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- QuizardLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Falkland islands and there is one in the USA.
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement in the Falklands War, one of a series of battles that took place during the British advance towards Stanley. On the night of 13 June – 14 June 1982, the British launched an assault on Tumbledown Mountain, one of the heights dominating the town of Stanley, and succeeded in driving the Argentine forces from the mountain. This close-quarter night battle was later dramatised in the BBC film Tumbledown.
The attacking British force consisted of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards with mortar detachments from 42 Commando, Royal Marines and the 1/7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles with support from a troop of the Blues and Royals equipped with two Scorpion and two Scimitar armored vehicles. The Argentines defending the mountains were Commander Carlos Robacio's 5th Marine Infantry Battalion (BIM 5).
Prior to the British landings, the Argentine marine battalion had been brought up to brigade strength by a company of the Amphibious Engineers Company (CKIA), a battery of the 1st Marine Artillery Battalion (BIAC), three Tigercat SAM batteries of the 1st Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment as well as a heavy machine-gun company of the Headquarters Battalion (BICO). As part of the British plan, the 1st Battalion the 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7 GR) was given the task of capturing the sub-hill of Mount William held by O Company, the 5th Marine Battalion's reserve, and then allow the Welsh Guards through to seize Sapper Hill, the final obstacle before Stanley. The attacks was supported by naval gunfire from HMS Active's 4.5 inch gun.
At the time of the battle, N Company held Mount Tumbledown. Mount William was just south of Tumbledown and in fact the Marine battalion's O Company was on its lower slopes. B Company 6th Regiment was in reserve behind N Company. M Company occupied Sapper Hill. The Argentinean defenders held firm under the heavy 'softening up' bombardment, which began at 7.30 local time. As Major Oscar Jaimet recalled in Razor's Edge.
I heard the cries of the wounded calling for their comrades, twelve men wounded before nightfall. We thought we had suffered before, but what luxury and comfort compared to this
During the battle the 5th Marines Command Post took five direct hits but Commander Robacio emerged unscathed
Tumbledown Mountain is a mountain in Franklin County, Maine.
The mountain is a popular hiking spot in western Maine, with trailheads located on Byron Road in unincorporated Township 6 north of Weld. It is distinguished by an alpine pond (known locally as "Crater Lake" or "Tumbledown Pond") just below the summit. The main trails are known as the Loop Trail and the Brook Trail, however, a challenging hike awaits those who can manage to find the derelict Chimney Trail. Tumbledown Mountain is also located near Coos Canyon, a mountain stream that is an excellent place for a swim during the summer months.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The Falkland Islands.
- 1 decade ago
Mount Tumbledown is in the Falklands as taken by the Scots Guards 1982,,
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Look up from Trip Over Lake
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
East Falkland .
- Anonymous1 decade ago
1 mile away from Broke Back.