One Hundred Days (Text Only)
Admiral Sandy Woodward
- The
- bestselling,
- highly-acclaimed
- and
- most
- famous
- account
- of
- the
- Falklands
- War,
- written
- by
- the
- commander
- of
- the
- British
- Task
- Force.On
- 5
- April
- 1982,
- three
- days
- after
- Argentina
- invaded
- the
- Falkland
- Islands,
- British
- armed
- forces
- were
- ordered
- to
- sail
- 8,000
- miles
- to
- the
- South
- Atlantic.
- It
- soon
- became
- obvious
- they
- were
- sailing
- to
- war.
- But
- with
- no
- advantage
- in
- the
- air
- or
- on
- land
- and
- the
- vast
- distances
- involved,
- many
- felt
- that
- victory
- was
- at
- best
- unlikely
- –
- and
- at
- worst,
- impossible.As
- Battle
- Group
- Commander,
- Admiral
- Sandy
- Woodward
- was
- the
- man
- in
- charge
- on
- the
- frontline.
- In
- this
- acclaimed
- account,
- he
- takes
- us
- from
- day
- 1
- to
- day
- 100
- of
- the
- conflict;
- through
- the
- tragic
- losses
- of
- ships
- and
- men
- to
- the
- defeat
- of
- the
- Argentinian
- Navy
- and
- the
- retaking
- of
- the
- islands.‘One
- Hundred
- Days’
- is
- an
- engrossing
- and
- authoritative
- retelling
- of
- these
- dramatic
- events,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- candid
- and
- revealing
- insight
- into
- what
- it
- is
- to
- lead
- your
- country
- to
- war.This
- ebook
- edition
- is
- updated
- with
- the
- diary
- that
- Sandy
- Woodward
- kept
- during
- the
- course
- of
- the campaign.
