As Falklanders go to the polls, memory of war looms large
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Clifford Armion
le 03/11/2013
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For Gerald Morrison, the opportunity to express his Britishness came tinged with a particular satisfaction today.Nearly 31 years ago, he found himself in the no-man’s-land between British and Argentine forces in one of the most bitterly-fought battles of the Falklands War.
As he crouched in his home close to Goose Green during the famously bloody assault by British paratroopers in May 1982, bullets and missiles crashed into the cottage in the darkness from UK forces who believed they were under fire from Argentine soldiers inside.
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"As Falklanders go to the polls, memory of war looms large ", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2013. Consulté le 26/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/as-falklanders-go-to-the-polls-memory-of-war-looms-large-