i'm watching the movie "Valient" nd it's about carrier pigeons...did WW2 actually use carrier pigeons? if so...did they use them for just sending secret messages or wat? just curious thanks.
2007-08-08 02:56:10 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yes, perfectly true, i live in a old house by the seaaside in Devon UK and we have a tower on the side of the house that was built with the house for that very reason!
2007-08-08 03:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by Normms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's absolutley true!
The pigeons were generally used to carry messages about the war and other such sensitive correspondence.
2007-08-08 03:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by nicole_marie8201 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true, used by the military, as well as by news agencies to get messages out when using radio was forbidden or would give the positions away. Very useful little birds.
2007-08-08 03:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French Resistance sent messages regarding gun emplacements and German army movements to the English/Americans prior to the Normandy invasion.
2007-08-08 10:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they did my dad was in ww2 told me about it and much more stories they used them for messages but the germans got wiss to it and used falcons to kill the pigeons
2007-08-08 03:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by STEVEN L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and might even be handy today, as your electronic communications could be tapped into. Think of just sending a coded message or a pic! No one would suspect such a thing. Thanks for the qn.
2016-05-17 05:13:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