Galtieri & The Falklands War Documentary

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
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  • @PeopleProfiles
    @PeopleProfiles  2 роки тому +23

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  • @edwardfalcus5842
    @edwardfalcus5842 25 днів тому +1

    I went to ARGENTINA 1960 with the RAF to give air displays with 2 VULCANS and had a great time 2 months with the Argy airforce those tango clubs were something else!

  • @nomeyodomar
    @nomeyodomar 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for such well narrated and assertive documentaries.
    As for Galtieri, is completely new for me.
    Oh the Malvinas Islands....

  • @annemaclean6634
    @annemaclean6634 2 роки тому +27

    That was really interesting to hear about Argentina's history and of course the Falklands War. I remember seeing on the TV the task force setting out and of course all the news that was transmitted about the war. Many thanks for uploading.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 2 роки тому +45

    Talk about a plan backfiring spectacularly. Sad that young Argentinian and British soldiers had to die for the sake of his ego.

    • @mikefay5698
      @mikefay5698 2 роки тому +1

      Who's ego again?

    • @GaionSputro
      @GaionSputro 6 місяців тому

      ​@@mikefay5698 Leopold, the king of Congo!

  • @jasontuck-smith3896
    @jasontuck-smith3896 2 роки тому +40

    Great video. Im British and during the Falklands War I was 7 years old. I had a very simplist idea of the war. I saw it as Argentina trying to steal something that didn't belong to them. I remember asking my mum every morning 'have we got our Islands back yet?!'. Now I'm just glad there is peace and people aren't being killed.

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 2 роки тому +8

      Digamos que los que robaron Malvinas fueron los británicos en 1833 cuando las tomaron por la fuerza, arriaron la bandera Argentina y expulsaron a toda la población y Gobernador Argentino de Puerto Soledad. Es solo una aclaración, Si comparto que las guerras no sirven y solucionan nada, nadie gana en ellas, todos pierden. Saludos.

    • @martinjenkins6467
      @martinjenkins6467 2 роки тому +12

      I was 14 living in Australia and
      That's when I first became a
      Mega fan of Maggie and her
      Churchillian spirit.
      She showed those bastards not
      To mess with Great Britain.
      Rule Britannia!!!

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 2 роки тому

      @@martinjenkins6467 Bastardos ? Quienes ? Quien sos para tratar así a la gente de otro país ? Quien te crees que sos ? Argentina porque intentó recuperar Malvinas, o Gran Bretaña que se la usurpó y las invadió por la fuerza en 1833. Quien es el que mantiene colonias a esta altura ? Aparte si tenías 14 años consumiste la historia del lado pirata, yo en ese tiempo era Soldado argentino (Comando de Artllería 121 ) y si bien no fui a Malvinas si lo han hecho muchos amigos y algunos familiares, y luchaban por Argentina, no por Galtieri. Tratá de pensar las cosas antes de opinar tan abiertamente.

    • @dredd1981
      @dredd1981 2 роки тому

      @@pedropabloulloa6294 She lost legally? What on earth are you talking about?

    • @dredd1981
      @dredd1981 2 роки тому +6

      @@pedropabloulloa6294 What nonsense, it's up to the population to decide who they want to govern them, self determination is a principle recognised and endorsed by the UN, this 150 years figure is pure nonsense.

  • @mapofthesoultagme7143
    @mapofthesoultagme7143 2 роки тому +5

    I like that these videos are so calming

    • @argiberico
      @argiberico 2 роки тому

      he was a product of his time

  • @ondrejkonopasek9363
    @ondrejkonopasek9363 Рік тому +2

    Awesome vide bro! Thank you!!!

  • @rbilleaud
    @rbilleaud 2 роки тому +24

    I briefly flirted with the thought of moving to Argentina in the late 1980s. I had a French tutor from Rio de la Plata who told me that with my blonde hair and blue eyes, I could basically write my own ticket. I had no idea that the culture was so bigoted, but as a hungry college student the concept of quick and easy success sounded appealing. I eventually decided that due to the fact that I struggled with foreign languages and knew no Spanish it wasn't for me, but wonder where I'd be if I had gone for it.

    • @michaelrodriguez3329
      @michaelrodriguez3329 2 роки тому +1

      You never know ...where you might have been.

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 2 роки тому +5

      Argentina es un pais que ha recibido millones de inmigrantes durante toda su historia y hoy sigue siendo el pais mas receptor en toda Sudamérica. Es un pais con nada de racismo y xenofobia y todos los informes internacionales lo califican como el mejor destino para estudiar carreras terciarias o especializarse en Latinoamérica. Sus Universidades están llenas de estudiantes extranjeros y de intercambio de todo el mundo, muchos de Gran Bretaña también Aparte Argentina tiene la particularidad de ser uno de los pocos paises de Latinoamérica que tiene educación y salud gratis y universal, en sus Universidades Publicas, al igual que en sus hospitales estudian y se atienden a todos por igual sin pagar ningún arancel, sean argentinos o extranjeros.

    • @mikefay5698
      @mikefay5698 2 роки тому

      Nice and warm!

    • @keithwhite4485
      @keithwhite4485 2 роки тому +1

      @@oscarbosio9881 Exactamente!

    • @gerardostumpf148
      @gerardostumpf148 Рік тому +3

      Que Argentina es un país sin racismo y xenofobia suena como un buen chiste.

