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

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

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 E... Read more
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 vis... Read more
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viii, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 940.54 COR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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