No the German bombing raids didn’t involve the army, the British army haven’t fought on home soil since 1745 (Jacobite rebellion, which was effectively a civil war). Before that the last foreign invader to any UK country was Norman the Conqueror when he invaded England in 1066.
@@seanconover9129 How does bombing count? It's not like bombing is an invasion, you moron. Anybody can bomb another country but that's in no way occupying it.
Hi...! I am a former argentinian officer. I was stationated too in cyprus (MFR)2013. I had the honor to serve and share the mission with British soldiers. I have nothing more than exellence words and rememberings about working togheter. Shoulder by shoulder. We carry out ops together and hanging out too. i still talking and messaging with a lot of them. Respect is over everything and the proffesionalism of everyone made this friendship unforgettable. Sorry about my rusty english, its been a while without writing or speaking. Respect for your great nation and for the fallen and their families. Both sides...
Many respects to you sir, comments like yours always remind me of the British and German soldiers in ww1 that played football and traded small gifts on Christmas. Humanity comes before anything else
Wow thank you. i've always said we weren't fighting Argentina, we were fighting a tyrant in charge of her. Just like we weren't fighting the Germans we were fighting the nazis. nice to see the respect.
A Gentleman. A terrible shame the conflict, Britain lost great Men, Argentina had nothing to lose, but lost some of its Sons. Should not have been there! Hearts out to soldiersx
Thank you for doing this , My Brother was 2 Para and was killed in Goose Green . LCpl GD Bingley RIP . In answer to your Question. NO UNIT Deserves to be held in any higher regard than any other . The Battles were all fought up hill in open ground against a well dug in enemy with No air support or re supply , it was a gruesome hike across rugged ground that tested the grit of these young men . What won the conflict was the grit and resolve of a well trained army . Good bless them all 🙏🏼
Hi Steve - I served 10 years in the Paras (I year boy service - 9 years 2 Para). The Falklands conflict started just after I left (just missed it!) . Glued to news bulletins whilst I worked for a German Drilling Company on Oil Rigs. I most probably knew your brother - at least by sight or had a pint next to him in the Princess bar or Trafalgar bar in Aldershot which 2 Para frequented. He was one of us - that's all I'm going to say except for "What Manner Of Men Are These That Wear The Maroon Beret?" (Monty).
He provided freedom for now 4-5 generations of British citizens… thank you… for the huge sacrifice. His legacy is immeasurable to the people of the Falklands and the UK. ❤️🇬🇧
My father was a royal marine commando and I remember being taken aside at boarding school with a few ones military kids and being told that there was a war and our fathers were already on their way …I was nine and my dad must of been about 44 one of the older ones. He was an amazing and brave man. 💗
As Argentinan son of an ex combat soldier I truly know how does it feel to loose someone beloved in battlefield, my humble opinion is Argentina has never been owner of those islands and unfortunately due a military regimen and bad desicions many inocents died
No, they were on the Hermes and Invincible. Both were equipped with helicopters, also 658 Squadron Army Air Corps had all their aircraft, one was later tragically shot down by HMS Broadsword.
@@lawrencehebb2909 The Chinooks, which could move large numbers of troops, were all on the Atlantic Conveyor. They only had one left after the ship was sunk. Brits used that to move artillery inland.
@@48arris Three Chinooks, one Lynx and a couple of Wessex were on the Conveyor and were lost BUT both Hermes and Invincible had Squadrons of Lynx and Sea Kings. The Paras were still moved around by Helicopter, but the Marines had to 'Yomp' which caused major friction as the Marines felt they did the 'hard yards' but the Paras got the support. For years the Brits blamed everything that went missing or was delayed getting to units on the Atlantic Conveyor.
One chinook still in service called bravo November , that survive from sinking , it was still in the air , there was a program called Falklands Hero: Bravo November
@@jimlynch720 only 5% of Argentines wanted to fight that war, a lot of my relatives were forced to go, the war was only meant so that Galtiera kept the president rank
@@Thranduil82 stfu. Not it wasn’t hundreds of British lives were lost, even before we went to reinforce it. Also we profited from it because it provided that the harrier was worth the cost, which multiple counties after hearing that jets which couldn’t go super sonic, destroyed hell that’s an understatement, Jets which could super or sub sonic.
I remember my Dad saying at the time (I was 6.5) that you mess with the British Empire at your peril. Although on the decline they did have over 400 continuous years of warfare in them.
David Bayliss in classic British fashion, the commander just necked a pint and said “come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough” then retook the islands anyway
@@airwakkerre1861 what are you talking about? Are you on about our Empire? You can't judge that by today's values! And don't forget the British were enslaved by the Romans and were constantly invaded by the vikings and the Normans.
I was in the US ARMY stationed in West Germany during the Falkands War. I had trained with the Parachute Regiment and the King’s Own Scottish Borderers previously and knew well the quality of the British Army. Those lads were some of the finest troops I ever had the privilege to meet. I knew that if the UK could get their troops there that it would be no contest. Remember that at this time, there was a low grade conflict in Northern Ireland and as a result there were a lot of combat vets in the British forces. Long story short, this war pitted an all volunteer force of highly motivated, experienced, superbly trained and led troops against a poorly trained, poorly led and supplied conscript force who wished they were anywhere else but the Falklands. The British forces lived up to the highest standards of their military traditions.
Very well put Henry the troubles in Northern Ireland gave the British soldiers and brass a serious bit of experience in fighting only the Argentines could never run away like the IRA did they had knowhere to run to.
