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==Fall of Port Stanley==
==Fall of Port Stanley==
After consolidating his position, Moore began the assault on Port Stanley. British troops launched simultaneous assaults on the high ground surrounding the town on the night of 11 June. After heavy fighting, they succeeded in capturing their objectives. The attacks continued two nights later, and British units took the town's last natural lines of defense at Wireless Ridge and Mount Tumbledown. Encircled on land and blockaded at sea, the Argentine commander, Brigadier-General [[Mario Benjamin Menéndez]], realized his situation was hopeless and surrendered his 10,000 men on 14 June, effectively ending the conflict.
After consolidating his position, Moore began the assault on Port Stanley. British troops launched simultaneous assaults on the high ground surrounding the town on the night of 11 June. The Argentinians were in prepared positions with heavy machine guns and night vision devices. Attacks were conducted with fixed bayonets and the British infantry routed the Argentinian conscripts from their positions.
The attacks continued two nights later, and British units took the town's last natural lines of defense at Wireless Ridge and Mount Tumbledown.
Under the cover of darkness, 5th Infantry Brigade started their attack
on Mount Tumbledown and Mount William with the Scots Guards and Gurkhas. They met an entrenched Marine company in bunkers dug under the huge boulders that surrounded the area. The enemy was
supported with mortars and heavy machine guns. At the same
time the Scots were fighting bunker to bunker, 2 PARA
attacked Wireless Ridge. With the help of artillery and naval
gunfire fire they attacked and defeated the 7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment. To the south, the Welsh Guards supported by Royal Marines advanced on Sapper Hill. After heavy fighting, British troops succeeded in capturing their objectives.
Encircled on land and blockaded at sea, the Argentine commander, Brigadier-General [[Mario Benjamin Menéndez]], realized his situation was hopeless and surrendered his 10,000 men on 14 June, effectively ending the conflict.
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==