The Battle of Goose Green was a British victory over Argentina on the 28th of May 1982 during the Falkland's war. British troops landed at and around Port San Carlos on the western side of the West Falkland island on the 21st of May and prepared to advance to Port Stanley, some 80 km to the east. An Argentine force was known to be at Goose Green, to the south of San Carlos, and since this posed a threat to the flank of the British advance, troops of the Parachute Regiment, with a battery of 105 mm guns in support, were sent to deal with it. Due to a shortage of helicopters at a critical time, not all the battery of guns and its ammunition was able to get into position, and with this limited support the Parachute troops made an attack on foot. A brisk fire fight resulted, in which the commanding officer of the Parachute troops was killed while leading a charge, for which he received a posthumous Victoria Cross. The Argentine garrison was overrun, the survivors taken prisoner, and the advance on Port Stanley was free to move. Research Battle of Goose Green
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