The Germans viewed canines as being almost as intelligent as humans and attempted to build an army of fearsome 'speaking' dogs, extraordinary new research shows.

Hitler hoped the clever creatures would learn to communicate with their SS masters - and he even had a special dog school set up to teach them to talk.

The incredible findings show Nazi officials recruited so-called educated dogs from all over Germany and trained them to speak and tap out signals using their paws.

One mutt was said to have uttered the words 'Mein Fuhrer' when asked who Adolf Hitler was.

Another 'spoke' by tapping letters of the alphabet with his paws and was said to have speculated about religion and learnt poetry. He was said to have speculated about religion, learnt foreign languages, wrote poetry and asked a visiting noblewoman 'could you wag your tail?'

The patriotic German dog even expressed a wish to join the army, because he disliked the French.

最近的研究表明，在二戰(zhàn)時，德國人覺得狗跟人一樣聰明，于是他們決定建立一支會說人話的令人害怕的狗部隊。

希特勒希望這些聰明的生物能夠?qū)W習(xí)跟黨衛(wèi)軍首領(lǐng)交流——他甚至建立了一支犬族學(xué)校去專門教它們說話。納粹從全德國征募這些據(jù)說受過教育的狗，訓(xùn)練它們說話以及用爪子打出一些暗號。

據(jù)說，當(dāng)被問到希特勒是誰時，一只雜種狗開口說了“元首”。另一只有杰出表現(xiàn)的狗狗則是通過打字來寫詩、學(xué)習(xí)外語以及表現(xiàn)它對宗教的思索。它甚至問了一個來訪問的陌生女人“你能搖尾巴么？”

這只愛國的德國犬還表達了它想加入軍隊的愿望，因為它不喜歡法國人。

至于訓(xùn)練結(jié)果怎么樣，文章里沒寫，但也不言而喻了。