Guardians Of The South Atlantic: UK Forces In The Falklands | Forces TV
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2016
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There are penguins on your doorstep, spectacular scenery, and, of course, a place that's rich in history. That's a good side of the unusual British forces posting to the Falkland Islands. The bad side is the icy gale-force winds, freezing conditions, and limited roads and connectivity.
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When the HMS Battleaxe was returning to Britain loaded full of Royal Marines fresh from the Falklands War it made a port call in Jacksonville, Florida (docked at the old Southside Generating Station). My wife worked there and we loaded our car full of Marines and took them down to Disney World for the day so they could pick up swag for their kids back home.
Big thanks to you for treating our boys right.
Little true story for you
My parents as kids with their friends used to cycle to the local airfield at pre's heath in Shropshire.
It was ww2.....and they used to watch as dawn rose....to see the
American bombers come in to land..all the time their hands holding onto the perimeter wire.
Some came back OK
Others trailing smoke
Yet more with non working engines...bent props.....large holes in them or tailored parts shot off.
The ambulances would race on together with the fire engines
And a little while later the crews would come past on motorised bomb carriages.....
Covered in oily faces.....some with bandages.....they never once failed to wave and say hi to the English kids behind the wire....
And......showers of gum or hershey bars thrown as they passed.
That's the calibre of these men
And we will never forget such kindness.
Matt from Florida did they behave themselves lol, Marines are some of our toughest fighting men in the armed forces and one of our oldest fighting forces formed in 1664.
Good for you, Mate.🇦🇺
What a kind gesture! How lovely of you and your wife.
Matt from florida.... Big respect to you and your family for treating the lads. So glad we have Americans as Allies. Top people. So thanks again from London UK
No mosquitos, bees, wasp, or ants. I'm from Mississippi. This place looks like heaven to me.
@Andres Mendez Was that comment really needed?
@@uioplkhj - Was yours?
@@manicmute9440 Look at the highlighted blue name. Do you his name in this thread? He made a very negative comment in reply to Curtis T (whose comment I have liked).
@@uioplkhj - I see. His comments been removed and I thought you were replying to OP.
Fun story, there was a guy who calculated and estimated where would the safest, most hospitable place be in the events of WW3, the Falkland Islands became an obvious choice and his family moved there. And then they had to sat out during the war.
The 6'8" captain gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "How's the weather up there?"
I noticed his cap badge, how does he even fit inside a tank? Lol
@@andrewjohnston4127 he is the tank
@@andrewjohnston4127 he doesn't ride the tank, the tank rides him
6’8” is a ludicrous height
Didn't really need the weather balloon did he?
I love to wake up in the morning to see the Union Jack flying outside my house. Thank you Britain, from The Falklands.
No god bless you all
Falkland's as British every day.
you have internet there ? Nice
@@mattmopar440
As a percentage, the Falklands have the most internet users globally.
You are welcome.. Hope that your islands are given a port big enough for the docking of our new carriers... The Falklands would make an excellent Southern stop for our carriers as they sail the world.. Please pray that we succeed in getting back the authority over our stolen boarders and laws of our dominion from that parasitical parliament in Europe which plans to break up England and rid us of our Parliament.. WE WANT BACK OUR PARLIAMENT OF OUR PEOPLE FOR OUR PEOPLE.. read Ephesians 6 12-18.. Put on your armour of GOD and pray against those Principalities in high and dark places of wickedness that come against our great Nation Commonwealth and the U S A and Israel... It's the last stand of the Sons and daughters of men against that man of predition and the beast.. Sadly people are blinded to it. Our Lord said " My people are lost for lack of knowledge ". &"The deception is so great that even the elect would be deceived ". Blessings from England... and May our Lord Jesus bless you and your Loved one's with his spirit of peace and joy eternally. Amen....
