This was 30 years ago today. Very emotional watching, as my Mum, Dad and Gran were all there to welcome me home. They are all gone now, having just buried my dad 3 days ago. Still, wonderful memories of an incredible day!
I bet your Dad stood with tears in his eyes watching you come back home again. It's a given for your Mum and Gran, because they're your Mum and Gran lol. But your Dad would have been bursting with pride that day. May he rest in peace and may you find it💙
and thanks to Chile as well who were the only nation nearby and probably at some risk of attack by your neighbours in South America who helped the British by providing logistical support .
Falklands islands is a safe place to dwell because the inhabitants are British by blood and education.Imagine their houses looted by SouthAmerican bums.No!!!it must never happen.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 okay then don't get mad when Muslims already legally live in your Europe and your Britain and your America. It's either your respect our lands or your fucked, your fucked either way you just want to kick up dust for a couple decades make yourself look tough. Tomorrow they will be hopping on those ship in a retreat to the Falklands.
Thatcher was an enemy of the working class brit. She used the Falklands to save her government in times of national strive and strikes. She offered the falklands to Argentina TWICE before the war and removed the Antarctic reserach/military vessel around the islands, emboldening the argies to invade
Spot on. It sure what happened. Easy to blame social media, liberal society and the way it’s forced upon us, of course the fault ultimately lies with governments, they created a world framework for humans to live in, and like most government systems it creates now a harder world which only benefits rich, the lower clases are exposed to crime, poverty, and a very basic poor lifestyle, all by design I’m afraid.
Hermes was my first ship in 79 then went to small ships for the conflict lots of happy memories on it very proud of the superb contribution that the fleet air arm did to protect us little ones
Was on the deck of the USS Charles F Adams representing the United States in our NATO Fleet when the HMS Hermes returned. We spent 30 days in Portsmouth for our 1st port of call on our 6 month NATO Cruise. We Americans had and have great respect for the Royal Navy.
definitely one of the most impressive military operations, not just in the 20th century, but of all time. The logistics alone were insane. Operating an army that's over 10,000km away. Having to walk across an island because your helicopters got destroyed, and still having the energy to fight and defeat a force much larger than their own. I wonder if they could do it now? while I'm inclined to say no that's exactly what they said back in 1982 and here we are.
@@adm1360 Great question when you asked a few years ago. But with the QEs with their F-35s and the D-class destroyers Argentina wouldn't stand a chance now. Much more unequal now than it was then.
falklands are british forever. .rule britannia GOD SAVE THE QUEEN i m proud britain. ..God save Royal navy Raf and army. .I m proud served my country in paras. ..
I was a child then, but I still remember watching these events live as if it was only yesterday. Our economy then was in ruins, we were a divided nation, it took this war to bring us altogether. Still brings a tear to my eye watching this great event. The Falklands war brought an end to decades of decline.
What a fantastic home coming reception for the Task Force as they arrive safely back to Britain. What a very brave group of military personnel. Well done Margaret Thatcher.
Fantastic views, I was on D57 (the hospital launch) for this one. I was out on the water for the very recent departure of our latest carrier. HMS Queen Elizabeth has a 250 meter exclusion zone all round and more police than you’ll ever see in a city acting as deterrent for the ne’er do wells. You can’t fail to have your heart lifted every time you come in and out of Portsmouth Harbour knowing the depth of history in that narrow harbour mouth is about two and a half times the length of the existence of the United States. That’s proper history…..
On this day I joined a spare crew and took the off duty gosport ferry out to meet the Hermès in the Solent. I sat on the large emergency Norwegian fog horn and blew the horn long and loud to greet this magnificent ship and her crew. Amazing day, memories of a lifetime.
