The Second Battle of Grytviken - Falklands

Company Level
Normal Day Conditions
Play as British or PBEM

M Company of the 42nd Marine Commando was ordered to take back South Georgia Island and was loaded aboard HMS Tidespring, a tanker. Accompanying the marines were a detachment of the Special Boat Section and added at the last minute, D Squadron of the Special Air Service.

The initial attempts to recon the Argentine positions almost ended in disaster. Mountain Troop of the SAS spent a miserable night on Fontana Glacier and had to picked up by helicopter before their mission was completed. Two of the three helicopters crashed in a whiteout, but no lives were lost. The marines of the SBS did not fare much better as their boats drifted and those troops that did manage to reach their objectives were spotted by the Argentines.

While M Company was 200 miles away, the SAS troopers and marines on the three escorting frigates elected to try and take back the island. Naval gunfire would make up for a lack of numbers. Three ASW helicopters were available to transport the troops ashore while 4.5 inch shells rained down on the LZ as well as the Argentine positions. The British counterattack was underway.