There was also some well trained and highly motivated elite argie commandos on the island, with the advantage of having well prepared firing positions and well placed minefields. I
This is a massive advantage to have, because the only way to overrun positions like that is by frontal assault, which is a fkn brutal way to take a position, hence the near 50/50 attrition rates. I believe the SLR and the fact that a British army cpl is the best in the business led to the union jack flying once more over Stanley. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
Jameson, you have to remember that this was the early 80's and the United States was not involved with this war. British choppers had been lost in the ships that were sunk. They had no long distance air lift capability or air refueling capability so far from home. At that time they simply didn't have the capability to parachute troops in and the didn't have enough choppers so they used the only reliable transportation available to them: their boots!
I'm from the UK myself. The American's didn't get involved directly. But its well known Regan and Thatcher were very close. And the US provided a lot of intelligence to the UK.
A look at the refuelling plan to get just one Vulcan from Ascension to The Falklands gives an indication of how geography & logistics were a little bit of a barrier to jump onto the Islands.
My father was helped supply submarines from Buenos Aires althoug he never saw combat he told me that many of the Argentinian conscripts were young and stupid just like him many were just conscripted after they finished school .
I was stationed in Cyprus and spoke to quite a few Argentinian soldiers. They had a lot of respect for the British during this conflict. True proffesional soldiers understand war is war but afterwards no malice should be beared.
Hi...! I am a former argentinian officer. I was stationated too in cyprus (MFR) 2013. I had the honor to serve and share the mission with British soldiers. I have nothing more than exellence words and great rememberings about working togheter. Shoulder by shoulder. We carry out Training together and hanging out too. I still talking and messaging with a lot of them. Respect is over everything and the proffesionalism of everyone made this friendship unforgettable. Sorry about my rusty english, its been a while without writing or speaking. My respects for your great nation, and for the fallen and their families. Both sides
No malice? The English hate every one of their enemies - Germans, Japanese, Turks, French, Italians, Argentinians, and of course the ones they hate most of all - the Russians.
@ian ball Unfortunately, the world is being split into two, with England stirring up hatred against its enemies. As an Englishman once said to me "there is no greater pleasure than to shove a bayonet into the guts of an enemy solider". Everyone is a potential enemy of England other than Israel and the USA. You say the English are better than are the Argentinians. I think most English people consider themselves as "Born to Rule".
@@peace-now Have you ever served in the British Army? You do not understand the mentality of soldiers from any army, they do not hate people just because they are at war but do it to protect their lands and way of life. If you are a yank why did the USA go to war over an attack in Hawaii, a small archipelego thousands of miles off the mainland? Stick to your virtual war games and be the armchair warrior that you are.
32 Welsh guards died in the Falklands war you don't here much about the Welsh guards part in the Falklands so I would like to say thank you for your service from a fellow Welsh man 🏴🏴🇬🇧
When Atlantic Conveyor was sunk, most of the Task Force's Helicopters were lost. This is why the Brits had to force march across the island. Edit - thanks to all who explained "YOMP" and "TAB". I was aware of Yomping, although I didn't know it was an actual acronym! Tabbing was new to me.
Mate it's a still a sore subject in our family but we were blessed enough to have them come home. I just hope the Vikings got it right and all warriors go to Valhalla, cos I can assure you hes there getting pissed with his mates.
May he rest in peace man. I'm from Argentina and had a family member pass as well. I love the UK btw I grew up in Surrey. Such a shame that relationships had to be soured by a military dictatorship.
Luciano Olmos The people never hold grudges against the people mate, it’s the regime. All soldiers are just pawns in a greater game of chess they have no control over. Argie or Brit, we’re all flesh and blood. RIP to your family member, god rest his soul. Take care mate x
At the time we the british had a joke about this its, when the argies invaded port stanley they saw a lone royal marine on a hill, the argie commander ordered 50 troops to capture the marine,they were sent over the hill but the next day none had returned. so the argie commander sent 500 troops over the hill, next day one argie soldier comes running down the hill shouting, its a trap,its a trap, he commander ask him how is it a trap ? the soldier said " theres 2 marines up there.
That's an old joke based on the Scottish Wars of Independence when the English would routinely be fooled by one or two Scots soldiers doing this and end up losing hundreds of men per night; that's why its nicked
45 commando yomped the whole way across east Falkland. They carried everything and fought with no lift capacity. Corps legends, from an ex 40 commando boot neck.
Thanks for your service, Lee 👍🏻 Always had huge respect for the Royal Marines. Unlike other elite units, they’ve never looked down on my unit or given us gip
@@jakem834 thanks mate, can’t speak for individuals but as a Corps we appreciated every unit that was involved. Banter is always banter but respect was always given.
The combined actions of all regiments from every corner of the British army were all equally hero’s in this campaign. Saying anything otherwise is only to divide a great nation, made up of many brave personnel.
In reference to your question about helicopters, I'm not sure if it is said in the video you watched, but the the British merchant vessel SS Atlantic Conveyor was carrying the task forces helicopters that were to be used for transporting troops across the islands, with the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor those helos were lost forcing the men to march across the island.
Yeah, The UK had no real base of operations in the area to launch choppers from. Closest place was Ascension Island that was still thousands of km away.. The UK's forces had to get on with it without choppers or the Islands would have been lost. As for the paras taking the higher ground, Argentina had already fortified higher positions. The UK wooped them despite having to deal with climbing mountains. But that could be put down to poorly trained Argentinian soldiers. Since then Argentina's military hasn't improved but the UK military has become more and more advanced keeping up to date with modern tech. If they tried their shit today. They'd get beaten like Bald headed stepchildren
I'LL BE BACK ! We have two big carriers at least. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales -love it how they didn’t mention Charles by name, lol, poor sod-
I heard that the reason the brits fought so hard after the atlantic conveyor went down was because the task force's entire shipment of mars bars went down with it.