Shame they are under powered white elephants , that can only use undeperforming problem riddled F35B's No point having a deployable army without carrier's, No point having /carrier unless they can deploy an Air wing capable of establish Air superiority , the QE's cant
My uncle was on here. I was a vety young child. We lost him to cancer last April 2022. R.I.P Umcle Brian It brings a lot of emotions to the surface . He Fought in the Falkland war. And was commissioned by princess Anne to petit officer. ❤ Love and miss you Uncle Brian. ( Brian Bath)
NATO ( the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organisation ) was formed to counteract the Warsaw pact during the Cold War . The Falklands War was a war involving another country outside NATO and the Warsaw Pact and was about a straight forward invasion by a foreign power of British Sovereign Territory ( albeit disputed by Argentina ) . NATO countries kept out of it as France supplied much of the munitions to Argentina's military and Spain sided with Argentina as it was an old Spanish Colonial country . The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do . Reagan , despite being a strong ally of UK PM Thatcher was in a difficult situation and was reluctant to get involved and take sides as considered Argentina's right wing military Junta as useful allies against Communism in South America .I can still remember news on TV showing demonstrations in Spain of people chanting ' MALVINAS ( the Argentine name for the Falklands ) Argentina , Gibraltar Espan '
I know we live in a very dangerous world and always have , but I do wonder what was the pint of NATO once the Warsaw Pact collapsed .I am no fan of Putin , but in fairness to them is there any wonder Russia gets worried and offended when NATO carry out exercises in their back yard in Latvia and Estonia when if it was the other way around NATO countries would go nuts ?
@@scooby1992 "The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do." I think it was Caspar Weinberger who was more instrumental. He was awarded a knighthood (honorary Knight Grand Cross) because of his advocacy on our behalf. Schultz was appointed Secretary of State on 16 July 1982, which was a bit more than a month after Argentine forces surrendered and a ceasefire declared.
Loved watching Hermes return from the Gosport side of the harbour, my dad was out at the Falklands on board the Lusty with his helicopter squadron at the time, when they came home in 83' that was memorable to, but when the Hermes was due back, our class at school all did drawings of aircraft carriers and we all went down to the harbour to wave flags and cheer, a wonderful time.
@@aldoromero3921 La verdad es que fue muy triste. La guerra no trae nada bueno. Aquellas familias que perdieron a alguien en el conflicto sigue sufriendo casi cuarenta años después. Una amiga de mi família perdió a su hermano en el Coventry. Su hermano tenía 25 años. O sea, practicamente un chaval. Ella no guarda rencor a los pilotos que le mataron ni a los argentinos en general, pero no pasa ni un día sin pensar en él. Hay que fijarse en lo que tenemos en común, que son un sinfín de cosas. Por desgracia los politicos siguen con lo suyo y no quieren el entendimiento entre nuestras naciones.
I was on the Endurance when we got back to Chatam it was amazing but I couldnt grasp it, hard to explain I just wanted to get home. Two of us from the Endurance were later picked to march through London for the victory parade but I went home and stayed sick on shore. Now years later I wish I had done things different. God bless all those that didnt return home
Great video. I feel sorry for all that lost their lives and loved ones, both sides. Maybe certain Asian countries should watch this before they get a bloody nose also. God save our Queen
I can't help feeling sorry for the captains of Hermes and the tugboats. All is well as long as all goes according to plan, but if something where to happen, it would be a nightmare to correct it and get Hermes safely to port with all the small boats around :P Wonderful footage and Britain as its best :)
Who remembers broccoli and ice cream? The two things we had an abundance of and little all else by the time we docked? That's weird. Just saw myself on a BBC close up...and I'm thin.
I remember watching this as a little boy of 9 yrs old. Twelve years later, i joined up myself serving in the warfare dept as an above water warfare specialist.
I would say that the Swordfish was more famous for attacks on the Bismark and on Taranto than on the Tirpitz (which was sunk by the Dambusters' Lancaster bomber squadron).
It's a shame really, I bet the Americans would have loved something like this after Vietnam. But of course you can only really have this sort of homecoming when you dont get your arse kicked by an inferior opponent 😉✌🇬🇧
The Swordfish was used against the Bismarck (not the Tirpitz). A swordfish jammed Bismarck's rudder with a torpedo. I think that they used Lancasters with tallboy bombs against Tirpitz.
I've seen a video here on youtube of an Argentine soldier saying that when he landed on the Falklands he thought he was going there to liberate the population from British imperialism and oppression. Why would he think that ???
Wow.. that makes me feel really bad for them.. they were probably force fed that lie by their media and superiors. I can totally imagine them thinking they're fighting for a good cause... Only to be met by a hostile populace and death and destruction from the british military. Such a shame
A great show of Bitish pride and fully justified with the Hermes return. Just as a footnote though "The Hospital ship,HMS Herald, reached Portsmouth just two hours earlier" there wasn't such a fanfare for her return!!
So much depended on this utterly vital carrier. Without Invincible we could have gone on, but not without Hermes. Respect to the brave men and women of the carrier force. Respect!
