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*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A
Frontline Story* Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the
Falklands war 'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.'
On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute
Regiment - 2 Para - went into action to retake the settlement of
Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine
soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders - men, women, children
and one baby - in squalid conditions. Forty years on, Goose Green
is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has
fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the
battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of
2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and
others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal
accounts. Some are extremely funny, some touching, and some
heart-breaking. All were recorded face to face, the speakers' own
words adding a gritty authenticity to each account and conveying
the confusion and terror of battle, as well as the courage and
selflessness of men in action. Goose Green is a book that goes
beyond the official histories and the many memoirs to bring to life
the first and, as it turned out, the decisive battle of this
country's outstanding campaign to retake the Falkland Islands from
a foreign invader. This is a true story of a great victory against
all the odds, told by the men who fought it.
*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A
Frontline Story* Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the
Falklands war 'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.'
On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute
Regiment - 2 Para - went into action to retake the settlement of
Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine
soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders - men, women, children
and one baby - in squalid conditions. Forty years on, Goose Green
is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has
fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the
battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of
2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and
others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal
accounts. Some are extremely funny, some touching, and some
heart-breaking. All were recorded face to face, the speakers' own
words adding a gritty authenticity to each account and conveying
the confusion and terror of battle, as well as the courage and
selflessness of men in action. Goose Green is a book that goes
beyond the official histories and the many memoirs to bring to life
the first and, as it turned out, the decisive battle of this
country's outstanding campaign to retake the Falkland Islands from
a foreign invader. This is a true story of a great victory against
all the odds, told by the men who fought it.
*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A
Frontline Story* Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the
Falklands war 'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.'
On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute
Regiment - 2 Para - went into action to retake the settlement of
Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine
soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders - men, women, children
and one baby - in squalid conditions. Forty years on, Goose Green
is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has
fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the
battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of
2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and
others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal
accounts. Some are extremely funny, some touching, and some
heart-breaking. All were recorded face to face, the speakers' own
words adding a gritty authenticity to each account and conveying
the confusion and terror of battle, as well as the courage and
selflessness of men in action. Goose Green is a book that goes
beyond the official histories and the many memoirs to bring to life
the first and, as it turned out, the decisive battle of this
country's outstanding campaign to retake the Falkland Islands from
a foreign invader. This is a true story of a great victory against
all the odds, told by the men who fought it.
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