Wireless Ridge

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Wireless Ridge was a strategically important high ground near Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands and the site of one of the final and decisive battles of the 1982 Falklands War.

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Label Occurrences
Wireless Ridge canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
battlefield ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
associatedWith Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Argentine Army 7th Infantry Regiment

Parachute Regiment ⓘ
surface form: British Army Parachute Regiment
battle Battle of Wireless Ridge ⓘ
belligerent Argentina ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Chris Keeble ⓘ
Julian Thompson ⓘ
Oscar Jofre ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1982-06-13 ⓘ
1982-06-14 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
followedBy advance on Port Stanley ⓘ
hasAftermath area now peaceful and largely undeveloped ⓘ
locatedAt Wireless Ridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedIn Falkland Islands ⓘ
locatedNear Port Stanley ⓘ
notableFor intense night fighting in June 1982 ⓘ
role in final phase of British advance on Port Stanley ⓘ
overlooks approaches to Port Stanley ⓘ
partOf East Falkland ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance decisive engagement leading to Argentine surrender in Port Stanley ⓘ
one of the final battles of the Falklands War ⓘ
strategicImportance high ground overlooking approaches to Port Stanley ⓘ
unitInvolved 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

3 Commando Brigade ⓘ
Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
usedFor Argentine defensive positions in 1982 ⓘ
warTheater South Atlantic ⓘ

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Battle of Wireless Ridge → location → Wireless Ridge ⓘ
Wireless Ridge → locatedAt → Wireless Ridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Wireless Ridge