@estherschindler
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@estherschindler You carry the pigeons with you, and when you want to send a message back to your base, you attach it to the pigeon and it (usually) flies back.

@estherschindler You didn’t know pigeons are bulletproof?

Well, slightly more bulletproof than a Russian soldier.

@estherschindler Very cool. In 1937 portable radio was efficient but not very reliable so they brought back messenger-pigeon 'operators' who trained and cared for them. They had their own veterinary field-hospitals, too.

@estherschindler they wore pigeons on their belt, which was the style at the time.