And from Liverpool... COME ON YOU MIGHTY REDS.. 9th European cup final... Can't be bad... Need that win number 6.. And thank you to all of the Falklanders for caring for our boys and girls when they're down there.. From all of their Mums and Dads.. FALKLAND ISLANDERS... "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. "... By the way.. Do you have a cinema down there that our service personnel can watch the Euro Cup Final in.. I'm sure that they'd be made up... ALL THE BEST FROM LIVERPOOL GUYS .. KEEP THAT FLAG ON HIGH.. LIKE THOSE BOYS OF THE LANCASHIRE REGIMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA.. WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER TO THE BOERS SURROUNDED ON THAT HILL CALLED THE SPION KOP AND DIEING FOR THE SAKE EACH OTHER TO A MAN..WE'LL STAND WITH YOU BACK TO BACK FOR THE SAKE OF THE FREEDOME OF OUR CHILDREN.. Like our Lord Jesus says " For no greater Love hath a man than to give his life for the sake of another ' As he did for us...A great Father.. Ask not what your children do for you...? But what do you do for the Love of your children.? YNWA. FALKLANDERS.... 3-0.. Liverpool.. ☺
Here from Australia it looks like a cold, lonely, quiet world
loving it already
Just like England with penguins
Agreed
It gets cold in England but it’s not that cold you could still go out without a coat, I wouldn’t want to do that down there
@@-lightningwill-6014 lonely bruh we have way toooooo many immigrants here
Agreed
It's basically dartmoor, but with penguins instead of ponies.
I love Dartmoor
@Frank Clarke Even you Argies didnt know the Belgrano doubled as a submarine until we sunk it.
@Frank Clarke A yank...explains why you cant speak English anywhere near as good as an Argentinian then. At the end of the day they had superior numbers...but we won...no thanks to you lethargic Americans.
@Frank Clarke Notice how we fought on our own and won easily. The USA has to get every ally to help them and they still lose against fucking goat herders. Pathetic. Fuck the USA. Fyi, the United States wasn't designed to survive forever :) It's going downhill real fast and countries like China are going to take over. The USA is a lost cause and many countries see that now.
@Frank Clarke We didn't need your help. We just asked for it as allies. If the war continued on after the Falklands, then Argentina would have suffered disastrous defeat after disastrous defeat provided that they didn't get help from their 'allies'.
"A mine-prodder, which is a pointy stick"
I love when British people do this
Tbh it's an accurate picture of what it is
Its weird how British they sound. I also thought they would have a different accent and culture but really they are Brits just like us. Like a little patch of Britain on the other side of the world. Interesting...
Harry H their British what was you expecting, Albanian accent
No but considering the differences in dialect in the UK alone I was expecting more. Where I'm from the next village over sounds completely different. One would imagine that an area completely isolated geographically from the mainland would develop an accent.
its probably due to it being a relatively new colony and the constant contact with U.K native soldiers that their accent doesn't change
NEW COLONY i do not think.
like pictain island? they got a kiwi brittish accent
"Better to die than be a coward" is the motto of the world-famous Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who are an integral part of the British Army.
Bernard So integral, but look how they're treated!!!!!
My pals Son fought there against the Argies, he was with the Scots Guards thankfully he returned home to Glasgow safely.
Bernard 3
Integral part my arse. There just another regiment, that’s it. There no different to any other British army regiment, apart from there all from napal, but all the officers are brits
Well many of them surrendered or fled the battle though
So glad to see the people of the Falklands being protected and cared for so diligently. Take care and God bless you all!
Penguins in the minefields, that's one hell of a happy feet.
So much respect for the Gurkhas, cheers for protecting us all in the UK!
Or grant them citizenship after their service, like they do with all the refugees.
@Colour SGT Bourne Where have you been for 14 years Gurkhas were granted the right to apply for British Citizenship and settle in the UK in 2014.
Joanna Lumley was/is the patron of the organisation that helps ex Gurkhas.
@@bulletproofkam7931 Can you type that again, in English this time please.
For someone who doesn't know much about them who are they?
3:19 Wait, he's six foot eight and he's in the Royal Tank Regiment? Did they make an extra-large tank just for him?
He is a royal tank regiment.
He is a tank on his own.
When they planned the camera to him, started laughing, he looked so tense and awkward. Looked like me 😂🤦♂️
he drive and use the gun at the same time
it's just a scare tactic, they know Argentinians are small.
Got warned for the Falklands then sent to Belize instead! So upset...NOT!
My brother did 2 tours in the falklands in the RN. Came out joined he Army and first posting was...? Falklands! LOL!
