Goose Green 1982 | Line of Fire | Full Documentary

The fight at Goose Green in May 1982 was the most famous battle of the Falklands War, which saw British and Argentine troops struggle for control of the Falkland Islands. In the wake of the shock Argentine invasion, Britain sent a hastily assembled Task Force to the South Atlantic charged with the job of restoring British sovereignty. The Argentine positions at Goose Green were thought to pose a threat to the British advance across the Islands and troops from the Parachute Regiment were sent to deal with it.
The attack began in darkness and the British troops were made to fight for every inch of ground by the determined Argentine troops. During the ferocious fighting, Lt. Col. ‘H’ Jones, who commanded the British attack, made a heroic lone charge on an Argentine machine position during which he was killed. He was later awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.

After 12 hours of bloody fighting, the Argentine position was finally overrun and the British advance on the capital Port Stanley could continue. Moving pictures were beamed back to Britain of the aftermath of the battle, bringing home the stark realities of combat – a sobering reminder amid the political rhetoric and jingoism.

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Even at this great distance, the stories behind the battles that shaped the history of the world continue to captivate people everywhere. It is not difficult to see why. The sheer scale of the fighting on military history’s great battlefields boggles the imagination and tales of courage on those same bloody fields make the heart beat a little faster. To think of the fate of nations being decided by a single stroke of military genius or by sheer ineptitude or by the vagaries of fortune tingles the spine…to imagine ourselves faced with the same dangers as those confronted by soldiers throughout the years makes the blood run cold.

All of these things go some way to explaining why military history holds such an enduring place in the popular imagination – and the time has come to tell the stories of these great episodes from the past in a completely new way.

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