I'm ex forces I joined the British Army in 1990. From an Infantry perspective the falkalnds war ,in particularly the 60 mile tab across open Moor land carrying 80-120iibs in sub zero temperatures, then fighting a battle at the end of it ,is one of the greatest feels of arms the British Army and Royal Marines have ever achieved . It is of no surprise that many lads joined up after and there was a Spike in recruiting . This conflict set the standard for the modern British infantryman and has set the bar ever since .
Agree Chris,did a tour down there in the 80s and we were out one week in four tabbing with heaviest packs ive ever tabbed with over the toughest terrain,it killed me,lol.ex RGJ
You say that today there would be “quicker reaction”. The islands were invaded on 2nd April, first ship’s were away on the 4th! How much quicker - given the logistics of planning and deployment - do you think things could be done? Don’t forget Britain’s forces were committed to Operation Banner in Northern Ireland and to being in position in Germany as the BAOR Cold War defence troops. Personally (and yes I’m biased being English) the government and General staff of the day had an EXCELLENT reaction to an invasion of sovereign territory.
For the time it was an incredibly quick response and quite a feet to get the fleet out there out all, a lot of the commanders doubted it was possible or wise. They also stopped to organise and wait for others at the Accession Islands and took a fair while to actually get there. The video does skip over how much of a shambles much of it was though, including anti missile systems that didn't work and left the ships hugely exposed and a lot of the troops not having winter gear. There was also quite a few issues with the various forces and units not always being aligned in terms of the approach and difficulties in overall command structure, partly down to the rush and nature of the force being whoever was available rather than a well organised cohesive task force. Now the armed forces are organised to enable fast responses to be made much more easily so it is fair to say they would now respond more quickly. Like you say the focus of the UK military in that time was defending the cold war border with a static force. Now its on rapid combined arms battlegroups that can deal with unexpected conflicts across the globe and ready to deploy with organised command structures. There was literally no plan in place then and everything that was done was improvised, now the military is shaped and hones its planning toward this type of rapid reaction conflict. If they arent able to get there faster and in better shape than they did in 1982 then a lot of money has been wasted and quite a few senior people need to take a look at themselves. Not sure we would have much better air assets available though, carrier numbers and range of aircraft will always be an issue for the UK going without US support or nearby allied bases. There is some ignorance from the Reacter in this video regarding just how incredible the response was (and the air assets available), but it doesn't mean he's wrong to say that nowadays we wouldn't aim to be able to respond more quickly and efficiently to a similar crisis.
Lol I'm from the falklands and watched most of the war documentaries including one that involved my grandfather Neil Watson god rest his soul not only are the british military hard as nails from all areas. So are the islanders as over 20 to 30 civilians went in the swampy marsh at night covering loads of ground sabotaging and pin pointing key locations of Argentina positions my grandfather was one of them as he lived on a farm away from stanley this also made things bit easier for the task force and caused an thorn in the side for the Argentine military. Also dont forget that moderately all of Argentina's soldiers were conscripts 16 to 18 years.. poor buggers never really stood a chance and the Argentine special forces funny enough were trained by the SAS and the SBS during the 70s😅👍
The SBS did take the high ground around the landings , SAS also secured some high ground Around the capital to monitor the movements of troops , they resisted various attacks for days. Thanks for the video
also great stories of how the crazy operations of the Vulcan bombers doing round trips. my friend's dad was one of the guys (maybe nav..he sat in a dark space doing nav/surveilance or something), he has photos of him and the Vulcan, amazing bit of kit. they flew 12000km and were the longest raids in history at that point. they thought they were going to ditch in the ocean at times on the way back
mark l The argies dropped a group of special forces in the hills at night to scope out troop presence there and ended up central to three different SAS/ SBS groups, the argies bounced from one enemy sf position to the next all night and only a few survived the night after getting the uk sf pass the parcel treatment
They were unable to use helecoptors as you suggested. Most of there copters went down on the sunken supply ship before they were off loaded, hence the Mrines having to yomp all the way to Stanley and engage immediately without a rest. And still win.
@@angelahart5022 most of the helos were on the Atlantic Conveyor that was sunk prior to the ground assaults. I'm not sure but the Brits only had a few Seaking helicopters to bring ammunition and rations for the troops. The yomp or tab or american hump was done at night with the troops carrying as much ammunition as they could carrying well,over a hundred pounds each. The terrain and weather in the Falklands is very similar to the Brecon Beacons where most of the British Army and all of the SF units train.
I was a 16 year old British school boy when this war happened. I remember a few days after the Argentinian invasion the headmaster took my class due to an absent teacher and gave us a talk about honor, courage, duty and the like. He never mentioned the Falklands but it was clear to me what he was referring to. Me and my school mates all felt immensely patriotic about what was going on but my dad was against the war as he was a left-winger and that put a lot of strain on our relationship. I have always felt that victory in the Falklands (plus the SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy two years earlier) put Britain back on the map militarily as a country not to be messed with. I regret the loss of life on both sides but Thatcher was totally right. The Argentine invasion was unprovoked aggression and we had to take a stand against it, even if the cost was high.
Don't forget the Rock Apes. And that's why we're called 'Great' Britain.....cos our allies look at the list of participants and say "Oh great, Britain! We've won then."
I’m going into the Royal Marines soon hopefully. Stories of men like you keep me motivated to keep training and be the 0.1%. Thank you for your service sir.
@@deitchj003 you are going into probably the best front line combat in the world there , training wont be easy but if you make it through you will join a brotherhood of the best in the world and well worth it. Best of luck and remember always push yourself that little bit further and you will prevail.
