Battle of Mount Tumbledown

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a key night engagement in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically vital height overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders, effectively sealing victory in the conflict.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ
belligerent	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	British land campaign to retake the Falkland Islands ⓘ
casualtiesArgentina	dozens killed ⓘ
casualtiesUK	approximately 10 killed ⓘ
commanderArgentina	Teniente Coronel Carlos Robacio ⓘ
commanderUK	Brigadier David Morgan ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Mike Scott ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1982-06-13 ⓘ 1982-06-14 ⓘ
defensivePosition	entrenched Argentine forces ⓘ
followedBy	Argentine surrender at Port Stanley ⓘ
location	East Falkland ⓘ Falkland Islands ⓘ Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ surface form: Mount Tumbledown
memorial	Argentine memorial on Mount Tumbledown ⓘ Scots Guards memorial on Mount Tumbledown ⓘ
objective	capture of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ open route to Port Stanley ⓘ
partOf	Falklands War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ Battle of Wireless Ridge ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome	breach of Argentine defensive ring around Port Stanley ⓘ capture of high ground overlooking Port Stanley ⓘ
strategicSignificance	helped force Argentine surrender in Falklands War ⓘ
tactics	artillery support ⓘ close-quarters combat ⓘ naval gunfire support ⓘ night infantry assault ⓘ
terrain	ridge line west of Port Stanley ⓘ rocky high ground ⓘ
timeOfDay	night ⓘ
unitArgentina	3rd Platoon of 6th Infantry Regiment ⓘ 5th Marine Infantry Battalion ⓘ B Company 6th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
unitUK	1st Battalion 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles ⓘ Scots Guards ⓘ surface form: 2nd Battalion Scots Guards 42 Commando Royal Marines ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ surface form: 45 Commando Royal Marines Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ surface form: Royal Artillery Royal Marines ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Goose Green → followedBy → Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ

Operation Corporate → includesEvent → Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ

Falklands War → notableBattle → Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