Escape By Moonlight (2013)
“Everywhere defences were being strengthened, pillboxes built, beaches mined, sandbags put up over doors and windows, blackout enforced to the point of being silly and often dangerous. Anyone who showed a chink of light from a window after dark was liable to have an air-raid warden knock on their door and tell them curtly, ‘Put that light out.’ Even lighting a cigarette out of doors was supposed to help guide the enemy. And the number of pedestrians hurt by cars and buses with their headlights blacked out was worrying. Rules were relaxed to allow headlights to have narrow slits so drivers could see and be seen. The faint blue light allowed in the trains after dark turned everyone’s features a ghostly hue and was useless for reading purposes.Factories were working round the clock producing guns, aeroplanes, tanks and ammunition which were transported in long freight trains. Shipyards were turning out ships as fast as they could, but the shipping losses continued and the country was also... desperately short of aeroplanes.MoreLess
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