  • @RobertJonesWightpaint
    @RobertJonesWightpaint 2 роки тому +63

    Very informative documentary. Galtieri reminded me at the time of Field-marshal Wilhelm Keitel - a competent solider within his limits, placed in a role to which his intellect and principles were completely unsuited. Was he the worst of Argentina's leaders - hard to say from the other side of the world, but I'd have thought Videla, who oversaw the torture and murders of the dirty-war period, was by far the worst. None emerge with much credit.

    • @albertseabra9226
      @albertseabra9226 2 роки тому +11

      As stated in the vídeo, Argentina was ill-preapered for the War..
      In spite of that, the timetable for the Invasion was anticipated .
      If the Air Force and the Navy had purchased a wider supply of Exocets and learned to opperate them properly, the British task force might have been decimated.
      However, the British air-carriers were never in a dangerous situation -- without air support, the task force would become a sitting duck.

    • @bryanthardin8481
      @bryanthardin8481 2 роки тому +2

      Harrier Jets were not the best suited for being a mainline aircraft due to their high fuel consumption but they were used perfectly in their ground attack role

    • @terencethomas7599
      @terencethomas7599 2 роки тому

      You must remind yourself that none of the Argentinian military chiefs had ever fought in a war....... Or certainly a war where the opposing side had a long history of defending itself or , indeed, other nations with a succesful history of military conquest. What the murderous Argentinian forces were expert at was the 'disappearing' of the political opponents of their Neo fascist govts.......shooting kidnapped students and disposing of their bodies...

    • @pod9538
      @pod9538 2 роки тому +1

      Well said sir.

    • @albertseabra9226
      @albertseabra9226 2 роки тому +9

      @@jazzhands7771 An old chinese saying:
      When the wise Man points to the Moon, the Idiot stares at the Finger !

  • @daya820
    @daya820 2 роки тому +21

    Well done, thank you. I really enjoyed part of Argentina’s history.

    • @jb894
      @jb894 2 роки тому +2

      They lost. Bigly!!!!

  • @paulphilipempey1
    @paulphilipempey1 2 роки тому +6

    Really informative and interesting documentary, so thank you for the upload. I see a paradigm, if you are struggling politically as a leader go to war. This, of course, completely backfired, as it should have. As mentioned in the narrative, the islands had little to offer economically or geographically for either country. The islanders, however, deemed themselves British. How history repeats itself!

  • @walsingham-xxiii
    @walsingham-xxiii 2 роки тому +77

    The taskforce freed both the Falklands and Argentina.

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 2 роки тому +10

      No a Argentina la liberó su pueblo. La resistencia de Argentina a las Dictaduras es considerada la mas fuerte en Sudamérica y costó de muchas vidas de ambos bandos. Antes de Malvinas hubo grandes manifestaciones pidiendo que se vayan todos, brutalmente reprimidas, y esta resistencia siguió durante y post Malvinas. Lógico que consumado el conflicto muchas fuerzas se enfocaron en ese conflicto ya que estaban en juego las vida de argentinos en el mismo y si bien nadie estaba de acuerdo con una guerra , había que apoyar a los que luchaban ene se lugar. Su continuidad en el cargo era cuestión de tiempo, posiblemente el final de la guerra lo aceleró, pero no daba para mas, sea cual fuera el resultado de Malvinas. Aparte si hay algo que no le importaba a la ex Primera Ministra Británica eran las Dictaduras y lo que hacían con sus pueblos, a pesar que en su discurso ante las Camaras dijo que ella no dialogaba y negociaba con Dictadores y solo lo hacía con Gobiernos Democráticos,su princiopal aliado en Sudamérica fue el Gral Pinochet, uno de los principales Dictadores genocidas de la región, a quien no dudó en salir a defenderlo cuando fue detenido en Londres por crímenes de lesa humanidad. Una hipocresía total.

    • @jb894
      @jb894 2 роки тому +6

      England won mate. You better believe it

    • @mkrmkr3805
      @mkrmkr3805 2 роки тому +11

      @@jb894 I'm Welsh and I was there as were Scots and Gurkhas. Know your history before making daft remarks.

    • @jb894
      @jb894 2 роки тому

      @@mkrmkr3805 sure jen

    • @spendor9377
      @spendor9377 2 роки тому +3

      @@jb894What did we win? We lost 6 major ships, which included 4 extremely expensive war ships and 600+ men. We were very lucky that the cruise ship the Canberra, which was transporting 1000s of our best soldiers wasn’t hit. If it had been, it would have been game over for Britain.

  • @RP6575most
    @RP6575most Рік тому

    Informative documentary although it became a bit repetitive towards the end. You should do one on Perón, also.

  • @danielarevalo6222
    @danielarevalo6222 2 роки тому +16

    I didn’t live too far from where he grew up. Thanks for a detailed , informative and excellent presentation. However, being a supporter of the Union Cívica Radical (UCR) it isn’t and never was a radical left organisation. Rather, a party defending workers rights, wages and conditions similar to the British Labour Party. Thank you again and great work

    • @PeopleProfiles
      @PeopleProfiles  2 роки тому +6

      Thank you. Many would say the British Labour party is radical and far left.

