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Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green

Dan Snow's History Hit

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I Don't Want to Let Those Around Me Down.

We weren't supposed to be, but like all military plans, you know, cockups took over. And so we did end up the first major unit asore. But then, you see, our ac was chaotic in a sense, but most airborn exercises end with an element of chaos anyway. So we just knew to expect chaos. And if you can recover from the chaos quicker than the enemy, then you rule the day. Your father won a victoria cross very early in the first world wary, no sepel hed just died. I think, sadly, hadn't he? Before he diederyes, four years earlier, is a family tradition.

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