I kid him that everyone else goes there and say "Oh look...Penguins!" But when he stepped off the plane all the penguins said " Oh look...there's Matt!" :-0
Why on earth would you want to do that? What kind of mind do you have? Where is your mind at, when you want to shoot at something so beautiful, and which has done you no harm? And BTW and FYI, those "walking birds" as you call them, happen to be Penguins, you ignoramus.
Yup - that sounds about right
Oh leave neosomato hypergenesis alone. Hes probably an dumb Argie and thats all they are capable of shooting at because they are slow moving and dont shoot back.
Laurie St Lyon lol.... this is the funniest story I have see on YT. Poor Matt that's what you get for talking the Falkland back from Argentina.
LOL!!! Some people miss obvious jokes!
Went to the Falklands for two weeks in may/june 2023. Wow what an amazing place. The people are just so friendly and accommodating. Happy and joyful. It was like id been there for years and knew these people. Thank you so much to everyone i met. You made me leave a part of my heart with you and those islands. Truly blessed to be able to go and visit the islands for work. I walked around with a smile on my face everyday there. Said hello to hundreds of people I’ve never met before. Also im unbeaten at darts there too 😂. If you ever want peaceful, pleasant, picturesque and clean air go to the falklands. Its amazing. ❤❤❤❤
I doubt you'd see the Argentines helping the locals with a fence XD
Sam Hens They wouldn't know how to.
they end up surrendering to the fence
No they just mined the shit out of it instead
Fraser Hughes and they still lost the conflict!!😉😉
but do you have the Malvinas? Bahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Just a couple of killer whales grazing in the field no biggy
vegan killer whales
Old GreGG oh I thought I heard that. For a second I was sure he couldn't have said that lol
chiller whales
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These Falkland dudes' accents sound slightly similar to New Zealand. Got the whole farmer vibe too, just like NZ. I'm a kiwi btw.
Must be something to do with being British-descended yet living so far South of the Equator
Ah, the lovely Benny accent.
That's what I thought when watching. (I'm from Oz but we have plenty of kiwis here :)
Haha yeah I got that too and I am a Kiwi aswell. Great to see the Falkland Islands thriving, good responsible governance! Apparently the Falklands government has enough in reserve atm to provide every citizen with 70,000 dollars.
The newly discovered oil reserves will improve this 😀
I'm sure I heard somewhere that some Kiwis did actually move to the Falklands because of the sheep farming..
I'm just back. First time there since 1982. It was very sad but also wonderful to meet the islanders after all these years.
Did three tours of the Falklands in the late eighties to mid nineties. Thoroughly enjoyed all 3 tours. Actually volunteered for the last two. Loved the people, landscape and the wildlife.
7:10 you don't have to be grateful son. You are all very much part of Britain and are very, very welcome. Even though you are far away, we all remember you regularly and especially whenever marines or paras are talked about.
Makes you proud to know we don't turn our back on our own ever and we'd readily fight to defend them, feel like that's what really defines us as British - pride in our Unity.
Rule Britannia.
FletchRFC 20 exactly!
FletchRFC 20 HAHA HAHA - research Rhodesia. The spineless Brits not only turned their backs on us, they helped the Commy Mugabe in his murderous campaign during AND AFTER the war. Educate yourself before you spew out blind brainwashed "patriotism".
that why the IRA made a show of ya's u had to use the uff and the uda to do your dirty work 32 FOREVER
Lot of respect for the Brits
@@graham3368 or not? The IRA are GONE, the British fucking WON mate, accept it
God Bless our Armed Forces.
no no, Firstly is British* not britich... also stop being such a racist pig, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the blacks, Asians as a race and Ive also never seen a problem with jews. Also our Armed forces do an amazing job where ever they are, whether that is regaining control of the falklands back in 82 or helping those in the Caribbean this year during the Hurricanes...
I cant get schooled by someone who cant even spell British or Country and minority. Also theres not much point arguing with you as you'll always think your right thats what you types are like. I have many muslim friends and they have no problem with any other religion or race. You are talking about IS (Islamic State) they are the ones with a problem with anyone who wont join them and they are the minority of muslims.
Right i don't care if you speak all those languages if you cant even speak fluently.
you might learn something here, ill list the spelling mistakes for you if i can actually make out what your saying..
