It’s a screenshot from a documentary, since I was sadly unable to find actual photos. Just found this to be really interesting, and wanted to share it with you, despite the bad quality.
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So you can use elephants for agriculture after all… most curious.
TikerFighter
I see someone watched the arte documentary about french and German ww2
Jobhater2
Makes me wonder where they got elephants from. The local "Amazon" of the time (with free shipping)?
weecefwew
this was probably before concentration camps allowed them to rent out polish or jewish slaves to work their fields
oorskadu
Looks like a good crop of Germans that year!
gravelbar
In reading a book about German experiences on D-day, I learned the German soldiers were shocked the Allies didn’t have any horses.
![German farmers using zoo elephants to aid with agriculture, since horses and mules were conscripted for army purposes, September 1939 [1230x674]](https://i.redd.it/2epza780kxi41.jpg)
Hangzhounike
It’s a screenshot from a documentary, since I was sadly unable to find actual photos. Just found this to be really interesting, and wanted to share it with you, despite the bad quality.
_-null-_
So you can use elephants for agriculture after all… most curious.
TikerFighter
I see someone watched the arte documentary about french and German ww2
Jobhater2
Makes me wonder where they got elephants from. The local "Amazon" of the time (with free shipping)?
weecefwew
this was probably before concentration camps allowed them to rent out polish or jewish slaves to work their fields
oorskadu
Looks like a good crop of Germans that year!
gravelbar
In reading a book about German experiences on D-day, I learned the German soldiers were shocked the Allies didn’t have any horses.