Communication throughout the war

Pigeons played an extremely vital part in communication during the Great War. They were extremely reliable and had an extremely high success rate of 95%. Over 100,000 pigeons were used to send messages.  Using pigeons was extremely useful as due to the speed they flew they were extremely hard to shoot down. In 1914 during the First Battle of Mame the French army advanced with 72 pigeon lofts with their troops. Letters were an extremely common way to communicate during WW1 as they raised the moral of people at home and on the front line. 

Radio was used to contact RAF planes and at home to keep everyone up with the news of the military. It was also a common form of entertainment.  

Another way of communicating was through light beams; however this was uncommonly used as they could be easily be intercepted and misunderstood.

Signalling through flags was often used as a way to communicate.