    • @danielarevalo6222
      @danielarevalo6222 2 роки тому +6

      @@PeopleProfiles well I disagree. I would argue that non labours has moved too far to the right

    • @sorenaleksander2670
      @sorenaleksander2670 2 роки тому +3

      @@PeopleProfiles Would "many" say that? Is that why the Labour Party keeps kicking out anyone with fresh voices and perspectives who challenge any Establishment action and policy? Kind of laughable...

    • @christiangodinho5596
      @christiangodinho5596 2 роки тому +3

      @@danielarevalo6222 then why does it have "radical" in it's name? lmao

    • @danielarevalo6222
      @danielarevalo6222 2 роки тому +5

      @@christiangodinho5596 because in the 1890 when the party was first established the idea of 8 hour day, and other wages and conditions were considered radical. Also to deferentiate themselves from the Conservatives

  • @iwatchDVDsonXbox360
    @iwatchDVDsonXbox360 2 роки тому +14

    It was pretty interesting, but top 3 dictators i would like to see are:
    Chiang Kai-Shek
    Park Chung Hee
    Lee Kuan Yew

    • @josephwharton2559
      @josephwharton2559 2 роки тому +3

      you sure you have the right names,please go and check back your history brother.

    • @Misantroph0
      @Misantroph0 Рік тому +1

      Chang Kai Shek wasnt even a dictator. His Enemy Mao was.

    • @iwatchDVDsonXbox360
      @iwatchDVDsonXbox360 Рік тому

      @@josephwharton2559 what?

  • @CoronadoBruin
    @CoronadoBruin 2 роки тому +5

    Nicely done, I enjoyed the entire hour. As a North American (EE.UU), the support for Galtieri and Pinochet by the conservative leaders of the US in the 1980s has always bothered me greatly, and nothing would bring greater happiness to me than to see Henry Kissinger, just about the last surviving political figure from that time who is still alive, bundled up and dropped off in Buenos Aires or Santiago to face justice for his actions in his very significant support for those undemocratic, murderous, and fascist regimes that directly resulted in the murders of additional thousands. Well, I can dream, can't I?
    Democracy is a messy (see our own 6 January) but a necessary condition.

  • @100domathon
    @100domathon Рік тому +7

    Galtieri went to the US Army's school of the americas in Panama 🇵🇦 in 1949 where he took his army engineering course. Part of the infamous pattern of Latin American dictators who graduated from the school of the americas and trained by US Military

    • @abelsietecuatro9249
      @abelsietecuatro9249 Рік тому

      He called Judas the US government. There is a theory that American officials gave green light to invade those island. I wonder why

  • @leopoldocapparelli9434
    @leopoldocapparelli9434 2 роки тому +14

    este film documental marca correctamente no solo la historia, sino tambien el drama de la Argentina con algunos detalles no muy claros, pero realizado con seriedad. Algo poco frecuente.Galtieri simboliza en cierta medida el arquetipo de los militares argentinos del siglo pasado y las grandes contradicciones no resueltas de la sociedad argentina.

    • @higherresolution4490
      @higherresolution4490 Рік тому +1

      Una cosa digno de mención en respecto de la economía de Argentina durante esa época es la manipulación, la avaricia, la criminalidad abominable del parte de este IMF y World Bank.

    • @jamesskeoch6562
      @jamesskeoch6562 Рік тому

      @@higherresolution4490 Speak ENGLISH!

  • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
    @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 2 роки тому +13

    he thought that in uniform & full combat gear
    he could show Mrs. Thatcher some rogue blackguard disrespect.
    A backslap from her sent him exiting through a rear tear his uniform

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 2 роки тому +14

    “The flag of Argentina is raised here. For all the respect I have for the English people, Great Britain should understand that history has gone by, that centuries have passed, the world has evolved and certain things from the past cannot return.”
    Leopoldo Galtieri

    • @PeacockRhino
      @PeacockRhino 2 роки тому +10

      That aged well…

    • @DarrenMalin
      @DarrenMalin 2 роки тому

      well the brits rocked up and kicked the shit out of you.

    • @albertseabra9226
      @albertseabra9226 2 роки тому +3

      In a sense, Galtieri was right.
      Affer WW II the UK ceased to be a World Power.
      As the Suez Crisis, arising from the joint French/British Invasion of Egypt, clearly demonstrated.
      Unfortunately for Galtieri, a war can't be waged with ill-preapered Armed Forces.
      In fact, even the Sheffield was sank by an Exocet improperly set up.
      The missile didn't explode and the vessel was set on fire by the Exocet's engine.
      Had a they learned to use, to set up the Exocets properly, the Micro-War might have been totally different.

    • @zigongosaurus5274
      @zigongosaurus5274 2 роки тому +4

      @@albertseabra9226 *Superpower. Britain never stopped being a world power.

    • @albertseabra9226
      @albertseabra9226 2 роки тому +1

      I Love the UK.
      However, after the Suez Affair fiasco it became clear that the UK was no longer a World Power.

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 2 роки тому +7

    How stupid the Junta were thinking that Britain wouldn't Protect what is the most Valuable Anchorage between the 2 Capes. Never mind that the Falkland's are a Strategic Essential for Refuelling and Repair should the Panama & Suez Canals have been Closed for any reason in the Cold War and that is before we knew about the Vast Mineral Resources around the Falklands and South Sandwich Islands. Nowadays they are far more Valuable!!