1. koran - Quran
2. giwes - gives
3. em - them
4. rigth - right
5. englosh - English
6. frends - friends
Hope you learn how to spell these words correctly then maybe ill be able to understand what your trying to say because the 2nd and last sentence makes absolutely no sense what so ever so i cant reply to your comment at all.
i speak English and Mandarin, also one of them is called Rashid and the other Mohammed....
Guardians of the south atlantic? What a joke and Your so full of bullshit. Twas the US who kicked Britain of the United States and you lost the war against the American Revolution of Freedom. Well it is the Americans that saved Britain in WW1, WW2 and the Falklands war which in itself is a joke. The British are a joke swapping stupid back slapping comments of how great they were, "Blimey that was a close call mate?" The only reason Britain survived the Falklands war was the USA sent the British 105 advanced made in the USA Sidewinder Missiles with Satellite images that pin-pointed the location of Argentine ships and airbases. Duh the British had trouble reading the made in the USA Satellite Maps. Brits are such retards! Next time the US will let Argentina defeat you and Mad Maggie Thatcher the mill snatcher threatened to use nukes on Argentina and the British Admiralty where going to remove Mad Maggie Thatcher and put her in a straight jacket!
Seeing that giant scary British Solider be so happy when he saw his dog just made my day
Ah, don't call him a soldier, you might upset him, he is RAF Police.
"Hercules flew for 10 hours & was in-flight re-fuelled twice"! In 1982 I was in a Herc that was re-fuelled twice from Ascension to Falklands area then Para drop aborted & we RTB Ascension. Total flight time - 27hrs 30mins.
Square Peg Round Hole that's incredible!
Square Peg Round Hole I would have just jumped no matter where it was, 27 minutes in a C130 is too long, let along 27 hours!!
That must be a military record surely?
@@TheElectronicaHD It was for about 48 hrs! Another sortie a couple of days later beat it by a few minutes!
@@EnglishVeteranbet they kept airborne just that little bit longer on purpose 😂
Someone should write a book 'Paras & Penguins, guarding the Falkands' !!
It's marines that guard it tho...
And killer whales, don't forget the killer whales grazing in the fields lol
you mean guarding the OIL reserves 10000 km from the UK
@@franfountain7278 even marines need heros! The paras!!
@@R3RLEE bruh don't start the competition
I love British people the most....they are very precious....so I support Britain in all possible ways.... Britain should increase its sphere of influence in South Atlantic more 🙏🙏it is in betterment of mankind so please be there always love from India 🇮🇳💕💕
we love India too
Hahaha wtf does that even mean
I love the way the camera panned up the the tall army personnel
Omg the Gurkhas thanking the children in the Falklands for their incredible contribution to the Nepali earthquake relief is the sweetest and most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a little while 💕💕🏔🌌!!!!!!!!!! Love it.
If I won the lottery I'd be hard pressed to find a better place to retire. Beautiful landscape and nature, no crime, low taxes, friendly community, good access to healthcare, and access to wifi, radio, and tv. What else could you ask for?
Curtis T and the locals are encouraged to arm themselves and shoot argies if they ever try to come back!
Eh. Nightlife? Society? Unfamiliar faces? They say familiarity breeds contempt, after all. Love the penguins, tho...and the dearth of stinging and/or biting insects etc. I wonder if the sheep were starting to look good to them...
Curtis T erm, warmth? lol. Actually, I agree with you.....
Just go to portugals madeira island or the azores. At least theres sunshine and the sea water is hot. 20x better than shitty albufeira in the algarve that u brits love
Not exactly great dating prospects.
My son has just returned from a tour of duty of the Falklands and enjoyed it a lot.
Huge thanks and respect to our Armed Forces. Thankyou.
This is one of the wholesome things I've watched. Everyone was so thankful for their military being there.
Thieves.They are thieves.
@@diegoferreyra8025 How does it feel to have been slaughtered by thieves Mr Argentine?
@@diegoferreyra8025 someone who speaks Spanish lecturing others about being thieves 🤔. How are the Incas doing these days?
@@diegoferreyra8025 for defending the Falklands? The argentinyshits are robbers its just like this: [british] (police) vs robbers [argenshit]
@@MurMur1985 Well.Argentina will join Brasil.And will be different🙄🇦🇷
the British are ever so polite :-)
I'm sure you'll love the East Londoners then ...
