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Carrier pigeons have been known to be used by armies, combatants, to relay strategic information.
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Were pigeons used in the civil war?
no
Were homing pigeons used in the civil war?
no
What was the importance of pigeons in the Civil War?
pigeons were used to take photographs from the sky of the opposing camps.
What breed of pigeons were used in World War 1?
Carrier pigeons saved millions of lives. Carrier pigeons saved millions of lives.
How were pigeons used in the Revolutionary War?
Pigeons were used as message carriers during the revolutionary war
What did the notes say from world war 1 that homing pigeons delivered?
Pigeons played a vital part in World War One as they proved to be an extremely reliable way of sending messages. Such was the importance of pigeons that over 100,000 were used in the war with an astonishing success rate of 95% getting through to their destination with their message. Pigeons were used extensively in World War One. Man-made communication systems were still crude and unreliable, so dogs and pigeons were used. Pigeons would have been found just about anywhere on the Western Front. At the First Battle of the Marne in 1914, French troops stopped the German advance on Paris.
Were airplanes used in world war 1?
Yes. As well as blimps and carrier pigeons.
Are pigeons used in the Iraq or Afghanistan war?
both to carry lots of man milk
How do carrier pigeons navigate to deliver letters?
carrier pigeons are trained to deliver messages, they are trained so they know how to get to their destination. it is me understanding that carrier pigeons were used in world war 1 for delivering messages
When were pigeons used for messaging?
Pigeon messaging comes from ancient times. The military used as them as messenger in world war one and two and they were used again in the Iraq war.
How many carrier pigeons were used everyday by Canadians in World War 1?
6 billion
What were pigeons used for in world war 1 in the trenches?
Pigeons were a communications method that was used often. Many pigeons earned the Dicken Medal, a sort of Medal of Honor for animals that have served above and beyond the call of duty in military actions.
