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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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©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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Never listened to a book with so many different angles of the same events during a battle

outstanding

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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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An example of how a plan does not survive the first contact, Jimmy has gone into real depth including the vision from each Company involved in the battle, something I can relate to, radio logs were used to allow you the vision of updates the the higher chain of command. Highly recommended.

In depth insight into one of the major battles

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