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Thank you. The The For as long as humans have fought wars against each other, the very earth we live on has been just as dangerous and no less merciful than the cruelest among our enemies, if it is not respected.

While nature certainly cares not for the violence we commit against each other, war has

often simultaneously placed civilized men in a fight against the wild and unforgiving expanses

of nature. It thus occasionally sets man not only against his human enemy, but against the opportunistic predator,

those animals, likewise driven by their instinct, to survive.

This is part one of the story of man against wolf.

I'm Luke Lamanna, and this is wartime stories.

This is wartime stories. Wolves are among the most recognizable animals on Earth.

Despite the expansion of human settlements and mankind's intentional eradication of wolves across the globe over the centuries.

These canine animals continue to inhabit large areas of nearly every continent north of the equator.

Perhaps not so ironically, despite the obvious differences, wolves have much in common with humans.

As evolutionary demands would dictate, they come in many shapes and sizes, varying in

appearance and in their social behavior, based largely on the environments in which they have adapted

to survive.

Like humans, wolves are considered to be complex and highly intelligent.

They continue to thrive due to their social hierarchy. They hunt

in small packs, care for their injured and young cubs, and live together in family groups.

Similar to humans, wolves are largely territorial. They prefer hunting in a defined area and

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