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The Americans said retaking the islands would be impossible and its much easier to defend a location than to retake it so usually you need a much larger force to retake an area than the number defending it and expect more casualties than the defenders and yet some how the British managed to retake the islands with significantly less casualties than the defenders. Its crazy impressive.
Apparently this is a concept the Iron Lady didn't learn.
As her troops just tore the occupying force apart.
When the British Empire began, we were a nation of only 4.1 million people. Divide by two to leave only men then divide that number by 4 to leave only fighting age men. We took 1/4 of the planet.
Of course, Reagan could've just taken the islands for America; it would've been a much shorter and easier war.
@@SilvanaDil What an odd statement.
12:54 As an argentinian I understand that no one wants to be ruled by the argentinian goverment, I think they made a wise choice by voting for Britain
That's the sad reality, Joaquin. Anglo-Argentine relations could and should be so much better (we've a lot in common), but politicians would rather keep this simmering-away, instead of developing our mutual trade & cultural opportunities :(
Interesting fact at 9:45 the cruiser that was sunk the ARA General Belgrano was originally the U.S. Brooklyn-class cruiser USS Phoenix who'd been at Pearl Harbor the morning of the attack, went on to earn 9 Battle Stars (which used to be commendations issued to USN warships for noteworthy participation in battles they've since been replaced with a new award) for her part in the war and was sold to the Argentine Navy after the war.
And the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was a royal navy ship during ww2
And she was sunk with a WW2 era torpedo fired unguided 1940's style. The Sub had the latest guided torps but chose to use 3 vintage steam driven weapons. Strange but true.
A couple notes, 1. while UK is a naval super power, their supply line was very stretched and there was a real concern that their carrier could be sunk and that would cripple their offensive. 2. Chile had just finished a war with Argentina and were secretly supporting British Intelligence. Chile was a base of operation for a couple raids, and Chile's radar gave Britain early warning for Argentine activity.
Chile and Argentina didnt go to war, they nearly did in 1978, but there wasnt any official conflict
Hi, actual Argentinian here. Just a quick fact I feel always gets overlooked. Most of the soldiers where conscripts between 18-24 years old, from the northern provinces where the climate is usually very hot and humid, sub-tropical climate. That plus the army being horrendously under equipped was one of the main reasons we got plummeled. Now, I don't want to start a political war in the comments, for my own sake I don't give a fuck about the islands or its inhabitants. This war happened 10 years before I was even borned. I just wanted to throw this little bit of info.
@Alistair Bolden earned, unimportant, steel. ;¬)
Conscripts always get the rough end of the deal
For what it's worth, they were up against one of the best military forces on the planet, they did well all things considered. British troops respected their enemy.
The argie Air Force got a lot of respect for their bravery, kept on trying despite being shot down in outdated planes
The Argentinian air force put up a good fight, but the biggest obstacle was fighting 8000 miles from home.
The Soviets did threaten to nuke the UK if they used their nuclear weapons against Argentina. They also supplied satellite coverage. As regards a blockade, the war was for the islanders who would probably suffer as a consequence.
I believe the Falklands War is the only war where both sides were using the same type of rifle (Belgian-made FN FAL), except the Argentinians were using the full-auto modification and the British had the semi-automatic version. If I recall, British soldiers would sometimes replace their rifles with Argentinian trophies since they wanted the ability to fire long bursts. After all, the ammo was the same
interesting info, I recall British soldiers in early 80's to 1990's hated their guns, they complained that foreign forces had far superior weapons, and it caused a lengthy royal commision in the British army as to why their guns were so inadequate
I’ve spoken to a lot of Falkland war vets and they have said they wouldn’t swap the SLR with the full auto as you would run out of ammo more quickly and the sights wouldn’t be correct also they would of got a right bollocking for dropping their own weapon. Every British soldier loved their SLR. So far the I haven’t found any proof that Brits picked up the FN FAL. maybe the guys with the sterling smg might of picked up a FAL but would of swapped back to the SLR when one was available
proud Yorkshireman huh, maybe I got it backwards. Been a while since I watched that episode of Top 10
@@proudyorkshireman7708 RSM might have something to say about leaving your weapon behind...
