10
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 11:
Line 11: − + − +
Battle of Darwin and Goose Green (view source)
Revision as of 16:34, May 26, 2021
, 16:34, May 26, 2021→San Carlos
==San Carlos==
==San Carlos==
3 Commando Brigade went ashore at San Carlos on the night of May 21/22. 2 PARA (Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones) 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.
3 Commando Brigade went ashore at San Carlos on the night of May 21/22. 2 PARA (Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones) 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 Argentinians, but not before shooting down 2 British Gazelle helicopter gunships.
On May 26, 2 PARA was ordered to move south and engage the Argentinian 12th 'Juan Antonio Alvarez de Arenales' Infantry Regiment and ''Condor'' Military Airbase on the Darwin/Goose Green Peninsula.
On May 26, 2 PARA was ordered to move south and engage the Argentinian 12th 'Juan Antonio Alvarez de Arenales' Infantry Regiment and 'Condor' Military Airbase on the Darwin/Goose Green Peninsula.
==Darwin Parks==
==Darwin Parks==