Falklands final secret: It's the ultimate picture of defeat. But far from being a walkover by invading Argies, a new book claims these British Marines killed up to 100 in a bloody defence

by Guest Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:38 am

[*]60 Royal Marines frogmarched through Port Stanley by Argies in April 1982
[*]Official history suggests that their resistance was little more than token
[*]But now new book claims Marines killed 100 Argentinians before surrender

It was the ultimate humiliation. The 60-strong garrison of highly trained Royal Marines were frogmarched with their hands up through Port Stanley and forced to lie face-down on a road with the Argentinian conquerors of the Falkland Islands strutting victoriously over them. Press photographs of their capitulation were flashed around the world and were printed here under banner headlines such as 'Surrender' and 'Shame' alongside reports that the Marines had run up the white flag with barely a shot fired. Even the official history of the conflict, written by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, suggests that their resistance was little more than token – with an Argentinian commando killed and several more wounded before the order to surrender was given.

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