As a Londoner, I just want to say that you are 100% right, it wasn't worth the lives lost to both sides and I hope they are in a better place. And you are a gentleman, leave the macho talk to the fools! Take care m8💯👍👊
As an ex British soldier, I would like to wish the British and Argentin fallen my full respect 🙏 and RIP 🙏 to all those brave men on both sides who did not get to go home .
I was on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CV-64 in 1982. We one of our Port of Call was Mombasa Africa in March. The Sheffield happened to be in port in Mombassa and met some British Sailors out in town and they brought onboard the Sheffield and gave us tour of her and gave us a inside look what a what sailor life was like on her. Little did we know on what would happen to her in the near future. She was a beautiful ship.
I boarded the Connie back in early 1997 for a tour when she was moored at North Island. That summer I went to "Great Mistakes". Early the following year I was assigned to USS Boxer LHD-4
In 1981 I was the (Brit) RO of an Italian car carrier docked in Antwerp. It was fairly novel at the time for UK officers to be on Italian vessels, all down to evolving EU law on the movement of labour and the sharp contraction of the British merchant fleet tied to a shortage of officers in the Italian fleet. Enroute to a beer ashore I walked past RFA Sir Galahad berthed adjacent and happened to get in conversation with her loadmaster who mentioned in passing that the RFA was currently recruiting and that I'd love the great life they enjoyed. It sounded fun, but before I could do anything about it I heard the words, 'I'm having a baby' (in Australia, where I remain as an accidental kind of immigrant). I remembered his words when I saw the images of her burning at Fitzroy and I hoped he made it through. Regards to you and the USN.
The Sheffield had the nickname 'The Shiny Sheff' because a tradition had grown up of the eponymous city - Britain's Steel Town - equipping its naval namesakes with lots of stainless steel fittings. Thus they could consider themselves a cut above the standard Type 42 (and might explain the guided tour!)
I'm from Argentina but I'm on the British side on this one.. Do you think I could win the presidency of Argentina by campaining on "British Falklands"?.. I think I can pull it off. 😎♥ DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE: A "British Falklands" type of politician has become the new president of Argentina (Javier Milei), pulling off a "crazy" style. Fucker, I voted for the guy but he already beat me to first "crazy" president of Argentina.
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Mike, Many thanks for posting what looks to be an excellent documentary series on the Falklands War. Some great footage and very insightful interviews with key protagonists on both sides. Brings back many memories for me of this time and the tensions it brought. Congratulations and many thanks for your own personal military service and your literary achievements-and not least for your marvellous TH-cam channel!
Imagine claiming an island thousands of miles away from the mainland as yours. The logic is laid to rest with some of the tea leafs, sugar, cheap milk powered sipping and €0.60 biscuits crouching between rotten Tom Hollanders and Harry stylers.
My dad was there, he was with the Royal Artillery. He left the army once he got home, he did his 10yrs. He came back a different dad and eventually got over it, well that's what he told us. Respect to all who serve to protect us from evil in the world.🤟
Argentina was evil? They tried to take back a territory that was robbed and colonised in 1833. Same as Britain did in every continent. The problem is that you chaps in the UK were educated in a way that everyone who thinks different or tries to take back what belongs to them, is evil. Wrong. Lastly, nothing against UK. Nice place.
The Argies did NOT only have 3 Exocets left. France were supplying more via South Africa. I was a friend of a Captain in the SADF who saw them being delivered and shipped out to Brazil. The Argies problem was that the French Engineers who could fit and arm the missiles CHOSE to leave the Argies. Salute to those French
It is also alleged the French provided Britain with the information it needed to jam the guidance system of the Exocet, after Argentina's first use of it.... Unfortunately, this was a while before the better CIWS systems were installed on British Royal Navy ships.....
you are right, but Argentina engineers managed to recreate the guidance system almost by hand and they also managed to mount the missiles in a ground launcher, something that I have read that they thought that were impossible
Argentina received 5 Super Etendard with 5 missiles, every attempt to buy more Exocets were foiled by the British Intelligence. The French tech guys were ordered to leave by the French govt and MDBA.
yer i know, captain kirk was on holiday so the enterprise was flown by an amature.. i knew a dog who once was a dog shit duznt work.. not for me.. not saying your lying.. but i am saying your full of shit.. sorry
Ozzie. I remember at 14 . However , as the conflict continued the Argies appeared to honour the rules of war and the Geneva convention. I can respect them for that.
@@geoffwaterman6560 THAT is one thing that you can't trust the current enemy to do! They don't even wear uniforms, and they specifically target civvies!
British pilots have always had superior trading and talent. They got the most out of those harrier jets outclassing better planes . The harrier became a legend!
they bounced fighters configured for A2G with no A2A missiles to fight back, no radar, no rwr, no chaff/flares, at the very edge of their combat range, that's easy to do.
@@fcsoldeu5338 naahh that's not true, I'm Argentine btw. The Harrier had a very decent radar, very good acceleration and maneuverability. With an older version of the sidewinder they would still be very dangerous. It's not realistic to think they wouldn't bring missiles to the conflict.
@@Monsoon_Enjoyer you are very, very clearly uneducated. It is called the FALKLANDS, everyone knows this as we won. Winner writes history. Our SAS slotted your boys left right and centre, maybe you are next as you seem to pretend to be a fake soldier who wears a ski mask. How brave you are paddy
Glad l wasn't there back in 1982 the government weren't issuing passports to young men between the ages of 16 to 25 that's what I heard. Luckily l wasn't called up as l would have been elligable fortunately the taskforce won but it's terrible that those young men from both sides lost their lives. Ban all wars let all men lead their lives without war.
@@Mrz-sb1hw Hi Trollfarm, how are you and sock doing ? I heard you and sock were trying for kids. God help baby sock human if you wash bs like that with knowledge of FA . Idiot Love from Great Britain 🇬🇧
This is a fine documentary about one of the topics of war I've always been intrigued about. I still believe though, that the war would've never happened if Britain hadn't decommissioned the old Ark Royal....with it's fast, long reach F4 Phantoms and Buccaneer fighter bombers. Those aircraft would've been a menacing deterrent for Argentina.
@@tbrowniscoolThat’s what sets a professional armed forces and a conscripted military apart. Britain, especially it’s navy, has a tradition of accomplishing the impossible with less than desirable circumstances. Leadership and determination.
@@duffelbagdrag Respect to you and all the other US military that have fought and served all over the world, some paying the ultimate price. Thank you for your service my friend. 🙏🙏
@@duffelbagdragI appreciate everything that you say. The only missing part of your comment is someone called Margaret Thatcher. She was my country’s leader when Argentina invaded our territory. All the men around her advised that we should leave the Falkland Islands to the Argentinians as it was too far to send an army. Thankfully she was the only real man amongst them and she decided….just her….to stand up for freedom.
They got notification of the invasion coming on April 1st. I wrote the history of the Falklands invasion with everyone involved, a book called "The First Casualty" and yes, they did all think it was an April Fooks joke!!
Having to rely on a Navy that sailed 8,000 miles from Britain for all of their logistics needs, the ground forces were indeed fighting a tough war on the ground, with little reinforcements.
I've worked with a guy that's ex D squadron (22Reg) and whilst I didn't know him personally before his Falklands deployment, all of his friends in the regiment that I have spoken to, have said that the conflict changed my friend, I recently found out that my friend lost his brother in the conflict. Sadly in war, there are only ever losers.
@@victordiaz3189 4 nations. England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland which forms the United Kingdom 🇬🇧💪🇬🇧 We sailed 10,000 miles & whooped your arse. Get over it amigo!! 😬
All wars are fought with young men blood. I wanted to be soldier and and be deployed from age of 18 to my early 30’s. I learned so much about war since then and now think there is nothing worse. I thank God I never needed or decided to go to war. War is nothing else than tragedy, human blood , sweat and tears. Every act of heroism I’m aware of are when soldiers fight for each other or their own home city’s
Every man who died in that conflict was one too many, irrespective of nationality. I hope their families found solace, that those who died RIP and the wounded recovery.
"dame risks"? That's quite an appropriate typo given the fact he can't keep his **** in his trousers. Although "dame" isn't really the right word for the underage girls he favours.
Me, at 0:32, was rescued from the freezing water by a helicopter as I vainly tried to swim ashore. 23-year-old Royal Marines Commando, fitter than I am today!
