The battle for the islands' capital 13.06.12
48Present day soldiers based at the Mount Pleasant Complex take part in the regular Battlefield tours that are run from the base. It is important for today's servicemen to understand both what happened here 30 years ago and the strategy which led to the liberation of the islands.
The battle on Mount Harriet is regarded as a textbook example of good planning and use of deception and surprise- undertaken by 42 Commando Royal Marines.
The Falklands terrain is not the easiest to negotiate even in daylight -- the Marines were doing it in the dark and under fire.
In a fierce night attack, 42 Commando set about winkling out the entrenched positions of the 4th Argentine Infantry Brigade.
Argentine Forces had been dug in on the mountain for weeks, that is until the 11th June, 1982 and even after 30 years the remnants of war still remain.
On the other side of the Mountains in Stanley, islanders were bracing themselves for the final British push. Hundreds of shells whistled and screamed over the town for hours on end.
One Stanley resident described these few days 30 years ago as like being at the very centre of hell itself -- the deafening noise of Argentine Guns and the crump of British Shells landing all around.
The memorial on the top of Mount Harriet is one of a number which testifies to the bravery and fortitude of the liberating British Troops. Today's troops like to maintain it when they come giving the plaque a rigorous polish.
There has been a Museum here in Stanley since the Falklands War and they have just opened a new exhibition on the Conflict.
It is so big they have had to set up in the Town Hall.
British Forces News has been speaking to one of the trustees, Richard Cockwell.