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Corera, Gordon.
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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.
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Corera, Gordon.
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.
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Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe / Gordon Corera.
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Corera, Gordon.
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Call #:
940
.548641
C797o
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.
ISBN:
9780062667076 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Secret Pigeon Service.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
viii, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published as Secret Pigeon Service in Great Britain in 2018 by William Collins."--T. p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index.
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.
Summary:
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.
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