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Catalog numbers WO208/3564 #001, WO208/3562 #007
The telegraph documents Operation Columba. The British dropped pigeons in small cages attached to small parachutes into occupied Europe. Residents of France, Belgium, and Holland sent the pigeons back to Britain with messages containing intelligence about German military activities. There is more information about Operation Columba in earlier posts.
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