Qualla: Battle of Mount Harriet https://qualla.com/battle-of-mount-harriet en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Mount Harriet https://qualla.com/battle-of-mount-harriet Battle of Mount Harriet: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-mount-harriet/ The defenders of Mount Harriet had prepared for an attack from the west. They had dug their trenches, sited their machine guns, and laid their minefields to meet an enemy coming from that direction. So on the night of 11 June 1982, while a noisy diversion erupted on the western slopes exactly as expected, the men of 42 Commando were quietly threading a path through the minefield to the south and circling around to the rear. When they opened fire, they were behind the Argentine lines, attacking from the one quarter the defense had been told to ignore.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/w/y/9/battle-of-mount-harriet-wp/4wy9-battle-of-mount-harriet-into-the-rear.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Mount Harriet: A Hard, Honest Fight https://qualla.com/battle-of-mount-harriet/ The defenders were conscripts and professionals of the 4th Infantry Regiment, and many of them fought hard. At one point a single Argentine machine-gun position, cleverly using a night-vision scope to make it seem a lone sniper held up the entire advance, drawing the Marines into...

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