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Three Days in June

The Incredible Minute-by-Minute Oral History of 3 Para's Deadly Falklands War Battle

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Three Days in June

By: James O'Connell, Lieutenant General Sir Hew Pike - foreword
Narrated by: Brian Bowles, Colin Mace, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Freddie Gaminara, Geoffrey Lumb, Huw Parmenter, Joe Gaminara, Oseloka Obi, Paul Panting, Penelope Rawlins, Sam Newton
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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 Group
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"An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war." (Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE)

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Never had the opportunity to deploy to the Falklands when I was serving in the British Infantry, but I would like to visit to pay my respects as a veteran. Scouse, this is the best and most informative book I've ever read on the Falklands war, and I applaud you and everyone who fought there and I salute the men who made the ultimate sacrifice and who never came home. They will never be forgotten.

Awesome.

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A real time human approach to war, no bravado just honesty with the odd dash of service humour.

Exceptional

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Most realistic and horrific account of battle ever! Grass roots stuff! Class of 82. Respect.

Fuckin hell!

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Great account although some things are annoying such as the miss pronounced words and acronyms such as continuously referring to the full zulu time instead of just zulu after an explanation. Lance colonel amongst others. I would have thought this would have been listened to by a former soldier before it was released. Respect to the brave Toms of the Parachute Regiment. A hard fought battle won despite some questionable senior officer leadership.

Great account of a tough battle.

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I really enjoyed the book, it was very indepth but there were some very basic mistakes that annoyed me such as the re-occuring "Lieutenant Corporal" rank, also some of the voice actors seemed a bit feminine. It ended very suddenly which also made it feel rushed or unfinished.

Very indepth but some errors

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