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1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 45 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Roy McMillan. |
| Summary |
April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. In response, Britain dispatches a naval Task Force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges on just twenty Sea Harrier fighters against the two hundred-strong might of the Argentine Air Force. The odds against them are overwhelming. British Defense Chiefs' own estimates suggest that half the Harriers will be lost within a week. Against this background, 809 Naval Air Squadron is reformed, trained and sent south to fight. Not since WWII had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots... Combining groundbreaking research with the pace of a thriller, Rowland White reveals the full story of the fleet's knife-edge fight for survival for the first time, and shows how the little jump jet went from airshow novelty to writing its name in aviation legend. And of how a small band of heroes won victory against impossible odds. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- Falkland Islands War, 1982.
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Harrier (Jet fighter plane) -- History.
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Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Aerial operations, British.
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Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations, British.
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
McMillan, Roy, 1963- narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666125658 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666125652 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14125277 |
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