In this case being conscripts made a bit of a difference. I'm from the Falklands and where the marker for 10000 troops came up our farm is directly where the left of the three was. We had young lads come down begging for sugar and stuff as they weren't properly fed. One of them (trainee priest) said "I think this gun is from Hitler's war", it was a brand new FN fresh off the factory line and handed it to my dad, dad is a pretty decent marksman but missed his target by over a meter, handed it back and said "well son, you can have that back, you ain't going to be hitting any of our lads with it". They were starving kids given factory floor guns and not shown how to zero them. Their officers were scum but the the conscripts were must frightened kids and even as a small child I felt a bit of pity for them, although that didn't stop me bring up the Gurkha's when they were around (they were scared witless of the Gurkha's).
Spot on !! Argentine officers actually killed their young conscripts, that is fact, but however they did have some very good regular soldiers that were very hard to overcome
We may be a mess, melting pot country, but in the end those dictators who sent our kids there died rotten in jail. That pointless war helped us to get rid of our 'military party'. Nowadays, we don't even have a military anymore. If penguins were determined to seize our capital, we'd be forced to run to the hills. But is better that way, we are peaceful people. Cheers from Buenos Aires.
@@Genghis-Khan121 All our regulars were in the homeland, watching chilean border. The only that really 'played the game' were the air force ones. If our navy would have parked Belgrano Cruiser in Stanley before Task Force arrived, protected from submarines, they'd have drove UK's attention to it, and in trying to sink it they'd have exposed their harriers to heavy ground to air fire. But they didn't want to lose any piece of material.
Picking a fight with Britain rarely goes well. They’re the most experienced and well trained forces in the world and by what all others standards are judged by.
Well I've always been told that but with all due respect fellas did you see the Royal marine one before this this former us marine although very polite did not seem to impressed, would be interesting to hear some thoughts on this 🤔
@@HarryFlashmanVC That's basically what the Argentinians thought of us back then and boy did they learn the hard way! Our clout still stands. It always will. A military history as strong as ours isn't overwritten by some soppy recruitment videos made to keep the wokies happy. Other countries know our actual soldiers are still the best trained on the planet (along with many of our allies).
@@bigfridge1517 you think? How many Argentine senior commanders or even middle ranking commanders were at the bloody pointy end? British troops were well served by their commanders.
Good story except they didn't run out of ammo. When you're fighting up close in trench systems and with the enemy using boulders for cover then bullets and grenades just won't get the job done. Plus in the confusion and dead of night with the lack of night vision their was a chance of blue on blue. And them crazy jocks love a good punch up
@@robdean704 isnt that what grenades are for? killing enemy that are dug in behind cover, The company commander (Scots guards) even got a confirmed bayonet kill. if they had ammo they would be using it instead of risking your life using a bayonet. Just my opinion.
@@JuliusSeizure1 except in this instance everything had went to rat shit and sections had lost touch with each other. No plan survives first contact with the enemy, except in the planning room. This battle was pure chaos and the tactics and discipline showed by the Scots guards goes to show the difference in quality between the opposing force
I am a British (NI) veteran and to watch these scenes of our forces will always fill me with pride, simply super the bravest and toughest men that our empire will always produce.
The British only had one hellcopter Bravo November a us Chinook. the other hellcopter where sunk on the ship Atlantic conveyor sunk by an exocet missile the Argentine last one. along with tons of eupiment
Plumpstery our carrier is a beast just ashamed they are under funded ! I honestly wish we where like you yanks on military and defence spending . God bless you brother and please stay safe ♥️🇬🇧🇺🇸
@@bklufc mercenaries are soldiers of fortune not part of the US armed forces plus they usually fight for and against poorly armed 3rd world contries none of them are stupid enough fight a professional well trained army
The US was supposed to be neutral because they had good relations with Argentina as well but in reality it was helping its little brother Great Britain with a ton of Intel especial Intel Great Britain wasn't capable of getting on its own
Britain historically has always shown force when needed. British Honduras, Suez, Korea, Falklands. But then we used to have hard as nails government…if the Falklands happened now I’d like to think our government would still respond. Thank you for presenting this. I’ve worked alongside veterans of the Falklands..and I have to tell you they were some of the hardest, maddest, and loyalist guys I’ve ever come across. With the greatest respect to those that serves and with honour to those that did not come home.
I'm from Chile and at that time I was a 12 year old boy. Believe me, even though we had nothing to do with the war and no one was threatening us, I was scared of the Gurkhas, too. Just from watching them on the news.
I always feel sad, me as an argentinian I can say that most of our soldiers were send and lied, if you make a little investigation you would find that some grunts were lied. They thought that the were send for training to somewhere in our country, but were all lies. I lost family members because of some dictator wanted recognition.
@@facuokinggton7509 As a British soldier - although I did not serve in the Falklands - I understand completely. It is not the soldiers who start the wars. Ve con dios hermano.
@@facuokinggton7509 Sorry, Facu, but you Argentinians have to be honest. The crowds were cheering up at Plaza de Mayo the day Argentina invaded the islands. You backed the dictator when you seemed to be winning. You should back him in the defeat, too.
@@DieterRahm1845 Yeah, I informed myself, I know about the riots and the cheering. But I as an individual, I obviously questioned heavily. But not everyone is like that. I respected Brits and obviously my fellows.
My uncle was a Sargent in the scotts guards at this time and my other uncle was on the hms Sheffield, they both survived, my uncle in the scotts guards later went into the sas for a few years(he doesn’t speak much of it) then is now private security on ships in Egypt in the fight against piracy, massive respect for him👌
I also have an Uncle who was In the Welsh Guards, he was on the ill fated Sir Galahad. He is still affected by it to this day, he lost a few good pals that day.
2 Para is the only unit that fought 2 battles, and Goose Green was the hardest fight of all of them. The Artillery support did not last long enough, naval gunfire disappeared at dawn. It was an Infantry fight in the most basic way - overlooked, out gunned and out numbered.