The British army is taught to fire bursts and not empty clips, every round fired should be a kill shot. Only British special forces have full auto weapons
America was in a difficult position here, they had a defense treaty with the South American nations but then the UK was also party to that same treaty thanks to the Falklands and some other holdings, plus Argentina was the aggressor here. So mostly they stayed out of it except providing behind the scenes intelligence data to the UK, satellite imagery and so on.
The falklands war cost the uk 1.2 billion pounds. That is about 4 billion pounds today. All that money for 1820 islanders. We Brits care about our citizens not money
Yeah, the ratio was like 1:2,5; but also consider that almost half of the argentinian deaths were in the sinking of the ARA Belgrano
And most of the british deaths were the bluff cove air attacks when the argies sunk a british ship on land the brits battered them despite bring outnumbered and attacking well fortified defenses
Here an argentinian. Here its a big deal the Malvinas between 40+ years people, but the new generations dont really care. Also, the majority of the soldiers where young guys from between 18-early 20s and with limited training, thats because the good troops were in the frontier with Chile, because Chile was an ally of GB and they were afraid of an invasion by the chilean.
Greetings from Buenos Aires
It was a pointless war that shouldnt have happened and caused too much death on both sides but you dont get your own back by pelting rocks at 3 old tv presenters.
this is correct as far as i know., but i would guess that most of the british troops were of a similar age. British pilots reported that the argentine air force was very formidable and well trained, but their orders were to attack shipping, which hey did effectively. if they were ordered to prioritize attacking aircraft things could of been very different.
@@daveharrison7707 I am not an expertise of the conflict, but fron what I know, a good chunk of the british army were experienced and elite, or at least that is what the information of Argentina says
@@daveharrison7707 Mate the Ghurkahs and the SAS were major reasons why we won, and the SAS is the best armed force in the world so they certainly werent of a similar age and training, also the RAF had just come out of two world wars, and hadd Harriers and Vulcans, the argintinan conscripts did well sure, and i dont want to sound like a patriotic dick, cause im not, but the Argentines were in no way comparable.
@@alejonunez5788yes they were elite, well trained troops.
11:20 letting your ships be bombed until the enemy runs out of fuel is probably not an ideal strategy also 😂😂😂
Sounds like most ‘wars’ sadly. Ignore the problem until we can claim we’ve won.
I wanted to watch this video because of the thumbnail alone.
When comes Epic history WW1 ?
This week ;)
The Soviet Union was checking out the British Task Force as it went south using Bear bomber-reconnaissance planes from Angola. It is also believed that they had submarines in the area doing the same .
The biggest threat to the British Navy was from the Argentinas air force flying from the mainland using the french super etendard with the exocet missile .
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The Soviets supported Argentina in this war, providing intelligence. And yes, it was pretty awkward for both governments to work together.
Also, the British navy did in fact blockade the islands, the problem was that they are so close to the Argentine mainland that Argentine jets could directly take off from there to carry out their bombing runs.
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Wait, did you already cover the Three Kingdoms video from oversimplified as well?
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Regarding the US support of the Argentinian dictator, you should react to something about the School of the Americas
From UN videos I've seen that were taken at the time. The Soviets largely sided against Britain (no big surprise there) and accused America of supporting Britain (which was only half true) and generally complaining
Edit: sorry but I can't remember where I saw this video. Probably on youtube but I can't remember what it was called
Some former Soviet officials claim to have given satellite information to Argentina(supposedly leading to the attack on HMS Sheffield). Reasons differ between accounts between a desire to weaken NATO assets to as part of a deal due to Argentina not joining anti-soviet embargo.
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My Uncle died in this conflict.
Respect to him.
are you from Austria?
Yes he is
Or Im pretty sure he's from Austria
Yup I am. But I am croatian :)
@@Essek This explains so much. When watching your vids, I was always curious as to why and how you were familiar with the German, rather than English, terms used to describe various battles, agreements, strategies etc. Cool! Es tut mir leid, Wunderbar! lol
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I Remember The Falklands War bak in 82 it startd in 2nd April ... Ended in 14th June 1982 .... Eva1 in Britain waz behind the forces
Only 2 lol
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H.M.S ENDURANCE WAZ NICKNAMED RED PLUM ..... THE THATCHER YRS WAZ WORST MINERS STRIKE
malvinas siempre seran argentinas
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