0:00

We got another day of NBA action.

0:02

And with FanDuel, every night is a

0:04

watch party. So it's time for your

0:06

FanDuel crew to make their bets. So,

0:08

what's the move tonight, gang? You know the new

0:10

customers who bet $5 get $150 back in bonus bets? Yeah!

0:15

Yeah! Yeah!

0:18

Yeah! We're heating up, fam. Thank

0:21

you, Mr. Heat! Bet all

0:23

the stars with all your friends

0:25

and make every moment more only

0:27

on FanDuel. Yeah! New

0:29

customers bet $5 get $150 back in bonus bets. New customers bet $5 get $200 back in

0:31

bonus bets if you win. Make every

0:34

moment more with FanDuel, America's number

0:36

one sportsbook. It goes down in

0:38

the deal. It

0:40

goes down. It goes down in the deal.

0:44

21 plus in President Ohio, first online

0:46

real money wager only. $10 first deposit

0:48

required. Bonus issued is non-patrial, but bonus

0:50

bets that expire 7 days after receipt.

0:53

See full terms at fanduel.com/sportsbook. Gambling problem?

0:55

Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Wars

1:00

that shaped the world uses dynamic,

1:03

immersive audio to depict scenes of

1:05

warfare. Listener discretion is

1:07

advised. Nothing

1:10

can prepare you for going to war, you know. I

1:13

remember, sheer terror. It

1:15

was like 90% boredom, 10% sheer terror.

1:21

Civilians don't know what it's like. The

1:30

Argentine forces were expecting the British. They

1:32

knew they were coming, but not when

1:34

or where. As dawn

1:36

broke on the 22nd of May, General Menendez,

1:38

the Argentine commander in Port Stanley, refused

1:41

to believe a report of troops

1:43

landing at San Carlos Bay. He was persuaded to send

1:46

a helicopter. The

1:48

young men were in the air, the young men were

1:50

in the air, the young men were in the air.

1:53

The young men were in the air, the

1:55

young men were in the air. craft

2:00

east, keeping low. He didn't

2:02

want to meet to see Harrier on route, before

2:05

climbing to clear Mount Sussex. And

2:08

there it was, laid out beneath

2:10

him. Paratroopers in

2:12

red berets, hurrying up Mount Sussex,

2:15

and behind them, landing craft ferrying

2:17

in marines in green berets. And

2:20

behind them, the huge white

2:23

shape of Canberra and its escorts. And

2:26

behind them, Falkland Sound, an

2:28

array of battleships. Little

2:36

wonder the pilot panicked, tugged on

2:38

his control stick, and darted

2:40

back towards Stanley. As

2:43

it became late that morning, you could

2:45

see all the little campfires in the

2:47

hills. I felt in awe

2:50

of the amount of Royal Navy ships

2:52

at home. At breakfast,

2:55

my Senate commander Webb made a speech on

2:57

the ship's tongue. Good

2:59

morning and welcome to

3:01

the hottest spot in the world. This

3:17

is wars that shaped the world. We

3:34

will never let you go, and the people who

3:36

knocked these buildings down will hear all of us

3:39

soon. be

4:12

me oh

4:49

8,000 miles from home the men of

4:51

Britain's task force prepared for their greatest

4:54

challenge one they knew

4:56

not all would return from since

4:58

the beginning of May SAS and

5:00

special boat service patrols had slipped

5:03

ashore to assess beaches terrain

5:06

and Argentine defenses in the

5:08

beginning it was like landing on the

5:10

other side of the moon we

5:12

knew nothing about what to expect

5:14

what they found was a well-equipped

5:16

occupying force their rifles

5:19

were capable of greater firepower than the

5:21

British but already before

5:23

a shot fired struggling with

5:25

low morale most

5:27

were conscripts they were cold wet

5:31

lacking discipline detesting their

5:33

officers they

5:37

treated us the officers they would leave us

5:39

in the dog out it was

5:41

very cold we weren't used to the cold and

5:44

hungry and and they would go back

5:46

to our house and eat and stay

5:48

warm and if we did anything wrong

5:51

the smallest thing they would punish us

5:53

make us stand in the cold i

5:55

think we all wanted to go home the

5:59

main argentine Argentine force was concentrated on

6:01

Stanley, with smaller garrisons

6:03

scattered around the islands, notably at

6:06

Goose Green and Darwin. Their

6:09

sixteen helicopters were at Stanley. General

6:12

Menendez planned to ferry men to wherever the

6:14

British landed, as he could not

6:16

defend every beach and bay. He'd

6:19

also begun to dig his men into

6:21

the hills protecting Stanley's landward side. It

6:24

was estimated there were 10,000 Argentinian

6:27

troops on the Falklands. The

6:29

British were going to need more boots on

6:32

the ground. An

6:34

infantry brigade, five brigade and

6:36

a battalion of paratroopers, two para, were

6:38

hurriedly dispatched from the UK. The

6:43

pressure was mounting on Julian Thompson, the

6:45

man in charge on the ground, commander

6:47

of three commando brigade. If

6:50

his landing force failed to achieve its goal,

6:53

Thompson tried not to think about that. Nor

6:56

was he happy with the navy. There

6:58

were grumbles about Woodward's style of command.