I was 12 years old at the time of the conflict and was able to follow the news in real time: there was great concern that the conflict would enter the South American continent, which fortunately did not happen. Here in Brazil, the memory I have is of a division over who would be right in the demands. The subject currently causes little interest among the population.
it actually didn't peak anyone's interest in Argentina post defeat? and that's coming from Argentinian fighters going home? they specifically recalled "not shown any love or nothing"
I had a friend who did triathlon so he was seriously fit af but he couldnt fathom how anyone can run across boggy ground in the dark with a rifle and 70lb pack without being fcked within 300 yards. We could ten win world cups on the trot and thats still NOTHING compared with what our wonderful lads achieved out there.
@@aaronthomas5382 - the Parachute Regiment had no none Para Reg infantry attachees for the conflict. Did he survive the conflict? Are you sure of his Regiment?
I watched a documentary about Simon West visiting the Armada Pilot who unleashed the Exocet. They both agreed that it was Politics and Politicians that pitted all these brave people against each other. Sad.
AlanBbrady, poor Simon West was badly burned on the Sir Galahad. The BBC did a follow up series on his hospital treatment when he got home. To this day I can still hear that poor mans screams when the nurses had to tend his wounds.
The Argentine Navy should hang their heads in shame, their Ships fled from the Belgrano and her Sailors were left to perish in a minus twelve degrees Sea, being wary of British Submarines is one thing, but to abandon their Sailors is inexcusable.
Forgot to mention the dudes who raised the Argie flag on a old whaling station, before the invasion, and thatcher ordered them off, and they said it was a peaceful protest, but she was not having any of it.
I think that the falklands showed how much the UK's military might had decayed to the point they did not even have the transport ships to project power beyond their corner of the world. Hopefully it has gotten better but i hear it is not by much
The interesting thing is Although the the Royal navy is even weaker now than 1982 in destroyers and frigates we've got 2 proper aircraft carriers know which can carry 60 fighter jet's whereas as invincible could only carry 12 harriers.
Invincible only carried 8 SHARs Hermes carried 12, that's 20 in total according to "Sharky" Ward and he should know. I can't work out where this figure of 24 comes from.
@@zaeedaziz2213 things will change and people are waking up to scum nations in the middle East. Grooming gang's financed by the middle East and protected by the left will be delt with.
The Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. Therefore, Argentina should not own something it has no right to own and has never owned. The UK is the lawful Original Sovereign of the Falklands, and claimed them first, in 1594, 222 years before Argentina existed. In 1825 Argentina submitted a full description of all of its lands, islands, latitudes and longitudes claimed, to the UK, in order to be recognised in the Treaty of Friendship: this did not include the Falklands, and Argentina was accepted as such. In 1829 Argentina tried to clandestinely seize the Falklands and ignored a British Formal Diplomatic Protest, and a second in 1832 when they tried to install a governor. In 1833 a British warship asked a trespassing Argentine warship to leave the area which it duly did. The British flag was hoisted and British Sovereignty resumed. Argentina protested intermittently until 1849 when it gave up its claim in the Convention of Settlement, after which, Argentina issued not one Formal Diplomatic Protest for 97 years until 1946, nor were the Falklands mentioned once in the Argentine Congress from ratification of the Convention in 1850 until 91 years later in 1941. Since then, using a settled dispute as a pretext for a fictitious new one, aimed at uniting the people behind a common cause, Argentina has harassed and bullied the Falkland Islanders, denied their human rights, campaigned against their existence, attacked, invaded and annexed their country, covered the place in land mines and dead bodies, and in the present day, bullies their stallholders at trade shows and even their girls badminton team. No country on earth actually has less right to the Falklands than Argentina after its shambolic abuses, and in 2013 the Falkland Islanders, the only people who can determine the sovereignty and political future of the Falkland Islands, voted by 99.8% for UK Sovereignty. The matter is settled.
I'm Brazilian, and I was 16 in 1982. I remember that I felt a sort of relief when Argentina invaded the Falklands, because we knew in Brazil that the political and economic situation there where explosive and, because of the tradicional rivality between our people, we feared that the argentinians could decide to attack us, with the same populist intentions. They were searching for a war. They almost declared war to Chile. It was tense. Well, we must thank US for supporting that sort of dictatorships in our region... Dictators are dictators, no matter where they are. They are always insane and dangerous.
I recommend that you study history better, first you defend an imperialist state that plundered, annihilated countless populations in the world in pursuit of domination of things that have never been theirs To say that the Malvinas are not Argentine is to say "I am an imperialist" Argentina inherited the Falkland Islands from Spain England did not inherit from the populations of what is now South Africa those lands he stole them, looted them If you want, I can tell you about the Indian or Hong Kong case, the latter linked to British drug trafficking
@@viniciogomescompositor It is funny that a Brazilian who got rid of the Brazilian empire, today says that he is in favor of British imperialism that invaded countless peoples, killed them, enslaved them, used them, destroyed them
The British think just because they arrive to an island that its automatically there territory is such selfishness they left and then Spain took over and then Argentina when they saw that they wanted the island back.
I often wonder about the boys who were there, Where they are today, and would like to wish them well, and would like to see a catch-up type program to see how they are today. Real heroes in a modern world
One of the Royal Marines who was wounded, left the Service, and disgruntled at how he had been treated by the MOD, traveled down here to Auckland, New Zealand, and by 1990-91 was working in a secondhand book shop on Victoria St West. He was going out with a female friend of mine and was friends with my cousins husband who was in the RNZN. He occasionally used to come to parties and go tramping with us. He was quite happy seeming, and fit in very well with life here. The only time he talked about the Falklands that I remember was talking about how badly treated he was after he was wounded, or so he felt.
The Sheffield captain managed to get over it and he does have a lovely house. Which is nice. Of course, the naval ratings that were burnt so nobody wanted them anymore did not have quite such a lovely house to live in. Nor are they interviewed. That is a shame. I am sure they must have tales to tell. I wonder where they are.
Much as I disliked Margaret Thatcher,I always felt that had anyone else in Parliament. been Prime Minister the Falklands would have become Argentian permanently
Salt was totally ignored by his Navy colleagues afterwards. Read Peter Ratcliffe "Eye of the Storm" But it seems a strange time to turn your radar off to call London...
@@oldmanc2 Not bother to send proper coded radio messages and instead turn off the radar and use the sat phone - just because it's easier. It's so typical English. Captain Sam Salt was later promoted to rear admiral. What does that say about the other officers in the Royal Navy?
They are all folks, man. Walked out of a cinema april 2 second 1982. They told us war broken out on the Falklands. (movie we saw at Tuschinkie's in Amsterdam was: Les uns et les autres).
I recall scoffing to myself when I saw a company of British soldiers on a wharf at Portsmouth receiving the order from their RSM "To the Falkland Islands, quiiiick...march!" My first though was how pathetic a response it looked. Little did I know how well trained these men were and what a fight they'd put up. That said however, it was later acknowledged that had the war gone on for 4 or 5 weeks longer, the campaign may have been lost owing to the distance of the supply lines.
@@ssgroup1475 The geopolitical situation with China in 1999 was entirely different from that which existed with Argentina in 1982. Additionally, the current British Government is a nothing more than a criminal organisation in comparison to Mrs Thatcher's government. She would never have armed the Nazis in the Ukraine and sent them to fight the Russians. I hope that Mr Putin will defeat the Ukrainians, end the killing and correct the errors of the West.
The fact that you scoffed at the British was your first mistake and a clear indication that your imagination and sense of judgement with regard to British war planning is exceedijkuThen, your second misjudgment was your conception that the supiply lines
@@robertshapiro3733 My first error was the exact wording of the order given by the RSM, it was "To the South Atlantic....quiiiiick march" and not "To the Falkland Islands...." My scoffing was the result of ignorance at that time as to the quality of the British forces. The potential supply line problem was real and was acknowledged by the High Command.
I had sons (now deceased) who fought on opposing sides of this. I was quite the cocksman in my youth, and sired two boys 17 months apart in Argentina and GB. It was sad to read both their letters and knowing they were on a path of death.
Totally unnecessary conflict. So many tragic, horrific deaths. And all to bolster Thatcher's waning popularity amongst the her party and the voters. Hateful woman. RIP to all the combatants that lost their lives.
Don’t try taking our rock collection away from us Brits! 🇬🇧💪👊👍 By the way, our 14 oversea territories rock collection amasses to 660,000 sq miles or six times the size of the UK! Rule Britannia & God save the Queen.
