Meowing Division. Unlike other animal fighters, cats did not fight the German enemy at the front, nor did they carry loads (as you can probably imagine). But even though they never appeared on the front, their contribution to the war was no less important.
During the siege of Leningrad, the inhabitants suffered from severe hunger. In severe distress, they ate all the cats in the city, so the rats roared. Hordes of rodents invaded homes and warehouses, destroying even those last meager supplies of food.
City authorities hunted rats, shot them, drove them even with tanks, but nothing helped. When the blockade of the city was finally broken in 1943, cats were the first to return to Leningrad in wagons.
The "meowing division," as it was called, quickly dealt with the rat nuisance and saved the city from an army of disease carriers. Even today, in St. Petersburg, we can see monuments in honor of these cats, erected by grateful residents.
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