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It was sunk because it was percieved as a threat. The US Navy has shot down aircraft in the Med and Gulf that it percieved as a threat, even when not at war. Condition: good. Used - Good : May be signs of prior use, (Highlighting, writing, creasing, folds, etc.) For USED books, we cannot guarantee supplemental materials such as CDs, DVDs, access codes and other materials. Our battalion had lost twenty-three men there, with more than sixty wounded." Forward into Hell, Vincent Bramley, John Blake Publishing

Excursion to Hell: Mount Longdon, a Universal Story of Battle

a b Hugh Bicheno, Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War, p. 213, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006 The location of the patrol from A Company was somehow sent by battalion HQ on a different radio net to C Company as an enemy grid reference. The C Company patrol commander plotted this enemy position on his map and realised he could see soldiers there—some fifteen hundred metres away, too far to recognise who they were. Using great skill, he was able to bring down artillery and machine-gun fire onto the A Company patrol, chasing them down into a re-entrant, wounding most of them, two with serious head-wounds. Forgotten Voices of the Falklands, Hugh McManners, p. 334, Random House, 2008

In 2009, Argentine authorities in Comodoro Rivadavia ratified a decision made by authorities in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego (which, according to Argentina, have authority over the islands), announcing their intention to charge 70 officers and NCOs with inhumane treatment of conscript soldiers during the war. [27] but only two exploded because the rest were frozen. Otherwise, the final battle for Port Stanley would have been an altogether different story. Assault on Mount Longdon [ edit ] a b La Guerra Inaudita: Historia del Conflicto del Atlántico Sur, Rubén Oscar Moro, p. 479-480, Pleamar, 01/01/1985 Other rumours about 'war crimes' by both sides are just that: rumours. It was a relatively 'neat' conflict and it has been possible to establish the circumstances in which almost all the casualties met their deaths with enough certainty to be sure that war crimes were extremely rare. Longdon was the most likely objective for his Battalion. He set up a patrol base in the area of the Murrell Bridge, protected by 4 Platoon from B Company. The Battalion's patrols staged through this patrol base, reducing the distance that they had to travel to reach Mount Longdon and return to the main position each night." 3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands, Julian Thomson, Pen & Sword, 2008

Ex-Para defends his tale of killings: Falklands inquiry

La historia de dos ex enemigos en Malvinas frente a frente - Edición Impresa". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012 . Retrieved 18 January 2014. Twilight Warriors: Inside the World's Special Forces. Martin C. Arostegui. p. 205. St. Martin's Press, 15/01/1997 Because stashed in Scouse’s webbing/with his ammo and compo swill/was a cache of bloody Argy ears/he’d sliced-off from his kills. Vincent Bramley, Two Sides of Hell, p. 9, Bloomsbury Publishing Limited, 1994; published in Argentina as Los Dos Lados Del Infierno On Mount Simon, Captain Jose Arnobio Verseci's 1st Assault Section, listening to Captain Fernandez's patrol attempts to escape the British encirclement, decided to abandon the feature and attempt to link up with the 601st Combat Engineer Battalion forces guarding Fitzroy. [11]The Battle of Mount Longdon was a battle fought between the British 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment and elements of the Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment on 11–12 June 1982, towards the end of the Falklands War. It was one of three engagements in a Brigade-size operation that night, along with the Battle of Mount Harriet and the Battle of Two Sisters. A mixture of hand-to-hand fighting and ranged combat resulted in the British occupying this key position around the Argentine garrison at Port Stanley. The battle ended in a British victory. Major Carlos Carrizo Salvadores recalled that: "During 1981 the Regiment was selected to take part in an exercise with 601st Combat Aviation Battalion. This was a terrific opportunity for the rifle companies to work with the Army Aviation and it was excellent value. " 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands 1982, Nicholas Van der Bijl, David Aldea, p.29, Leo Cooper, 2003 The Mount Kent Skirmish was a conflict during the Falklands War between British and Argentine forces. Los protogonistas cuentan la historia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 18 January 2014. Sigue estancada la investigación por torturas en Malvinas". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015 . Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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David Aldea. "Mount Kent". britains-smallwars.com . http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/kent.html . Retrieved 4 April 2010. The only British death in the SAS operations to counter Argentine commando patrols in the high ground overlooking Stanley Common occurred when an SAS patrol accidentally fired upon an SBS patrol in the early hours of 2 June and SBS Sergeant Ian ‘Kiwi’ Nicholas Hunt was killed. [18] a b "Not long after, they heard that Lance-Corporal Hare of 2 Troop had been seriously wounded while on patrol with 3 Para." The Paratroopers, Ashley Brown, Jonathan Reed, p. 124, National Historical Society, 1990 Argentina's Falklands War Veterans. 'Cannon Fodder in a War We Couldn't Win'. By Jens Glüsing. Der Spiegel, 4 March 2007Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present, Volume 1, David Marley, p.1076, ABC-CLIO, 28 February 2008 IMHO no-one here who has not served, including me, has the RIGHT to call down ANYONE who has....... But other voices have been raised in defense of British justice, arguing that the investigation should get to the bottom of the charges and recommend prosecutions, if appropriate, although skepticism is great here that any convictions can be won against lauded combat veterans.

Britons Divided by Probe Into Alleged Falklands Atrocities

The Argentine forces on Mount Longdon were recalled reservists with a year of military training. Part of this training saw the 7th Regiment undertake major all-arms collective training in central Argentina alongside the 3rd and 6th Infantry Regiments of the 10th Brigade. [12] The young RI 7 soldiers were not going to abandon their positions easily and several were prepared to hold their ground. They possessed fully automatic FN FAL rifles, FAP light machine guns and PAMS sub-machine guns; these fully-automatic weapons delivered more firepower than the similar but semi-automatic British L1A1 rifles (SLR). They were also equipped with FN MAG 7.62mm general purpose machine guns, which were almost identical to those of the British. Crónica de las Grandes Batallas del Ejército Argentino: Historia de Caballeros Valientes y Desdichados, Alberto Jorge Maffey, p. 348, Círculo Militar, 2000The only verifiable war crime of the Falklands was Thatcher's sinking of the Belgrano but let's not get into that here. As for Jennings, his problem seems to be that he served with The Parachute Regiment and 2 REP but hasn't really any stories to tell. It's all very well when someone like Paddy Leigh-Fermor does it, or Michael Asher but Chris Jennings? He'd have been better off using his experiences to write fiction... a b "Malvinas en Primera Persona" - Mis Entrevistas - PARTE 1, Tte Cnl (R) Hugo Quiroga (17-03-2021) I guess what I am asking is what confines British and Argentinian action to the exclusion zone and not to the entire world as long as International Law is adhered to? a b The other companies had skirted one minefield on their approach and Staff Sergeant Pete Thorpe of Condor Troop Royal Engineers was later to lose his foot on a mine while trying to extract a damaged vehicle with injured gunners, near Murrell Bridge. The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War, Ian Gardiner, p. 161, Pen & Sword, 2012