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The sacrifices and successes of those who took part in Operation Corporate, the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military forty years ago, were both commemorated and celebrated in the ‘Home of the British Army’, Aldershot.

IT has become the forgotten war for many but one Tenbury family can never forget the conflict in the south Atlantic 40 years ago.

Friday the 11th — the push, the final push for stanley has begun. the royal marines, supported by the remaining welsh guards, are closing on stanley. heading into battle at mount harriet, two sisters and the brutal mount longdon. theres no other way to do it. time immemorial, the only way to win ground is by putting boots on the ground. and you have to get eye to eye and, basically, kill each otherjust within feet of each other. its medieval. its known since mankind has been on earth. machine ...

Missing, who was wounded and who we had ashore, so it was quite a... ..a difficult time for us, i would say. it was a dark day for the welsh guards. the regiment suffered more losses than any other in the falklands. but the war was far from won. some of the costliest battles were still to come. friday the 11th — the push, the final push for stanley has begun. the royal marines, supported by the remaining welsh guards, are closing on stanley. heading into battle at mount harriet, two sisters an...

To win ground is by putting boots on the ground. and you have to get eye to eye and, basically, kill each otherjust within feet of each other. its medieval. its known since mankind has been on earth. machine guns is sporadic firing, followed by artillery. 0ur ships at sea — hms glamorgan, i believe — initially was providing naval gunfire support and they were being brought to bear on the argentinian positions on the top of mount longdon, so that there was lots of noise, in some cases lots of...

A Falklands War veteran who is originally from Machynlleth has paid tribute to his comrades who lost their lives on the 40th anniversary of the…

The war lasted 74 days with fierce fighting at sea, in air and on land, but for those who were there its memory will last a lifetime

Friday the 11th — the push, the final push for stanley has begun. the royal marines, supported by the remaining welsh guards, are closing on stanley. heading into battle at mount harriet, two sisters and the brutal mount longdon. theres no other way to do it. time immemorial, the only way to win ground is by putting boots on the ground. and you have to get eye to eye and, basically, kill each otherjust within feet of each other. its medieval. its known since mankind has been on earth. machine ...

Boris Johnson led tributes to the incredible daring and bravery shown by British Army servicemen and women on the Falklands Islands. The 74-day war ended at 9pm local time 40 years ago

Archaeologists and veterans survey the remains of the Falklands War's decisive final battle.