Knowing the outcome now, I am reminded of the Kipling poem "Beware The Saxon", from where I believe we derive our bloody minded obstinacy, otherwise known as indomitability. Worst thing you can do is tell a lot of British people, "You've got no chance". They get a certain look in their eye, a certain jut to their jaw, they hitch their belt, they dig their heels in, and the other lot had better look out.
I was a kid when this happened, but I was always fascinated with this event and remember watching it on the news. I joined the USMC in 1986 when I graduated high school, and during my 4 years of service, I remember several instances where the battles that took place in the Falklands were referenced in relation to how we trained in certain places.
"Hindsight," is a wonderful thing, but the reason we did beach landings, and not drop the Paras to take the high ground, is because of something called, "INTELLIGENCE," which we had because we had SBS and SAS doing recces on the islands. They had all the Argentine forces plotted, and most of them were on the high ground, and dropping Paras into the middle of the Argentinian positions, would have been a disaster.
Speaking of hindsight, look at Operation Market Garden, lesson learnt there. The breakdowns in intelligence and communications were contributary to failure and proved lethal as the gemans were handed time to respond to what was supposed to be a fast suprise attack and denial of key points, being the bridges. Imagine if para's dropped on the falklands high ground withought enough intelligence and communications beforehand to make a proper tactical descision and subsequent plan. In any case, who would'nt take the high ground after getting there first. Damn good reason to send recce's out.
The Argentinian Air Force had Air Superiority over the Falklands, plus the nearest runway was almost twice the distance of the maximum range of the transport aircraft, an airdrop would be a suicide mission.
Logistics! We barely had the C130s to drop 2 battalions simulteneously, let alone the umpteen Victor tankers per aircraft to get them from the nearest possible departure point at Ascension island.
You make a very good point, however I think a huge factor was that there were no planes capable of covering the distance involved to drop the lads in anyway! I mean they would have took off from Chili or somewhere near by?
This is already mentioned but I think it's impressive that the Royal Marines managed to yomp (ruck) 56 miles in 3 days while each carrying 80 pounds of equipment. From what I've read the Argentines didn't view this as a realistic possibility.
The Paras did the Tab as well, and managed to get 24 hours ahead of the Marines, they were ordered to stop and wait as they were making the Marines look bad. The Marines tried to take the final Glory of marching into Stanley first, but 2 Para turned their radios off and Marched in first. I also read a funny account by a member of 3 Para who ordered 10 Argentinian prisoners he was Guarding to give the wanker gesture at Royal Marines marching into stanley for the first time, The Marines who saw this laughed at least.
Marine, at 9:25, I think we’ll have to agree to disagree about your take on conscripts. One volunteer is worth 10 pressed men, especially if the pressed men don’t want to go to war in the first place. The UK troops, both Paras and Royal Marine Commandos fought tooth and nail just to get IN to their regiments, Then intensive training for 28 and 32 weeks respectively, and about as tough as it gets, resulting in a massive dropout rate, ensuring that only the best get through.
thought i might add my little ounce. As ex airborne. you wouldnt do a drop on that type of terrain. Ive been to the FI and the terrain is rough. Rock, crags, wet, bogs. Its a hidious place. I wouldnt want to live there. My personal opinion. As for using helicopters for insertion at Goose Green. Most of the helis had gone down in a ship with alot of other hardware by an attack. hence why the British tabbed everywhere. No other modern force could have done this with the numbers and resources the British had in the same circumstances. Thats why the British concentrate on training on moving by foot with heavy loads. Theyve been doing it for hundreds of years. Its bread and butter to us.
@@damienfitchett7392 tbh for the Paras and Marines it would have been hold my beer well actually for the paras they would most probably try to drink the beer whilst doing it (you don’t want to waste a good pint)
As an Argentinian my humble opinion is Falklands islands have been disputed between French, Spanish and English in 18 th century since Argentina still was a spanish colony so when spain remains with the soveraing due england withdrawn for a few years regarding economy issues then Argentina came into it's independency then claimed for the islands but to be honest those islands had belonged to Spain and England
@asonofman 4emmanuelle Disagree...the primary Regiment at the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain were Scot's Guard's and a few Gurkha Units. The Gurkhas didn't see much action...nor did they really need to. Just word about the Gurkhas entry into the Battlefield from Radio Transmissions intercepted by the Argentine Military...was just enough to get them to start surrendering! I guess they didn't want to lose their Heads???
My family tree is really awkward. My mum is from Newcastle and my dad's from Argentina, and on one side I have family members who flew Harriers and conducted strikes on ships, and on the other side I have family members who were Argentine Marines and fought on Tumbledown. Weird to think that I'm at the tail end of two families who's countries were fighting each other just 20 years ago.
Have a similar situation but with WW2, one side of my family is partially German with a grandad who was a German officer (not sure where he was stationed though) and the other side is English, with one grandad in the RAF and the other in the SBS. Would have made for an interesting conversation lol
@@Barre76 Air assault might've been possible if the Brits still had their Chinooks, which were all destroyed during the strike on the Atlantic Conveyor freighter. Only one remained for use in the campaign. This wasn't mentioned in the documentary--a very important hole in the story.
@@48arris I'm sure another issue would be dropping troops onto steep, rocky ground...broken ankles galore. I don't believe military chutes would allow for the accuracy to drop onto the positions, particularly due to the Falklands being as windy as the windy planet on national wind day. Not to mention the scores of well armed Argies dug in all over place firing actual bullets.The jump would have to be taken from several hundred feet meaning half the blokes would land already brown bread or wounded. Fast roping would be an even worse option with helicopters hovering somewhere between 10 and 90 feet getting the shite shot out of them. With absolute air superiority I'd have bombed the Argies into submission.
