Carrier pigeons (often going by names such as mail pigeon, messenger or homer pigeon) were used in the war in order to communicate and transfer information in a more "reliable" way. The first usage of them was actually in the ancient times, where they were utilized by the Greeks and Romans. They were also used in 1890 where they were used to communicate information from other cities for the news.
Carrier pigeons have natural homing abilities which allow them to be able to find their way back home to their loft. This works by people taking them from their loft, attaching a message onto them, and then releasing them. The pigeon will then return back to its loft where the message can be retrieved by the other recipient.
Some of the most famous carrier pigeons in history are Cher Ami, who saved a group of American soldiers in World War One, Gi Joe who saved 1,000 lives in World War Two by flying twenty miles in twenty minutes and Commando, which flew 90 trips in and out of France to deliver important information. These birds, although to some just may be birds, saved a lot of people's lives in the war, making carrier pigeons extremely important at the time and will forever go down in history as hero's.
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