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Ordinary Heroes - Untold Stories from the Falklands Campaign (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Ordinary Heroes - Untold Stories from the Falklands Campaign (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Loot Price R263
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In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without
the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the smaller British
Task Force defeated the Argentinian forces occupying the Falkland
Islands and recaptured this far-flung outpost of what was once an
empire. It was a much-needed triumph for Margaret Thatcher's
government and for Britain, but what was it really like for the men
involved? Many books have been published on the Falklands Campaign,
some offering accounts from participants, but Ordinary Heroes is
the first one to consist only of interviews with the ordinary
heroes. Seamen, marines, soldiers and airmen who achieved the
victory are included, as well as those whose contribution is often
overlooked: the merchant seamen who crewed ships taken up from
trade, the NAAFI personnel who supplied the all-important treats
that kept spirits up and the Hong Kong Chinese laundrymen who were
aboard every warship. Published near forty years after the
conflict, this book documents the harsh reality that was 'Britain's
last colonial war'.
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