Wars That Shaped The World

4 - The hard yards

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Episode notes

‘What is it that makes people go forward when every instinct is to go back? I think it’s to do with the people you’re with, not letting them down…’

The tumble of rugged hills that shelter Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, were to become the bleak setting for the final struggle of the conflict - break the Argentine lines and Stanley was there for the taking, the war would be done and dusted. Easier said than done - for the young men of the Scots and Welsh Guards, the Paras and Royal Marines the final days of the Falklands War were to be the toughest of their lives.  

Narrated by Paul Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast list:

Alejandro Teran

Thomas Mitchells

Tim Skinner

George Still

Marta da Silva

Gerardo Cabal

Neizan Fernandez

Darcey Ferguson

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