{"product_id":"perilous-moon-occupied-france-1944the-end-game","title":"Perilous Moon: Occupied France, 1944―The End Game","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerilous Moon is a lavishly illustrated book that observes Occupied France during World War II through the eyes of British bomber pilot Neil Nimmo and newly discovered period photographs. Shot down by Luftwaffe nightfighter pilot Helmut Bergmann, Nimmo and his crew were the German’s sixth of seven victims in 46 minutes. With seven wrecked Lancasters and 38 Allied airmen killed, Bergmann had singlehandedly turned what should have been a relatively simple RAF raid into a lifelong nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith barely time to parachute from Q-Queenie, his stricken Lancaster, Neil Nimmo’s unholy adventure had only just begun. Unusually, Perilous Moon follows both pilots, Nimmo and Bergmann, through the war after that April night, and continues to observe them as the Occupation of France comes to a sticky end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree weeks after landing on a PLowed field between Amiens and Abbeville, Neil Nimmo was in Paris, the endlessly mysterious Nazi-occupied French capital. Seething with Nazis and intrigue, the beautiful city remained remarkably unscathed, but steeped in political and moral ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the occupying forces, the Gestapo and French collaborators, Paris held its share of remarkably brave, often-fearless Resistance workers. But for the moment, average Parisian life would go on, stubborn French individualism triumphing over politics, and hardship met by resignation or stiff resolve. This odd normality wouldn’t last once D-Day came, and after it became clear the desperate Allied gamble had worked, the Germans were caught wrong-footed, and both the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht supply lines were failing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Allies broke out from their beachheads and raced south to Paris, many French changed sides or swayed yet further in the Allies favor. Toward the end, as France became a bloody battlefront, with it came intrigue, score-settling and murder. As the tide turned Neil Nimmo was close to it all—things had changed, the previously reluctant and confirmed collaborator now found his stance a dangerous liability, and an evading Allied airman was now an invaluable and possibly life-saving asset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980’s Neil Nimmo fell ill and is no longer with us, but in Perilous Moon his son Stuart Nimmo, a Paris based documentary maker, closely chronicles the period with over 200 original, previously hidden photographs. This unusual, fascinating book cuts through the fog that shrouded the Occupation, and which continued to linger for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\nPrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Reluctant Hippopotamus\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 2 The Night Hunter\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 3 Day One\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 4 Die Dreißiger und die großen Hoffnungen\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 5 Trapped\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 6 The Royez\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 7 ‘The City of Light’\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 8 Revenge and Murder\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 9 6 June 1944\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 10 ‘Plan B’\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 11 Three Men in a Cellar\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 12 Der Nachrjäger Helmut Bergmann\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 13 Cricket on the Front Line\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 14 Pathfinders\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 15 A Sticky End\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003e\nBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAppendices:\u003cbr\u003e\nQ-Queenie technical data\u003cbr\u003e\nJock Alexander debriefing report\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNotes, ISBN13:9781612001241 ISBN10:1612001246 Material Type:hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46347201904803,"sku":"UBD.3.4 F_10-02-25_UBD_H0001G91","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/51SPhw927IL.jpg?v=1760062848","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/perilous-moon-occupied-france-1944the-end-game","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}