7:01

There'd been promised British control of the skies

7:03

as a precursor to any landing. That

7:06

was not going to happen. Thompson

7:09

and his staff had studied maps as the

7:11

Canberra closed in on the Falklands. The

7:13

mood on the cruise ship turned troop ship, becoming

7:16

progressively more sombre. The

7:19

portholes were blacked out, the ship

7:21

readied for entering a war zone. It

7:24

was decided back in London that the landing

7:26

site would be San Carlos, 50

7:29

miles east of Port Stanley. It

7:32

offered a safe anchorage. Relative protection,

7:34

thanks to the surrounding hills, was

7:36

deep enough for the Canberra and

7:38

far enough from the main Argentine force

7:41

and artillery. It ticked

7:43

the navy's boxes. As

7:53

a landing plan, it added up. Yet

7:56

such was the focus on getting shore. Little

7:58

thought was given to the ship. to what would happen next.

8:02

How would the soldiers get from San Carlos

8:04

to Fort Stanley? The

8:06

impression given was that once ashore, the

8:08

war was as good as won. Argentine

8:11

air power continued to worry the British.

8:14

The Pebble Island airstrip to the north of

8:17

West Falkland was in easy reach of San

8:19

Carlos. It had to be put

8:21

out of action. The The

8:32

The On

8:37

the night of 14th May, two

8:40

seat kings took off from HMS Hermans in a

8:42

Force 9 game to

8:44

ferry 45 men of D Squadron

8:46

SAS and a gunfire support

8:48

team to the island. It

8:51

proved a textbook SAS operation.

8:55

As the gunnery team directed a

8:57

naval bombardment on the Argentine defenses,

9:00

the SAS slipped into the airfield

9:02

and planted charges. Job

9:04

done, they were detonated and

9:07

an Argentine counter-attack driven off.

9:10

11 aircraft were destroyed without the loss of a

9:13

seat. But

9:17

tragedy was to strike a number of those men

9:19

a few days later on the

9:21

eve of the San Carlos landing. A

9:24

helicopter struck an albatross, causing

9:26

it to lose power and crash

9:28

into the ocean. All

9:30

22 men on board, 20 of

9:32

them SAS, drowned. On

9:41

board the Canberra, the Royal Marines

9:43

packed into the ship's cinema to be briefed

9:45

on the task ahead. The

9:52

Marines listened in silence, taking

9:55

in details of what they were being asked to do.

9:58

It may have been the day job. But

10:00

landing large numbers of men on

10:02

enemy-controlled territory and demanding conditions, that

10:05

was never straightforward. On

10:10

the Sunday before the landings, the

10:12

Marines, taking a break from endless

10:14

five-mile runs around Canberra's deck, attended

10:17

a church service. They

10:19

were mid-him when the alarm went off.

10:23

The men continued singing the hymn. The

10:28

final decision was Woodwards. He

10:31

wanted a good clag, as the Navy called

10:33

Fel Weather, to cover the fleet's approach

10:35

to the Falklands. His

10:37

weathermen gave him what he wanted. A

10:40

date was set, the early hours

10:42

of Friday, 21st May. The

10:56

landing force edged towards the Falklands,

10:58

hidden by heavy mist. Radar

11:01

picked up Argentine air activity, but none

11:03

spotted what was coming their way. I

11:06

can't believe we were getting away with it. I kept

11:08

wondering, is it a trap? Will

11:10

it be like the Japanese in Okinawa, letting

11:13

us get right in close and then letting us have

11:15

it? Tensions

11:17

rose on board from Julian Thompson downwards,

11:20

and in London too. They

11:22

had until 6pm to call it off. Then,

11:26

well, the die was cast.

11:29

Send this at once. Top secret.

11:33

Operation Seton. Ships

11:35

passed through embarked forces. 1.

11:38

D-Day, 21st May, 82 2.

11:43

H.R. Is 2100 hours, May 82

11:50

3. Break down and issue first-line

11:52

ammunition forthwith 4.

11:56

Act immediately. Men

11:59

prepared their kit. loaded their

12:01

weapons, officers studied their

12:03

maps for the thousandth time. The

12:05

atmosphere seemed to be right, the

12:07

whole thing seemed to be working.