1- the Islands were originally found by the portuguese who never settled them or made any claim otherwise. 2- the Brits were the only ones who made a proper claim and successfully settled them for generations now. 3- the Argentines claim them and the Brits repelled them fair and square against overwhelming odds. That's it. I dont understand why there is any discussion on the matter
I was on there and just like SparkeyR below this message my whole family even my old dear of a nanna came down from the North East to see us back home. When my grandson visits he wants to see my medal, Im sure when gets older he will want to join up. He loves to hear about my days in the forces. A bit different now from back then in the 80s I suspect .
I am a 52 yr old American and I don't ever recall even close to this kind of reception from small private vessels for a US warship coming back to Norfolk or San Diego
dave alders We refueled your fleet, provided satellite intel, gave Britain the aim-9 sidewinders they used from their Harriers and also provided sonar equipment. Britain did the fighting and deserves praise for a hard fought victory, but don't begin forgetting history.
The British were not to be seen when India overran Portuguese Goa. NATO no where to be seen for pretty much the very same reason, Goa and the Falklands aren't anywhere near the North Atlantic. .
What the hell has happened to this country since this proud time in our history. I remember it so well. There's nothing like it since. Just remember our forces now. They need it.
Aww, that wife at 40 mins.....so excited that she can barely talk. Must've been horrible for wives, mums and kids back home. I feel very patriotic watching this video....I was only a toddler in 1982 but it's lovely to have these videos to see what was going on before our armed forces were destroyed by arsehole politicians.
Yes true about Thatcher though the previous Labour government had also (inadvertently) sent out the wrong signals regarding the Falklands. Because of the way the war went, it was easy for people to say later it had been an electoral ruse but this is surely far too simplistic. It was a huge gamble. As you say, the logistical, strategic, and operational difficulties were enormous and did account for significant British losses. I also gather that the naval defence systems could have been better
@Joshuadrooney I don't know too many countries or people who love war ... Neutrality isn't something I would use to claim my fame .... "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict" Martin L. King Jr.
The best joke at the time. A boy in our class had lots of girlfriends. The joke was- Have you heard Paul has Hermes ? What ? Paul has caught Hermes ? Do you mean Herpes ? No he is a carrier.
The US public was massively pro British and the US lent the British arms and provided intelligence even offering the use of the USS Guam a 12,000 ton assault ship. It is likely that US intelligence proved vital during the war. The people from the US posting negative comments do not represent the masses. I personally know people who participated in this war and we were thrilled when the Falklands were taken back by the British.
My first ship in the Royal Navy superb to haave served on her little did i know owould be aside her In the Falklands war on HMS Alacrity brothers In arms
Exactly. I think there's a kind of ingenious mental block that most Argentines have. Somehow they labour under the delusion that they are a native South American people, that all South American peoples naturally speak Spanish or Portugese. Indeed, I suspect that if the population of the Falklands spoke Spanish, the Argentines would not feel annoyed by or indignant at their presence. The fact that they speak English makes them a bunch of interloping colonists, unlike those native Argentines...
That's a shame....I always have a good laugh whenever I read your "1833 usurpation" fairy story. Maybe, when you've finished writing your thesis, you should go and see Alberto Sileoni....he'll give you a job in the "Education Ministry" (propaganda department). ;-D
Never again will the Royal Navy be as strong.Ty for this clip.I was at school during the falklands and joined up as soon as i left.The United kingdom is lost due to politations
Well, I think that it is most certainly the case that there was a great difference between how the politicians perceived military operations (dimly in most cases) and what was actually possible. Then again, for most of the military, this was the first war they had fought, and as we agree, the type of war they were asked to fight was very different from NATO scenarios which dominated the post-1945 era. Reading the literature one is amazed by how much was achieved by British 'muddling through'
26:45!! Ah! The Fairy Swordfish Antique that got the lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder. The Brit's sure do have the luck of Naval Battle. Except for the Hood of course!
***** Oh dear ... There were more than the one hit by more than one Swordfish. And to achieve that some very very brave pilots did some pretty remarkable flying under a hail of AA fire. Hell Bismarck even fired her main turrets! Plus you forget that the Prince of Wales had hit Bismarck through her bow and caused salt water to get into her fuel system and of course fuel oil to drain out slowing her down and causing her to head for France. Hence why she was found by the RAF Catalinas and the Swordfish were called in. It was a huge team effort. You reduce it to 'luck' and one incident.