@@GabrielMontgomery10 , ¡¡Tú eres el que vive en un mundo de fantasía!!;. ¡¡Los argentinos no estaban luchando contra la OTAN, estaban luchando contra los británicos!!. La palabra OTAN significa Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte y protege a los países del Atlántico Norte y de Europa de Rusia. La guerra de las Malvinas tuvo lugar en el Atlántico Sur y estaba fuera de la jurisdicción de la OTAN. ¡Sí, los británicos recibieron ayuda de sus aliados, al igual que los argentinos recibieron ayuda de la URSS (Rusia), Israel y muchos países sudamericanos!
The Sheffield captain had his radar turned off in the middle of the day, in the middle of a war zone, so his officers could chat with London. Wow. Almost court martial material there.
A professional superpower army (UK) , backed by the top superpower (USA), against an almost improvised third world army with obsolete and almost useless weapons (Argentina). It was a miracle it took that long for the brits to win the battle. Respect for the courage and bravery of the argentine soldiers, specially the argentine air force.
@@uzoma112 No one cried, just stating facts, it was an asymmetrical battle where the brits had massive technological and military advantage. As to who attacked first, that's open to discussion, the brits attacked first by invading the Malvinas decades earlier, hence the UK being the agressor
they had some good weapons actually. Plus had the benefit of being much closer to the fighting. Having to sail all the way out there and fight for territory on the doorstep of another power is so much different to fighting closer to homeland. Thats called power projection.
@@ElBoxeo1 El principal aliado de Gran Bretaña en esta parte del Continente era el General Pinochet de Chile, considerado no de los peores Dictadores de Sudamérica, o sea que no le importaba mucho ese tipo de amistades. Lo peor es que ella ante las Cámaras había manifestado que su Gobierno no negociaba ni tenía relaciones con Dictadores y que solo lo hacía con Gobiernos Democráticos. Una hipocresía total. También te recuerdo que a esas dictaduras las instalaron EEUU en complicidad con Occidente, derrocando Gobiernos Democráticos con la excusa de frenar el Comunismo en América Latina, y que Londres antes y terminada la guerra siguió teniendo relaciones diplomáticas y de amistad con muchas de las Dictaduras sobrevivientes de Sudamérica.
I still remember all of the handwritten letters, that Thatcher personally wrote, by herself and signed by herself in pen and ink, to each of the mothers, and or fathers, of each member of the services, that laid down their life, for their country, during this war.
Big mistake, messing with British Naval. The Brits can take care of business on the sea. Some of the very best in the entire world, baned only by the limits of their hardware.
@@timwatts9371 russia are u for real a hand held missle launcher sunk their flag ship near Ukraine! US has more money and kit not the grit of the British. China again don’t have the experience of the UK or USA/ the Russian navy and military is done cane even beat the Ukrainians they are not match for a nato power. The russia carrier breaks down and spends more time being repaired than sailing
Neutral Perú I am a Peruvian pro-British English and pro-Argentine, that is, I support England, the United Kingdom and Argentina in the event of a war against another enemy country, Peru used British military weapons in the armed conflict of Cenepa, we used British Canberra fighter-bombers. It should be noted that Peru shot down 7 aircraft to Ecuador and Ecuador shot down 6 aircraft to Peru, but Peru won because we Peruvians stayed with Tiwintza territory, the British English Martin George Guisse was the founder of the Peruvian Navy with Jose de San Martin, the Englishman George Guisse fought against France, he also fought against Napoleon Bonaparte and later fought against the Spanish, the Englishman William Guillermo Miller was the designer of the Peruvian military uniform of what is now the Army of Peru, Miller helped José de San Martín to liberate Peru in its independence, Peru has a lot of influence, English doctrine and tradition, British Miller fought in the battle of Waterloo, and also the English Guillermo Miller fought in the battle of Junín and Ayacucho, which were very important battles for the independence of Peru, here in Peru there are always magazines and a lot of information saying that the English empire supported Peru to free itself from the Spanish empire, that is, it is obvious that the Peruvians are being programmed so that in the future they recognize and accept England as the Liberator of Peru because if not in Peru they would not be putting much information about e this and they would say that independence was bought, which is not the case, it is already proven that England and the English did many things for Peru, although Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar they are the liberators of Peru, England would be the new and third liberator of Peru in the future, Although it is true that Peru and England are enemies, I say this because the English, the Falklands War, the Pacific War and the Pacocha battle are almost always talked about. I am Peruvian, this is the user Racso Atomic Bomb and T-Rex, now I have this user, the government of Peru I believe that in the year 1975 to 1978, the Peruvian government wanted to acquire an aircraft carrier from England when Peru could have declared war on Chile , the English government had no impediment and the English said that if they could sell the aircraft carrier to Peru, Peru had the English Canberra fighter-bombers and the Hawk Hunter to attack Chile, the English demonstrated once again that Peru and England are allies the mistake came later with Belaunde Terry who put Peru in Malvinas which Peru should have been neutral to improve the military alliance between Peru and England Belaunde Terry's government must have send to England and Argentina humanitarian aid just to demonstrate the neutrality of Peru. Peru must be neutral and never get involved in the Malvinas conflict again In the Pacific War and the Malvinas War and the alleged financing of England to Chile in the Pacific War, many years will pass and the myth of England financing Chile in the Pacific War will continue to be discussed, which has already been denied on Wikipedia Everyone knows this, I understand that England actually financed Peru and Chile, but the traitor Prado did not want to completely arm Peru, that is why we stopped being financed by England, in fact the Huascar ship in Peru was English, Bolivia was the only country that was not financed by the English also England retained two ships from Chile and Peru during the Pacific War, apparently England was neutral, also that Prado was of Chilean origin betrayed leaving unarmed and bankrupt With very little weapons, we had nothing on us. Prado fled from Peru The British English in Peru founded cities, banks, companies, schools, Inca Kola drink, they even made football popular in Peru among many other things, etc. The reality is that thanks to England, the United Kingdom, Peru and the Peruvians exist without England, Peru would not exist, it would continue to be a colony of Spain, this is the reality, everyone knows this, that is why England should be the new liberator of Peru, this could happen in the future who knows because the reality is that England, George Guisse, José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar could be the three liberators of Peru in the future, perhaps in a few more years England will become the new liberator of Peru and the History can be taught in schools and in all parts of Peru. To add In addition, the British admiral Frederick Stirling, the French Du Petit Thoars, the Italian commander Labrano, as well as the ministers plenipotentiary of Great Britain and France, intervened to prevent Lima from being violently taken. You can see another support from England to Peru, in addition to Englishmen, Englishmen and Italians fought against Chilean soldiers in Lima, one or more Englishmen died in real combat and also Italians died in combat, also English sailors and Italian sailors landed due to the obvious attack Chilean. occupation in Lima, I understand that in the battle of San Juan and Chorrillos Peru they used British Nordenfelt machine guns, In addition, everything is interests, in any case England and the English they also supported Peru in the Pacific War. A considerable part of the crew of the Peruvian Huáscar monitor was British, 170 crew members, 30 were British English sailors. The Huáscar monitor of English-British origin with 4 English Blakely cannons was the ship of the Peruvian hero Miguel Grau Seminario that sank the Esmeralda corvette of the Chilean hero Arturo Prat Chacón in the naval combat of Iquique. To clarify, the Peruvian hero Miguel Grau and the English sailors fought against the Chilean sailors at sea, I also understand that there were spies on the high seas, England and France spied on Chile, that is, the English and French also supported Peru but they also supported Chile, there was neutrality on the part of Great Britain and France, in addition Chile burned down Chorrillos and Barranco soldiers from Chile robbed and murdered the Peruvian people also the Chilean soldiers murdered English, British and Italians for the English and Italian colony that exists in Peru, also the Chilean soldiers burned the house of the British ambassador, even the Chilean soldiers shot the English frigate captain William Acland three times and stole his saddlebags, the British English Brenton supported Peru, now that said, the only way for Peru to be an ally of England, the United Kingdom is for Peru to accept England as the third liberator of Peru because, as I mentioned, Peru recognizes and accepts that British Empire, Great Britain financed, helped liberate Peru in its independence, that is to say that it is clear that they do not say they paid or we paid the British Empire for the independence of Peru, no, here in Peru, the Peruvians recognize that England financed and liberated Peru, me I agree and I am sure many Peruvians more than England will become the new and third liberator of Peru, Peru will also support England in a war by giving away fighter planes, heavy war material and send Peruvian soldiers to join the British armed forces in gratitude to England because, as I said in previous comments, the British have done many things for Peru. My respects to the British and Argentines who fought in the Malvinas War, I respect Margaret Thatcher especially when they threatened Argentina with a nuclear attack, my respects to the British, I also agree in the event of a war between Peru and another country, attack the enemy country with a nuclear weapon and prevent a second genocide in Lima or Peru becoming a colony again, because it is very important to defend first of all the lives of Peruvian civilians, the economy, cities and the country. Currently Peruvian armed forces use the AWP sniper rifle in the Vraem to fight against narco-terrorists, Peru must arm itself and buy missiles like the war in Russia and Ukraine, the war in Syria, buy military aerial drones like the war in Armenia and secretly acquire nuclear weapons from any country in exchange for uranium or other natural resources to ensure Peruvian victory and make nuclear weapons public before or during a war Peru must buy more heavy war material from England, the United Kingdom and I also hope that Peru and England improve the military and economic alliance Greetings from Perú
El Perú no era independentista estaba a favor de seguir formando parte de España. Esos qe dices delibertadores nada fueron los primeros dictadores de iberoamerica. Has escrito mucho pero todo falso. Los ingleses os han mentido y labrado el cerebro. Eso si estoy a favor se cualquier hispano frente a Inglaterra. Malvinas argentinas
@@TomFynn Go and try to enter Poland with a Swastika T shirt. You are going to get from the Polish the same respect that those British lobsters from Top Gear.