12:09

Dinner on Canberra was steak, some

12:12

eight others didn't, it

12:15

was time. The

12:17

men made their way to the landing craft, loaded

12:20

up, and then at last they were

12:22

underway. It

13:04

was Ewan South Beatalia, the sailor turned marine,

13:06

who led the landing craft in, his

13:09

local knowledge proving invaluable. In

13:12

the distance, they could hear

13:15

the navy bombarding targets elsewhere to

13:17

distract Argentine attention. It

13:20

was a cold, clear night, stars

13:23

visible overhead, but the

13:25

marines and paratroopers stared ahead at the

13:27

dark shapes of East Falkland. When we

13:29

were in the landing craft, in

13:31

the pitch dark, not knowing what was

13:33

going to happen, and not being able to

13:36

turn back, I had time to think.

13:38

The fear, the silence,

13:42

the intense, sickening. It

13:45

still makes the air on the back of my neck

13:47

stand up when I think about it. To the south

13:50

came the crackle of gunfire. The

13:52

SAS had attacked the garrison at

13:54

Darwin with machine gun fire, mortars,

13:57

and missiles. Another distraction.

14:00

The first action around San Carlos came

14:02

at Fanning Head, which overlooked

14:04

the entrance to the bay. A

14:07

twenty strong Argentine force was dug in

14:10

there. A

14:13

team of special boat squadron and SAS

14:16

were dropped six miles away, hiked

14:18

through the darkness, located the

14:20

enemy position with a thermal imager, and

14:23

attacked. With

14:26

them was Rod Bell, a

14:28

Spanish speaking marine officer equipped with a

14:30

loud hail. Bell

14:33

crawled as close as he could to the

14:35

Argentine dugouts, and during a pause

14:37

in the firing shouted for them to

14:39

surrender. But the

14:41

howling Atlantic wind carried his words away.

14:47

The British opened fire again with warship

14:50

support, and eventually the

14:53

Argentines surrendered. Poorly equipped

14:55

and clothed, they'd been there

14:57

for three days with few supplies. They

15:00

resorted to killing a sheep for food. The

15:08

landing force, meanwhile, were late.

15:11

It was around 4am that the ramps of

15:13

the landing craft carrying two paras splashed down.

15:18

Wasting the water was unfreezing,

15:21

absolutely bloody pleasing. The

15:24

paratroopers waded ashore and

15:26

began their hike to the top of their objective,

15:29

felt susks. Further

15:31

north, Pat Short was awake.

15:34

The sound of landing craft and distant gunfire had

15:36

roused him from his bed. Short

15:40

lived in a two-storey White House in

15:42

the settlement of San Carlos, just

15:45

up from the beach. The

15:47

bay, Short had long thought, would

15:49

make the perfect landing place for their liberator.

15:53

There was a knock on the door. Short

15:57

opened it to see two marines in full.

16:00

battle kit. One of them

16:02

was Lieutenant John Thurman, who happened to

16:04

be engaged to the daughter of Rex Hunt, the

16:07

island's deposed government. Charlie

16:11

Company moved swiftly through the settlement, knocking

16:14

on doors, checking for Argentinian.

16:17

As dawn broke, a Marine ran a

16:19

Union Jack up the flagpole outside Short's

16:22

House. Around the

16:24

bay, the remaining Commandos and

16:26

Parras landed and took up positions.

16:28

The Canberra and

16:30

the other landing ships moved into the

16:32

bay and dropped anchor. Still,

16:35

there was no sign of the enemy.

16:49

The Friday morning dawned bright and

16:51

clear. With the soldiers digging

16:53

in, sailors manning their

16:55

anti-aircraft guns. The bay

16:58

resembled Scotland's northwest coast, even

17:01

down to the small white cottages dumped in

17:03

a crocodile. The

17:05

bay was busy. Helicopters hurried

17:07

to fetch a dozen rapier anti-aircraft

17:10

missile launchers to their hilltop sun.

17:14

These were vital for when air attacks

17:16

began. Down

17:19

below, landing craft ferried men and

17:21

equipment ashore. Some

17:23

islanders, sheepdogs locked up for the day,

17:26

drove their tractors down to help shift the mountains

17:29

of kit. There was

17:31

the occasional burst of gunfire. At

17:35

first glance, all seemed well, but

17:38

not for long. Three

17:40

Para had been delayed coming ashore, landing

17:43

only at 7am. A

17:47

group of 40 Argentines were spotted

17:49

retreating, too far to be

17:51

worth pursuing on foot. At

17:53

that moment, three helicopters flew over, bringing

17:56

supplies from the ship. The

18:04

Argentines opened fire and

18:06

two gazelles. As

18:09

they crashed into the sea, the

18:11

Argentines continued to fire as the crew

18:13

tried to scramble out of the wreck.

