The Rest Is History

The Rest Is History

216. Pigeons

August 1, 202253 min

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‘If it became necessary immediately to discard every line and method of communications used on the front, except one, and it were left to me to select that one method, I should unhesitatingly choose the pigeons’, wrote Major General Fowler, Chief of Signals and Communications of the British Army, after the First World War. On today's podcast Tom and Dominic are joined by Gordon Corera, the BBC's Security Correspondent and author of 'Operation Columba: The Secret Pigeon Service', to discuss the o

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The Rest Is History

Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook take a deep dive into history's biggest moments, from the fall of Rome to the sinking of the Titanic, with gripping storytelling and expert analysis.

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