That Bussar fellow from Argentina was a good dude. No ego, not chasing a body count. If you have to be at war with somebody, I would rather that then then say someone who has a game plan to send as many body bags back they will loose their will to fight. Right or Wrong, at least he was not blood thirsty. The UK was being run by people that had been in WW2.....you know there is absolutely no quit in them. The whole operation was doomed from the start, for sure....but at it could have been worse for both sides.
Some people do not understand why Thatcher went so hard to get the Falklands back, but strategically the are near the horn of South America, and also quite close to Antarctica. With there being a lot of wealthy minerals on Antarctica, plus the leftovers of maybe advanced civilizations there, it was more important than people think, but I am an anti war man, so I would have tried to get it back some other way, or rented the islands like we did with Hong-Kong. I am just explaining what might be the reason for the task force being sent to a few islands whose biggest export was sheep and lamb! That wasn't worth the lives that were lost!
As an argentinian i just want to say, that war never resolve any problem. Rest in peace all the soldiers from my country and the uk.
"The Argies barged in and we're here to kick them out."
- Soldier of 2 Para
As a Londoner, I just want to say that you are 100% right, it wasn't worth the lives lost to both sides and I hope they are in a better place. And you are a gentleman, leave the macho talk to the fools! Take care m8💯👍👊
As an ex British soldier, I would like to wish the British and Argentin fallen my full respect 🙏 and RIP 🙏 to all those brave men on both sides who did not get to go home .
We can agree on that.
I was on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CV-64 in 1982. We one of our Port of Call was Mombasa Africa in March. The Sheffield happened to be in port in Mombassa and met some British Sailors out in town and they brought onboard the Sheffield and gave us tour of her and gave us a inside look what a what sailor life was like on her. Little did we know on what would happen to her in the near future. She was a beautiful ship.
I'm embarrassed for you. Your text is full of basic grammar errors. Did you actually go to school I wonder.
I boarded the Connie back in early 1997 for a tour when she was moored at North Island. That summer I went to "Great Mistakes". Early the following year I was assigned to USS Boxer LHD-4
In 1981 I was the (Brit) RO of an Italian car carrier docked in Antwerp. It was fairly novel at the time for UK officers to be on Italian vessels, all down to evolving EU law on the movement of labour and the sharp contraction of the British merchant fleet tied to a shortage of officers in the Italian fleet. Enroute to a beer ashore I walked past RFA Sir Galahad berthed adjacent and happened to get in conversation with her loadmaster who mentioned in passing that the RFA was currently recruiting and that I'd love the great life they enjoyed. It sounded fun, but before I could do anything about it I heard the words, 'I'm having a baby' (in Australia, where I remain as an accidental kind of immigrant). I remembered his words when I saw the images of her burning at Fitzroy and I hoped he made it through. Regards to you and the USN.
The Sheffield had the nickname 'The Shiny Sheff' because a tradition had grown up of the eponymous city - Britain's Steel Town - equipping its naval namesakes with lots of stainless steel fittings. Thus they could consider themselves a cut above the standard Type 42 (and might explain the guided tour!)
French - who held my grandfather as a POW in Chad are total scum
Argentina started a fight. The British finished it.
Hell yeah 🇬🇧👍
I'm from Argentina but I'm on the British side on this one.. Do you think I could win the presidency of Argentina by campaining on "British Falklands"?.. I think I can pull it off. 😎♥
DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE: A "British Falklands" type of politician has become the new president of Argentina (Javier Milei), pulling off a "crazy" style. Fucker, I voted for the guy but he already beat me to first "crazy" president of Argentina.
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@@michaelbaird9935
Vamos a volver tranquilo tarde o temprano mejor armados y los vamos a sacar a patadas en el culo usurpadores piratas*
Mike,
Many thanks for posting what looks to be an excellent documentary series on the Falklands War. Some great footage and very insightful interviews with key protagonists on both sides. Brings back many memories for me of this time and the tensions it brought.
Congratulations and many thanks for your own personal military service and your literary achievements-and not least for your marvellous TH-cam channel!
Imagine claiming an island thousands of miles away from the mainland as yours. The logic is laid to rest with some of the tea leafs, sugar, cheap milk powered sipping and €0.60 biscuits crouching between rotten Tom Hollanders and Harry stylers.
This would be Prince Andrew’s first, but certainly not last, minor engagement.
He never done. She wants money. You got to be a right moron if you believe her story
Since when are a4 fighter bombers
Lol. Burn 🔥
@@davidvalter1936 - what do you think the 'A' in A4 stands for?
You would benefit from avoiding the gutter press.
watched a bit about the Falklands conflict never new anything of the gearbox coupling issue untill now. thanks for the upload.
My dad was there, he was with the Royal Artillery. He left the army once he got home, he did his 10yrs.
He came back a different dad and eventually got over it, well that's what he told us.
Respect to all who serve to protect us from evil in the world.🤟
Argentina was evil? They tried to take back a territory that was robbed and colonised in 1833. Same as Britain did in every continent.
The problem is that you chaps in the UK were educated in a way that everyone who thinks different or tries to take back what belongs to them, is evil. Wrong.
Lastly, nothing against UK. Nice place.
this is one of the best war doco series ever
The Argies did NOT only have 3 Exocets left. France were supplying more via South Africa. I was a friend of a Captain in the SADF who saw them being delivered and shipped out to Brazil.
The Argies problem was that the French Engineers who could fit and arm the missiles CHOSE to leave the Argies. Salute to those French
It is also alleged the French provided Britain with the information it needed to jam the guidance system of the Exocet, after Argentina's first use of it.... Unfortunately, this was a while before the better CIWS systems were installed on British Royal Navy ships.....
you are right, but Argentina engineers managed to recreate the guidance system almost by hand and they also managed to mount the missiles in a ground launcher, something that I have read that they thought that were impossible
Argentina received 5 Super Etendard with 5 missiles, every attempt to buy more Exocets were foiled by the British Intelligence. The French tech guys were ordered to leave by the French govt and MDBA.
yer i know, captain kirk was on holiday so the enterprise was flown by an amature.. i knew a dog who once was a dog shit duznt work.. not for me.. not saying your lying.. but i am saying your full of shit.. sorry
The Israelis sold them more exocet missiles
The effect those photos of the marines lying down had cannot be overstated. It made people’s blood boil.
Ozzie. I remember at 14 . However , as the conflict continued the Argies appeared to honour the rules of war and the Geneva convention. I can respect them for that.
@@geoffwaterman6560 THAT is one thing that you can't trust the current enemy to do! They don't even wear uniforms, and they specifically target civvies!
@@geoffwaterman6560but they are least broke the spirit of it with those first photos. Even if individuals weren't identifiable
Thanks Mike ! , The Falklands War is an interesting conflict to learn about. I will be looking forward to the next episode.
British pilots have always had superior trading and talent. They got the most out of those harrier jets outclassing better planes .
The harrier became a legend!
they bounced fighters configured for A2G with no A2A missiles to fight back, no radar, no rwr, no chaff/flares, at the very edge of their combat range, that's easy to do.
