My Daily Falklands Sea Diary April July 1982
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My Daily Falklands Sea Diary April July 1982
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Author : Kelvin Harry
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-06-28
My Daily Falklands Sea Diary April July 1982 written by Kelvin Harry and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the story of the Falklands War April 1982. It starts as the ships prepare for war taking you through the days that we spent getting the ships ready to sail, from Portsmouth to arriving at the Falklands. How and what some of us went through during the war, then on to the Hero's welcome home parties when we arrived back home.
Down South
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Author : Chris Parry
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-02-16
Down South written by Chris Parry and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with History categories.
Down South by Chris Parry - one man's astonishing diary of war in the Falklands 'A gripping account of heroism - and chaos - in the South Atlantic' Mail on Sunday 'Compelling, gripping. A vividly written, thought-provoking and engaging account' The Times In 1982 Lieutenant Chris Parry sailed aboard destroyer HMS Antrim to liberate the Argentine-occupied Falkland Islands. Parry and his crew, in their Wessex helicopter, were soon launched into action rescuing an SAS party stuck on a glacier in gales that had already downed two others. Soon after they single-handedly pursued and fatally wounded a submarine before taking part in terrifying but crucial drop landings under heavy fire. Down South is a hands on, day-by-day account of war fought in the most appalling conditions by men whose grit and fighting spirit overcame all obstacles. This important and extraordinary book of recent history will be enjoyed by readers of Antony Beevor and Max Hastings. 'Gripping. A graphic description of just how they pulled off a real-life Mission Impossible' Daily Express 'Excellent. A fascinating war diary' Daily Telegraph 'Vivid and insightful. Parry excels in revealing the day-to-day challenges of fighting a campaign in hostile surroundings' Financial Times 'A truly gripping historical account' Niall Ferguson 'A priceless contribution to military history. Riveting' Literary Review Chris Parry joined the Royal Navy after university and then became an Observer in the Fleet Air Arm in 1979. After the Falklands War he had a successful career in the navy, and on promotion to Rear Admiral in 2005 he became the Ministry of Defence's Director of Developments, Concepts and Doctrines. He was appointed a CBE in 2004. Now retired from the armed services, he heads a company which specializes in geo-strategic forecasting.
The Falklands War
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Author : Gordon Ramsey
language : en
Publisher: After the Battle
Release Date : 2009-03-30
The Falklands War written by Gordon Ramsey and has been published by After the Battle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-30 with History categories.
In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falkland Islands — ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century — would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain’s response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands, by force if necessary. The ‘conflict’ which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. Eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides, and islanders, leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea, and in the air. Comparison photography in color of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavors, 25 years after the battle. A Roll of Honour lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen — both on the islands and in the United Kingdom — have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice.
One Hundred Days Text Only
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Author : Admiral Sandy Woodward
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-04-19
One Hundred Days Text Only written by Admiral Sandy Woodward and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-19 with History categories.
The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.
A Falklands Family At War
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Author : Neville Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-07-30
A Falklands Family At War written by Neville Bennett and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-30 with History categories.
Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote territory in the South Atlantic is well known. But little attention has been paid to the Falkland islanders who had direct personal experience of this extraordinary crisis in their history. That is why the previously unpublished diaries of Neville Bennett and his wife Valerie, a fireman and a nurse who lived with their two daughters in Port Stanley throughout the war, is such vivid and revealing reading. As chief fireman Neville was frequently called out to deal with fires and other incidents during the occupation, and each day he recorded what happened and what he thought about it in his sharp and forthright way. Valerie saw a different side of the occupation through her work at the Stanley hospital where she had to handle the Argentines as well as daily accidents and emergencies. Their joint record of the exceptional circumstances in the Falklands in April, May and June 1982 gives us a fascinating inside view of family life during the occupation and of their relations with the Argentine soldiers and commanders. It is engrossing reading.
Mountain Commandos At War In The Falklands
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Author : Rodney Boswell
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-05-12
Mountain Commandos At War In The Falklands written by Rodney Boswell and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-12 with History categories.
A former Royal Marine provides a vividly detailed, firsthand account of Mountain Commando operations in the Falklands War. On June 8th, 1982, eight Royal Marines infiltrated Goat Ridge in East Falkland, a rocky hilltop surrounded by Argentine infantry. From their hiding place just meters away from the enemy, they gathered essential intelligence for a British assault that overwhelmed the Argentine defenses days later. This is just one example of the missions undertaken by the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre during the Falklands War, all of which are described in graphic detail in Rod Boswell’s eyewitness account. Using his own recollections and those of his comrades, he describes their operations in the Falklands: the observation posts set up in the no man’s land between San Carlos and Port Stanley; the raid at Top Malo House; and the reconnaissance patrols they carried out close to the Argentine lines during the conflict. His first-hand account gives a fascinating insight into the operational skills of a small, specially trained unit and shows the important contribution it made to the success of the British advance. This chronicle also records the entire experience of the Falklands War from their point of view, from the long voyage south through the Atlantic to the landings, the advance, and the liberation of Stanley.
