
Three Days in June
The Incredible Minute-by-Minute Oral History of 3 Para's Deadly Falklands War Battle
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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.
Recreating 3 Para's bloody Falklands battle from multiple angles, James O'Connell - who fought there and was seriously injured himself - has written a gut-wrenching 360-degree classic.
Frustrated by highly inaccurate books about the battle, O'Connell decided to set the record straight. What he did next was extraordinary - 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 on Mount Longdon, and, voiced by a full cast of actors, might be the most harrowingly realistic description of modern warfare you will ever hear.
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©2021 Maureen O'Connell (P)2021 Octopus Publishing GroupCritic reviews
"An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war." (Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE)
Exceptionally well documented.
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A blow by blow account painstakingly researched of the battle from start to finish. Honest, brutal and very emotional detail of incidents where paratroopers - some as young as 17 fought, died and were injured.
A testimony to the training, ethos and above all courage and comradeship of all involved, with perhaps the inevitable cost of war.
Truly profound, the audio version bringing the whole thing to life.
Honest, brutal, emotional and staggering account of the Battle
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blow by blow account of the Battle for Mount Longden
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Very indepth but some errors
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Huge well done and thank you to the author and all the young brave lads who fought down there.
Amazing!!
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I really wish that some the narrators had learnt a some basic military vernacular. L/Cpl is Lance Corporal and not Lieutenant Corporal.
Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed the author’s book and really bought to life a battlefield that I’ve not visited or guided others around and probably knew the least about. It was equally as ferocious as Goose Green, Tumbledown or Mt Harriet. But it was the only time the Argentinians attempted any form of organised counterattack and significant casualties continued to be taken after the battle due to the heavy weight indirect fire.
Really good book
Excellent Account of the battle for Mount Longdon
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Brilliant Historic Account
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Not the authors fault but this error rests with Monoray Audio Books who should employ someone with military experience as advisor or ex military to do the narration.
Terrific Factual Story. Narration by some - poor
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Thank you
Fantastic
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Brutal and gripping
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