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45 Commando and 3 Para set out for Douglas and Teal Inlet.
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SAS land in strength on Mount Kent.
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27699 |
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Sea harriers attack Goose Green - one plane is shot down.
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27700 |
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British forces furious when BBC World Service report 2 Para are advancing on Darwin but Argentine commander believes this is deliberate misinformation.
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27701 |
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2 Para launch attack early in the morning, and by evening surround Goose Green - 17 British and 250 Argentines die.
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27702 |
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Colonel H Jones is killed during the attack and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross.
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27703 |
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5 Infantry Brigade trans-ship from QE2 to Norland and Canberra at South Georgia.
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27704 |
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British shelling by air and sea of Stanley recommences and continues for the next 16 days.
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27705 |
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Argentines surrender Goose Green, British take 1,400 prisoners, and the Islanders imprisoned at Goose Green by the Argentines are released.
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27706 |
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Organisation of American States condemns Britain's military action and calls on the US to stop helping Britain - only the US, Chile, Columbia and Trinidad & Tobago abstain.
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