East or west queen is the best
Long live her majesty
Great job by armed forces
Go to the most isolated, remote, inaccessible and hostile place on Earth and you'll find that a Brit has already beaten you to it.😂
long live uk long live the falklands.
Royal Penguin Regiment's 5 battalions are stationed here.
Dressed in their tuxedo best.
@@steveguild871 Yes, they have their fancy dress. Always gotta look good when you're in town.
the Gurkha are amazing
los gurkhas son todos putos. SORETE¡¡¡¡¡¡
Estúpido argentino. Las islas Malvinas son británicas
Mate. They're British. The People there want them British. Don't believe your government's lies.
Don't understand why the delusional Argies keep pushing that, Falkland Islanders speak English, have English names and are of British descent.
chupenme el pingo
In a subtle way with great skill and artistry this film sends a powerful message of strength and resolve.
nothing to do with this video specifically but UK tv producers do like to compare things to the size of Wales :D
Kenneth McKay at least Wales is mentioned though
Kenneth McKay That, double-decker buses, footbal fields, Nelson's column Jumbo jets etc.
i have noticed that you know they say ( the area the sice of wales etc ) WHY IS NEVER WALES
Even when I did theology at Uni in the 80s the size of Israel was compared to the size of Wales!
I love how the soldiers inside the ship that meet accident are behaving like a 5 star hotel server.. They really take care of everyone in and on the islands. Love from 🇮🇳.
Shame on you for supporting brits beside being an indian
I would love if we in the Canadian Forces could volunteer to go down. Kinda the opposite of us tiny and tipping the other side of our hemisphere, but same parents.
The Canadian forces sent there would have the same skill sets needs as 4 Para's soldiers. The island's terrain and weather felt like Labrador.
Perhaps you can suggest to your unit's commanding officer an exchange, or exercise. It'd be at the very least a great training (public relations) opportunity for both forces. And it can't hurt to ask or suggest; that's how great ideas start.
You share the same head of state with the UK and the Falklands so of course Canada should be able to go there
I'm sure Canadian Forces would be welcome to train in the Falklands. Anyone from the Commonwealth can join the British Armed Forces. Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Brunei Darussalem, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Zambia. Big family.
@@hobmoor2042 you forgot the falklands
@@StreetBob-tn1ed the commonwealth is made up of independent countries. The Falklands are self ruling but not independent. Gibraltar aren't included either
Me: Why would you ever live there
Teacher: We don't even have bees or wasps
Me: When is the next plane to the Falklands
i know right been stung by wasps twice and hate them with a passion
It’s good to see the Falklanders appreciate the presence of British forces protecting their freedom. Good people.
The falklands will be of Argentina again.
@@diegoferreyra8025 🤣👏🤣👏 third world countries be like🤣 keep dreaming.
@@user-we5gv1bh9d Lier.That's could be.
@@diegoferreyra8025 lier?? Is that all you can conjure up.🧐 Well done 👏👏👏 anyway, you finally learned the message behind what I was talking about. However the term, "lie" should be directed towards me but strictly towards you. Anyways don't be discouraged to stop dream.
Lehman: British Would Have Lost Falklands War Without U.S. Support
May 29, 1988
LONDON (AP) _ Britain would not have recaptured the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 without U.S. military assistance, former U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted Sunday as saying.
In a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview to be broadcast Wednesday night, Lehman also says U.S. involvement in the Falklands war led indirectly to the Irangate scandal, the Observer newspaper reported.
The weekly said Lehman’s interview will be included in the latest episode of ″An Ocean Apart,″ a BBC documentary series on British-American relations.
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″Britain would have had to have withdraw from the Falklands″ if the Reagan administration withheld support, it quoted Lehman as saying.
U.S. military aid in the 74-day war, in which Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago from invading Argentine forces, has been a closely guarded secret, the Observer said.
″Lehman is the first senior U.S. official to claim that the Pentagon’s supplies of intelligence and material were so great as to have been decisive,″ it said.
Much respect to the British government for making such an effort to support the residents of the falklands
now if we could only get our people out of Afghanistan...even the Russians do a better job of looking out for their nationals...
@@frankpienkosky5688 that aged well
My grandad fought in the falklands war in 1982. His till alive to tell his stories I was 1 wen he went off to war. Amazing to see how British they are on the islands 🇬🇧
My father was also in the war, he was never the same.
