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Once in a Blue Moon

February 19, 2010 - 3:29 pm - by Richard Fernandez
buddly larsen
2010-02-24 00:06:35

The paras who won the Battle of Goose Green, having lost their helo mobility when the Argie flyboys nailed the helo carrier, simply marched overland to Goose Green –whereupon they mounted an uphill frontal attack against twice their number of entrenched and heavy weapon-equipped enemy. The British troops had no air nor arty –courtesy the Argentine air force again –so they made it a night attack –across the unfamiliar local terrain. Probably because they kept coming, the Argentine units must’ve realized that their enemy fully intended to win, which caused, once the paras began closing on their positions, the Argies to surrender, laying open the Port Stanley landward approach, and bringing on the final phase.