18:15

Three of the four crew were killed.

18:18

The main Argentine threat, though, was to come from

18:20

the air and had arrived two hours

18:23

after first glance. While

18:26

the troops and supply ships were anchored in the

18:28

bay, the warships supporting them remained

18:30

out in Falkland Sound. An

18:33

Aeromaki darted over Fanning Head and came

18:35

low for HMS Argonaut. Its

18:39

rockets missed, but its cannon

18:41

fire did. That

18:46

was only the beginning. The

18:49

Hornet's nest had been well and truly

18:51

prodded. The

18:54

attackers came in low, fifty feet above

18:56

the waves. In the

18:58

Canberra, Marines opened up with everything they

19:00

had. The

19:02

men on shore joined in. An

19:05

SAS trooper installed himself in the headlands

19:07

and fired stinger missiles at the aircraft.

19:11

For the ships, there was an added problem. Their

19:14

anti-aircraft system depended on radar and

19:16

the surrounding hills scuppered its effect. Much

19:20

then rested on the young shoulders of

19:22

the anti-aircraft gunners, many of

19:24

them teenagers, some as young

19:26

as seventeen, firing bowfors and

19:29

machine guns at the jets screaming

19:31

towards It

19:37

was frightening when the Argentinians started to tug it. We

19:40

had small arms in the ops room and then

19:42

machine guns all round the upper deck. The

19:45

planes came in waves so close you could

19:47

see the pilots. They

19:49

went overhead and basically put a sheet of lead

19:51

up in the sky for Israel and Perth. We

19:54

Ate a few jets and they exploded. Jos

20:01

rockets and missiles were exploding across

20:03

the sound and bay. Spoons

20:06

of water rising into

20:08

the air, constant sound

20:10

firing explosions. And the

20:12

whoosh is the Jets! Canberra

20:17

seemed a sitting duck. And

20:19

civilian crew men and women. Huddled

20:22

in what cover they could find. Surely

20:25

only a mess of sign for an

20:27

urgent I miss I found when it

20:29

was looking we should have been able

20:31

to work out. the any nation which

20:33

produces first class formula One racing drivers

20:35

is also liked that else and pretty

20:37

good pilots. Are

20:46

both working double the we didn't stop to

20:48

think of the deaths would cause. It's

20:50

not that we will sensitive, we were just.

20:53

Trying to complete a mission delivery

20:55

of a seems that was awesome

20:57

is bogus. It wasn't anything personal

20:59

against any. Further

21:02

out to sea areas. hunted

21:04

in pairs abandons. In one

21:06

day five Argentinians was shot

21:08

down. the British sidewinder missile

21:11

were least on a moped

21:13

on. Across The

21:15

Conflict A Science Twenty seven. Hope

21:19

System. Combat

21:25

was exactly as we demand,

21:27

as we'd been briefed as

21:29

we trained. I. Felt

21:32

as if I'd done it long before. Except.

21:34

Firing the missile. But.

21:37

There would not enough Harrys. On

21:40

day one, alone, seventy two Argentine

21:42

aircraft attacked the British ships. Spotting

21:45

the incoming claims was proving the

21:47

problem. As they

21:49

closed in. The. Mirage is dropped

21:51

so low above the ways. Their.

21:53

Wings became streak with salt. It.

21:56

Was only as they made their final approach

21:58

is swinging into the bay. Sound they

22:00

were spotted. The

22:03

defenders had seconds to react. Day

22:06

one ended with the Argonaut crippled

22:08

and lucky to be a float

22:10

with to unexploded Argentine bombs nestled

22:13

beneath her decks. And

22:15

Hms Odd sunk a captain in

22:17

tears as he in the survivors

22:19

were lifted from the sinking frigate.

22:23

Twenty four men had been killed.

22:26

Three. Other frigates with damaged

22:28

at daylight lasted. Had the

22:31

enemy persisted, he could have

22:33

gotten among all landing ships

22:35

with possibly disastrous consequences. There

22:38

were issues with rapier. The.

22:40

Main anti aircraft weapon. Serious.

22:43

Issues. It was

22:45

a sensitive system. And. The voyage

22:47

and salt water had damaged several. Other

22:50

parts fail to work or broke. The.