  • @lornespry
    @lornespry Рік тому +5

    It's amazing to me how often mediocrity can succeed to positions of power ; perhaps not to prosper for long, but the incidence alone is pause for thought.

    • @franciscoolivasalvear3639
      @franciscoolivasalvear3639 Рік тому

      Yes, crap happens, even in the USA! E.g., Donald J. Trump. But in the USA crap can stay for a very long, long, long time!😂😈

  • @66kbm
    @66kbm 8 місяців тому

    So what actually made the difference of over 30 years of the economy with Presidents and Junta, with a max inflation of the economy? What brought it down?

  • @myleslong5584
    @myleslong5584 2 роки тому +5

    Ahhh,so THIS is the Galtiere that Roger Waters sings of on The Final Cut! Always wondered how he took the Union Jack.

    • @routan1
      @routan1 2 роки тому +2

      And Maggie, over lunch one day, took a cruiser with all hands, apparently to make him give it back...

    • @mkrmkr3805
      @mkrmkr3805 2 роки тому

      A group of Latin American meat packing glitterati.

    • @danielsmith7023
      @danielsmith7023 2 роки тому

      Maggie and Galtieri retired to the Fletcher Memorial Home.

    • @louisbeerreviews8964
      @louisbeerreviews8964 Рік тому

      Union flag

  • @Lex5576
    @Lex5576 Рік тому

    Thatcher will always be one of my heroes of history. There hasn't been a woman with more iron will to advance Conservatism since. The Euro-Skeptic views that helped lead to her ousting from power still came to fruition with the success of Brexit as a referendum. Galtieri made a grave mistake thinking his largely conscripted army could compete with a seasoned, professional army like Britain's.

  • @DMAN-ey1nb
    @DMAN-ey1nb Рік тому

    I’m surprised this channel hasn’t done a biography on Margaret Thatcher.

  • @henryrobson8427
    @henryrobson8427 2 роки тому +2

    Can you do the life of Sandy Woodward

  • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
    @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 2 роки тому +12

    PM Thatcher right away declared that
    "Britain has no intention of waging an unwinnable war in the South Atlantic."
    That is Britain wouldn't fight if She's not Certain of Victory.
    A Callaghan would have licked Galtieri's boots
    in abject capitulation.

    • @johnjackson8783
      @johnjackson8783 2 роки тому +6

      In 1977 Buenos Aires made noises about taking the Falklands. James Callaghan sent a nuclear sub, HMS Dreadnought, two frigates and two support vessels to the South Atlantic. He quietly let Buenos Aires know HMS Dreadnought, a boat capable of wiping Buenos Aires off the face of the earth, was there. No invasion took place.

    • @martinjenkins6467
      @martinjenkins6467 2 роки тому

      Labour never stand up for Britain.
      If it was up to those scumbags you
      Would be using the euro not the
      Pound.

    • @geraldashton8589
      @geraldashton8589 Рік тому

      @@johnjackson8783 that submarine could only attack shipping doh!

  • @rodpettet2819
    @rodpettet2819 Рік тому +1

    I'm sad for the people of Argentina. They should be wealthy and happy, but corruption and incompetent political leaders doomed them.

  • @Paul-dv4dr
    @Paul-dv4dr 2 роки тому +3

    A good summary. Important things I think are missing: 1 Argentina's ramping up social/media efforts over preceding years to portray the UK as enemies due to the "malvinas" being held illegally and therefore very popular support for its invasion (still popular btw) and 2 the expected British (zero) reaction due to the Junta's talks with foreign sec's suggesting UK not interested in the islands and ties via Reagan-omics and the UK/US/Arg similar stance against trade unions (Thatcher did not throw leftists out of aircraft but probably would have liked to!).
    Apart from nationalist nutters most Argentinians see we did them a favour by bringing in much-needed democracy. While the UK got more of Thatcher.

  • @pocketsizeforyourtravelcon3325
    @pocketsizeforyourtravelcon3325 2 роки тому +9

    I visited the Falkland Islands in January of 2023. They are SO BRITISH. Even the penguins acted British? Anyways I used to live in Argentina and I don’t understand their obsession with these islands. The people who live there obviously identify as British and want nothing to do with Argentina. They call the war “the invasion”. 😂

    • @abelsietecuatro9249
      @abelsietecuatro9249 Рік тому

      The distance between UK and those islands though. On the other side of the planet... literally. Besides, kelpers use the word "Camp" (for Spanish word "campo") instead "countryside". Im surprised you didn't notice the way they speak

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 Рік тому +1

      Logico, es su vision. En Argentina se llama "recuperación" ya que nadie invade algo que es suyo. Si consideramos invasión a la que hicieron ellos en 1833 cuando tomaron por la fuerza Malvinas expulsando a toda la población y Gobernador Argentino de Puerto Soledad. La población se identifica como británica ya que fueron implantados desde Gran Bretaña a partir de 1847 y son ciudadanos de ese pais, y se beneficiaron y los siguen haciendo con el accionar colonial.

    • @anti-theocrat8815
      @anti-theocrat8815 Рік тому

      The British occupation of The Falklands violates The Monroe Doctrine

    • @BigAlCapwn
      @BigAlCapwn 10 місяців тому +1

      @@abelsietecuatro9249 Proximity is irrelevant. Otherwise Alaska should belong to Canada. Hawaii should be Mexican, St Helena should be Angolan and the Canary Islands should belong to Morocco

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 2 роки тому

    Very interesting

  • @sveinsigurdgismarvik4445
    @sveinsigurdgismarvik4445 2 роки тому +1

    Galleri gambled high, all in one hand. And lost it all. Soldiers are not meant to rule an country.