Sorry, but you are wrong! One Fairy Swordfish got a lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder which disabled it and the Bismarck then circled around and around until it was wiped out by the British Fleet off of the French coast!
This was 30 years ago today. Very emotional watching, as my Mum, Dad and Gran were all there to welcome me home. They are all gone now, having just buried my dad 3 days ago. Still, wonderful memories of an incredible day!
Thank you for your service! I hope life is treating you well
I'm sure that your old man was very proud of you!
I bet your Dad stood with tears in his eyes watching you come back home again. It's a given for your Mum and Gran, because they're your Mum and Gran lol. But your Dad would have been bursting with pride that day. May he rest in peace and may you find it💙
Thank you for your service
Love never goes away your love ones Will be whit You always
God save the Royal Marines, the 3 Commando Brigade and the 5 Infantry Brigade, greetings from Chile...
and thanks to Chile as well who were the only nation nearby and probably at some risk of attack by your neighbours in South America who helped the British by providing logistical support .
Also 29 RA
Chile owes a lot to the British, also.
Falklands islands is a safe place to dwell because the inhabitants are British by blood and education.Imagine their houses looted by SouthAmerican bums.No!!!it must never happen.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 okay then don't get mad when Muslims already legally live in your Europe and your Britain and your America. It's either your respect our lands or your fucked, your fucked either way you just want to kick up dust for a couple decades make yourself look tough. Tomorrow they will be hopping on those ship in a retreat to the Falklands.
Mrs Thatcher, hero of the nation, makes you feel proud to be British. Mrs Thatcher you were a legend.
Thank all the gods we had a PM with some balls. A true daughter of Boudicea.
Thatcher was an enemy of the working class brit. She used the Falklands to save her government in times of national strive and strikes. She offered the falklands to Argentina TWICE before the war and removed the Antarctic reserach/military vessel around the islands, emboldening the argies to invade
@@chrisfranklinguitar7105HMS Endurance was at the Falkland Islands before the conflict. You're welcome.
@chrisfranklinguitar7105 how's that guitar career going pal
Is it just me or were people so much more polite and dignified then?
And patriotic,now known as fascism.
Definitely there was no entitled rappers walking about with knives tucked in thier puffer jacket
pbr streetgang no I’d rather go to war fight for my country and give back what it’s given
I am afraid to say the U.K. was a different place then.....not sure what we have become now.
Spot on. It sure what happened. Easy to blame social media, liberal society and the way it’s forced upon us, of course the fault ultimately lies with governments, they created a world framework for humans to live in, and like most government systems it creates now a harder world which only benefits rich, the lower clases are exposed to crime, poverty, and a very basic poor lifestyle, all by design I’m afraid.
Hermes was my first ship in 79 then went to small ships for the conflict lots of happy memories on it very proud of the superb contribution that the fleet air arm did to protect us little ones
I was on Hermes then, I joined her in 77 until 80 then 81 until 83
Incredible that Hermes was only decommissioned last year by India. What a ship!
Was on the deck of the USS Charles F Adams representing the United States in our NATO Fleet when the HMS Hermes returned. We spent 30 days in Portsmouth for our 1st port of call on our 6 month NATO Cruise. We Americans had and have great respect for the Royal Navy.
And that for this old fart Brit...means that he can do whatever he likes !
Respects.
definitely one of the most impressive military operations, not just in the 20th century, but of all time. The logistics alone were insane. Operating an army that's over 10,000km away. Having to walk across an island because your helicopters got destroyed, and still having the energy to fight and defeat a force much larger than their own.
I wonder if they could do it now? while I'm inclined to say no that's exactly what they said back in 1982 and here we are.
Watched the Conveyer being hit... dark times and so glad when it all ended 36 years ago today
The brits probably could. The Royal Marines are much better trained and disciplined than Argentine conscripts.
@@adm1360 Argentina does not have conscripts any longer. Nevertheless they dont stand a chance
@@adm1360 Great question when you asked a few years ago. But with the QEs with their F-35s and the D-class destroyers Argentina wouldn't stand a chance now. Much more unequal now than it was then.
the battle of Schrute Farms was way more impressive
falklands are british forever. .rule britannia GOD SAVE THE QUEEN i m proud britain. ..God save Royal navy Raf and army. .I m proud served my country in paras. ..
May God bless the Royal Navy, The RAF , The Army , The Royal Marines and Mrs Thatcher. They restored pride to our nation .
