historicaltimes:French soldier with homing pigeons in 1915. They played a vital part in WW1 as they
historicaltimes:French soldier with homing pigeons in 1915. They played a vital part in WW1 as they provided 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%. via reddit -- source link