The story of how pesky pigeons helped the Allies to victory in World War II - and why that's relevant to our approach to climate change today.

Main Sources:

Corera, G., Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe (Glasgow: 2018).

Day, J., ‘Operation Columba’, London Review of Books Vol. 41 No. 7 (April 2019).

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Unknown, Hero Pigeon's WWII Medal on Show, BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4600865.stm [Accessed 01/2021].

Unknown, The Pigeon: Britain’s Most Misunderstood Bird?, BBC Radio 4. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/40ngTyz4RqxzRtZ5Cgy4lyt/the-pigeon-britain-s-most-misunderstood-bird [Accessed 01/2021].

Unknown, Pigeons in War, The Royal Pigeon Racing Association. Retrieved from https://www.rpra.org/pigeon-history/pigeons-in-war/ [Accessed 01/2021].

British Pathe (2014), D-Day Fliers Decorated 1944. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqgZFvQk_E [Accessed 01/2021].