So did the Führer...
Makes me PROUD, PROUD TO BE BRITISH!!!!!
I was a child then, but I still remember watching these events live as if it was only yesterday. Our economy then was in ruins, we were a divided nation, it took this war to bring us altogether.
Still brings a tear to my eye watching this great event. The Falklands war brought an end to decades of decline.
good for you watching a TV in Pakistan back in 1982, well done!
What a fantastic home coming reception for the Task Force as they arrive safely back to Britain. What a very brave group of military personnel. Well done Margaret Thatcher.
Fantastic views, I was on D57 (the hospital launch) for this one.
I was out on the water for the very recent departure of our latest carrier. HMS Queen Elizabeth has a 250 meter exclusion zone all round and more police than you’ll ever see in a city acting as deterrent for the ne’er do wells.
You can’t fail to have your heart lifted every time you come in and out of Portsmouth Harbour knowing the depth of history in that narrow harbour mouth is about two and a half times the length of the existence of the United States. That’s proper history…..
im in glasgow n i was crying with pride----- lost a mate n another faught on a ship to shoot em down------god im proud
+happyguyx1 I wish HMS has been converted into a museum ship.
"The Argentinians surrendered on his birthday" Now that's one hell of a birthday celebration!
On this day I joined a spare crew and took the off duty gosport ferry out to meet the Hermès in the Solent. I sat on the large emergency Norwegian fog horn and blew the horn long and loud to greet this magnificent ship and her crew. Amazing day, memories of a lifetime.
to the ones that didnt make--------those heroes------rember them
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cant wait for the navy to get the new carriers, will do something to restore some lost national pride.
Shame they are under powered white elephants , that can only use undeperforming problem riddled F35B's
No point having a deployable army without carrier's, No point having /carrier unless they can deploy an Air wing capable of establish Air superiority , the QE's cant
Farmer ned 6 you're just wrong in so many ways
said by a 10 yr old
@@farmerned6 you are full of shit .
f35 is junk, cant dogfight for shit, has high wing loading means it cant make tight turns
Then HMS Hermes, now INS Viraat was decommissioned from the Indian Navy at 6th March 2017.
Might be an idea to buy her back in. The way things are going, she might have to return to the South Atlantic.
My uncle was on here. I was a vety young child. We lost him to cancer last April 2022. R.I.P Umcle Brian
It brings a lot of emotions to the surface . He Fought in the Falkland war. And was commissioned by princess Anne to petit officer. ❤
Love and miss you Uncle Brian. ( Brian Bath)
Goosebumps! Long live to the Royal Armed Forces!
NATO seems very selective in which members to support and when..thankfully the UK had the skills and courage to do it without them.
NATO ( the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organisation ) was formed to counteract the Warsaw pact during the Cold War . The Falklands War was a war involving another country outside NATO and the Warsaw Pact and was about a straight forward invasion by a foreign power of British Sovereign Territory ( albeit disputed by Argentina ) . NATO countries kept out of it as France supplied much of the munitions to Argentina's military and Spain sided with Argentina as it was an old Spanish Colonial country . The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do . Reagan , despite being a strong ally of UK PM Thatcher was in a difficult situation and was reluctant to get involved and take sides as considered Argentina's right wing military Junta as useful allies against Communism in South America .I can still remember news on TV showing demonstrations in Spain of people chanting ' MALVINAS ( the Argentine name for the Falklands ) Argentina , Gibraltar Espan '
I know we live in a very dangerous world and always have , but I do wonder what was the pint of NATO once the Warsaw Pact collapsed .I am no fan of Putin , but in fairness to them is there any wonder Russia gets worried and offended when NATO carry out exercises in their back yard in Latvia and Estonia when if it was the other way around NATO countries would go nuts ?
@@scooby1992 "The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do." I think it was Caspar Weinberger who was more instrumental. He was awarded a knighthood (honorary Knight Grand Cross) because of his advocacy on our behalf. Schultz was appointed Secretary of State on 16 July 1982, which was a bit more than a month after Argentine forces surrendered and a ceasefire declared.
@@soulsphere9242thank You I stand corrected
@@gagamba9198 I wasn't sure when Shultz was appointed , but knew it was in 1982 , I think the guy before him in post was Alexander Haig .
My father was on this, brings back a lot of memories...quite emotional!
