Pigeons in the Great War
Author: Alfred Henry Osman
Publisher: London : The "Racing Pigeons" publishing Company, Limited
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Søgeord: 1. Verdenskrig; Brevduer; Brevduetjeneste; Storbritannien.
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Signal Pigeon Company
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
Published: 1944
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pigeons in the Great War: A Complete History of the Carrier-Pigeon Service During the Great War, 1914 to 1918
Author: Lt -Col A. H. Osman
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: 2023-02-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781474537070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An unusual full and detailed history of the Carrier-Pigeon Service in WW1, conducted under the direction of the author who was the editor of "The Racing Pigeon" and later Lieutenant Colonel of the service. As well as a good history of the formation and arrangements of the Carrier-Pigeon service, there is a roll of some hundreds of pigeons who performed particularly meritorious service, with details of some of these services, plus illustrations of equipment, birds and personnel involved. Osman helped make officials aware of the valuable role pigeons could play in wartime communications, and became head of the Home Office Pigeon Service. The birds were vital to the army and navy - for example, they were used to communicate between Royal Navy ships that didn't have wireless telegraph systems. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig mentioned the Carrier-Pigeon Service in his despatch from France and Flanders of 25 December 1917: "The Carrier Pigeon Service has also been greatly developed during the present year, and has proved extremely valuable for conveying information from attacking units to the headquarters of their formations." "Quite 100,000 pigeons passed through my hands for active service" & that "Towards the end of the war 150 British mobile lofts, with complete equipment, wee on active service on the French & Italian fronts. This will give some little idea of the extent & usefulness of the service..." Lt.-Col. A.H.Osman
Cher Ami: WWI Homing Pigeon
Author: Joeming Dunn
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1616417080
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Animals have been an influential part of science, technology, and travel throughout time. Cher Ami: WWI Homing Pigeon introduces readers to the historical climate of the 1900s and World War I, background on Cher Ami, a chronology of Cher Ami's mission, and how that mission influenced history. Colorful graphic art, maps, history on homing pigeons, fast facts, and a glossary will bring the historic mission to a younger audience. A great supplement to your history graphic novel collection.
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
Author: Kathleen Rooney
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-08-11
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0525507825
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Both heartbreaking and sharply funny...Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is brilliant and surprising at every turn."--Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great Believers A heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel based on the incredible true story of a WWI messenger pigeon and the soldiers whose lives she forever altered, from the author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. From the green countryside of England and the gray canyons of Wall Street come two unlikely heroes: one a pigeon and the other a soldier. Answering the call to serve in the war to end all wars, neither Cher Ami, the messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, the Army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France, where their wills will be tested, their fates will be shaped, and their lives will emerge forever altered. A saga of hope and duty, love and endurance, as well as the claustrophobia of fame, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is a tragic yet life-affirming war story that the world has never heard. Inspired by true events of World War I, Kathleen Rooney resurrects two long-forgotten yet unforgettable figures, recounting their tale in a pair of voices that will change the way that readers look at animals, freedom, and even history itself.
Animals in the Great War
Author: Lucinda Moore
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1473862132
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tails from the Great War throws a spot light on the experience of creatures great and small during the First World War, vividly telling their stories through the incredible archival images of the Mary Evans Picture Library. The enduring public interest in Michael Morpurgos tale of the war horse reveals an enthusiasm for the animal perspective on war, but what of the untold stories of the war dog, the trench rat or even the ships pig? Through unrivaled access to rarely seen illustrated wartime magazines, books and postcards, discover the sea lions who were trained to detect submarines, and witness the carcass of the 61ft mine-destroying wonder whale. Meet the dog that brought a sailor back from the brink of death, and inspired a Hollywood legend. See how depictions of animals were powerfully manipulated by the propaganda machine on both sides, and how the presence of animals could bring much needed and even lifesaving companionship and cheer amid the carnage of war. As the centenary of the Great War is commemorated all over the world, take a timely journey via the lens of Mary Evans wartime images, and marvel at the often overlooked but significant contribution and experience of animals at war. By turns astonishing, heart-warming and occasionally downright bizarre, Tails from the Great War champions the little-known story of the bison, the chameleon, the canary et al in wartime.
Pigeons
Author: Andrew D. Blechman
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780702236419
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications for every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. One delivered the results of the first Olympics in 776 BC and another brought the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo more than 2500 years later. Charles Darwin relied heavily upon them to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today the pigeon is reviled as a rat with wings. How did we come to misunderstand one of humanity's most steadfast companions?In Pigeons, Andrew D. Blechman travels across the United States and Europe in a quest to chronicle the bird's transformation from beloved friend to feathered outlaw.
Fly, Cher Ami, Fly!
Author: Robert Burleigh
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2008-09-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810970977
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Cher Ami was one of six hundred carrier pigeons used by the American Army during World War I. Cher Ami was a hero who, against all odds, helped rescue a lost battalion of soldiers.
Pigeons in the Great War. A Complete History of the Carrier Pigeon Service ... 1914 to 1918. [With Plates.].
War Pigeons
Author: Elizabeth G. Macalaster
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-10-08
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1476680809
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective. This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War to the birds' invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Personal narratives, primary sources and news articles tell the story of the pigeons' recruitment and training in the U.S., their deployment abroad and use on the home front.
