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Pebble Island: The Falklands War 1982
This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War.
In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island. Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean force posted there to guard it.
The raid was successful and all the Aircraft were destroyed but debate still goes on as to whether the raid was a political gesture to give the British Public some action or whether it was to knock out the Airbase that could have made life difficult for the landings at San Carlos Bay later in the War.
The book covers sections history of the engagement, training and planning involved, equipment used, weapons file, breakdown of forces engaged, consequences and controversies as well as personal accounts of those involved.
In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island. Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean force posted there to guard it.
The raid was successful and all the Aircraft were destroyed but debate still goes on as to whether the raid was a political gesture to give the British Public some action or whether it was to knock out the Airbase that could have made life difficult for the landings at San Carlos Bay later in the War.
The book covers sections history of the engagement, training and planning involved, equipment used, weapons file, breakdown of forces engaged, consequences and controversies as well as personal accounts of those involved.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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February 19, 2022
I guess its decent for what it is; a rather short guide-like book on an engagement in the Falklands war, which (of course?) contains some background on what happened leading up to the raid and what followed afterwards (the latter especially interesting IMO).
However, its started out listing a whole bunch of Argentine units posted to the area of operations, and the way this was written made it somewhat tedious. The British section was handled differently, and flowed better.
The section on the raid itself was well laid out with accompanying maps and figures.
2.5*
However, its started out listing a whole bunch of Argentine units posted to the area of operations, and the way this was written made it somewhat tedious. The British section was handled differently, and flowed better.
The section on the raid itself was well laid out with accompanying maps and figures.
2.5*
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