Loved watching Hermes return from the Gosport side of the harbour, my dad was out at the Falklands on board the Lusty with his helicopter squadron at the time, when they came home in 83' that was memorable to, but when the Hermes was due back, our class at school all did drawings of aircraft carriers and we all went down to the harbour to wave flags and cheer, a wonderful time.
What ever made the Argies think they could beat the Brits in a naval war? Even the Germans couldn't beat the limeys at sea.
Absolutely Wonderful 🇬🇧🏴✌️
She really was a beautiful ship such pride and such a glorious career a true testament to her builders
Built by some of the best ship builders of their time in Barrow in Furness!
Back when being a patriot wasn’t known as being racist
I also remember it well, as well as the return of the Canberra.
Just a minor point, that was a Victor doing the flypast not a Vulcan.
+tectorama You can hear them tell him in the back ground it's a Victor. LOL
No other country does it quite like the good old British -superb home coming..
😥 lamentable por todos los jóvenes que murieron! De ambos lados🇦🇷🇬🇧
@@aldoromero3921 what did you say ? In English ...
@@agohelliwell6755 He said that it was terrible that all those young people died on both sides, British and Argentinian.
@@aldoromero3921 La verdad es que fue muy triste. La guerra no trae nada bueno. Aquellas familias que perdieron a alguien en el conflicto sigue sufriendo casi cuarenta años después. Una amiga de mi família perdió a su hermano en el Coventry. Su hermano tenía 25 años. O sea, practicamente un chaval. Ella no guarda rencor a los pilotos que le mataron ni a los argentinos en general, pero no pasa ni un día sin pensar en él. Hay que fijarse en lo que tenemos en común, que son un sinfín de cosas. Por desgracia los politicos siguen con lo suyo y no quieren el entendimiento entre nuestras naciones.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, RULE BRITANNIA!!!!!
you forgot an h. Correctly it is "God shave the queen!"
+MrBubbleJet Piss off
hoppobun7
Sry cant do that.
Up Spirits !!
I was on the Endurance when we got back to Chatam it was amazing but I couldnt grasp it, hard to explain I just wanted to get home. Two of us from the Endurance were later picked to march through London for the victory parade but I went home and stayed sick on shore. Now years later I wish I had done things different. God bless all those that didnt return home
Mess with Britain at your peril!
Incredible!
Great video. I feel sorry for all that lost their lives and loved ones, both sides. Maybe certain Asian countries should watch this before they get a bloody nose also. God save our Queen
My grandad served on HMS Hermes, and supposedly my mum was christend on it as well.
And if they live on the Falklands what was the outcome of the referendum to stay British, listen to democracy!
I can't help feeling sorry for the captains of Hermes and the tugboats. All is well as long as all goes according to plan, but if something where to happen, it would be a nightmare to correct it and get Hermes safely to port with all the small boats around :P
Wonderful footage and Britain as its best :)
Job done! When Britain had a REAL leader!
Who remembers broccoli and ice cream? The two things we had an abundance of and little all else by the time we docked?
That's weird. Just saw myself on a BBC close up...and I'm thin.
Thank you for putting this on TH-cam it is great to see.
I remember watching this as a little boy of 9 yrs old. Twelve years later, i joined up myself serving in the warfare dept as an above water warfare specialist.
I would say that the Swordfish was more famous for attacks on the Bismark and on Taranto than on the Tirpitz (which was sunk by the Dambusters' Lancaster bomber squadron).
I remember watching this live on television. Brings back memories.
It's a shame really, I bet the Americans would have loved something like this after Vietnam. But of course you can only really have this sort of homecoming when you dont get your arse kicked by an inferior opponent 😉✌🇬🇧
I am glad someone pointed out to the journo that that air tanker was a Victor.
As much as I appreciate American support, please lets not go overboard by claiming that you provided 'vital' aid.
The Swordfish was used against the Bismarck (not the Tirpitz). A swordfish jammed Bismarck's rudder with a torpedo. I think that they used Lancasters with tallboy bombs against Tirpitz.
Correct
Yes a year after they destroyed the dry dock at St nazaire
Swordfish were used in several carrier launched attacks on the tirpitz, but only damaged her and failed to sink her.
Thank you Chile.
Thanks for the upload.
As a British person, I agree with you :)
I doubt the people of the Falklands will ever want to be Argentinian. Any chance of that happening disappeared in 1982.
By invading the Argentinians didn't exactly make themselves popular with the population .
