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

Corera, Gordon (Author).
Book  - 2018
940.54 Cor
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Subject
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
  • Physical Description print
    334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.

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General Note:
Originally published as: Secret pigeon service.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.