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Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera
4.0
There are so many books written about WWII, and it's not often that a book about WWII keeps my attention. Yet this one was so interesting!
I had no idea that carrier pigeons were used during the second world war. During the war, the British intelligence agencies dropped carrier pigeons in Nazi occupied companies along with sheets of small rice paper so that people could send important information back to the Allies. This book follows the heroic actions of the men and women on the ground who spied on the Nazi occupiers and risked their lives to send intelligence back to the Allies.
This book is a fascinating look into a lesser known piece of history.
I had no idea that carrier pigeons were used during the second world war. During the war, the British intelligence agencies dropped carrier pigeons in Nazi occupied companies along with sheets of small rice paper so that people could send important information back to the Allies. This book follows the heroic actions of the men and women on the ground who spied on the Nazi occupiers and risked their lives to send intelligence back to the Allies.
This book is a fascinating look into a lesser known piece of history.