Total respect for your Grandad .
Usurpadas . Tierra ARGENTINA 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
The Chief of the Americas Department of the Foreign Office, John Troutbeck, wrote in October 1936: "The difficulty of the position is that our seizure of the Falkland Islands in 1833 was so arbitrary a procedure as judged by the ideology of the present day. It is therefore not easy to explain our possession without showing ourselves up as international bandits" (F.O. 371/19763, F° 349).
I know a Gurkha, i have a lot of respect for them as people, and as soldiers
It’s nice that the military is part of the community. They aren’t supposed to be some superhuman force, but friends who wear camouflage.
The British love for cold dark and wet places :D
That’s because it reminds us of home so much!! 😁😂
Did a tour in '93. Great memories!
That was amazing to watch, a thought came to me if it was not for the Falkland’s conflict, it’s very possible that there would not have been a unit able to be at the right place to rescue the 350 plus passengers on that ship and none of the passengers would have survived
Kudos to the Falkland people and the UK. You have a lot to be proud of. Thanks for the program. From Jax. Fla. USA
Thieves! Return it to Argentina is the common sense.
Thanks bro, ignore the mardy Argie comments 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Good stuff - Proud of our boys operating in the far side of the world.
I love the British humor 🇬🇧🤩🤩😘 in the end of the video 23' 07" , the girl says, I think it's going to be hard to beat because the floor doesn't go any lower 😂😂😂🇬🇧👍
Respect to these men. I salute you.
Near to tears the whole vid. Beautiful, sad, brave, human, everything.
Lots of respect to those who live there permanently and those who serve there temporarily.
A great piece that was exceptionally well done!
Love these falklands vids you do, keep em comin :)
Замечательно! Британские военнослужащие оказывают содействие в определении и закреплении границ земельных участков (путем наблюдения за починкой изгороди). А это уже - содействие по части геодезии и картографии! Отлично!
An amazing place spent over a year of my life serving down here, mostly up the mountain radar sites.
Very good, just had a re- visit after 36 years and your program is now a reminder of that visit. thanks a lot.
Did my tour and the Sea trout fishing was fantastic
i bet was there any salmon fishing there
I worked on the Falklands Airport construction 1983-86. As a civvie, I was very impressed how our Forces operate, we had many social exchanges, a tour of the early warning station at Mount Kent, use of NAFII e.t.c. We had a visit from a Chinook helicopter crew shortly after they had had to deal with the Chinook crash that killed their colleagues. Very brave of them to still carry on and typical of our great nation.
The military presence on the Falklands is quite fierce, with thousands of Royal Navy Penguins present on the island, with many more being born every day, they also have a number of British Army sheep, that conflict with the naval penguins.
Beautiful to see thank you for the video.
Anyone notice a pattern? Argentina whine about Falklands... Spain whine about Gibraltar...
Im sure its Spanish and their former colonial people...
If you think thats bad, you should see their football press!
Andres Mendez *yawn*
They whine about Gib, but I can't recall the last time they offered to hand back Cueta.
@@SenorCrazylegs let's not forget about the OTHER Spanish enclave in Morocco
@@sheldon-cooper Shh no one talks about that.
The Falklands reminds me of a small neighborhood where the ppl take care of each other. Add the military and you get the Falklands
How cool a countries military helping on people’s farms service men going to schools. Amazing place.
Yes sounds like the UK was before immigration.
Lovely production - thank you.
The people on the Falklands are of sovereign heritage and are under sovereign protection and her majesty with the mighty strength of one of the world's greatest military. The soldiers at the Falkland's are clearly well-trained and will protect their shores against any foe without fear.
Also, we provide the Falklands with the Gurkha's who aren't just soldiers: they're warriors and loyal ones at that: as a Brit, I have no doubt the Gurkha's will fight any enemy without fear under any circumstances - outnumbered but never outmatched
Greetings to the Brits living in the Falkland Islands. We'll fight off any enemy from our home!
Insomniac if i had to fight 20 argies or one gurkha to the death id take the argies instantly. We asked the Nepalese people to become part od the commonwealth because their fighters were so fierce and brave
Cee The Argies would just surrender to you lol
great military no question about that but they are there for the OIL
Che Guevara They’re there to defend the Islanders and the territory. The fact that there’s oil is just a happy coincidence.
