9. The Battle of Goose Green

Battleground

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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As the British forces pushed into the island from their landing point at San Carlos Water, they encountered a well-defended Argentinian position in the settlement of Goose Green, leading to the most ferocious land battle of the war. Saul and Patrick explore the controversial reasoning behind the attack, with eye-witness testimony from those at the heart of the action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	Hello, and welcome to episode 9 of Battleground, the Falklands, I'm Patrick Bishop,
1:20.8	and today with Saul David, we'll be discussing the first real land clash of the campaign.
1:25.9	That's the Battle of Goose Green which took place on the 28th and 29th of May, just a week after three Commando Brigade had got safely ashore at San Carlos Water.
1:31.3	It had been a victory before, of course, when British troops recaptured South Georgia.
1:36.9	But there, the Argentine garrison surrendered without much of a fight.
1:41.3	But at this one was a real set too.
1:43.4	The men of two para, who were tasked for the
1:45.8	operation, lost 18 dead, including, of course, their commanding officer, left
1:50.8	colonel H. Jones, and there were 64 more wounded. On the Argentinian side, the losses are a bit vague,
1:56.9	but they were in the range of 50 killed and at least 100 wounded. It was a very hard-fought
2:03.2	encounter and the victory provided a boost to morale, particularly back home. But the question
2:08.7	remains, was this battle really necessary? Well, let's put the episode into context, shall we?
2:14.0	The 5,000 odd Marines and parrots of three Commando Brigade, who made the initial
2:19.4	landing, are now ashore and about to push out from the beachhead. Reinforcements also are on
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