My dad was a para there and he praised the Gurkhas also he remembers stories of the Scottish howling like wild animals at night to scare the younger Argentine soldiers 👍
Fun fact: The Royal Marines marched 56 miles in 3 days and at the end of the march won a battle when outnumbered. The reason they won is because the Argentinians weren't prepared because they believed to much that far in that amount of time with full kit was impossible. Fun fact 2: In many of these battles they were meant to be transported by helicopters to the destinations but the ship carrying the helicopters and many transportation vehicles , the Atlantic Conveyor, was sunk by Argentinian planes.
Fun fact: The British lost the war on the ground, won the war in the corridors of Whitehall, The world was laughing at us at the time. Thatcher and the economic decline of the British economy and this freak show of a military put the last coffins in the theory of British imperialism and proved that Britain could not defend its own territory. Next you will be telling me Britain defeated Nazi Germany? lol
@@comanderyeahyeah7065 The war was lost on the ground, the battle ended as intellgence put an end to sales of rockets from France to the Argentines. The British Navy lost FIVE ships to one, that is not winning a war. Whitehall won the war.
Yes funny tho back in 1983 or 4 my ex GF took her Granddad to the cinema to watch Star Wars The Empire Strike Back (which was still screening) as soon he saw a huge ship "over Head, " he got a shock as he thought he was watching Falkland's The Empire strike back. lol
Having been an Engineer in that war. I think it was a close run thing between the Paras and the Marines for the best/most effective unit in the war. The Gurkhas would have been in with a shout if they had got there at the same time as the Paras and Marines. But they came later with the reinforcing Infantry Brigade, as it turned out their one major assault was not needed because as soon as the Argies found out who they were up against they threw in the towel. Soon after that, the war ended.
The Brits were too far away. They lost the use of their helicopters when a transport ship was lost. They had no choice but to travel by foot to the fight.
Only Two Wessex HU.5's were lost when the RFA Tidespring crashed on Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia in bad weather. The rest of our helo losses were due to equipment failure or bad weather. They only flew when there was Sea Harrier cover.
BreninCoel The majority of UK helicopters were lost on the SS Atlantic Conveyor. Only one Chinook was saved. That helicopter has the most remarkable history right up to Afghanistan. It (Bravo November) achieved true legendary status.
@@chrisryan3770 I stand corrected. I was quoting officially released figures but your reply led me to revisit them and, of course, you're right. I must pay more attention. I had completely forgotten about the Atlantic Conveyor. Age cometh not alone. I wasn't there, I had taken my discharge 3 years earlier, and I am willing to bow to the superior knowledge of those who were.
@@BreninCoel Sorry, Utter Rubbish. All the Chinooks except 1 that was flying at the time were destroyed. See the amazing video of chinook Bravo-November....which is flying to this day btw
They didn't cover the special air services contribution or there biggest loss of life since world war two. It's a point to note both Russian and American military advisor's where quoted as saying that if Argentina invaded the British would not fight & if they did they would loose. They where proved wrong on both counts.
lordgibbington The Henry ruined the SAS op he thought they had been compromised it was the 2nd that overran Goose Green and the 2nd was feeder for SAS.
The SAS lost 18 in a sea king helicopter crash during a ship to ship transfer. Whilst its their biggest single day loss since ww2, it was not in combat.
lordgibbington Did not want to say this at the time in case (in Case Clown reacts) got on to it plus the hundred year thing , wrong air filters in the chinook that went down hence loss of life.
Irwin ramirez but by world laws, the people of the Falklands get to decide which nationality they want to be and they massively voted in favour of being British. Yet Argentina invaded anyway?
Btw, I served ‘97 to ‘06. My second unit, in ‘98 I had a Warrant Officer as my right hand man. He had been a Guardsman (Scots Guards)aged 18 in 1982 and a piper/medic and was in the Falklands War. As you might expect, he was very humble in his recollections of that time, tales I’ll never forget. He described how during the night’s battle he’d been crawling from one position to another to treat the wounded, after which he found a hollow in the ground in which to take cover, feeling safe and protected in what felt like a great position. It was only when daylight started to break that he was able to take in his surroundings and lol he described that he was laying in the shallowest of curves in the ground more or less completely exposed. Another member of the Scots Guards, who would be amongst the first to take their objective was the Academy Sergeant Major, one of the highest ranked soldiers in the British Army, in 1997 when I entered the Academy. Even then he cut quite a commanding figure. An honour to have merely been in the presence of these guys, let alone learn from them.
Your right there, and the drill sergeant of the Guards depot when I was in Pirbright 90 had won the military medal using his bare hands after falling into an Argentine trench and let's day "stopped!" Them even from even rising the Alarm just before the 3 companies got into position! EX 1SG myself mate 👊
the Gurkhas have the gun they captured during the Falklands on display in the Gurkha museum at Shorncliffe Barracks in Folkestone, kent. i used to do a lot of electrical work their and had watched the Gurkhas training one time as well. Nutters they are!
Paras and Marines walked across the Falkland in soggy peat moss type ground with 100lbs rucks- incredible. The Scots guards fought up a mountain side and smashed the Argies- equally impressive
“Why didn’t they fast rope in on top of the mountain?” To do that you would firstly need air superiority, plus remember we are the the British army, the BEST army in the world! We climbed those hills with all our gear, and still defeated the argies, at the end of the day the war is won with boots on the ground, some armies are useless lard arse’s and can’t cope without helicopters and can’t even tab without a truck to carry their gear...
Agreed - fast rope in on a low serious of grass ridges with no cover, on top of a dug-in regiment, with artillery + AA guns + maybe some still operational Pucaras at the air strip in visual distance in the rear. Great idea indeed, lots of posthumous VCs guaranteed.
