Carlos Sanchez Cat Bengal Credit: Laura Skitt

Are You Celebrating International Military History Cat Day?

Carlos Sanchez Cat Bengal Credit: Laura Skitt

Calling all cat fans - there's a day to celebrate forces kitties and it even has it's own hashtag - #InternationalMilitaryHistoryCatDay.

Each year, on May 27, feline fans and military historians alike come together to share their favourite photos of cats in military settings from different times in history.

To celebrate this momentous day we’ve rounded some of our favourite tweets up just for you:

Cats are notorious for appearing in places you wouldn't expect, like cardboard boxes, in trees and underneath cars. After all, they do follow the "if I fits, I sits" mentality.

So, it should come as no surprise that one cat was spotted in the sea on June 6, 1944 - D-Day.

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