✦ History

Part of Falklands War

Battle of Mount Tumbledown

June 13–14, 1982 · Battle of Mount Tumbledown

Result British victory

The Scots Guards took Mount Tumbledown from the Argentine 5th Marine Infantry Battalion.

On the map Contemporaries

United Kingdom

Argentina

United Kingdom
Argentina
Michael Scott military commander John Kiszely military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
641
Tanks lost
1
Ships
2
Killed
30
Wounded
100
Captured
30

Units

5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Blues and Royals Scots Guards Welsh Guards 42 Commando United Kingdom Commando Force Royal Navy
5th Marine Infantry Battalion (Argentina)