  • @geraldashton8589
    @geraldashton8589 Рік тому +1

    Re the Falkland a conflict. The irony of a nation of mainly colonialist descent supporting the attacking of peaceful islanders.
    Btw I think the islands are like Dartmoor but with worse weather.

  • @thomassaehler9038
    @thomassaehler9038 2 роки тому +2

    Is this guy related to Paulie Walnuts Galtieri?

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins704 2 роки тому +22

    Excellent review of a rather bland and non descript historical character.

    • @thebirdbrand
      @thebirdbrand 2 роки тому +3

      Excellent Comment on a rather bland and non descript historical character.

  • @timfronimos459
    @timfronimos459 2 роки тому

    Just curious why the photo shop of Gen Galtieri in uniform. There are plenty of photos of him in uniform on th einternet.
    Not a criticism just an inquiry. Does it deal with copyright infringement?

    • @fluffyfour
      @fluffyfour 2 роки тому

      It's the trade mark of this channel. All the people featured have an artist's picture. It means consistency of image regardless of the dates the person was alive. So Henry VIII would be dealt with the the same way as someone for whom many photos are available, e.g. The Queen.

    • @timfronimos459
      @timfronimos459 2 роки тому

      @@fluffyfour
      Thanks for the explanation.
      I'll keep watching.

  • @JamesAH1
    @JamesAH1 Рік тому

    Galtieri’s biggest mistake, messing with Margaret Thatcher, the women was cold as ice.

  • @queenashantee1957
    @queenashantee1957 Рік тому

    ITS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO STEP INTO SOMEONE'S SHOES. WE CAN ALL SAY HEY! I CAN DO A BETTER JOB, BUT YOU BETTER BE EQUIPPED AND HAVE THE SKILLSET TO LEAD PEOPLE. NO ONE IS EVER TRULY SATISFIED.....

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview 2 роки тому +9

    To the victors go the spoils. Hail brittania!

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Рік тому

    Reagan's support for Britain wasn't as clear cut as it is perceived here. In a soundbite from the aftermath of Argentina invading the Falklands, he said:
    "(...) it's a very difficult situation for the United States because we're friends with both of the countries engaged in this dispute."
    Even as the war progressed, Reagan was advised to urge Thatcher to not humiliate Argentina on the battlefield by defeating it outright, instead to accept a diplomatic compromise. The Prime Minister however, wasn't having it. To her, it didn't matter so much that their two nations strategic interests diverged, after all, part of the advice Reagan was given was over fears that it would lead to a resurgence of support for the Left in Latin America. A transcript from her call with the President featured her refuting the President directly:
    "I have to take them now. I didn't lose some of my best ships and some of my finest lives, to leave quietly after a ceasefire without the Argentines withdrawing. This is democracy and our islands and the very worst thing for democracy is if we failed now!"

  • @freddykemp3879
    @freddykemp3879 Рік тому +1

    Galtieri is the most inept soldier the world has ever seen and I don´t see how he can be bettered.

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview 2 роки тому

    He’s gotta be doing something rt. Was it mainly his loyalty to peron?

  • @Seventeen_Syllables
    @Seventeen_Syllables 2 роки тому +3

    I remember a news article at the time discussing the response of the British people to the conflict. In particular, someone had modified an arcade game so that it was British forces fighting Argentine forces. Apparently it was fairly popular. I suppose that the general process, those in power distract the populace with some threat, and opportunists are always quick to seize an opportunity. It happened on both sides here, as is the usual practice. I have no suggestion for a better way to run a country, but it seems there should be one.

  • @miikapaananen1363
    @miikapaananen1363 Рік тому

    Interesting

  • @Rommheim1
    @Rommheim1 2 роки тому +2

    The B-roll is severely lacking here. You talk about Britain's huge task force, but you use a random unrelated stock shot of a boat somewhere. You had access to dramatic shots of aircraft carriers and destroyers leaving Portsmouth, plus hundreds of hours of free footage from news cameras and you used almost none of it. I don't get it man.

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому

      It's an appalling video, very badly done, in a very lazy manner.

    • @vonFisch
      @vonFisch 2 роки тому

      I consider this channel a podcast, it's good for listening but the video is mostly just random stock footage

  • @lafayettemoreira4423
    @lafayettemoreira4423 Рік тому +1

    Generals, in spite of Napoleon Bonaparte and roman examples, not the best heads you would expect to a modern state.

  • @paulcorrigan3753
    @paulcorrigan3753 Рік тому

    Argentina did not declare war on Britain. The war was fought but not 'declared'.

  • @roytaylor2161
    @roytaylor2161 Рік тому

    A good documentary. But, one that completely missed out the pervasive influence of EVA Peron (known in popular history as Evita), first wife of Juan Peron, and the fact that they weren't quite as successful as the documentary mentions, otherwise they wouldn't have been kicked out first time round. Furthermore, the 'golden couple' were just as capable of brutal repression as the rest of them.
    Incidentally, people seem unaware of the fact that the Falkland Islands are not physically close to Argentina in the way that many disputed territories are. At 480 kilometres distance, they are THREE times further away than, say, the north coast of Tunisia (Africa) is from Sicily (Europe) in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.

