Corera, Gordon
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe
- ISBN 13:
- 9780008220341
- author:
- Corera, Gordon
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- William Collins
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Home & Garden, Pets, Birds,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Secret Pigeon Service Operation Columba: A Story of Wartime Espionage In 1941 and 1944, a secret British operation known as 'Columba' dropped over 16,000 homing pigeons across Europe to bring back vital intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation. The messages, written on tiny pieces of rice paper, were often comic, tragic, or invaluable, providing details of German troop movements and fortifications. At the heart of this story is the 'Leopold Vindictive' network, a small group of Belgian villagers who risked everything to provide intelligence. Led by an extraordinary priest, Joseph Raskin, whose connections to royalty made his intelligence so valuable that it was shown to Churchill, this book brings together the British and Belgian sides of their story. A powerful and tragic tale of wartime espionage, 'The Secret Pigeon Service Operation Columba' reveals the wider history of a quirky band of spy masters and their special wartime operations, as well as the bitter rivalries in London that put the lives of secret agents at risk.
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