Why would they want to be Argentinian... The country is in turmoil.
scots gaurds marines n paras-
I've seen a video here on youtube of an Argentine soldier saying that when he landed on the Falklands he thought he was going there to liberate the population from British imperialism and oppression. Why would he think that ???
Propaganda , pure and simple . It was the lie he had been fed .
Wow.. that makes me feel really bad for them.. they were probably force fed that lie by their media and superiors. I can totally imagine them thinking they're fighting for a good cause... Only to be met by a hostile populace and death and destruction from the british military. Such a shame
Because that is what he was told. The average Argentine civilian, never mind conscript, was not exposed to outside opinions or views at the time.
WOAHHH??? Where's the bit where they disembark the ship?????? It cuts off just before??
Hermes has finally been sent to the breaking yard ... a great ship that served two navies well
A great show of Bitish pride and fully justified with the Hermes return.
Just as a footnote though "The Hospital ship,HMS Herald, reached Portsmouth just two hours earlier" there wasn't such a fanfare for her return!!
So much depended on this utterly vital carrier.
Without Invincible we could have gone on, but not without Hermes.
Respect to the brave men and women of the carrier force.
Respect!
Im greek but still makes me proud!
1- the Islands were originally found by the portuguese who never settled them or made any claim otherwise.
2- the Brits were the only ones who made a proper claim and successfully settled them for generations now.
3- the Argentines claim them and the Brits repelled them fair and square against overwhelming odds. That's it. I dont understand why there is any discussion on the matter
I was on there and just like SparkeyR below this message my whole family even my old dear of a nanna came down from the North East to see us back home. When my grandson visits he wants to see my medal, Im sure when gets older he will want to join up. He loves to hear about my days in the forces. A bit different now from back then in the 80s I suspect .
And possibly the fact that 99.7% of the Islanders want to remain a British protectorate (including the Argentinians!).
John Craven and a Norman Wisdom impersonator, explain that to the rest of Europe!
The dozens of small vessels remind me of the Dunkirk evacuation..this time victory though...The swan song of the great British navy.
I am a 52 yr old American and I don't ever recall even close to this kind of reception from small private vessels for a US warship coming back to Norfolk or San Diego
Maybe that's because you lot weren't part of the Falklands war...
Bloop
Actually the Americans offered the use of one of their Carriers if we lost ours, so please don't knock them. =)
Americans offered us the use of their helicopter carriers that harriers would have used. They played a very minor role.
dave alders We refueled your fleet, provided satellite intel, gave Britain the aim-9 sidewinders they used from their Harriers and also provided sonar equipment.
Britain did the fighting and deserves praise for a hard fought victory, but don't begin forgetting history.
Yeager123123 lol,He's not the average brit. Thanks for your help!
The British were not to be seen when India overran Portuguese Goa. NATO no where to be seen for pretty much the very same reason, Goa and the Falklands aren't anywhere near the North Atlantic. .
SeaToby11 sorry but the Portugal has and had no balls to control her overseas territories unlike us.as a result she lost Goa
@@soulsphere9242 + That's a generalisation of the treaty, not totally true.
🇬🇧🇬🇧BRITISH THE BEST🇬🇧🇬🇧🌹
Great video.
What the hell has happened to this country since this proud time in our history. I remember it so well. There's nothing like it since. Just remember our forces now. They need it.
+Rob McKay that is a completely unrelated point.
Phat Strats No it’s not. That is the sole reason why the worlds gone to shit
The internet happened.
Globalist media has brainwashed almost everyone.
Hi Steve, do you have any footage of the invincible returning to home? Thanks
I have just spent this morning weeping for the fallen 😢41 years 🇬🇧
Aww, that wife at 40 mins.....so excited that she can barely talk. Must've been horrible for wives, mums and kids back home. I feel very patriotic watching this video....I was only a toddler in 1982 but it's lovely to have these videos to see what was going on before our armed forces were destroyed by arsehole politicians.
Are u watching Argentina
Yes!
Fucking piratas!!!
@nuff said and you, look at the history, antes de hablar sin saber el pasado
@@Amoore-vv9wx Really?
Yes true about Thatcher though the previous Labour government had also (inadvertently) sent out the wrong signals regarding the Falklands. Because of the way the war went, it was easy for people to say later it had been an electoral ruse but this is surely far too simplistic. It was a huge gamble. As you say, the logistical, strategic, and operational difficulties were enormous and did account for significant British losses. I also gather that the naval defence systems could have been better
My first Ship was the Hermes brilliant time but was on Alacrity during the Falklands
Back when Britain was British .