The American supplied sidewinder a2a missiles swung it for the harriers.
without the Sidewinders, the Harriers were paper planes.
@@fcsoldeu5338 naahh that's not true, I'm Argentine btw. The Harrier had a very decent radar, very good acceleration and maneuverability. With an older version of the sidewinder they would still be very dangerous. It's not realistic to think they wouldn't bring missiles to the conflict.
Without the American sidewinder missiles, the Harrier would not make a huge difference.
Thank you to all the British forces who went there, we thank you as a nation. Thank you for your service. Every day is poppy day
@@Monsoon_Enjoyer you are very, very clearly uneducated. It is called the FALKLANDS, everyone knows this as we won.
Winner writes history.
Our SAS slotted your boys left right and centre, maybe you are next as you seem to pretend to be a fake soldier who wears a ski mask. How brave you are paddy
Glad l wasn't there back in 1982 the government weren't issuing passports to young men between the ages of 16 to 25 that's what I heard. Luckily l wasn't called up as l would have been elligable fortunately the taskforce won but it's terrible that those young men from both sides lost their lives. Ban all wars let all men lead their lives without war.
@@Mrz-sb1hw Hi Trollfarm, how are you and sock doing ? I heard you and sock were trying for kids.
God help baby sock human if you wash bs like that with knowledge of FA .
Idiot
Love from Great Britain 🇬🇧
Thieves pirats
@@riberadelplata3159 do you know why successive Argentinian governments have refused to put a case before The Hague?
This is a fine documentary about one of the topics of war I've always been intrigued about. I still believe though, that the war would've never happened if Britain hadn't decommissioned the old Ark Royal....with it's fast, long reach F4 Phantoms and Buccaneer fighter bombers. Those aircraft would've been a menacing deterrent for Argentina.
That's a very good point. I still can't really understand how we managed to get a fighting force to the falklands back in 82. Incredible
@@tbrowniscoolThat’s what sets a professional armed forces and a conscripted military apart. Britain, especially it’s navy, has a tradition of accomplishing the impossible with less than desirable circumstances. Leadership and determination.
Lollipop 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Ju 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊the 5:06 5:07 5:07 5:08 5:08 5:09
@@tbrowniscoolwe couldn't do it now sadly.
I like that one major importance "Cars were made to drive on the right side" ... the humility to the british way of life :D
Respect to all our boys that did the job over there and to those that gave their lives for this conflict. 🙏🙏
@@duffelbagdrag Respect to you and all the other US military that have fought and served all over the world, some paying the ultimate price. Thank you for your service my friend. 🙏🙏
@@duffelbagdragI appreciate everything that you say. The only missing part of your comment is someone called Margaret Thatcher. She was my country’s leader when Argentina invaded our territory. All the men around her advised that we should leave the Falkland Islands to the Argentinians as it was too far to send an army. Thankfully she was the only real man amongst them and she decided….just her….to stand up for freedom.
Thanks for uploading these. Back when the History Channel was good!
thats history now.......
This war has fascinated me for years. This is one of the best documentaries although I can’t imagine why not mention operation black buck?
Excellent documentary. I have been listening to loads of these over the past few weeks and each contains a really interesting fact not in the others 👍
As someone who lives in the falkland islands, thank you for uploading this video to youtube for the world to see
You might want to leave given the situation in Britain.
@@BBEEAATTNNGGUU The Falklands is not British. It is administrated by Britain and is his own country.
@@brickistic8188 You got your own military?
@@BBEEAATTNNGGUU Overseas territory. Governed and defended by another country. What is your point ?
@@brickistic8188 My apologies, I didn't realize you were so sensitive to this subject.
They didn't think we had the Bottle to go down there and Take em Back !
Thank you for uploading this, incredibly good content
So this began on April 2nd..if it had happened just 1 day earlier I wonder how many would have initially thought it was an April fools joke? 🤔
They got notification of the invasion coming on April 1st. I wrote the history of the Falklands invasion with everyone involved, a book called "The First Casualty" and yes, they did all think it was an April Fooks joke!!
Funny
Having to rely on a Navy that sailed 8,000 miles from Britain for all of their logistics needs, the ground forces were indeed fighting a tough war on the ground, with little reinforcements.
Holy hell. The sound editing!!!
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I've worked with a guy that's ex D squadron (22Reg) and whilst I didn't know him personally before his Falklands deployment, all of his friends in the regiment that I have spoken to, have said that the conflict changed my friend, I recently found out that my friend lost his brother in the conflict. Sadly in war, there are only ever losers.
It's cool that it has interviews from actual trigger pullers from both sides.
the empire strike back , , , , , , , ,
Se cago todo el imperio..casi pierden ...nosostros peleamos solos ..ustedes cuántas naciones eran??..
@@victordiaz3189 almost lost 😂🤣 why are you the way you are?
@@victordiaz3189 tell us the names of these nations then 🤤
@@ElBoxeo1 otan , chile
@@victordiaz3189 4 nations. England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland which forms the United Kingdom 🇬🇧💪🇬🇧 We sailed 10,000 miles & whooped your arse. Get over it amigo!! 😬
All wars are fought with young men blood. I wanted to be soldier and and be deployed from age of 18 to my early 30’s. I learned so much about war since then and now think there is nothing worse. I thank God I never needed or decided to go to war.
War is nothing else than tragedy, human blood , sweat and tears.
Every act of heroism I’m aware of are when soldiers fight for each other or their own home city’s
Truth, nailed.
Imagine if Bomber Harris was in charge of the RAF during the Falklands War. RIP Buenos Aires.
Another war; another time.
Congratulation to brave british army and British people
I adore their history
The war that saved Mrs Thatcher and the EU had to pay for it.
@@michaelpielorz9283good, it was French misses that cost British lives.
What's ironic is that the Argentinians were using US and British equipment, including a Sheffield class frigate.
Every man who died in that conflict was one too many, irrespective of nationality. I hope their families found solace, that those who died RIP and the wounded recovery.
In respect sir one could say that about every conflict since the beginning of time..
@@Rosco-P.Coldchain
I certainly agree, my friend, I certainly agree !!!
No mention of the Vulcan bomber mission?
Great vid on the battle. Never saw this one. Interesting the Duke goes from hero to zero.
He coulda been a contender
@@colinstewart1432
Yeah. Unfortunately he became a loser.
I'm currently build models of a sea harrier FRS 1 (Royal Navy) and an A4Q skyhawk (Argentine Navy) , both from Airfix in 1/72 scale.
Where do you get the decals for the Argentine Skyhawk?
Pura cháchara inglés sin ayuda EEUU nunca hubiera recuperado Malvinas ⚓🇲🇽💪❤
I love the fact Airfix is still going!
Excellent documentary, although i wonder why Op Black Buck was not even mentioned in passing
"take the same risks as anybody else" said Prince Andrew the most protected man of all fleet.
"dame risks"? That's quite an appropriate typo given the fact he can't keep his **** in his trousers. Although "dame" isn't really the right word for the underage girls he favours.
nonsense.
@@archiebald4717found the nonce defender.
@@timwatts9371 The question is, which of you old geezers didn't want that? Except you don't have Prince Andrew's options.
@@SuperUnknown1967she was 17, harldy a kid.
Don't agree with Thatcher on many things but this was the right thing to do no offence to Argentina.
I remember the Falklands I worked in a factory with lots of Italians in Spanish. I was a bit jingoistic but I bitterly regret
Will you post The Rest? I hope so. At any rate THUMBS UP!
You bet. Episode 2 is coming next week.
@@MikeGuardiaAuthor
I'm gonna give you an attaboy. ATTATBOY!
Those of us who were notified prior to the general recall….we thought it was
This war destroyed my father he never recovered and sadly has died.
I am sorry for your loss RIP.
I also had a workmate who was badly affected by this war, he sadly died very young.
So very sorry for the loss of a beloved father and friend. So proud of them, RIP with our Father in Heaven. Respect always.
Mis condolencias que descanse en paz
Me, at 0:32, was rescued from the freezing water by a helicopter as I vainly tried to swim ashore. 23-year-old Royal Marines Commando, fitter than I am today!
I was 12 years old at the time of the conflict and was able to follow the news in real time: there was great concern that the conflict would enter the South American continent, which fortunately did not happen. Here in Brazil, the memory I have is of a division over who would be right in the demands. The subject currently causes little interest among the population.
it actually didn't peak anyone's interest in Argentina post defeat? and that's coming from Argentinian fighters going home? they specifically recalled "not shown any love or nothing"
I had a friend who did triathlon so he was seriously fit af but he couldnt fathom how anyone can run across boggy ground in the dark with a rifle and 70lb pack without being fcked within 300 yards.
