Rorke's Drift, 1982 ; Told Fully for the First Time, How a Force of 22 Brave Marines Held Invading Argentines at Bay in the Run-Up to the Falklands War
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GRIM determination etched on their faces, the Royal Marines pose for a final photograph in the frozen silence of South Georgia.
Thousands of miles from home and facing an unstoppable Argentine invasion force, few expected to survive until nightfall.See the full content of this document
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Rorke's Drift, 1982 ; Told Fully for the First Time, How a Force of 22 Brave Marines Held Invading Argentines at Bay in the Run-Up to the Falklands War
Moments after the photograph was taken on April 3 1982, the peace was shattered as the first enemy helicopter arrived - and was promptly shot down by the Marines' rifle and machine gun fire.
In the...See the full content of this document
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