22:53

Cruise hadn't practiced live firing for a

22:55

year. And. Their targets were passing

22:57

beneath them. Which. The crews were not

22:59

used it. Would. Would

23:01

was not amused. I saw the

23:04

rapier detachments Israel they I was

23:06

that. Was so

23:08

to. Put

23:11

a pop up the the that will. They get one

23:13

on top of the. With

23:18

Woodward's failure to gain command of the

23:20

skies before the landings, Rapier

23:22

was crucial to protecting British shipping in

23:24

the Bay. And it wasn't

23:26

up to scratch. But

23:28

still, the Argentines had lost sixteen planes

23:30

on day one, a rate they could

23:32

not afford. and at the end of

23:35

the day, the British were saw. At

23:37

a cost. But a cast they could

23:39

bear. The

23:42

following day Saturday was another Cleo

23:44

and over the Falklands. The

23:46

British waited. Tense guns and

23:49

missiles ready. Nothing

23:51

came. Cloud over

23:53

Argentina kept planes grounded. but

23:56

on Sunday. And was. A

23:59

silly to school the hawks with Down Falkland

24:01

South. And

24:08

hello to see outmuscle destroyed

24:10

One another was shot down

24:13

until open broadsword were both

24:15

hit. Two bombs plowed into

24:17

antelope. neither exploded. The

24:20

ship's company held a collective breath. And.

24:23

Iirc of Job That Pays and

24:25

Thirteen Bomb which they stop and

24:27

had this late date. We

24:30

thought that was it. Was

24:33

nothing you could do not see

24:35

eg. Aegis. Hope and pray. Or

24:38

said go not. Known. Whether

24:40

surveys, no one. That. Was

24:42

been four hundred and seventy late last.

24:46

Fortunately, The.

24:48

Bomb didn't go off. Royal

24:56

Engineer Bomb Disposal experts were

24:58

helicopter out. One bomb was

25:01

dealt with that the other

25:03

exploded. Spread rapidly. Found the

25:05

maxi explosions go through this

25:07

but not before the last

25:10

crew had been which doth.

25:14

Around San Carlos Bay, the dog

25:16

in soldiers watch the shit death

25:19

threats. It's bow tipping upwards before

25:21

sliding into the dark waters. This

25:30

is a time we were all of his death.

25:32

We wanted our long we can keep on going.

25:35

With thrown a break from but we were

25:37

deeply shaken. Bought a spade and see telly

25:39

at a shit going down. Am I more?

25:41

it is Can we take. Seven

25:49

planes had been shot down, but

25:51

it was not enough. Would would

25:53

with urge to bring his carriers

25:55

in closest said the Harrys could

25:57

remain in combat for longer. He

26:00

refused to take the risk. To

26:02

lose a carrier would be catastrophic.

26:16

The strains on the harry

26:18

pilots were immense. They were

26:20

exhausted. The performing admin. Back

26:23

home they were soon seen. Heroes

26:27

who could die a violent death

26:29

at any moment. Attended

26:40

switch off the bad things. Because

26:43

he couldn't let thank and about them effects of

26:45

flying. One was conscious

26:47

only of being cold. And. Have been

26:49

tie it. Initially everybody was

26:51

a bit frightened, even outwit us off.

26:54

So when have to be careful? Fortune

27:07

was favoring the British in

27:09

one regard to supply ships.

27:11

The ill fated Galahad and

27:13

Sir Lancelot were both hit,

27:15

but the bombs failed to

27:17

explode. The Argentine

27:20

planes were flying solo and attacking

27:22

in such close quarters their bombs

27:24

often did not have enough time

27:26

to be properly and. It

27:29

was revealed after the war that the

27:31

American Supply bombs had an instruction manual

27:33

on how to alter the times, uses.

27:36

But the manuals. Hadn't been

27:38

delivered before the arms embargo in

27:40

Argentina began. Argentina's

27:47

National Day falls on the

27:49

twenty fifth of May. The

27:51

British knew what to expect.

27:53

The attacks began with daylight

27:55

and followed and wait. Hms

27:58

Coventry shut down. And her

28:00

position north of Pebble Island. The

28:03

crew were boys. Then came another

28:05

attack. Days

28:07

that have done. The captain ordered

28:09

a sharp turn to starboard. the

28:11

shit swung the cross the line

28:13

of fire of it's escort, which

28:15

had trained at Seaworld from the

28:18

Skyhawk attackers. Every

28:20

weapon on Coventry opened up on the

28:22

sky. Hopes to know with a. Their

28:25

bombs crashed into the says. He

28:28

were fatal blood. Dyke

28:33

was knocked out and came round the

28:35

sea sick black smoke spinning bridge. See.

28:44

Who could see road me

28:46

with the pool wire? Was.