God Save the Queen of the Falklands.
@Joshuadrooney
I don't know too many countries or people who love war ... Neutrality isn't something I would use to claim my fame .... "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict" Martin L. King Jr.
The best joke at the time.
A boy in our class had lots of girlfriends. The joke was-
Have you heard Paul has Hermes ?
What ?
Paul has caught Hermes ?
Do you mean Herpes ?
No he is a carrier.
The US public was massively pro British and the US lent the British arms and provided intelligence even offering the use of the USS Guam a 12,000 ton assault ship. It is likely that US intelligence proved vital during the war. The people from the US posting negative comments do not represent the masses. I personally know people who participated in this war and we were thrilled when the Falklands were taken back by the British.
the only thing that works in Argentina mate, is football. Effeffefefefefefeffeffffh, Scorchio!!
My first ship in the Royal Navy superb to haave served on her little did i know owould be aside her In the Falklands war on HMS Alacrity brothers In arms
Exactly. I think there's a kind of ingenious mental block that most Argentines have. Somehow they labour under the delusion that they are a native South American people, that all South American peoples naturally speak Spanish or Portugese. Indeed, I suspect that if the population of the Falklands spoke Spanish, the Argentines would not feel annoyed by or indignant at their presence. The fact that they speak English makes them a bunch of interloping colonists, unlike those native Argentines...
Now this is Britain proudness not Constant moaners about the economic situation without these lads and lasses where would we be?
That's a shame....I always have a good laugh whenever I read your "1833 usurpation" fairy story.
Maybe, when you've finished writing your thesis, you should go and see Alberto Sileoni....he'll give you a job in the "Education Ministry" (propaganda department).
;-D
Sorry I said you as the UK, I noticed too late you were not from there. Sorry again.
Never again will the Royal Navy be as strong.Ty for this clip.I was at school during the falklands and joined up as soon as i left.The United kingdom is lost due to politations
Impressive and glorious sight ... great stuff!
Hillary Clinton could not even fit in the pinky finger of Margaret Thatcher
I am amused then, cheers to you =)
have a nice day!
And the Irish have no right living in America, Australia, Canada and so and so on.
Future people will see this and smile
26:23 - Argentina's most advanced spy plane
That's my home town. I was there watching from near The Hard 31 years ago.
@brutefusion You are sadly about spot on in what you say. We are a poor country now who cannot manage anything yet the desire so to do lives on.
Well, I think that it is most certainly the case that there was a great difference between how the politicians perceived military operations (dimly in most cases) and what was actually possible. Then again, for most of the military, this was the first war they had fought, and as we agree, the type of war they were asked to fight was very different from NATO scenarios which dominated the post-1945 era. Reading the literature one is amazed by how much was achieved by British 'muddling through'
26:45!! Ah! The Fairy Swordfish Antique that got the lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder. The Brit's sure do have the luck
of Naval Battle. Except for the Hood of course!
Or the 3 Battle Cruisers that blew up in the Battle of Jutland. It take 3 years to build a ship 300 years to build a Navel Tradition
***** hey you with the attitude .. We make our own luck because we are the best...
@LondonLawman-- I thought we were talking about WWII? The fact remains that a Fairy Swordfish got a lucky torpedo hit on the rudder of the Bismarck!
*****
Oh dear ... There were more than the one hit by more than one Swordfish. And to achieve that some very very brave pilots did some pretty remarkable flying under a hail of AA fire. Hell Bismarck even fired her main turrets!
Plus you forget that the Prince of Wales had hit Bismarck through her bow and caused salt water to get into her fuel system and of course fuel oil to drain out slowing her down and causing her to head for France. Hence why she was found by the RAF Catalinas and the Swordfish were called in. It was a huge team effort. You reduce it to 'luck' and one incident.
Sorry, but you are wrong! One Fairy Swordfish got a lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder which disabled it and the Bismarck then circled around and around until it was wiped out by the British Fleet off of the French coast!
I’m surprised all those civilian crafts escorting in the warships aren’t considered a safety hazard sailing in that close
Brian Cline, that was a cruise I won't forget in a while!. Me and my wife asked for a refund, but they refused!.......😂😂
you can keep that poof Ardiles, cos we're gonna have ya Malvinas..eh up