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

On 02nd April 1982 Argentine Forces invaded the Falkland Islands. Patrick Watts, who was Head of Falklands Radio, broadcast a marathon 11 hours non-stop description of the events as they unfolded. He maintained a British presence in the Radio Station for most of the 74 days of Argentine occupation. In this article, he provides a personal account of his recollections of the day that British Forces liberated the Falklands.

The Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands is coming to an end and Liberation is in the air. Royal Marines, Paras, Scot Guards, and Gurkhas with naval bombardment support were attacking and capturing the Mounts surrounding Stanley, which would inevitably lead to the collapse and surrender of Argentine forces on 14 June.

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 screaming where people had been injured. it was difficult to know exactly what was happening. fighting on mount longdon raged for 12 hours before argentine forces withdrew to stanley. as we were moving forward, we would normally have stopped but because we'd broken them and they were effectively running away, i physically had to s...

Jonathan Mayo's riveting, hour-by-hour account of the final three days of British operations to retake the Falkland Islands, right up until the moment of the Argentine surrender.