28:51

Handles. Burn. He

28:55

too was burnt flesh falling from

28:57

his hands. He stuck it out

28:59

to join the surviving men in

29:01

abandoning ship, but his life both

29:03

couldn't get away from the sinking

29:06

Coventry and was aren't. Aren't

29:09

Dyke was back in the water

29:11

with many others. He clambered onto

29:13

The sinking ships have just as helicopters

29:15

a rise to flux the survivor

29:17

season. Two

29:23

hundred and eighty three got out

29:25

nineteen when down to. It

29:38

was not the last British ship to

29:41

go down on the twenty fifth of

29:43

May. The Argentine Air Force had three

29:45

of it's feared exocet missiles left. The

29:48

embargo meant they'd been unable to source

29:50

anymore. they wanted

29:52

a grand prize some are necessary

29:54

to sue for as and does

29:57

took off on with access they

29:59

were off the main fleet offshore, and

30:02

in particular the aircraft carriers

30:04

Invincible and Hermes. They

30:07

didn't get either. Instead,

30:09

they sunk the Atlantic conveyor,

30:12

not the target they wanted but still

30:14

a colossal blow to the British. The

30:18

conveyor was a supply ship, an

30:20

exocet slammed into its port

30:22

side, exploded and set the

30:24

ship on fire. Its

30:26

cargo was vital to the British.

30:30

Conveyor carried spare harriers and

30:32

fourteen helicopters earmarked to transport

30:34

the Marines and Parras from

30:36

San Carlos to Port Stanley.

30:39

The conveyor had been due to land them

30:41

that evening. It also

30:44

carried all the tents for the soldiers shivering

30:46

on shore. The captain,

30:48

Ian North, ordered his crew

30:50

to abandon ship. He

30:52

went into the water and swam to the

30:55

nearest lifeboat. It was full.

30:58

Never mind, he said, I'll find

31:00

another and swam off. He

31:03

was never seen again. May

31:08

the 25th was Argentina's high

31:10

watermark. They'd lost around

31:13

a third of their fighters. They

31:15

couldn't take any more. From

31:17

then on, air attacks, although a threat to the

31:19

war's end, declined in number.

31:23

Focus now turned landwards. Back

31:26

in Britain, and indeed among some

31:28

in the Navy fighting off air attacks around

31:30

Falkland Sound, there was growing

31:32

impatience with the soldiers ashore. Why

31:35

weren't they on the move? Why

31:37

weren't they making all haste to Stanley?

31:41

In his camouflaged HQ next to Pat

31:44

Short's White House, Julian Thompson

31:46

knew his orders, secured the

31:48

bridgehead and wait for 5 brigade, secured

31:51

the bridgehead and wait. The

31:55

men, especially those dug in on the

31:57

hills, sleeping in the cold and wet, getting

32:00

bored. They wanted to get

32:02

on the move. So did London.

32:05

Thompson was summoned to the satellite phone

32:08

to take a call from Northwood. Julian, you

32:10

have to get moving. Get your men moving.

32:12

The enemy must be engaged all once. Yes

32:14

sir, we're nearly ready. No, but once, Goose

32:17

Green, take Goose Green. Goose

32:19

Green? What, Stanley, that matters. Goose

32:21

Green's in irrelevance. Not anymore. You

32:23

have to move on Goose Green. And Julian.

32:26

Sir? If you don't, then

32:28

we'll find someone who shall. Do you

32:30

understand? The

32:33

line went dead. Thompson

32:36

was right. Goose Green was

32:38

in irrelevance to the wider war. But

32:41

he'd no choice. He

32:43

gathered his commanders. 45 Commando

32:46

and three Para were to prepare to

32:48

yomp to Port Stanley. Cover

32:51

the 87 kilometres on foot, carrying

32:53

all their gear. Some

32:56

of his officers looked at him in disbelief. The

32:58

terrain, the weather, the distance. Surely

33:01

not. Thompson was

33:03

sure. The loss of

33:05

the precious helicopters on the Atlantic conveyor meant

33:08

there was no other option. Thompson

33:11

turned to two Para. You,

33:14

he ordered, you're going to

33:16

Goose Green. Which to two

33:18

Para sounded better than sitting in their damp

33:20

and cold dugouts on Mount Sussex.

33:30

Two Para was commanded by Herbert Jones,

33:32

known to one and all as H. Jones

33:35

had hurried back from a family holiday in

33:37

France when news of the invasion

33:39

broke. He was desperate

33:42

for his battalion to be involved. He

33:44

was intolerant in some ways. He

33:46

wouldn't suffer fools, but he had a habit of

33:49

being right. He was a real leader.