YOU ARE BRILLIANT!@@wrightypegz8997
Those penguins are the true guardians of the islands, probably spied on Argentina for MI6 during the war
"probably spied on Argentina for MI6 "
Sssshhh, Nikita: that's supposed to be a secret !!
I remember the call to New Zealand after the war from farm boys and labourers to go and help rebuild the farms. I was too young, but my brother in law went. Loved it. He brought back a Khukuri he found out on a farm.
Great job, proud of our Forces (Y)
I remember when I was 12 and we watched the Falklands War with great interest. Of course we were behind the British 100%. When we heard that the Argentinians had given up all of us kids in the subdivision I lived in let out a great shout. No joke. We were all raised to respect the Mother Country and of course the legacy of what the English have given the world.
Tennessee Ridgerunner Me too, from Australia! Also ‘82, watching the Harriers go in, and HMS ships getting hit. 12 years old. Joined Army at 18.
Howdy Mr. Dods! Good to hear from you. Greetings to you in the Land Down Under from the Land of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Australia man, badly. After the British Isles, the place I admire and respect the most is Australia although that doesn't mean I love ya'll any less than the English. When I was a kid my parents hosted some Australian missionaries who were here for whatever reason I forget. This was in the late 70s and the husband of the two was a veteran of ANZAC and regaled me for two days with tales of the history of ANZAC and the Diggers. Those Aussies made an indelible impression on my young mind that I never forgot. I have since always followed events in Australia and have loved its people from afar. My wife loves ya'll even more because she actually spent 2 weeks in your beautiful country and she wants to go back and live there, ha-ha. The big sticking point to me unfortunately is gun ownership Down Under. I am a gun nut and a FIRM believer in our right to private ownership of firearms. Anyway, sorry for rambling there mate. Take care.
USA will always be welcome in the Commonwealth of Nations - if its citizens so choose. Arsenal of Democracy.
Of course, the one huge injustice was sinking the light cruiser ARA General Belgrano. She was sunk on 2 May 1982 during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine Conqueror with the loss of 323 lives. Losses from General Belgranototalled just over half of Argentine military deaths in the war. She was sunk by a british nuclear hunter killer submarine hundreds of miles away from the action. This should not have happened. The submarine could have shadowed the Belgrano and sunk her at a range of about 30km. That is how advanced the submarine was. A 1980s submarine up against a 1940s ship. No match. No match at all.
@@davidbrisbane7206 I get what you are saying David but she posed a threat to our forces. War is ugly and if the Argies had not invaded there would not have been a war. I know it went to top brass before she was sunk. Yes its sad i know but we lost alot of armed forces as well.
The penguins are definitely part of the royal happy feet regiment 😂😂
One of the kids from my schools dad was deployed to the Falklands when the war happened he worked on an air craft carrier sending planes out
What a great bunch of guys. Thanks for your service.
Did three tours of the FI in the eighties and nineties. Loved the place as it is a wildlife photographers dream.
1:47 Captured British Soldiers view a march of the island's conquerors (circa: 2016)
Wait, they don't even have bee and waps! This is my spiritual home.
No flowers
So much for fruit trees (especially apple) and others food producers that need bees to pollinate...
Good work and great operation! From Texas
I would totally leave one shoe...looks like an amazing place.
Capt Hollis from the RTR aka “Too Tall” came and did the Annual Inspection at my ACF DEtachment last year - good to see him again.
Just enjoyed this visit to the Falklands via this interesting video. Well done lads, I only got to Hong Kong on my National Service,
Really well put together video
Amazing the way English accents develop in isolated communities. First, hundreds of years ago, there was American, then South African, followed by Australian and then Kiwi. The Falklanders' accent sounds like it's half way between Exeter and Auckland. Which is about right, geographically!
the falklands are more british than most major cities in england :/
It's quite humble how the UK keeps this island
I know this is two years old but thought I’d add a comment anyway.
