Spearhead Assault: Blood, Guts and Glory - Falklands War Military History Book | Battlefield Stories & Soldier Memoirs for War History Enthusiasts

A great book and a great account of the battle and life of the para soldiers.This book also helps understand the impact of the war on the soldiers of both sides, for example the described event in which they were sent after a moment in the battle to "clean" the argentine bunkers with their bayonets (a.k.a to finish killing the wounded enemy soldiers), or the extensive use of white phosporous granades against the enemy trenches, helps understand why winning soldiers after the war commit suicide, it is a tough thing for any human being to realize that they being highly trained paratroopers were sent to kill untrained 18 year old boys with only 2 months of military training and who had no chance again profesional soldiers, and the extent to which they were efficient doing their job, only 17 paras dead compared to 250 Argentinians tells the ferocity and efficiency of the paras on the killing and help understand why many of them couldn't cope with that fact once back in the civilian life and with no mental health support. The number of british soldier's suicides mentioned in the book after teh war is probably higher than current estiamtes, but is still telling a story.It also makes a strong case for the existence of professional armies in the world and the impact that they make in the war. Definitively not they same performance of soldiers trained over years on the art of killing, and who were eager to get out there and practice what they learnt, vs a conscript army already beaten by exposure to a mercyless weather who had no pleasure on practicing war.A great account of the british soldier's view that helps understand the appaling defeat of the Argentinian army.Definitively recommended.