Main content

The Battle for Mount Longdon

It is 40 years since the end of the Falklands War. Hear two very different perspectives on the conflict from an Argentine veteran and a British veteran.

It is 40 years since the end of the Falklands War. Hear two very different views of the conflict from an Argentine veteran and a British veteran. Miguel Savage was a 19-year-old student conscript. He had never wanted to join the army but ended up a reluctant member of Argentina's Falklands invasion force nonetheless. Quintin Wright was a well-trained member of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment. He had joined up voluntarily, and was excited at the thought of action. They both fought in one of the decisive encounters at the end of the war - the battle for Mount Longdon.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2012

Available now

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 May 202223:15GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Aug 201213:45GMT
  • Tue 5 Apr 202208:30GMT
  • Fri 8 Apr 202222:45GMT
  • Sat 21 May 202223:15GMT

Podcast