33:51

He'd grown up with the philosophy

33:53

of soldiering. Two Para's orders

33:55

were brief and to the point. March

33:58

overnight to the Argentine positions in

34:00

Goose Green and Darwin and

34:02

conduct, according to the order, a

34:05

large-scale raid. Jones

34:08

and his senior officers were not impressed with the

34:10

plan. They were to

34:12

do it on their own two feet. Requests

34:14

for helicopters or landing craft were turned

34:16

down. There was no time

34:18

to waste, said Brigade, echoing the

34:21

urgency from London. Get

34:23

on with it. They

34:25

set off on the march, only to be called

34:27

back. The weather meant

34:29

their artillery couldn't be transported. Jones

34:32

was not amused. I've waited 20

34:34

years for this and now submarines

34:36

fucking cancelled it. The following day,

34:38

Thompson, certain the whole idea was

34:41

unnecessary, once again tried

34:43

to persuade his superiors to abandon the

34:45

attack on Goose Green. There

34:48

was to be no changing of minds. The

34:51

Parras were to go again. At

34:54

8pm, they set off from Mount Sussex. It

34:57

was tough going. Eleven miles in

35:00

the dark, weighed down by as much ammunition

35:02

as they could carry, over

35:04

rough ground. At

35:06

3am, they reached Camilla Creek

35:08

House, where they rested as best

35:10

they could without sleeping bags.

35:13

They remained undercover during the day. Some

35:16

tuned to the BBC World Service and

35:19

were stunned to hear a report announcing

35:21

British paratroopers were within five miles

35:23

of Darwin. Jones was

35:25

livid. The news had

35:27

leaked out in London. Jones

35:30

threatened the BBC correspondent accompanying

35:32

them that if he lost a

35:34

single man, he would sue the

35:36

Secretary of State for defence. The

35:39

Argentinians were duly alerted and

35:41

reinforced. At 2.35am,

35:43

the attack began, led

35:46

by A Company. Its first

35:48

objective was swiftly taken and through

35:50

the night, a third without sleep, the

35:53

Parras made effective progress without losing a

35:55

man. As dawn

35:57

arrived, the advance had shifted to...

36:00

the well entrenched determined defenders.

36:05

The British were exposed and

36:07

came under withering fire from

36:09

machine guns, mortars and artillery.

36:11

The lieutenant determined went from

36:14

one side to the other

36:16

organizing the defense until they

36:18

got him in the shoulder.

36:21

Badly wounded he kept crawling along

36:23

the trenches giving orders encouraging us.

36:26

A little later they got him in

36:28

the side but he continued to direct

36:30

artillery fired by radio. There

36:33

was a little pause and then the

36:35

English began the attack again trying to

36:38

advance and we beat them up. Individual

36:43

paratroopers displayed immense courage to drag

36:45

wounded comrades into what cover they

36:48

could find. Pinned

36:50

down and running short of ammunition, the

36:53

situation was deteriorating rapidly. Cloud

36:56

cover limited air support and

36:58

as daylight strengthened the naval support had

37:00

to withdraw too. By

37:03

half past eight, two Para were going

37:05

nowhere. Still under

37:07

heavy fire, men crawled to

37:10

the dead and wounded to find any spare

37:12

ammunition. The fear was such that I smoked

37:14

20 cigarettes in an hour. We

37:17

had no covered in fire and no aircraft cover

37:19

because of the low clouds. We

37:22

were running out of everything, low on ammunition

37:24

and food. They were casualties.

37:27

They were all my friends. When

37:30

you're in a military unit, one that's

37:32

on the fire, everyone in the unit is

37:34

your friend. You know everyone

37:36

who dies and gets injured. Jones

37:39

ordered an attack on a ridge that failed

37:41

almost at once with a number of casualties.

37:45

At the same time, Jones himself led an

37:47

assault on a machine gun post. He

37:50

leapt to his feet and charged the enemy,

37:52

sterling submachine gun in hand, only

37:55

to be hit in the neck. He

37:57

fell to the ground, mortally

37:59

wounded. Within a

38:01

matter of minutes, two Para had lost a

38:03

dozen men, including their

38:06

commanding officer. Desperately,

38:09

his men tried to treat the wound. They

38:11

gave him morphine, attached a drip,

38:14

dressed the bullet hole. But

38:17

in vain. To

38:19

add to the desperation of that cold

38:21

May morning, the helicopter

38:24

called to evacuate Jones was shot

38:26

down, and the pilot killed.

38:31

The battle raged on. Chris

38:35

Keble, Jones' deputy, took command.

38:38

One of Jones' final orders was to get

38:40

the battalion's Milan missile and machine gun teams

38:43

into a position to pour fire on

38:45

the Argentine position. As

38:48

they opened fire, the balance was beginning

38:50

to shift back towards the British. The

38:53

paratroopers surged towards the enemy positions,

38:56

clearing trenches for an aid, and

38:59

the exhausted Argentines began to surrender.

