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.
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New York, NY :
William Morrow,
[2018]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Corera, Gordon, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Operation Columba : |b the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe / |c Gordon Corera. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b William Morrow, |c [2018] | |
| 300 | |a 334 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Homing pigeons |x War use |z Great Britain. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Military intelligence |z Great Britain. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Communications. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Underground movements |z Belgium. | |
| 740 | 0 | 2 | |a Secret Pigeon Service. |
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