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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
20th Century Europe Great Britain Military Modern War

Critic Reviews

"An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war." (Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE)

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Truly gripping , really shows what the battlefield was like on Langdon and the outstanding bravery and valour of 3 Para and attached arms
Everyone an Emperor “ God Bless them all”

Outstanding

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Long, but if you're after a detailed account of the battle, this is it! Gritty and informative.

Extremely Detailed

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Somebody should have told the actors how military people speak on the radio. Call signs are individual numbers not stuff like “twenty nine”.
They got all the phonetics a bit funny too. Sorry for this but as an ex signaler I couldn’t get past a lot of this and it took away from what I’m sure was a brilliant set of recounts of the battle.

Bit disappointing really

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