When the Falklands were invaded Britain was not financially or militarily in a good state. Two world wars and the loss of an entire generation the UK faced many difficulties. Some politicians felt that we should just let Argentina have the islands, the US also asked Margaret Thatcher if we could just “give them the islands”. Militarily the world viewed liberating an island over 8000 miles from home as an impossibility. But when the Falklands governor managed to make contact with London to inform them of the invasion, he expressed how the locals were in tears and begging him for help, saying “we’re British, we don’t want to be Argentine”. It was at that moment Britain saw for the first time just how much the Falklanders considered themselves British. The UK has and will always defend its own and their right to be free and live in peace. Ever since we have reaffirmed that we will defend the Falklands (and all our territories) like we would the mainland. I’m pretty sure most Britons would see the UK burning if it meant defending those islands and the people there. The only pub on the Falklands is called “The Iron Lady” as a tribute to Margaret Thatcher. The UK does now have a rather sophisticated military presence on the island, so such an invasion nowadays would be far from easy-even from a strong adversary.
This is why foreign aid/disaster relief supplies should be distributed by the armed forces rather than crooked politically correct ineffective virtue signalling “charities”
couldn't be more true!
That might actually work, I have no doubt the military could do just about anything a lot more effectively, plus the aid would actually get to the place where it's needed.
I would much prefer that I would much prefer the money went to people who actually needed it rarther than dictators that the army would then have to over throw
The problem is usually when the government is corrupted, the army that serves them are. Most corrupt nations' armies aren't made up of people willing to fight or die on personal/national principles, more like a gang of uniformed men that listens to whoever offers salary/food.
So why have we been in Afghanistan with military intervention for almost 2 decades and seen no real change? They also distributed aid in order to gain favour and still the Taliban has been on the rise. What a deluded, short sighted and illogical comment.
Very interesting.I really enjoyed watching this. I was there at Mt.Pleasant in 1985 working as a shuttering joiner putting foundations in. I thought the Geography of the place,from Mount Pleasant to East Cove (approx' 5 miles ) was really interesting. You could see that the 'Mountains' ( facing South) had been once glaciated and Mount Pleasant Plain was festooned with Glacial melt water lakes. Never seen such a striking example of glaciation.
love how Argentina think they can contend with the UK military wise
The CADET FORCE could lol, be a waste of resources sending the best special forces in the world
Andres Mendez oh and if you think the same thing would happen again now, you presently have four A4's with some training jets and prop-driven attack planes left operational, and that's the grand total of your air-force. Take a look at what's stationed on and around the islands, remember that's just the PEACETIME GARRISON and that we have a lot more we can send, then shut the hell up and sit down
anghinetti agreed
If you evaluate the material lost during the war, Great Britain lost much more than Argentina. As for the deceased, Argentina lost more, but it is necessary to clarify that half of its casualties was a cause of the sinking of a patrolling ship that was cowardly sunk outside the exclusion area of the United Nations.
Great Britain hides to this day the number of casualties and the damage suffered by its fleet, despite the international recognition of the Argentine air force.
The time will make the Falklands return to Argentina, international law sustains it, in addition and has favorable closeness. The same will happen with Gibraltar and other places in the world that were stolen.
Laugh while you can, but know that who laughs last, laughs best
Gonco Vaakhor the maritime exclusion zone was set up by Britain not the UN also days before the belgrano was sunk Britain informed the UN any military target which threatened British forces may be struck whether inside or outside the maritime exclusion zone. The belgrano had orders to sail into the MEZ which has been confirmed by its captain and by military intelligence making it a legitimate target. I can provide website links if required or you can just google it. More lives could of been saved if the escorting destroyers had picked up survivors straight away rather than retreating and then coming back later on. If they had stopped to pick up survivors they wouldn't have been legitimate targets. Some could argue all three ships where legitimate targets and Britain should have sank all three but instead restraint was shown by the British forces and only one ship was attacked.
8:26 "We don't have tornados, wars or tsunamis." That is a very optimistic way of describing an island famous for its wind, waves and war...
See she is talking in specifics there aren't tornados or tsunamis. But there are winds that will take you off your feet. But not tornadoes you see
God bless the Gurkhas . Amazing people .
What a lovely video and a beautiful place. Thanks to all who protect the islands❤️
I don’t say this that often but I’m proud to be British
Good to see competent NCO 's employed on important work.
More british than london
Someday i wish to tour the remaining territories and i want start with the Falkland's, looks so beautiful and calming