We could ten win world cups on the trot and thats still NOTHING compared with what our wonderful lads achieved out there.
The UK only won due to support from France, the US, Chile, Australia and South Africa.
My dad was in the falklands Roland Owen thomas aka roly would love to talk to anybody who knew my dad a royal welch fusilier he was
The RWF didn't serve in the Falklands War, do you mean he went down after the conflict as a roulement Battalion?
@@JammyDodger45 he was part of the paratrooper regiment sent to the falklands
@@aaronthomas5382 - the Parachute Regiment had no none Para Reg infantry attachees for the conflict.
Did he survive the conflict? Are you sure of his Regiment?
17:10 "Cars were made to drive on the right." - Worth it.
I watched a documentary about Simon West visiting the Armada Pilot who unleashed the Exocet.
They both agreed that it was Politics and Politicians that pitted all these brave people against each other. Sad.
AlanBbrady, poor Simon West was badly burned on the Sir Galahad. The BBC did a follow up series on his hospital treatment when he got home. To this day I can still hear that poor mans screams when the nurses had to tend his wounds.
& the same politicians (who so nearly f*cked it all up) basked in the glory.
How easy the British electorate are led!
Simon West was in Sir Glallahad, attacked by Skyhawks with dumb bombs, not Exocets.
At least get his name right: Simon Weston.
The Argentine Navy should hang their heads in shame, their Ships fled from the Belgrano and her Sailors were left to perish in a minus twelve degrees Sea, being wary of British Submarines is one thing, but to abandon their Sailors is inexcusable.
The irony being that the Admiral in change of the Argy Navy was the one pushing the hardest for invasion.
The argentinian admiral was a fan of James Bond.
@UC7pkYzqMo7o21eb5wzaH_AQ Exclusion zones are only safe for UK .Same reason for non-working argy exocets.
Love these war videos.
Forgot to mention the dudes who raised the Argie flag on a old whaling station, before the invasion, and thatcher ordered them off, and they said it was a peaceful protest, but she was not having any of it.
British always had a great military force
That was the bottom edge of the upper lip.
In the interest of fairness for all those watching in Argentina the Falkland Islands are pronounced THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
When it comes to letting the invasion happen in the first place, an old saying comes to mind: *_An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure._*
The UK acted the same way in 1982 as it had in 1978.
The Argentine response was different in 1982.
Maggie, Rejoice! 🇬🇧
Once a year someone is always sent to make sure the coffin lid is still on....
@@alanhutchins5916 And yet every year... some Argentinian soldier escapes...
I think that the falklands showed how much the UK's military might had decayed to the point they did not even have the transport ships to project power beyond their corner of the world. Hopefully it has gotten better but i hear it is not by much
Much worse now
Los Argentinos con armas obsoletas, si entrenamiento,
limitados en fuerza aérea humillaron a los Británicos 😂
@@handmadenftart5244 erm think you’ll find the argies we’re the ones humiliated😂
United Kingdom our ally country, greetings from Chile.-
Fight for my country not the politicians such a profound statement but then again how many wars are start
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So this was the 80s..imagine how decayed and difficult it will be for them today!
The interesting thing is Although the the Royal navy is even weaker now than 1982 in destroyers and frigates we've got 2 proper aircraft carriers know which can carry 60 fighter jet's whereas as invincible could only carry 12 harriers.
Invincible only carried 8 SHARs Hermes carried 12, that's 20 in total according to "Sharky" Ward and he should know. I can't work out where this figure of 24 comes from.
Let the Saudis occupy England to ease your financial woes.
@@zaeedaziz2213 Saudi's cant do shit go back to the desert !
Lol you are so wrong 🤣🤣🤣
@@zaeedaziz2213 things will change and people are waking up to scum nations in the middle East. Grooming gang's financed by the middle East and protected by the left will be delt with.
London making tactical decision for these high ranking Naval Officers is a big part of the problem.
The Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. Therefore, Argentina should not own something it has no right to own and has never owned.
The UK is the lawful Original Sovereign of the Falklands, and claimed them first, in 1594, 222 years before Argentina existed.
In 1825 Argentina submitted a full description of all of its lands, islands, latitudes and longitudes claimed, to the UK, in order to be recognised in the Treaty of Friendship: this did not include the Falklands, and Argentina was accepted as such.
In 1829 Argentina tried to clandestinely seize the Falklands and ignored a British Formal Diplomatic Protest, and a second in 1832 when they tried to install a governor. In 1833 a British warship asked a trespassing Argentine warship to leave the area which it duly did. The British flag was hoisted and British Sovereignty resumed. Argentina protested intermittently until 1849 when it gave up its claim in the Convention of Settlement, after which, Argentina issued not one Formal Diplomatic Protest for 97 years until 1946, nor were the Falklands mentioned once in the Argentine Congress from ratification of the Convention in 1850 until 91 years later in 1941.
Since then, using a settled dispute as a pretext for a fictitious new one, aimed at uniting the people behind a common cause, Argentina has harassed and bullied the Falkland Islanders, denied their human rights, campaigned against their existence, attacked, invaded and annexed their country, covered the place in land mines and dead bodies, and in the present day, bullies their stallholders at trade shows and even their girls badminton team.
No country on earth actually has less right to the Falklands than Argentina after its shambolic abuses, and in 2013 the Falkland Islanders, the only people who can determine the sovereignty and political future of the Falkland Islands, voted by 99.8% for UK Sovereignty.
The matter is settled.
I'm Brazilian, and I was 16 in 1982. I remember that I felt a sort of relief when Argentina invaded the Falklands, because we knew in Brazil that the political and economic situation there where explosive and, because of the tradicional rivality between our people, we feared that the argentinians could decide to attack us, with the same populist intentions. They were searching for a war. They almost declared war to Chile. It was tense. Well, we must thank US for supporting that sort of dictatorships in our region... Dictators are dictators, no matter where they are. They are always insane and dangerous.
I recommend that you study history better, first you defend an imperialist state that plundered, annihilated countless populations in the world in pursuit of domination of things that have never been theirs
To say that the Malvinas are not Argentine is to say "I am an imperialist"
Argentina inherited the Falkland Islands from Spain
England did not inherit from the populations of what is now South Africa those lands
he stole them, looted them
If you want, I can tell you about the Indian or Hong Kong case, the latter linked to British drug trafficking
@@viniciogomescompositor It is funny that a Brazilian who got rid of the Brazilian empire, today says that he is in favor of British imperialism that invaded countless peoples, killed them, enslaved them, used them, destroyed them
Falklands were spanish territory before Argentina set up.
The British think just because they arrive to an island that its automatically there territory is such selfishness they left and then Spain took over and then Argentina when they saw that they wanted the island back.
Smashing mate, good show
😂😂😂😂😂
Andrew would go on to thoroughly embarass the monarchy again and again. Brave lad.
The start of the non sweating. Hilarious 😅
This was a case of "Fk around & find out."
I often wonder about the boys who were there, Where they are today, and would like to wish them well, and would like to see a catch-up type program to see how they are today. Real heroes in a modern world
My dads very well thanks for showing your appreciation 👍🏻
One of the Royal Marines who was wounded, left the Service, and disgruntled at how he had been treated by the MOD, traveled down here to Auckland, New Zealand, and by 1990-91 was working in a secondhand book shop on Victoria St West. He was going out with a female friend of mine and was friends with my cousins husband who was in the RNZN. He occasionally used to come to parties and go tramping with us. He was quite happy seeming, and fit in very well with life here. The only time he talked about the Falklands that I remember was talking about how badly treated he was after he was wounded, or so he felt.
We live 30 minutes from the islands, and we cannot go freely because they are busy, incredible in these times
The Sheffield captain managed to get over it and he does have a lovely house. Which is nice. Of course, the naval ratings that were burnt so nobody wanted them anymore did not have quite such a lovely house to live in. Nor are they interviewed. That is a shame. I am sure they must have tales to tell. I wonder where they are.
Much as I disliked Margaret Thatcher,I always felt that had anyone else in Parliament. been Prime Minister the Falklands would have become Argentian permanently
Salt was totally ignored by his Navy colleagues afterwards. Read Peter Ratcliffe "Eye of the Storm"
But it seems a strange time to turn your radar off to call London...
