Dragon Fire: The Battle for the Falklands

Начало книги

Thanks to my teachers: Jonathan E.; Bruce H.; Paul M.; Karen S.; and, Panayiotis Z.

And, a special thanks to: Robert N. (UK).

Michael Muxie, III (in memoriam).

And, to those lost on both sides of the real Falklands War: ‘Sleep well you Bonnie Lads/Duerme bien valientes muchachos.’

Cabo Segundo (Corporal Second Class) Gaston ‘Raton’ Bersa

Teniente de Fragata (First Lieutenant) Santiago Ledesma

Capitán de Navío (Captain) Jaime Matias

…and, Doctor Waldemar Amsel; Ministro de Defensa (Minister of Defense) Juan Cruz Gomez; & Capitán de Fragata (Lieutenant Commander) Augusto Moreno.

Captain Lawrence Fryatt

Leading Seaman John Mcelaney

Lieutenant Commander Nigel Williams

…and, Ordinary Seaman Rodi Dando; Lieutenant Angus Lowry; & Lieutenant Seamus McLaughlin.

A British Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands are a stark, wind-ripped South Atlantic archipelago some 400 miles east of Argentina’s Patagonian coast, and 850 miles north of the Antarctic Circle. Comprising East Falkland, West Falkland, and 778 smaller islands, the Falkland Islands are roughly the size of the American State of Connecticut — about half the size of the country of Wales — and the capital is in the port city of Stanley on East Falkland. Falklanders are primarily of British, Chilean, and St. Helenian descent.

Читать дальше →