Thursday, August 20, 2015

1943 letter explains use of war pigeons for espionage



In the second paragraph you will see the beginning of plans to deceive the Germans about the location of the D-Day landings.  Questions were eventually added to questionnaires to make the civilian population and the Germans believe that the D-Day landings would take place in the Pas De Calais area instead of Normandy.  


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CAB154 file 35007
 

 

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