  • @0ldb1ll
    @0ldb1ll Рік тому

    If the Argentinians had a claim on the Falklands, then so did Britain on Sardinia (which is closer).

  • @SamtheIrishexan
    @SamtheIrishexan 2 роки тому +1

    Its crazy to think with all the European migrants to Argentina and Venezuela of how high the European ancestor is in the population.

  • @theflorgeormix
    @theflorgeormix 2 роки тому +2

    English Subs...game over. Leadership is rough.

  • @manuelarias9158
    @manuelarias9158 2 роки тому

    Is not the guy in the pic

  • @zacktong8105
    @zacktong8105 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent production to explain this conflict at such a great distance, but it was staged for political reasons with disastrous consequences.

  • @GG-jw8pt
    @GG-jw8pt 2 роки тому +7

    No hand of God for Argentina there!

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 Рік тому

    Night night everybody

  • @pwnster14
    @pwnster14 2 роки тому +3

    You’re not gonna believe this shit he killed 16 Czechoslovakians singles handedly he was an interior decorator

  • @operationlull3742
    @operationlull3742 Рік тому

    Why isn’t this a video about Paulie Gaultieri?

  • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
    @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 2 роки тому +4

    Argentina is not a poor country, yet a dubious mentality led them from one unstability to another.

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      Argentina no es pobre tiene muchos recursos naturales en su mayoria controlada x empresas extranjeras y una clase politica corrupta incompetente y muy poco nacionalista esa es la principal causa de nuestro atraso como pais...

    • @hydrashieldbasementservice8453
      @hydrashieldbasementservice8453 Рік тому

      That and crippling IMF loans.

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      @@hydrashieldbasementservice8453 Si "prestamios" pedidos al FMI x gobiernos de derecha inecesaria e irresponsablemente

  • @eugeniogibson172
    @eugeniogibson172 2 роки тому +2

    Galtieri will be remembered as a BAD General who did NOT have previous military experience and failed .

  • @davidmccabe4041
    @davidmccabe4041 2 роки тому +1

    Why no mention of the Belgrano being sunk outside the UK designated exclusion zone? David McCabe Dublin ireland

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому +4

      Because no one cares.

    • @TomFynn
      @TomFynn 2 роки тому +1

      Because that is a non-issue. The Argies barged in. They got kicked out. End of story.

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      @@wholeladalovenorthernireland Xq fue un CRIMEN DE GUERRA...ah claro q solo.los crimenes de guerra los cometen otros como Rusia ahora jamas Estadis Unidos e Inglaterra no...

  • @Wallydaft
    @Wallydaft Рік тому

    If his father's boat had turned right instead of left he would have become president of the United States....

  • @rocioaguilera3555
    @rocioaguilera3555 2 роки тому +2

    The Falkland archipelago. Las Malvinas.
    All Latin American dictatorships are backed up by the US, except Cuba.

  • @davidwelch5186
    @davidwelch5186 2 роки тому +1

    they knew Britain had a carrier and they wouldn't stand a chance against the Brits. they invaded anyway. stupid move.

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      Creo q con militares mas competentes ( me refiero a generales no a los soldadoa conscriptis q hicieton lo q pudieron...)y con mas "suerte" en las bombas q pegaron en buques britanicos y no explotaron no se como hubiera terminado la historia..

    • @issa3522
      @issa3522 Рік тому

      Usually you do stupid things when you get desperate and Junta were desperate and decided to gamble with Falkland Islands which ended up destroying them for good.

  • @aghnifrid
    @aghnifrid 2 роки тому

    Good job. Didn't you have at least one good photograph of Galtieri? From this doc, all I can say is that I don't know the face of the man.

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview 2 роки тому

    Leonardi is Italian rt? Peron kinda sounds Spanish

  • @zoharfriberg7557
    @zoharfriberg7557 Рік тому +1

    An incompetent dictator waging a war against an empire... What a sad joke...

  • @actonman7291
    @actonman7291 2 роки тому +4

    Now the argies confirmed the purchase of chinese fighters..

    • @DarrenMalin
      @DarrenMalin 2 роки тому

      they ordered them on aliexpress

    • @actonman7291
      @actonman7291 2 роки тому

      Meanwhilw the taliban get their presents by fedexpress isnt?

    • @DarrenMalin
      @DarrenMalin 2 роки тому

      @@actonman7291 you win some you lose some , such is life. remember the Taliban only won because the politicians would not let the forces fight an all out war. If the dog had been let off the chain the Taliban would be dead in a radioactive sheet of glass.

    • @actonman7291
      @actonman7291 2 роки тому

      @@DarrenMalinthe should coulda woulda argument..the fact there the dudes on toyotas won

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому

      @@DarrenMalin Good, they'll be no threat.

  • @boozejunky
    @boozejunky 2 роки тому +4

    Here's an idea how about we let Argentina do a do over? Just scrap everything and start all over again? Anyone?
    Its interesting to hear about Latin American countries without corruption being the central theme. Thanks for the doc, I never learned of the Argentina's perspective in particular Galtteri.

