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.

Table of Contents:

Birth
The Special Pigeon Service
Leopold Vindictive
Arrival
Listening
Battle of the skies
Reaching out
Resistance
Secret agents
Undercover
Battle of the skies II
Capture
Interrogation and infiltration
The viscount
Trials and tribulations
Deception
The Americans are coming
Fates.