I served in the R.E.M.E in the 90s. Our regiments Padre at the recruit training center in Pirbright was at the battle of goose green. He was handed a laminated copy of the Lords prayer by Lt col Herbert H Jones before he died and carried it wherever he went. H Jones received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his brave actions on that faithful day.
Parachutists couldn’t be dropped on to the high ground due to the fact that the nearest runway suitable for the aircraft needed was 4000 miles away on Ascension Island.
Then of course there's the refuelling of the transports. When you see the number of tankers used to just get a single Vulcan bomber there and back, getting just a single para battalion would have been an enormous stretch and that is without the stores and aupplies needed to keep them in the fight.
1st Battalion Scots Guards. Climbed Tumbledown in the dark, being machine gunned from above, and grenades landing amongst them all the way up. Finally taking the well dug in enemy positions, by fixing bayonets, and charging, hand to hand fighting. Objective taken. Awesome performance by the 1st of foot of the British Army.
There's a fine line between insightful analysis and being a hindsight-keyboard tactician-strategist what-ifer Grand Admiral/Field Marshal. Jameson you are treading a very fine line between being a wise warrior and a second guesser in this video I do like your channel and content keep those videos coming. Forced conscription (Argentine) amounted to 70% of their forces in the Falklands with no formal training except they all knew (somewhat) their way around a weapon. My Dad's close friend is Argentinian he had three (3) nephews forced into services and sent to the Falklands two (2) came home in body bags they had absolutely no chance Galtieri and his cronies were pos. Argentine conscripts did not have the same training and motivation (except fear) as regular troops. FYI the Brits lost 25 choppers during the war. To our British brethren: Salute Respect Hooah
Scots Guards night time assault up Mount Tumbledown against a well dug in defensive force is the stuff of legend. Fixed bayonets used to devastating effect on the defenders
Being ex 2 Para, I have to admit that the Scots at Tumbledown had a fucking hard slog. So did 3 Para at Mt Longdon and 2 Para at Goose Green. With only 450 men, 2 Para took on and defeated an enemy that was dug in, had sown mines and had all their ammo pre positioned. They also had fast firing anti aircraft guns placed in the ground support roll. All the Brits had to CARRY all their stores and ammo for miles before they even GOT to fight. Pissed wet, cold and footsore from tabbing all the way to battle.
I heard the Scots guards carried out their final bayonet charge , was never used again but I’m not sure myself as I did hear talk of a charge in Iraq or Afghanistan??
so you are saying that pre american revolution america wasnt america? i dont understand your logic, ouh thats wright probably you are a britanistan inhabitant or a dont thread on me wearer brit boot licker logic thinker
@@_--Reaper--_ British claim on the islands date back to 1690. Argentina was founded on the 25th of May 1810, with upto 90% of the modern population being descendants from 19th/20th century Europeans.
Not quite. The military junta (Argentinean government of the time) thought that the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance might help them, as they were also being financed by the US through Operation Condor to fight the communist insurgents - so they thought that America would remain neutral. A stupid move, as it was obvious that Argentina had been the aggressor, and because Argentina had not been attacked - thus America was forced to side with UK through NATO's compromise of defense.
@@1chish Yup. America tried everything they could to prevent open warfare, but Thatcher would not delay any reprisal action. Diplomacy was, as they say, "On the clock".
Kinda reminds me of somthing that happened when I was a child. The US intercepted and shot down two Lydian fighter jets somewhere around the middle of the Atlantic Ocean headed towards the United States mainland carrying what was assumed time be a nuclear pay load. As a response President Reagan bomb the crap out of Lybia for about four months straight as a reminder of sorts that things like that were a bad idea in general. A very heavy heavy handed response to a event that never actualy played out thank God. I know that what I said is a over simplification of the events. How ever like I said I was six or seven at the time 1986/1987 ish... if anyone knows more about this please comment and Exspand I would love to learn about it!!! It was sencond grade for me and I remember waking up crying scared, and waking my father who had to get out the globe to reassure me how far away that country was from us to make me feel safe enough to go back to bed. In some ways it was scary to be a young child in the 1980s everyday we did nuclear missiel drills at school getting under our desks. All we ever heard on the radio was about the soviets and the constant ongoing day by day blow by blow reports about the internal war and car bombings in Ireland!
@@highcloud530 There's no way to sugar coat this..What the fu(k are you on about?? Buy 2 books. One explaining military history, the second a dictionary.
