On its 40th anniversary, the bloodiest battle of the Falklands War is
retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there
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40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
"If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this
one." - Soldier magazine
"An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the
Falklands war." - Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE When 3 Para began
their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982,
nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each
approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of
defensive minefields. But following an explosion, fighting quickly
escalated with shocking speed and severity, resulting in some of the
bloodiest close hand fighting, terrible injuries and shocking loss of
life experienced by British troops since the Korean war.
Forty years on, James O'Connell - who fought there and was injured
himself - recreates this bloody battle in a gut-wrenching 360 degree
classic.
Frustrated by highly inaccurate books about the battle, O'Connell
decided to set the record straight. He revisited the Falkland's five
times with comrades and Argentine soldiers and literally walked through
the battle with them, step-by-step, creating an unprecedented
masterpiece of immersive military publishing.
Combined with rare access to the Battalion's records and radio logs, the
resulting book is the last word in Mount Longdon, and might be the most
harrowingly realistic description of modern warfare you will ever read.
