Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe /

Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe /

The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II. Between 1941 and 1944, Brit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corera, Gordon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > MI6 > History > 20th century.
Homing pigeons > War use > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Communications.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Belgium.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
HISTORY / Military / Strategy.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.

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