Fix Bayonets!--two British paratrooper figures from the Falklands War
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Item Number: TF015
"Fix Bayonets!"
During this conflict, the humble but very sharp bayonet came once more to the front when British troops on several occasions 'fixed bayonets' and charged the enemy, most notably when 3 PARA attacked Argentine positions during the Battle of Mount Longdon on the 11/12 June 1982.
Elsewhere, marines from 42 Commando also assaulted defensive outposts on Mount Harriet at the point of their bayonets, while other marines from 45 Commando captured Two Sisters.
This two-man set shows a British paratrooper from 3 PARA about to inflict a very serious bayonet wound on a very surprised Argentine soldier!
"DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA!"
As well as being the memorable theme song of the highly popular film and stage musical ‘EVITA’, this particular song also formed part of the soundtrack to the 1982 Falklands War fought between Britain and Argentina.
When that war erupted in April 1982 with the Argentine invasion of this small group of rugged and remote British islands, few people suspected that a brief but bloody conflict would follow.
As is well known, a powerful naval task force was rapidly dispatched from Britain with the firm intention of retaking the islands, evicting the invaders and liberating the small British community who had lived and worked there for almost 150 years.
As the land force element of the Task Force was loaded aboard the ships sailing to the South Atlantic, they were serenaded up the gangplanks by a familiar sound…
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, the memorable theme song from ‘EVITA’.
On these occasions, the song was often played somewhat sarcastically by several of the regimental bands of the Royal Marines and the Parachute Regiment much to the amusement of the boarding ‘Bootnecks’ and ‘Paras’.
Due to be released in JUNE 2025.
