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Special Force Orca #19
Stemming the Tide
D Day draws uncomfortably near; scheduled for May even the delay till June left much to be done by the Allies. Special Force Orca found themselves in the same boat, given many pre-invasion tasks to complete in Norway, they are then ordered to assist other special forces in Normandy.
The strength of the German surface navy had been decimated with the loss of the ‘Bismarck’ and the crippling of her sister ship the ‘Tirpitz’, but two arms of the Kriegsmarine remained intact’ combined and ably lead by Grossadmiral Doenitz they were capable of decimating any invasion force before it even reached its objective. The E Boat and the U Boat arms of the German Navy stood ready and waiting all along the coast of Europe. Something had to be done to reduce their fighting ability, to stem a possible tide of small fighting vessels; that something came in the form of a tall, gangling, scholarly looking Commodore by the name of Alexander Barr…and there was another small problem this went by the name of ‘Crossbow’…
The strength of the German surface navy had been decimated with the loss of the ‘Bismarck’ and the crippling of her sister ship the ‘Tirpitz’, but two arms of the Kriegsmarine remained intact’ combined and ably lead by Grossadmiral Doenitz they were capable of decimating any invasion force before it even reached its objective. The E Boat and the U Boat arms of the German Navy stood ready and waiting all along the coast of Europe. Something had to be done to reduce their fighting ability, to stem a possible tide of small fighting vessels; that something came in the form of a tall, gangling, scholarly looking Commodore by the name of Alexander Barr…and there was another small problem this went by the name of ‘Crossbow’…
244 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2016
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September 20, 2016
This is book 19 in the 'Special Force Orca' series. With the Allied landings imminent there is still plenty to do, the seeds of confusion need to be continually sown to prevent the Germans strengthening their lines, and moving their reserves, to hamper the landings. As usual 'Orca', under the leadership of Commodore Barr, are called on time and time again to do what they do best. Operations continue up and down the Norwegian coastline, but they are also called upon to lend their 'expertise' in Northern France.
I did notice a few errors in this book, not so much the typos and grammar (which seem to have been addressed), but certainly one of the main characters seemingly being in two places at once. For all of the minor irritations this is still a good series, and after 19 books still holds my attention.
I did notice a few errors in this book, not so much the typos and grammar (which seem to have been addressed), but certainly one of the main characters seemingly being in two places at once. For all of the minor irritations this is still a good series, and after 19 books still holds my attention.
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