How Long to Read Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service

How Long Does it Take to Read Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II. Between 1941 and 1944, British intelligence dropped sixteen thousand homing pigeons in an arc across Nazi-occupied Europe, from Bordeaux, France to Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of a spy operation code-named Columba. Returning to MI14, the secret government branch in charge of the "Special Pigeon Service," the birds carried...

How long is Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service?

Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service aloud.

What Reading Level is Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service?

Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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