Return To Normandy John R Taylor 9781542505574 Books
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June 6th, 2014, the 70th anniversary of D-Day. A platoon of American paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade jumps into Normandy to commemorate the historic WWII airborne assault. In the blink of an eye, the bright, sunny day astonishingly turns to night. They become helpless targets for small arm and machine gun fire as they descend. Platoon Leader Spike Wilson is thunderstruck. Is this a nightmare? Some sort of delusional hallucination? Wilson has a prophetic revelation that stuns him. A rift in the space-time continuum forced them from the present-day time dimension back into the actual D-Day Invasion. How? Why? Will their actions change the future? Will they ever return to 2014? These are the dilemmas the time-traveling platoon face as they fight to stay alive long enough on the battlefield to find their way home.
Return To Normandy John R Taylor 9781542505574 Books
There is very little in the world as satisfying as reading a work of military science fiction written by a veteran. They can portray things in a manner that is believable and authentic because they've been there. The relationships between the characters work on a level that can't be faked. The tactics make sense. The characters are neither cowardly nor psycho gung-ho and eager to die. They are, in short, just like members of the real life military. All of this is true of John R Taylor's Return to Normandy. He nailed it. I really enjoyed this book.The premise of the book is pretty simple: In celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, several of the nations that participated in the battles on D-Day, including the Germans, send paratroopers to drop on Normandy. This actually happened in the real world. In Taylor's version the lead plane is filled with American paratroopers who are transported back in time to June 6, 1944 and arrive before the invasion troops. They have period weapons and uniforms as part of the festivities, but no ammunition. Things get interesting quickly.
Our heroes don't know what to do at first but that makes sense. They were planning on landing in a wide open field in front of a huge crowd of spectators and instead they're getting shot at by Germans at night. I can't help but think that confusion is the only possible reaction. It's not like this was some kind of experiment intended to transport them. I mean, when they first hit the ground they don't know when or where they are. Once they figure it out they can't figure out how they got there and a few members of the platoon reject the idea. It's natural and believable.
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Return To Normandy John R Taylor 9781542505574 Books Reviews
I normally read books at night after going to bed - if I am lucky, I get 10-15 pages done a night before falling asleep. This book was different - I wound up reading 1/4 of the book each night, then forcing myself to put it down and go to sleep. It is that good. I recommend it as daytime reading for anyone interested.
Very interesting story and a book. A Time-Travel mystery with a huge Airborne jump and a fantastic 'Character' to move the Plot along. Airborne terminology and tactics/techniques were top notch and Done well. The Ground combat, both in Afghanistan and elsewhere felt very real. Well Done, all Around.
Rich Johns
1/505 and Army Special Forces
1974 - 1998.
All-in-All, an excellent little AltHist Romp! the Writing is better than I expected, with some well-drawn characters despite the short scope of the story! The historical knowledge cited rings true and is well founded. I enjoyed the premise and the story line, as well as the haunted C-47! I recommend this work and consider it well worth the price! Hope to read more from Mr. Taylor! Wc
Same story , different characters...would have been better if they retained their gear, should have tried to make a difference
Great read hope that he gives us more. Airborne and welcome home. Hopefully this will be a good future for you.
First, "Return to Normandy" is a pretty well written tale, and might have been a nice Twilight Zone episode. However, having chosen to place time travelers back to WWII, as part of the paratrooper landings at Normandy, with the option to plausibly give them some modern capabilities and fore-knowledge (both of which are sadly absent), it is at least odd to find the modern paratroopers so helpless and worried about not doing anything that might change the future. In most respects, this is a story that could have been centered on any group of scattered paratroopers at Normandy, encountering Germans, French resistance, and other regrouping Americans. In fact, there is one amusing vignette when they meet up with Lt. Dick Winters (Band of Brothers).
The "why" of their time travel eventually emerges, and contributes to a nice finish. But all in all this might have worked better as a short story.
The premise was extremely interesting, but the execution was a disappointment. The characters were shallow and plot evolved into a very predictable outcome.
There is very little in the world as satisfying as reading a work of military science fiction written by a veteran. They can portray things in a manner that is believable and authentic because they've been there. The relationships between the characters work on a level that can't be faked. The tactics make sense. The characters are neither cowardly nor psycho gung-ho and eager to die. They are, in short, just like members of the real life military. All of this is true of John R Taylor's Return to Normandy. He nailed it. I really enjoyed this book.
The premise of the book is pretty simple In celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, several of the nations that participated in the battles on D-Day, including the Germans, send paratroopers to drop on Normandy. This actually happened in the real world. In Taylor's version the lead plane is filled with American paratroopers who are transported back in time to June 6, 1944 and arrive before the invasion troops. They have period weapons and uniforms as part of the festivities, but no ammunition. Things get interesting quickly.
Our heroes don't know what to do at first but that makes sense. They were planning on landing in a wide open field in front of a huge crowd of spectators and instead they're getting shot at by Germans at night. I can't help but think that confusion is the only possible reaction. It's not like this was some kind of experiment intended to transport them. I mean, when they first hit the ground they don't know when or where they are. Once they figure it out they can't figure out how they got there and a few members of the platoon reject the idea. It's natural and believable.
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