@@oldmanc2 Not bother to send proper coded radio messages and instead turn off the radar and use the sat phone - just because it's easier. It's so typical English. Captain Sam Salt was later promoted to rear admiral. What does that say about the other officers in the Royal Navy?
They are all folks, man. Walked out of a cinema april 2 second 1982. They told us war broken out on the Falklands. (movie we saw at Tuschinkie's in Amsterdam was: Les uns et les autres).
When the Duke of York was 'the Spare' he didn't whinge about it at all he proved himself worthy of the job. 😁
Disappointing that non-authentic footage is carelessly mixed in with genuine contemporary footage.
Obviously there is no contemporary footage of the strike on Sheffield.
I recall scoffing to myself when I saw a company of British soldiers on a wharf at Portsmouth receiving the order from their RSM "To the Falkland Islands, quiiiick...march!" My first though was how pathetic a response it looked. Little did I know how well trained these men were and what a fight they'd put up. That said however, it was later acknowledged that had the war gone on for 4 or 5 weeks longer, the campaign may have been lost owing to the distance of the supply lines.
@@ssgroup1475 The geopolitical situation with China in 1999 was entirely different from that which existed with Argentina in 1982. Additionally, the current British Government is a nothing more than a criminal organisation in comparison to Mrs Thatcher's government. She would never have armed the Nazis in the Ukraine and sent them to fight the Russians. I hope that Mr Putin will defeat the Ukrainians, end the killing and correct the errors of the West.
The fact that you scoffed at the British was your first mistake and a clear indication that your imagination and sense of judgement with regard to British war planning is exceedijkuThen, your second misjudgment was your conception that the supiply lines
@@robertshapiro3733 My first error was the exact wording of the order given by the RSM, it was "To the South Atlantic....quiiiiick march" and not "To the Falkland Islands...."
My scoffing was the result of ignorance at that time as to the quality of the British forces. The potential supply line problem was real and was acknowledged by the High Command.
@@arturius7534 they had help from chile. Would have lost otherwise. Look into it.
I can't believe they switched the radar off so they could make a satellite call.
The sending of hardly trained conscripts into battle except in self-defence is utterly immoral.
I had sons (now deceased) who fought on opposing sides of this. I was quite the cocksman in my youth, and sired two boys 17 months apart in Argentina and GB.
It was sad to read both their letters and knowing they were on a path of death.
"I was quite the cocksman in my youth"
Probably too much information there but my condolences for your loss.
@@timwatts9371 it was a different time, Tim. I used words that would make people blush. Men were made of sterner stuff back then.
Lol I can't believe you even got a reply to this nonsense, well done.
@@TransoceanicOutreach I wish it wasn’t the case. I heard that they both died in each other’s arms.
Ha
How incredibly stupid would you be to start a war with only 5 missiles? Only in Latin America
Thanks for posting this. When episode 2?
Next week :)
It was a costly way to get Thatcher re elected
Totally unnecessary conflict. So many tragic, horrific deaths. And all to bolster Thatcher's waning popularity amongst the her party and the voters. Hateful woman. RIP to all the combatants that lost their lives.
Remember the the banned song”Six months on a leaky boat”.
Fair play to our closest ally and brother.The U.S. boys knew we were chancing it with our carrier power and were willing to lend us one of theirs.
Thus violating the Interamerican Treaty of Mutual Assistance also know as Treaty of Rio as it was signed in Río de Janeiro in 1947.
You can't fight war with UK without US getting involved and vice virsa.....and that's way it should be in for a penny in for a pound....
And help from Chile.
@@bengaisford3304 Yeah that's correct mate
@@bengaisford3304chille housed nazis after ww2 just like the argies did
A rematch now could be twice as exciting.
The Falklands has more defences than in 1982, and Argentina has, for the last 30 years, degraded its own military from lack of spending.
Thanks so much for the information
Don’t try taking our rock collection away from us Brits! 🇬🇧💪👊👍 By the way, our 14 oversea territories rock collection amasses to 660,000 sq miles or six times the size of the UK! Rule Britannia & God save the Queen.
De que hablas? si perdieron como cerdos. No te diste cuenta un pais solo VS NATO. Humillación total sigan viviendo la fantasia
@@GabrielMontgomery10 🤣🤣 you are pathetic
@Gabriel Montgomery 🙃🫠🤣
@@GabrielMontgomery10 , ¡¡Tú eres el que vive en un mundo de fantasía!!;. ¡¡Los argentinos no estaban luchando contra la OTAN, estaban luchando contra los británicos!!. La palabra OTAN significa Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte y protege a los países del Atlántico Norte y de Europa de Rusia. La guerra de las Malvinas tuvo lugar en el Atlántico Sur y estaba fuera de la jurisdicción de la OTAN. ¡Sí, los británicos recibieron ayuda de sus aliados, al igual que los argentinos recibieron ayuda de la URSS (Rusia), Israel y muchos países sudamericanos!
When did this vid come out ?
Total respect to the forces I just wanted thatcher to be on the belgrano
The Sheffield captain had his radar turned off in the middle of the day, in the middle of a war zone, so his officers could chat with London. Wow. Almost court martial material there.
A professional superpower army (UK) , backed by the top superpower (USA), against an almost improvised third world army with obsolete and almost useless weapons (Argentina). It was a miracle it took that long for the brits to win the battle. Respect for the courage and bravery of the argentine soldiers, specially the argentine air force.
Then why would Argentina attack first and cry when the Brits hit back? The aggressor should not claim the victim.
@@uzoma112 No one cried, just stating facts, it was an asymmetrical battle where the brits had massive technological and military advantage. As to who attacked first, that's open to discussion, the brits attacked first by invading the Malvinas decades earlier, hence the UK being the agressor
@@nrm4754This story seems to be very true. Exocet was a neutralized danger.
they had some good weapons actually. Plus had the benefit of being much closer to the fighting. Having to sail all the way out there and fight for territory on the doorstep of another power is so much different to fighting closer to homeland. Thats called power projection.
@@joecater894 Even the Admiral of Arg Navy was against Argentine
A historian once said that the Falklands War was the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb.
That historian was rather silly then because combs don’t have people living on them
@@ElBoxeo1 that went right over your head didn't it??
To paraphrase Rebel Without a Cause;
"What are you fighting over?"
"What have you got?"
@@stevenm3823 I’m too busy combing my bald head. That’s not the equivalent of liberating British citizens from an Argentine dictatorship invasion.
@@ElBoxeo1 El principal aliado de Gran Bretaña en esta parte del Continente era el General Pinochet de Chile, considerado no de los peores Dictadores de Sudamérica, o sea que no le importaba mucho ese tipo de amistades. Lo peor es que ella ante las Cámaras había manifestado que su Gobierno no negociaba ni tenía relaciones con Dictadores y que solo lo hacía con Gobiernos Democráticos. Una hipocresía total. También te recuerdo que a esas dictaduras las instalaron EEUU en complicidad con Occidente, derrocando Gobiernos Democráticos con la excusa de frenar el Comunismo en América Latina, y que Londres antes y terminada la guerra siguió teniendo relaciones diplomáticas y de amistad con muchas de las Dictaduras sobrevivientes de Sudamérica.
I still remember all of the handwritten letters, that Thatcher personally wrote, by herself and signed by herself in pen and ink, to each of the mothers, and or fathers, of each member of the services, that laid down their life, for their country, during this war.
Big mistake, messing with British Naval. The Brits can take care of business on the sea. Some of the very best in the entire world, baned only by the limits of their hardware.
There is no navy greater. And what hardware would that be? Budget cuts and lack of funding are the biggest constraints.
The Germans can attest to that. When Bismarck sunk Hood the British Navy went right after her and got there payback.
@@ElBoxeo1
"there is no navy greater"
Seriously? The US, Russian and Chinese navies are all objectively greater.
