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Three Days in June

The Incredible Minute-by-Minute Oral History of 3 Para's Deadly Falklands War Battle

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Three Days in June

By: James O'Connell, Lieutenant General Sir Hew Pike - foreword
Narrated by: Brian Bowles, Colin Mace, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Freddie Gaminara, Geoffrey Lumb, Huw Parmenter, Joe Gaminara, Oseloka Obi, Paul Panting, Penelope Rawlins, Sam Newton
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When 3 Para began their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982, nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of defensive minefields. But following an explosion, fighting quickly escalated with shocking speed and severity, resulting in some of the bloodiest close hand fighting, terrible injuries and shocking loss of life experienced by British troops since the Korean war.

Recreating 3 Para's bloody Falklands battle from multiple angles, James O'Connell - who fought there and was seriously injured himself - has written a gut-wrenching 360-degree classic.

Frustrated by highly inaccurate books about the battle, O'Connell decided to set the record straight. What he did next was extraordinary - he revisited the Falkland's five times with comrades and Argentine soldiers and literally walked through the battle with them, step-by-step, creating an unprecedented masterpiece of immersive military publishing.

Combined with rare access to the Battalion's records and radio logs, the resulting book is the last word on Mount Longdon, and, voiced by a full cast of actors, might be the most harrowingly realistic description of modern warfare you will ever hear.

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©2021 Maureen O'Connell (P)2021 Octopus Publishing Group
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"An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war." (Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE)

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This well researched and gripping book will be read mainly by servicemen, serving and retired and its impact is sadly marred by some of the narration.  While many of the narraters were believable and read their parts well, the main narrative was read by a lightweight individual whose errors in military parlance and gravitas were both annoying and disappointing.
Not the authors fault but this error rests with Monoray Audio Books who should employ someone with military experience as advisor or ex military to do the narration.

Terrific Factual Story. Narration by some - poor

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Very good insight into what went on in the Falklands on the 3 days
Thank you

Fantastic

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There are a lot of messages from the radio network logs repeated verbatim in the narrative, perhaps overly so, however that aside this is a great audio production. This gripping account of the battle for Mount Longden leaves little to the imagination and captures the astonishing intensiveness of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands War. The extraordinary feats of the young men of 3 PARA are laid bare, as are the terrible shortcomings of the military machine that was supporting them in battle. A brutal and gripping account that left me with a sense of awe and a sadness for the young lives lost.

Brutal and gripping

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a very personal and up close story of the men who fought and died on the Falklands. An excellent first hand account of the war. My only criticism of the book is I do not think that every radio message is needed to be read out. I could listen to it again straight after I finished it.

outstanding

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Loved it. Hats off to everyone willing to re-live the horror. An unbelievable insight into an extraordinary harrowing few days.

Gripping, detailed, heart breaking!

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I have nothing but praise for the author of this book. An incredibly comprehensive account of those three days in June. I was only 12 years old at the time of the Falklands war, but my father who has been in the special forces I’ve been told that he might be needed to redeploy. Thankfully that did not happen.

I would like to thank the author for going to such comprehensive links for this book and I would have no hesitation in recommending it.

Excellent

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A war book like no other I have ever read. The mullti-dimensional way the book is written and narrated really transports the listener into the thick of the battle action, which oftentimes is very moving and harrowing. I recommend first reading Max Hastings excellent book on the Falklands war to give you a wider overview of the whole conflict and then Three Days in June as its companion. One definitely not to be missed for war buffs.

A war book like no other!

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An incredible account of what must have been the most horrific, frightening, and shocking experience. Mixed strangely with, exhilaration and laughter in the most awful conditions at the blackest of times during the fighting. And the palpable relief for personnel involved at the cessation of the fighting. I found myself to be truly shocked and saddened by the accounts of these extremely brave soldiers doing their job in the harshest conditions, but at the same time unable to stop listening, and on occasions smile and be humbled at the humanity shown to each other regardless of nationality. An amazing talking account of a much forgotten war for a lot of the general public, which will for me, be one of the best I have ever heard, compulsive listening.

Humanity at all its limits

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Told using first hand accounts from members of the armed forces who lived and fought through what was a terrible experience. There is no jingoism in their stories just very graphic recollections of what actually happened. It was a very close run thing in the end.

The Falklands War

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For someone with no military background this is a breathtaking account of the battle. You realise what they put on the line for our country. You will feel proud but also very poignant towards those that lost their lives in tragic circumstances. Highly recommended.

Breathtaking

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