Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/simplehistory. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/hi...

The Battle of Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War.
Starting in the early hours of the 28th of May and ending the following day, the battle saw men from the British 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) against an enemy more than three times as numerous.


Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory...
Support us on Patreon:   / simplehistory  

Copyright: DO NOT translate and reupload our content on Youtube or other social media.

SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE

Get the Simple History books on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/DanielTurner...

TShirts

https://teespring.com/stores/simpleh...

Simple history gives you the facts, simple!

See the book collection here:

Amazon USA

http://www.amazon.com/DanielTurner/e...


Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DanielTurner...


  / simplehistory549437675141192  

  / simplehistoryyt  


Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:

Chris Kane
https://vocalforge.com/

Sources:
FremontBarnes, Gregory. Goose Green 1982. Dundurn, 2016.
Anderson, Duncan. The Falklands War 1982. Osprey, 2002.
FremontBarnes, Gregory. A Companion to the Falklands War. History Press, 2017.
Upshon, Carl. "Battle of Goose Green How 450 Men from 2 Para Defeated over 1200 Enemy Troops." Medium. July 18, 2017.
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2: War and Diplomacy (Government Official History Series) 28 Jun. 2005
by Lawrence Freedman