@@timwatts9371 russia are u for real a hand held missle launcher sunk their flag ship near Ukraine! US has more money and kit not the grit of the British. China again don’t have the experience of the UK or USA/ the Russian navy and military is done cane even beat the Ukrainians they are not match for a nato power. The russia carrier breaks down and spends more time being repaired than sailing
Thank you
Neutral Perú
I am a Peruvian pro-British English and pro-Argentine, that is, I support England, the United Kingdom and Argentina in the event of a war against another enemy country,
Peru used British military weapons in the armed conflict of Cenepa, we used British Canberra fighter-bombers. It should be noted that Peru shot down 7 aircraft to Ecuador and Ecuador shot down 6 aircraft to Peru, but Peru won because we Peruvians stayed with Tiwintza territory, the British English
Martin George Guisse was the founder of the Peruvian Navy with Jose de San Martin, the Englishman George Guisse fought against France, he also fought against Napoleon Bonaparte and later fought against the Spanish, the Englishman William Guillermo Miller was the designer of the Peruvian military uniform of what is now the Army of Peru, Miller helped José de San Martín to liberate Peru in its independence, Peru has a lot of influence, English doctrine and tradition, British Miller fought in the battle of Waterloo, and also the English Guillermo Miller fought in the battle of Junín and Ayacucho, which were very important battles for the independence of Peru, here in Peru there are always magazines and a lot of information saying that the English empire supported Peru to free itself from the Spanish empire, that is, it is obvious that the Peruvians are being programmed so that in the future they recognize and accept England as the Liberator of Peru because if not in Peru they would not be putting much information about e this and they would say that independence was bought, which is not the case, it is already proven that
England and the English did many things for Peru, although
Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar
they are the liberators of Peru, England would be the new and third liberator of Peru in the future,
Although it is true that Peru and England are enemies, I say this because the English, the Falklands War, the Pacific War and the Pacocha battle are almost always talked about.
I am Peruvian, this is the user Racso Atomic Bomb and T-Rex, now I have this user, the government of Peru I believe that in the year 1975 to 1978, the Peruvian government wanted to acquire an aircraft carrier from England when Peru could have declared war on Chile , the English government had no impediment and the English said that if they could sell the aircraft carrier to Peru, Peru had the English Canberra fighter-bombers and the Hawk Hunter to attack Chile, the English demonstrated once again
that Peru and England are allies the mistake came later with Belaunde Terry who put Peru in Malvinas which Peru should have been neutral to improve the military alliance between Peru and England
Belaunde Terry's government must have
send to England and Argentina humanitarian aid just to demonstrate the neutrality of Peru.
Peru must be neutral and never get involved in the Malvinas conflict again
In the Pacific War and the Malvinas War and the alleged financing of England to Chile in the Pacific War, many years will pass and the myth of England financing Chile in the Pacific War will continue to be discussed, which has already been denied on Wikipedia Everyone knows this, I understand that England actually financed Peru and Chile, but the traitor Prado did not want to completely arm Peru, that is why we stopped being financed by England, in fact the Huascar ship in Peru was English, Bolivia was the only country that was not financed by the English also England retained two ships from Chile and Peru during the Pacific War, apparently England was neutral, also that Prado was of Chilean origin betrayed leaving unarmed and bankrupt
With very little weapons, we had nothing on us. Prado fled from Peru
The British English in Peru founded cities, banks,
companies, schools, Inca Kola drink, they even made football popular in Peru among many other things, etc.
The reality is that thanks to England, the United Kingdom, Peru and the Peruvians exist without England, Peru would not exist, it would continue to be a colony of Spain, this is the reality, everyone knows this, that is why England should be the new liberator of Peru, this could happen in the future who knows because the reality is that England, George Guisse, José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar could be the three liberators of Peru in the future, perhaps in a few more years England will become the new liberator of Peru and the History can be taught in schools and in all parts of Peru. To add
In addition, the British admiral Frederick Stirling, the French Du Petit Thoars, the Italian commander Labrano, as well as the ministers plenipotentiary of Great Britain and France, intervened to prevent Lima from being violently taken. You can see another support from England to Peru, in addition to Englishmen, Englishmen and Italians fought against Chilean soldiers in Lima, one or more Englishmen died in real combat and also Italians died in combat, also English sailors and Italian sailors landed due to the obvious attack Chilean. occupation in Lima, I understand that in the battle of San Juan and Chorrillos Peru they used British Nordenfelt machine guns,
In addition, everything is interests, in any case England and the English
they also supported Peru in the Pacific War. A considerable part of the crew of the Peruvian Huáscar monitor was British, 170 crew members, 30 were British English sailors. The Huáscar monitor of English-British origin with 4 English Blakely cannons was the ship of the Peruvian hero Miguel Grau Seminario that sank the Esmeralda corvette of the Chilean hero Arturo Prat Chacón in the naval combat of Iquique. To clarify, the Peruvian hero Miguel Grau and the English sailors fought against the Chilean sailors at sea, I also understand that there were spies on the high seas, England and France spied on Chile, that is, the English and French also supported Peru but they also supported Chile, there was neutrality on the part of Great Britain and France, in addition Chile burned down Chorrillos and Barranco soldiers from Chile robbed and murdered the Peruvian people also the Chilean soldiers murdered English, British and Italians for the English and Italian colony that exists in Peru, also the Chilean soldiers burned the house of the British ambassador, even the Chilean soldiers shot the English frigate captain William Acland three times and stole his saddlebags,
the British English Brenton supported Peru, now that said, the only way for Peru to be an ally of England, the United Kingdom is for Peru to accept England as the third liberator of Peru because, as I mentioned, Peru recognizes and accepts
that British Empire, Great Britain
financed, helped liberate Peru in its independence, that is to say that it is clear that they do not say they paid or we paid the British Empire for the independence of Peru, no, here in Peru, the Peruvians recognize that England financed and liberated Peru, me
I agree and I am sure many Peruvians more than England will become the new and third liberator of Peru, Peru will also support England in a war by giving away fighter planes,
heavy war material and send Peruvian soldiers to join the British armed forces in gratitude to England because, as I said in previous comments, the British have done many things for Peru. My respects to the British and Argentines who fought in the Malvinas War, I respect Margaret Thatcher especially when they threatened Argentina with a nuclear attack, my respects to the British, I also agree in the event of a war between Peru and another country, attack the enemy country with a nuclear weapon and prevent a second genocide in Lima or Peru becoming a colony again,
because it is very important to defend first of all the lives of Peruvian civilians, the economy, cities and the country. Currently Peruvian armed forces use the AWP sniper rifle in the Vraem to fight against narco-terrorists,
Peru must arm itself and buy missiles like the war in Russia and Ukraine, the war in Syria, buy military aerial drones like the war in Armenia and secretly acquire nuclear weapons from any country in exchange for uranium or other natural resources to ensure Peruvian victory and make nuclear weapons public before or during a war Peru must buy more heavy war material from England, the United Kingdom and I also hope that Peru and England improve the military and economic alliance
Greetings from Perú
El Perú no era independentista estaba a favor de seguir formando parte de España. Esos qe dices delibertadores nada fueron los primeros dictadores de iberoamerica. Has escrito mucho pero todo falso. Los ingleses os han mentido y labrado el cerebro. Eso si estoy a favor se cualquier hispano frente a Inglaterra. Malvinas argentinas
no importa lo que digas Perú apoyo a argentina como debe ser
This was first war I remember in my life.
Reino Unido nuestro país aliado,saludos desde Chile.-
Greetings back to you mate and thank you all for the support. Chile friends forever.
@@britishpatriot7386 Very kind, your greetings are appreciated.-
Anyone who rescues the lads of Top Gear from the Argies is a mate of mine. 🇨🇱
Cuando los tape el Pacífico pídale a los ingleses que le ayuden a nadar🤣🤣🤣
@@TomFynn Go and try to enter Poland with a Swastika T shirt. You are going to get from the Polish the same respect that those British lobsters from Top Gear.
Does this video include the help from Chile?
@@arturius7534 it's fact. It's the only reason Argentina gave up. There's docs and books.
You blew it Argentina.
Britain just too strong as always 😪
That Bussar fellow from Argentina was a good dude. No ego, not chasing a body count. If you have to be at war with somebody, I would rather that then then say someone who has a game plan to send as many body bags back they will loose their will to fight. Right or Wrong, at least he was not blood thirsty. The UK was being run by people that had been in WW2.....you know there is absolutely no quit in them. The whole operation was doomed from the start, for sure....but at it could have been worse for both sides.
it wasn't only Busser's plan, it was a political decision of the Junta to avoid British casualties.
Some people do not understand why Thatcher went so hard to get the Falklands back, but strategically the are near the horn of South America, and also quite close to Antarctica. With there being a lot of wealthy minerals on Antarctica, plus the leftovers of maybe advanced civilizations there, it was more important than people think, but I am an anti war man, so I would have tried to get it back some other way, or rented the islands like we did with Hong-Kong. I am just explaining what might be the reason for the task force being sent to a few islands whose biggest export was sheep and lamb! That wasn't worth the lives that were lost!
Marry x MASS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!