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Two Sides of Hell
The bloodiest battle of the Falklands from both sides

Authors Vincent Bramley
Publisher 22
ISBN  # 1-898125-75-9
On-line Merchant Amazon
Cover Notes

The book that tells the truth about the way we treat our heroes.

The unique and harrowing account of the bloodiest battle of the falklands War, as seen through the eyes of eight ordinary Argentinean soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Regiment and five British Paratroopers interviewed by the best-selling author of Excursion to Hell.

The book tell for the first time the true legacy of the falklands, from both the British and Argentinean side. it is a soldiers tale, told on behalf of soldiers. 

Reviews



Martin rated this book as Excellent

An outstanding book, excellent reading. It give a very interesting in sight to the life, and death of Argentinean soldiers up in the hills waiting for the british to come. They really had a bad time. The book also give a very good detailed account of many individual experiences of the battle. Vincent's first book was good but this is excellent. He has matured well as a writer.



Juan Pozzi rated this book as Good

Vincent Bramley arrived in Bs As in June 1993, a 3 Para veteran in his early 30s.  Many Argentine veterans give Bramley their views on the campaign.  To be frank Alberto Carbone, Luis Leccese, Felix Barreto and Antonio Belmonte are cry-babies.   Although conscript Jorge Perez-Grandi complained of the bullying NCOs and stultifying discipline in the elite Cordoba-based 4th Airborne Infantry Brigade, he thrived on Army life and went on to enter the Buenos Aires officer training school after his discharge.  And for his actions on Two Sisters Hill on 11-12 June 1982 he (2nd Lieutenant Perez-Grandi) was decorated for his gallantry!

  I feel Two Sides of Hell has presented an inaccurate account of the Argentine campaign.  How come he didn't put in anything about the 7th Regiment counterattack on the northern slopes from Wireless Ridge right through Numbers 4 and 5 Platoons?  It turned out that this counterattack, one of the most
successful Argentine night actions in the ground war, was launched by First Lieutenant Raul Fernando Castaneda's 1st Platoon, 'C' Company.  In actuality the Argentine conscripts on Mount Longdon were far from being the helpless, inept and totally deplorable soldiers that  British war annals have posterity believe.  Lieutenant-General Hew Pike (then Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion) takes a contrary view in The Other Side Of The Hill (Pegasus: The Journal of the Parachute Regiment, April 1988).  To read more about Mount Longdon, try Nine Battles to Stanley (Leo Cooper, 1999).  Though maligned or dismissed in British war annals Major Carlos Carrizo-Salvadores, second in command, 7th Regiment, did his best to stem the British onslaught.


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