Moonless Night

The Second World War Escape Epic

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  • “James
  • is
  • the
  • sort
  • of
  • person
  • they
  • write
  • legends
  • about.
  • A
  • participant
  • in
  • the
  • mass
  • escape
  • that
  • was
  • the
  • basis
  • for
  • the
  • movie
  • The
  • Great
  • Escape.”
  • —AudioFileFrom
  • the
  • moment
  • he
  • was
  • shot
  • down
  • to
  • the
  • final
  • whistle,
  • Jimmy
  • James’
  • one
  • aim
  • as
  • a
  • POW
  • of
  • the
  • Germans
  • was
  • to
  • escape.
  • Moonless
  • Night
  • describes
  • his
  • experiences
  • and
  • those
  • of
  • his
  • fellow
  • prisoners
  • in
  • the
  • most
  • gripping
  • and
  • thrilling
  • manner.
  • The
  • author
  • made
  • more
  • than
  • twelve
  • escape
  • attempts
  • including
  • his
  • participation
  • in
  • The
  • Great
  • Escape,
  • where
  • fifty
  • of
  • the
  • seventy-six
  • escapees
  • were
  • executed
  • in
  • cold
  • blood
  • on
  • Hitler’s
  • orders.On
  • re-capture,
  • James
  • was
  • sent
  • to
  • the
  • infamous
  • Sachsenhausen
  • Concentration
  • Camp
  • where,
  • undeterred,
  • he
  • tunneled
  • out.
  • That
  • was
  • not
  • the
  • end
  • of
  • his
  • remarkable
  • story.Moonless
  • Night
  • has
  • strong
  • claim
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • finest
  • escape
  • story
  • of
  • the
  • Second
  • World
  • War.“An
  • amazing
  • story.”
  • —The
  • Sunday Express
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