bear (archive footage) Self - Polish Army Bear (archive footage) See fewer
Felix Yusopov Self - Russian Aristocrat (archive footage) Self - Russian Aristocrat (archive footage) See fewer