MI14
MI14, or British Military Intelligence, Section 14 was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence. It was an intelligence agency of the War Office, which specialised in intelligence about Germany.[1]
One of MI14's most valuable sources, codenamed Operation Columba, consisted of reports returned by pigeons dropped over Nazi-occupied countries in packs containing a miniature spying kit.[2]
It was absorbed by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) after the Second World War.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. 1999. p. 1785.
- ↑ "Documents reveal role of 'winged spies'". The Telegraph. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "The secret war: Britain's MI departments in World War II". Stephen J. Bedard. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025.
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