Wars That Shaped The World

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3 - The battle for Goose Green

‘He was a real leader - he had grown up with the philosophy of soldiering.’ As dawn broke on 22 May, 1982 daylight revealed the British were back - troops poured ashore in San Carlos Bay. But it was all taking too long for the impatient war cabinet 8,000 miles away in London. With losses mounting as the navy fought off Argentine air attacks, London demanded a victory, something, anything on the Falklands itself, some sort of trophy to show this was worth it. So Colonel H Jones and 2 Para were ordered to attack the small settlement of Goose Green - attack it and take it, no matter what.  Narrated by Paul Waggott Written by Robin Scott Elliot Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn A Goalhanger Podcasts Production Cast list: Alejandro Teran Thomas Mitchells Tim Skinner George Still Marta da Silva Gerardo Cabal Neizan Fernandez Darcey Ferguson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  4 - The hard yards

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  2 - Sink the Belgrano

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  1 - The Malvinas are Argentine

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  4 - The bloody finale

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  3 - The fight for survival

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  2 - Into the Valley of Death

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  1 - The rise of the Russian bear

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  4 - The Boers... decisions must be made

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  3 - The inglorious siege of Kimberley

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  2 - The Empire is brought to its knees

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  1 - A single spark starts the fire

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  4 - The nuclear option

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  3 - They came from the north

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  2 - The Old Master’s last hurrah

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  1 - Red alert: the Communists are coming