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==Background==

==Background==

Following the Argentine occupation of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions (2 and 3 PARA) of the British 1st Parachute Regiment were deployed as part of Brigadier Julian Thompson's 3 Commando Brigade to retake the Islands in Operation Corporate.  

Following [[Operation Rosario (Falklands/Malvinas War), Argentinian occupation of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the 2nd and 3rd British Parachute Battalions (2 and 3 PARA) of the British 1st Parachute Regiment were deployed as part of Brigadier Julian Thompson's 3 Commando Brigade to retake the islands in [[Operation Corporate]].  

3 Commando Brigade went ashore at San Carlos on the night of 21/22 May. 2 PARA established itself on Sussex Mountain protecting the South of the Bridgehead without opposition. 3 PARA landed in the near Port San Carlos driving off a group of 40 enemy.

==San Carlos==

On 26 May, 2 PARA was ordered to move south and engage the Argentinian 12th Infantry Regiment and Airbase on the Darwin/Goose Green Peninsula.

3 Commando Brigade went ashore at San Carlos on the night of May 21/22.  2 PARA established itself on Sussex Mountain protecting the south of the Bridgehead without opposition. 3 PARA landed in the near Port San Carlos driving off a platoon of 40 enemy.

==Battle==

 

==Darwin Ridge==

The attack began under the cover of darkness of 28 May with heavy naval and artillery support. By daylight, however, it was held up by strong enemy defensive positions on Darwin Hill and Boca Hill (Darwin Ridge) and the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones, was killed trying to take out a machine-gun post.  

The attack began under the cover of darkness of 28 May with heavy naval and artillery support. By daylight, however, it was held up by strong enemy defensive positions on Darwin Hill and Boca Hill (Darwin Ridge) and the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones, was killed trying to take out a machine-gun post.  

The assault continued with some ferocious close-quarter combat and by last light the whole peninsula less the Goose Green Settlement was taken. Negotiations with the Argentinians produced their surrender the next day. Around 50 Argentinians were killed, and ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign'' reports that 961 Argentinians were captured, with other British accounts of the battle have reported a larger count of 1,400 prisoners. A total of 15 British paratroopers were killed and 64 wounded during this battle.

The assault continued with some ferocious close-quarter combat and by last light the whole peninsula less the Goose Green Settlement was taken. Negotiations with the Argentinians produced their surrender the next day. Around 50 Argentinians were killed, and ''The Official History of the Falklands Campaign'' reports that 961 Argentinians were captured, with other British accounts of the battle have reported a larger count of 1,400 prisoners. A total of 15 British paratroopers were killed and 64 wounded during this battle.