  • @zealandianorth7383
    @zealandianorth7383 2 роки тому +3

    29:42 "he declared war on Britain" jajaja

    • @DarrenMalin
      @DarrenMalin 2 роки тому +6

      never a good move lol

    • @BarrettKillz
      @BarrettKillz 2 роки тому

      Britan is the most cucked country in the world these days.

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому

      Jajajaja? Are you broken?

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      @@DarrenMalin la historia de Argentina desde antes de su independencia tubo 2 conflictis militatrs INVASIONES INGLESAS al Rio de la Plata 1806 y 1807 ( donde se tubieton q ir con la cola entte las patas...) y en 1845 conflicto sobre la "libre" navegacion del Rio Parana donde conjuntamente con los franceses tambien quisieron violar la SOBERANIA ARGENTUNA y tambien se tubieron q ir con la cola entre las patas y dando 21 cañonazos de desagravio a la Bandera Argentina no hables de lo q no sabes...

    • @GaionSputro
      @GaionSputro 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@wholeladalovenorthernireland Thats how you latinos laugh!
      Jajajajajaja....🤣🤣🤣

  • @walkermorgan1710
    @walkermorgan1710 2 роки тому

    Paulie Walnuts Grandfather

  • @terencethomas7599
    @terencethomas7599 2 роки тому +3

    All this saved Thatcher govt in London.....

  • @rickcarmack5850
    @rickcarmack5850 Рік тому +1

    “The empire strikes back”

  • @benchapple1583
    @benchapple1583 2 роки тому

    The first female head of state anywhere in the modern era. Victoria, Elizabeth II?

    • @felixmbandandayitabi4536
      @felixmbandandayitabi4536 2 роки тому +3

      They are not considered as such because none had executive powers. While, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi and Mrs Bandaranaike were prime ministers. So technically Isabella Perón is the 1st woman to be head of state.

    • @45jacky77
      @45jacky77 2 роки тому

      I'm American and know the difference between a monarch and Prime minister.

  • @rahanule
    @rahanule 2 роки тому +2

    Exocet !

  • @thebirdbrand
    @thebirdbrand 2 роки тому

    Falkland Island be IsLaNd BoizZz 🏝😎😎

  • @andreaziz5499
    @andreaziz5499 2 роки тому

    He was a leaderr to comit Blunders

  • @zibacherzad2844
    @zibacherzad2844 2 роки тому

    I thought the spelling was Gualtieri.

  • @peterkirgan2921
    @peterkirgan2921 2 роки тому +1

    im glad the poms kicked arse in Argentina !!!

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому

      I'm sure the other viewers, here, will be able to sleep soundly, after knowing that ..

    • @peterkirgan2921
      @peterkirgan2921 2 роки тому

      @@wholeladalovenorthernireland thanks take care!!!

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      Si recordaselo a los 255 cadaveres ingleses q quedaron en Malvinas ademas de los varios buqes hundidos x la fuerza aerea y la Armada Argentina...

  • @bigyin2586
    @bigyin2586 Рік тому

    53.00 ...and the Labour Party’s unelectability.

  • @carfonju1018
    @carfonju1018 Рік тому

    GALTIERI IS A KILLER BUT FOR THE CHES HE IS A HEROE, WHAT A SHI.....

  • @paulmcdonough1093
    @paulmcdonough1093 2 роки тому +2

    incredible victory by british forces on land air swa outnumbered on air and land belgrano sunk entire argie navy left port again cowards a fact

    • @oscarbosio9881
      @oscarbosio9881 2 роки тому +2

      Cobardes ? Tratá de informarte y no de faltar el respeto.

    • @mkrmkr3805
      @mkrmkr3805 2 роки тому +1

      You don't know what you are talking about unless you were there. With a comment like that, you weren't there.

    • @mkrmkr3805
      @mkrmkr3805 2 роки тому +1

      That comment is for Paul.

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      Los buques britanicos hundidos en el atlantico sur no dicen lo.mismo...

  • @christopherpainter-s9v
    @christopherpainter-s9v 11 місяців тому

    There is more oil around these islands than in the North Sea. As such and entertaining, but rather naive documentary.

  • @jagdpanther2224
    @jagdpanther2224 2 роки тому

    This guy reminded be The Duce, Benito Mussoulini !

  • @Horacio-k7w
    @Horacio-k7w 2 місяці тому

    PATRIOTA GALTIERI,A PESAR WUE LE TENDIERON LA TRAMPA

  • @gman5269
    @gman5269 2 роки тому +2

    and the British had too come n kick they ass back in line ....ok

  • @thebirdbrand
    @thebirdbrand 2 роки тому

    Great Britain Never gonna’ give up on the Falklands because they IsLaNd BoiZzZZ 🏝😎😎

  • @Ivan_E_Silva
    @Ivan_E_Silva 2 роки тому +1

    History is going to put General Galtieri in his place, the place of Prócer. A true patriot who knew how to defend Argentine sovereignty. The feat of the Malvinas apart from giving heroes, affirmed Argentine sovereignty rights after 150 years of British usurpation.

    • @45jacky77
      @45jacky77 2 роки тому +3

      Get real. You guys go on a warmongering path whenever you guys have economic unstability. I speak as American outsider from this conflict.

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 2 роки тому +3

      Galtieri's hamfisted action has ensured that there is no foreseeable prospect of sovereignty over the Falklands ever being ceded to Argentina now that British blood has been spilt there: it would be seen as much a betrayal of their memory as of the people who live there. There is a saying "Softly, softly, catchee monkey" which the Junta would have been wise to have observed.

