1982 · Mount Tumbledown, west of Stanley, East Falkland
Mount Tumbledown
Your role: You command the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards in 5 Infantry Brigade. In one night the battalion must take Mount Tumbledown, one of the last heights in the ring west of Stanley, and open the way for the Gurkha battalion following behind to cross to Mount William.
Commander's intent: Break the last ring of heights west of Stanley in a single night so that the enemy cannot form another line in front of the town. Mount William and Sapper Hill can only follow once Tumbledown falls.
One decision from this battle · Snipers in the crags
2330. As Left Flank entered the central crags, machine guns and snipers opened up from the rocks just ahead. The platoon on the high rocks to the left and the one on the lower ground to the right are both down, and several men fell to the first bursts. The enemy marksmen hit anyone who moves, dark or not. The guardsmen fire 66 mm rockets and 84 mm rounds, but the rock shields the bunkers. Snow is blowing and hands are numb. How do you break into this position?
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