Operation Columba
Subtitle: the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe
By: Gordon Corera
Contributors: Corera, Gordon
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780062667076
Subjects: Communications; Great Britain. MI6; Homing pigeons; War use; World War, 1939-1945; Great Britain; Underground movements; Military intelligence; History
Notes: "Originally published as Secret Pigeon Service in Great Britain in 2018 by William Collins"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Birth; title: The Special Pigeon Service; title: Leopold Vindictive; title: Arrival; title: Listening; title: Battle of the skies; title: Reaching out; title: Resistance; title: Secret agents; title: Undercover; title: Battle of the skies II; title: Capture; title: Interrogation and infiltration; title: The viscount; title: Trials and tribulations; title: Deception; title: The Americans are coming; title: Fates.