Battle of Mount Longdon

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battle engagement of the Falklands War

The Battle of Mount Longdon was a key night assault in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically important hill overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Mount Longdon canonical	20
Battle of Wireless Ridge	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the Falklands War ⓘ
belligerent	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	British land offensive towards Port Stanley ⓘ
casualtiesArgentineKilled	over 30 ⓘ
casualtiesBritishKilled	approximately 23 ⓘ
combatStyle	hand-to-hand fighting ⓘ infantry assault ⓘ
commander	Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	June 11–12, 1982 ⓘ
decorationAwarded	Victoria Cross to Sergeant Ian McKay ⓘ
defensiveMeasures	Argentine minefields and booby traps ⓘ
effect	contributed to the fall of Port Stanley ⓘ
endDate	1982-06-12 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Tumbledown Mountain ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tumbledown Battle of Wireless Ridge ⓘ
geographicalContext	near Port Stanley ⓘ
isPartOf	Falklands War ⓘ surface form: Battle for the Falkland Islands (1982)
location	Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ
notableIndividual	Sergeant Ian McKay ⓘ
objective	capture of Mount Longdon ⓘ
outcome	Argentine forces withdrew from Mount Longdon ⓘ
partOf	1982 Falklands War land campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Goose Green ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
startDate	1982-06-11 ⓘ
strategicImportance	overlooked Port Stanley ⓘ
supportingArm	artillery support ⓘ engineer support ⓘ naval gunfire support ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Argentine entrenched defensive positions ⓘ close-quarters combat ⓘ minefields ⓘ rocky high ground ⓘ
theater	South Atlantic ⓘ
timeOfMainAssault	night ⓘ
typeOfOperation	night assault ⓘ
unitInvolved	29 (Corunna) Battery, 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Argentine 10th Armoured Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron ⓘ Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ Royal Engineers ⓘ surface form: Royal Engineers detachments
weatherConditions	cold and dark winter night ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Falklands War → notableBattle → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wireless Ridge

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

Battle of Mount Tumbledown → precededBy → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Mount Longdon → wasSiteOf → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Operation Corporate → includesEvent → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

East Falkland → sawMajorBattles → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Argentine surrender at Port Stanley → precededBy → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Battle of Wireless Ridge → precededBy → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Mount Longdon, East Falkland → knownFor → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Longdon

Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez → conflict → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

subject surface form: Omar Giménez

Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez → participantIn → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

subject surface form: Omar Giménez

Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Sergeant Ian McKay → conflict → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

subject surface form: Ian McKay

Victoria Cross to Sergeant Ian McKay → battle → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Battle of Tumbledown Mountain → relatedEvent → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Battle for Port Stanley → tookPlaceAfter → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

3 PARA → notableEngagement → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ

Battle of Two Sisters → precededBy → Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