39:05

My men were very tense. There was

39:07

a brutal cold with a shiver, with

39:09

cold, with fear. When

39:12

they were about 50 meters away, we opened

39:14

fire. We kept driving for about 40

39:17

minutes. They

39:19

started to attack our flank, and the situation started

39:21

to become critical. Then we

39:23

were surrounded, and we had wounded. People

39:25

started to lose control. There

39:28

was no way out. Darwin

39:37

was cleared. But there was still

39:40

goose green in its airfield, each

39:42

well defended. The

39:44

Argentines had 35-millimeter anti-aircraft

39:47

guns, which directed devastating

39:49

fire on the attackers. So

39:52

dense was the Argentine fire. Keble

39:54

recalled thinking, Okay, die now. His

39:57

jacket got hooked on a cattle fence, And

39:59

he struggled.. The free it is. the

40:02

bullets whizzing past. We've lost contact with

40:04

his unit. it wasn't now. was frightened

40:06

with somebody that. Of

40:08

his verse, Try

40:11

and maintain the moments with the

40:13

attack. still the paratroopers pressed on.

40:15

Next target with the schoolhouse amid

40:17

next to No Kelvin. The

40:19

hail of bullets continued to rain down on

40:22

Charlie and Dog Company. Then

40:25

the British surprise. A

40:27

white flag was waived from the schoolhouse.

40:30

Gym. Bury a junior officer step

40:32

forward to take the surrender. And.

40:35

Was shocked. I

40:39

saw the white flag. Is it

40:41

slide? winner Your physical the Sergeant

40:44

They go halfway up the hill.

40:48

They said referred to kill them. One

40:50

guy with the in the day one

40:53

of the bathroom came forward and show

40:55

into the at. It.

41:00

Was suggested later. This was a

41:02

mistake rather than a deliberate act.

41:05

But. It enraged the paratroopers. The

41:09

his interests. Rockets

41:12

cross the setting it on

41:14

fire. None

41:19

of the defenders got out alive. Still,

41:22

The fight went on. To.

41:25

Argentine helicopters appeared and drop

41:27

napalm but miss that target.

41:29

Both was shocked. When

41:33

the whoosh of aircraft sweats overhead,

41:35

Kibo feared the worst until one

41:38

of his men yelled various. Whether

41:43

sleep the sun without and the

41:45

momentum was with the British. The

41:48

Argentines tried to helicopter in reinforcements,

41:50

but artillery fire and another assault

41:53

by the Paris chase them away.

41:56

Argentine soldiers were picked up in the

41:58

surrounding hills with days. The

42:02

day was nearly done. To

42:04

Para had lost seventeen men, including

42:07

their ceo and thirty five wounded.

42:10

But they had the Goose Green Garrison

42:12

surround. The

42:14

men would go hungry

42:17

exhausted. Chris cable

42:19

radioed back to Julian Thompson. That

42:22

he still wants to screen take. Yes,

42:26

came the response: First Light

42:28

tomorrow. That

42:30

night the Paris huddled in sell homes that

42:33

dozens of prisoners place next to the still

42:35

burning goes bush's to try and keep them

42:37

warm. And injured

42:39

Argentine officer let them in press. Keeble

42:43

had one card to play before the

42:45

attack resumed. As dawn

42:47

broke he sent to prison as with

42:49

a white flag and a letter down

42:51

to the Argentine. It's

42:56

message was simple. Surrender.

42:58

There's no point going on.

43:02

Kibo had requested a demonstration of

43:04

British firepower. At nine am. the

43:06

Harrys would attack with everything they

43:09

had. The Argentine

43:11

commander was persuaded more

43:13

bloodshed would be futile.

43:16

Cable and his men were gobsmacked

43:18

to see over a thousand Argentinians

43:21

much out of goose green into

43:23

captivity. The.

43:25

Paris had taken on a force more

43:27

than three times their own and one.

43:31

Eight Jones was awarded posthumous Victoria

43:33

cross. Jones died at the head

43:36

of his men. A

43:38

leader to the last. T

43:41

will lead the relieved paratroopers into Goose

43:43

Green. And knocked on the door of

43:46

the first house. It

43:48

was opened by Eric Goss and his wife.

43:51

They. Offered him a cup of tea. London

43:57

had what it wanted. The

43:59

Triumphant. That forward on the Falklands

44:01

itself. Never mind

44:03

sauce men. On

44:18

was that shake the was

44:20

arab arabs I smell sites

44:22

things in there is is

44:24

is human with you to

44:27

connect everybody's body parts of

44:29

the where she is burning.

44:33

Absolutely. Or who? Was

44:40

that Shake the World was a

44:43

go hang of podcasts production. It

44:45

was produced by Holy Smokes. The

44:47

series was written by Robin Scott

44:49

Elliott. It was narrated by Paul

44:51

Why is the producer with me

44:54

or from the executive producer with

44:56

Tony Past. Fairly

45:06

low.