Falklands War veteran, 2 Para and SAS, here is a true story of a great victory against all the odds, told by the men who won it. In April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic. On 28th May, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, 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. 40 years on, Goose Green is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times, and this book is the living narrative of that battle. It is told by the very men who fought it, not just the soldiers but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and others, in more than 100 exclusive personal accounts which are horrifying, touching, occasionally heart-breaking and sometimes extremely funny, presenting the most vivid and authentic records of battle ever published. Includes maps and Roll of Honour, 410pp in paperback, 16 pages of colour and black and white photos.
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