Fearless The Diary Of An 18 Year Old At War In The Falklands
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Author : Kevin Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-11
Fearless The Diary Of An 18 Year Old At War In The Falklands written by Kevin Porter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with categories.
This is an incredible true story of two 18 year olds at war. The words are direct from my diary which I wrote in almost daily whilst at war, telling an emotionally charged and brutally honest view of an 18 year old in conflict, expressing fear, excitement and terror. It leads into my decline from a local hero to embarrassment as I quickly sank into the dark space of PTSD, anxiety and depression and how it affected me and my family.I was born in December 1963 and HMS Fearless was launched in December 1963. She became the ship in which I first went to war in 1982 as a young Royal Navy Communicator. Our lives were linked inexplicably up to and including 1982. Having both been 'born' in the same month and year, I was in Aden during the Aden Insurgency as a child in 1967 where my father was serving in the Royal Artillery. There Fearless carried out her first operational role evacuating troops off the coast of Aden. Becoming my first ship in the Royal Navy in 1981, we sailed to war together in 1982. From that intense experience she brought me safely (physically not mentally) back home.I am now a Hypnotherapist, Life Coach and Public Speaker putting my negative experiences into a positive outcome to support myself and others to transform their lives.
Ordeal By Exocet
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Author : Ian Inskip
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2012
Ordeal By Exocet written by Ian Inskip and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
HMS Glamorgan was in the thick of the fighting throughout the war. While attacking the enemy, Glamorgan faced missiles, bombs, shells and rockets. Personal accounts recall these attacks, and other operations including the Pebble Island raid. All the Exocet attacks on the Battle Group are included, culminating with the desperate fight to save the ship, which came perilously close to sinking. The aftermath and the trauma experienced by those who lost shipmates brings home the gruesome reality of war.
Finding A Role
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Author : Brian Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-09
Finding A Role written by Brian Harrison and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-09 with History categories.
In 1970 the 'cold war' was still cold, Northern Ireland's troubles were escalating, the UK's relations with the EEC were unclear, and corporatist approaches to the economy precariously persisted. By 1990 Communism was crumbling world-wide, Thatcher's economic revolution had occurred, terrorism in Northern Ireland was waning, 'multi-culturalism' was in place, family structures were changing fast, and British political institutions had become controversial. Seven analytic chapters pursue these changes and accumulate rich detail on changes in international relations, landscape and townscape, social framework, family and welfare structures, economic policies and realities, intellect and culture, politics and government. The concluding chapter ranges chronologically even more widely to bring out the interaction of past and present, then asks how far the UK had by 1990 identified its world role. Like Harrison's Seeking a Role: The United Kingdom 1951-1970 (2009) - the immediately preceding volume in this series - Finding a Role? includes a full chronological table and an ample index of names and themes. This, the first thorough, wide-ranging, and synoptic study of the UK so far published on this period, has two overriding aims: to show how British institutions evolved, but also to illuminate changes in the British people: their hopes and fears, values and enjoyments, failures and achievements. It therefore equips its readers to understand events since 1990, and so to decide for themselves where the UK should now be going.
Doctor For Friend And Foe
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Author : Rick Jolly
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-23
Doctor For Friend And Foe written by Rick Jolly and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-23 with History categories.
Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds. The building itself was a derelict meat-packing factory, hastily converted to treat incoming wounded – both British and Argentine – even though two unexploded bombs lay at the back of the building. Rick's diary of the campaign and its aftermath is a fast-paced and gripping account of war experience that covers the entire conflict from initial preparations and passage to the South Atlantic on the requisitioned liner Canberra to daily action reports, and observations and interaction with the key players of the conflict – Col. H. Jones, Brian Hanrahan, Julian Thompson and Max Hastings. Incredible human stories abound, as Rick, a trained commando, dangles from the rescue winch of a Sea King helicopter, saving lives on a daily basis. Yet he also confronts death in a thoughtful, reflective and considered way, helping others to deal with the trauma of war. Now revised and brought fully up to date, this book is a unique first-hand narrative of a conflict that inspired individual and collective heroism among British armed forces, inspiring great pride in 'our boys' by the public back at home, but which also provoked – and continues to provoke – fierce debate.