A thousands-strong force of messengers, spies, and counterspies helped save lives and win battles throughout the war. It’s hardly the image of wartime intrigue: a group of British pigeon fanciers discussing—what else—pigeons one Sunday afternoon in London in 1939. On this occasion the men were wondering whether the homing pigeon would have a role in …
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