    • @vonFisch
      @vonFisch 2 роки тому

      Yeah, much like Putin is "affirming Russian sovereignty" in Ukraine... You nazis are all the same...

    • @javiermartinmehdi1914
      @javiermartinmehdi1914 Рік тому

      @@45jacky77 Si cuantos conflictos belicos estubo involucrada Argentina antes y sobretodo despues de Malvinas y tenemos hasta nuestros dias permanentes crisis economicas no hables de lo q NADA SABES...

  • @Oscar-mq5bv
    @Oscar-mq5bv 2 роки тому

    i fell really bad for the italians. They should be settled in chile or australia

    • @michaelrodriguez3329
      @michaelrodriguez3329 2 роки тому

      Why ??

    • @felixmbandandayitabi4536
      @felixmbandandayitabi4536 2 роки тому

      They did, italians are around 20% of Chileans and 10 % of Australians

    • @Oscar-mq5bv
      @Oscar-mq5bv 2 роки тому

      @@felixmbandandayitabi4536 I meant the numbers of italians should be more, Instead of argentina, most of them should be in chile, australia or new zealand

    • @cristianbritos3460
      @cristianbritos3460 Рік тому

      Bueno en argentina los de ascendencia italiana son más del 60% en esa época éramos la economía de Latinoamérica por eso venían muchos a Argentina

    • @Oscar-mq5bv
      @Oscar-mq5bv Рік тому

      @@cristianbritos3460 y estoy 100% seguro de que estan lamentandose haberse ido a argentina por los problemas de plata, seguridad y otras cosas; y ademas su poblacion va a seguir reduciendose y regresando a españa, italia y otros paises de los que originalmente venian

  • @dredd1981
    @dredd1981 2 роки тому

    Argentina in 1910 "we're in the top 10 richest nations"
    Argentina now "spare some change pls?"
    I'd feel sorry for them if they weren't so salty over the Falklands, a chain of islands that they never have and never will own.
    Stay salty.....and poor :)

  • @60toodles
    @60toodles 2 роки тому

    what is with the sudden change of accent when saying various names and places ? lol

    • @fluffyfour
      @fluffyfour 2 роки тому +4

      Respect for the proper pronunciation of non-English words.

    • @SuperClarkeyboy
      @SuperClarkeyboy 2 роки тому +5

      Because that's the right way to pronounce those names and places.

    • @wholeladalovenorthernireland
      @wholeladalovenorthernireland 2 роки тому

      It's to try and make up for the absolutely shite video.

  • @johnchristopher20
    @johnchristopher20 2 роки тому +1

    Always interesting to see the left wing version of history.

    • @vonFisch
      @vonFisch 2 роки тому

      Not sure how'd you got to "left wing version" in a document praising Thatcher, but this is how things went, like it or not.

  • @oldstyleanalog6459
    @oldstyleanalog6459 2 роки тому +1

    Galtieti is my hero.He had the balls to go against a superpower with nuclear bombs.And if a airforce would have sank 2 more ships Argentina would have won the battle.Those defective exocet missles were a bad peoblem.And the sinking of the Ara BelgrAno was a crime.

    • @thomasmurrell6908
      @thomasmurrell6908 2 роки тому +9

      Keep dreaming

    • @pauljames5079
      @pauljames5079 2 роки тому +4

      They were a long way off winning the battle in fact there is a book called the first casualty of war which goes into the Argentinian invasion which covers up the the argentinian losses against the small garrison of royal marines stationed there.Galtieri thought Britain would not respond.

    • @jb894
      @jb894 2 роки тому +4

      You lost. Bigly. If you want a rematch I'm happy to participate

    • @matthewarmitage6681
      @matthewarmitage6681 2 роки тому

      Rubbish. The sinking was necessary. An enemy ship at sea is a threat. If the Argentine flag ship was not to see action then she should have been at port. Instead it was at sea during wartime and would have definitely played a part at some point. And Maggie had bigger balls than your dictator ever had. It don't take balls to send young untrained Men to their deaths. The Falklands have never been occupied by Argentinian people. So the citizens of the Falklands should be able to choose what they want. Independent rule, remain under British control or be enslaved by Argentina.
      The real bravery is how we were miles away from home, fighting against a country who were in their own domain. But despite the mistakes we made, it was at Goose Green when Argentina knew they couldn't win against such elite brave soldiers as the British. Even God sees how mighty Britain is, that's why he made us so small. Imagine if we were as big as the other leading power's.

    • @michaelbasford5109
      @michaelbasford5109 Рік тому +1

      Suck it up, he lost.

  • @Ivan_E_Silva
    @Ivan_E_Silva 2 роки тому

    Glory and honor to the Argentine armed forces, which in the process from 1976 to 1983 participated in two wars, the irregular counterrevolutionary anti-subversive war and the Malvinas feat, a regular war, for Argentine sovereignty.

    • @vonFisch
      @vonFisch 2 роки тому +4

      And a "feat" it was... 😂

    • @TomFynn
      @TomFynn Рік тому

      The "irregular counterrevolutionary anti-subversive war". Yes, because there is soooo much glory in disappearing people into dark torture cellars. Your armed forces are a rabble of soldateska not fit to lick the boots of any actual soldier.