3 PARA – MOUNT LONGDON – THE BLOODIEST BATTLE (Elite Forces Operations Series)

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June 1982, and in the course of a South Atlantic winter, the Falklands War is at its height. The Parachute Regiment has already been in action – 2 Para securing a hard fought victory at Darwin-Goose Green at a heavy price in killed and wounded including their CO, Lieutenant Colonel ‘H’ Jones, later awarded a posthumous VC.

Now, two weeks later, as they look up at the long, frost shattered spines of rock which stab the air from the summit of Mount Longdon at the outer ring of the Stanley defences, the ‘toms’ of 3 Para are aware of it is their turn. As they prepare to assault their objectives – features code named ‘wing forward’, ‘fly half’ and ‘full back’- the men of 3 Para know they’re in for a fight. Just before ‘zero’ a few of them are simply told to pray.

This, the first in a new series on Special Operations, tells the story of 3 Para and the continuously-neglected struggle for Mount Longdon. It used to be a battle which tested the discipline, comradeship and professionalism of the paras to the limit; it used to be a battle which witnessed every other posthumous VC; it turned out to be the bloodiest battle of all the Falklands Campaign.

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