🎧 Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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37m
Please note that this episode contains descriptions of combat and some explicit language.
At the Battle of Goose Green the Second Battalion the Parachute Regiment (2 Para) fought against various sub-units of the Argentine army and air force— this would be the first and the longest battle of the Falklands War.
Lt Col Philip Neame MBE joins Dan on the podcast to mark the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Goose Green. In 1982, Philip was commanding D Company, a rifle company in 2 PARA, under Lieutenant Colonel ‘H’ Jones who won the VC at Goose Green during the Falklands War. Philip and Dan discuss the realities of war, the tightrope between success and disaster and the strength of companionship.
Produced by Mariana Des Forges and Hannah Ward
Mixed and Mastered by Dougal Patmore
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