Sunday, 15 March 2015

Pigeons at War



Read about how pigeons were used  during WW1

Link 1


Communications

Despite being so far away, there were ways for the soldiers on the front line to get in touch with loved ones back home.

In Britain, the Post Office worked hard to quickly deliver letters back and forth to the front.
On the front line, soldiers had their own postal system Pigeons.

Soldiers also needed to communicate with each other across different regiments.
Carrier pigeons transported messages from one place to another. 

Pigeons have homing instincts and will always fly back to wherever their nests are.

The army made sure the pigeons nested near military bases.
Soldiers transported the pigeons with them and tied messages to the birds' legs. 

On release, the pigeons then flew home, delivering the messages back to base.











Link 2






Link 3










No comments:

Post a Comment