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A review by jessferg
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Occupied Europe by Gordon Corera
2.0
I guess closer to 2.5 - I'm on the line between "it's okay" and thinking it deserves more because I probably learned something.
I suppose it's hard to discuss the pigeon service without explaining the intertwining of the various MIs and projects but the result is an awful lot more about the resistance and strategy than about the pigeon service. It starts out strong but really bogs down in the middle with a lot of minutiae - names and dates seem to take up pages before they connect.
There's a lot of research here and this is probably a great read for historians interested in WW2 and looking for less-known details and stories but I found it a little dry.
I suppose it's hard to discuss the pigeon service without explaining the intertwining of the various MIs and projects but the result is an awful lot more about the resistance and strategy than about the pigeon service. It starts out strong but really bogs down in the middle with a lot of minutiae - names and dates seem to take up pages before they connect.
There's a lot of research here and this is probably a great read for historians interested in WW2 and looking for less-known details and stories but I found it a little dry.