In the era of modern communication, we are used to transmitting all types of information in a dematerialized way, from emails to transfer platforms, including chatbots. However, transmission has sometimes taken very embodied forms. The story of Gustav the pigeon, immerses us in a beautiful page of the History of our professions with a capital H, and shows us the crucial role that this extreme bird was able to play during D-Day as a communication channel. Did you think that only Harry Potter's owl was capable of heroism? Let's rewind for an epic that is, to say the least, Columbidesque! 🤓The birth of agent GustavThe story begins in the United Kingdom during the First World War. The Royal Air Force and the intelligence services are convinced of the usefulness of pigeons for sending strategic messages. Indeed, these information carriers have a great predisposition. An ability to return to…
Gustav, WWII signal hero pigeon
