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Goose Green
- The Decisive Battle of the Falklands War – by the British Troops Who Fought It
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story
Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war
'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.'
On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment—2 Para—went into action to retake the settlement of Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders—men, women, children and one baby—in squalid conditions.
Forty years on, Goose Green is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of 2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal accounts.
Some are extremely funny, some touching, and some heart-breaking. All were recorded face to face, the speakers' own words adding a gritty authenticity to each account and conveying the confusion and terror of battle, as well as the courage and selflessness of men in action. Goose Green is a book that goes beyond the official histories and the many memoirs to bring to life the first and, as it turned out, the decisive battle of this country's outstanding campaign to retake the Falkland Islands from a foreign invader.
This is a true story of a great victory against all the odds, told by the men who fought it.
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- Dave
- 03-04-22
Hard fought victory
As a kid the falklands war inspired me to join up and serve 12 yrs, loved all the stories and different perspectives of this hard fought war i can totally relate to all the black humour' and also the story had me in tears with the helicopter pilot meeting up with kid years later the older i get the more emotional i get didn't want the story to end
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- david a p smith aka dap
- 18-10-22
A gripping listen
A great memoir, really good to listen to for most of it. My only real gripe is the mispronounced ranks, WO2 pronounced as w o ii, Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly pronounced as Sergeant Commander, and others. I just wish the readers would get it right. As a veteran myself it is a tad annoying to hear the ranks pronounced incorrectly.
But overall a great listen, loads of "true grit" and just sheer bloody mindness from one of our elite regiments. Even learnt a few things, rumours of confirmed.
Like one or two others mentioned in the book, I didn't get to go down there till later, but my unit 17 Port and Maritime provided the mexefloats, that ferried a lot of the stores ashore, we had stevedore detachments on each of the LSLs, one regt member got a MM for his actions on a mexefloat and another got a Mention in dispatches for lifting the live bomb off the RFA Sir Lancalot after it was made safe.
As the author says it was a war fought and supported by all three services.
Get it, listen to it and learn. Utrinque paratus but Nil Sine Labore
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- Psaronius
- 12-05-22
Superb telling of the battle story.
I laughed and cried too. Visited the cafe at goose green prior to the first lockdown. Great welcome and this happened wherever I visited. I wish I'd read this book prior to the visit to get an insight into the battle.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-06-22
Honest and utterly necessary
I listened to this book in conjunction with an incredibly moving BBC Documentary about the Falklands War that included Nigel Ely
I had friends and Shipmates who went ‘Down South’ although none of them were from 2PARA I felt I owed it to them to take some time to think about 1982
Many fine and interesting books will explain the military detail of Goose Green but only Nigel Ely has been able to convey the visceral horror of combat by broken bayonet and white phosphorus
It isn’t just another military book
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- Nathan Turner
- 20-05-22
fantastic listen
an absolute gripping, heart wrenching and at times funny book. narrated brilliantly. Total respect
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- LEE MELVIN
- 26-05-22
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My one and only criticism of this book was the way some of the military terms and abbreviations were pronounced ie WO11 is Warrant officer 2nd class not W O one one,and Gimpy is pronounced Jimpee not Gim pee,other than that a cracking listen and typifies the British squaddies dark humour in terrible situations and conditions...
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-01-23
Excellent Account
A excellent account of the deployment and conducting of Operations in the South Atlantic through the eyes of who were there with explanations of deep conflict and self awareness in harsh conditions.
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- Mrs. R. Prosser
- 27-06-23
Awesome account
This is an excellent audio book, written from the point of view of the junior ranks. I am not even half way through and cannot wait for the rest of it. It manages to merge humour with the horrors of armed conflict. Well researched and written by Falklands and SAS veteran Nigel Ely. I would thoroughly recommend.
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- R. Ellis
- 13-10-22
An awesome, revealing and emotional book
This is an awesome, revealing and emotional book, giving a first hand account of the horrors, emotions and commitment of our soldiers in war.
Being narrated by a number of those involved,, it is much more compelling than a history book written by an author.
I heartily recommend this an an engrossing and enlightening book.
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- ajstewart
- 23-05-22
Really excellent
A fantastic story of war from the perspective of multiple participants mostly in the non commissioned and ordinary joe ranks. Moving and insightful. A piece of history.
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