The key advantage Britain had was 3 Commando Brigade ( Royal Marines ), who deploy to Norway every year, and specialise in amphibious landings. ...... Having an established team of experienced staff officers on hand to plan the landing, and based in Plymouth, Devon, with the Royal Naval Dockyard nearby, saved time and trouble. ...... The other windfall was that Major Southby-Tailyour had spent time in The Falklands, and sailed extensively in a small boat there, and so had first-hand knowledge of the waters and landing beaches from a Royal Marines officer's perspective. ...... Plus much of the Royal Marines training in England is done on Dartmoor, which closely resembles The Falklands. So, of all the troops engaged in The Falklands, the Royal Marine Commandos were in their element, and it showed. ...... Every type of troops have strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Paras are trained to be gung ho going in, and tenacious in defence until relieved. ...... The2 Para battalion attack on Goose Green was a rush job, and as the attack stalled, the commanding officer impetuously chose to himself assault dug-in positions across open ground, and according to an ex-Para I met, who was ( allegedly ) right there, was killed changing the magazine of his submachinegun, while standing up in full view of the enemy. ...... The second in command, Major Keeble took over, and instead of plunging right in, took time to deeply think. ...... This lead to him bluffing 900 Argentines with superior weapons, to surrender to 500 very tired Paras, and makes him the Quiet Hero of The Day in my opinion. ...... The dictum 'The best battle won is that where the sword never leaves the scabbard' applies. And, sadly, the Guards, who have many great features, can be a bit rigid. ...... Nowhere is this better illustrated than at Bluff Cove, when Royal Marine Major Southby-Tailyour was telling Welsh Guards company commanders to get their men off the RFA ships ASAP, while the Guards officers insisted they had no orders to disembark. ...... CommonZense would suggest that packing hundreds of men inside a big juicy target full of ammunition in full view of enemy observation posts, and leaving them there, was inviting intervention by the enemy. ...... 55 men died, and countless others were terribly burnt as a direct consequence. I was briefly a 1 Wessex Regiment TAVR infantry soldier, strangely enough in Plymouth, before the Falklands War. ...... The platoon was run on dead man's shoes, with silly restrictions on who can learn what, and some of the personnel were so poor, they would get a jam in their SLR, turn to the sergeant, and wonder why his face went white with a .7.62 mm round aiming at his stomach. ...... We parted company. Someone I knew at my school earned a Military Cross in the SAS during the Falklands War, and my naive dreams of martial glory made me rather envious. ...... As the years have passed, I realised that my late Father, who gained a Distinguished Service Cross on HM Submarine Torbay in WW2, heartily disliked the firing of any form of weapon. ...... As I have aged, so do I!
05:30 black buck one was a major achievement by the UK military to show them that the UK could still bomb them from 13,000 km away. Damage was not important, but the UK's ability to do this forced the Argentinian air force to withdraw to Argentina. A major factor in the coming conflict.
The British Military were sent to rescue british citizens from an aggressive fascist dictator and to defend democracy.All parts of the military were brave and outstanding.Britain has and will do what is right as a point of principle no matter the odds stacked against her.
Falkland war time I was a young 19 years old conscript corporal here in Finland. We followed carefully the war news. This war had quite big emonatial influense to me, because then I realized what if I was there... I am now 58 years old and my dream is to visit once Falklands to see the place.
In answer to you’re question and jumping the paras in, I tell you that it’s impossible. The winds and gusts are constant and very strong plus with the way the ground is with most of it being mountains and bogs everywhere it would of been a scattered jump with potentially high casualties
jamesg3456 you say that mate but the old joke about The Scots Guards is that fine English regiment spoilt by a few jocks 😂. They’ve always had a high number of “English” lads with jock fathers living in England. Mainly Northern boys. But of course plenty of Scotsman too.
The Scots Guards were a superb bunch of guys to be on excersise with when I was a cadet, not in Scotland but in Wiltshire in England. No matter, those guys were just amazing to learn about soldiery from and there was as much banter and laughter as discipline. Believe me: They are fair minded and level headed in action but you seriously mess with those guys at your peril.
“They thought the British army wouldn’t go so far from home” - the British army, only do away games, they haven’t played at home since 1745
So german bombings don't count?
Another talking shit!
No the German bombing raids didn’t involve the army, the British army haven’t fought on home soil since 1745 (Jacobite rebellion, which was effectively a civil war). Before that the last foreign invader to any UK country was Norman the Conqueror when he invaded England in 1066.
@@seanconover9129 How does bombing count? It's not like bombing is an invasion, you moron. Anybody can bomb another country but that's in no way occupying it.
@@shazmeister2005 no, He was a Norman but his name was William.
Hi...! I am a former argentinian officer. I was stationated too in cyprus (MFR)2013. I had the honor to serve and share the mission with British soldiers. I have nothing more than exellence words and rememberings about working togheter. Shoulder by shoulder. We carry out ops together and hanging out too. i still talking and messaging with a lot of them. Respect is over everything and the proffesionalism of everyone made this friendship unforgettable. Sorry about my rusty english, its been a while without writing or speaking. Respect for your great nation and for the fallen and their families. Both sides...
Many respects to you sir, comments like yours always remind me of the British and German soldiers in ww1 that played football and traded small gifts on Christmas. Humanity comes before anything else
Wow thank you. i've always said we weren't fighting Argentina, we were fighting a tyrant in charge of her. Just like we weren't fighting the Germans we were fighting the nazis. nice to see the respect.
Gracias, señor.
@@xFFSx - The defeat of Galtieri didn't just revive Britain, or brought democracy back to Argentina.
A Gentleman. A terrible shame the conflict, Britain lost great Men, Argentina had nothing to lose, but lost some of its Sons. Should not have been there! Hearts out to soldiersx
Thank you for doing this , My Brother was 2 Para and was killed in Goose Green .
LCpl GD Bingley RIP . In answer to your Question. NO UNIT Deserves to be held in any higher regard than any other . The Battles were all fought up hill in open ground against a well dug in enemy with No air support or re supply , it was a gruesome hike across rugged ground that tested the grit of these young men . What won the conflict was the grit and resolve of a well trained army . Good bless them all 🙏🏼
My condolences from a US Grunt. Faugh a Ballagh
Hi Steve - I served 10 years in the Paras (I year boy service - 9 years 2 Para). The Falklands conflict started just after I left (just missed it!) . Glued to news bulletins whilst I worked for a German Drilling Company on Oil Rigs. I most probably knew your brother - at least by sight or had a pint next to him in the Princess bar or Trafalgar bar in Aldershot which 2 Para frequented. He was one of us - that's all I'm going to say except for "What Manner Of Men Are These That Wear The Maroon Beret?" (Monty).
He provided freedom for now 4-5 generations of British citizens… thank you… for the huge sacrifice. His legacy is immeasurable to the people of the Falklands and the UK. ❤️🇬🇧
God bless him. As well as all of those who lost their lives in the conflict, and sympathy for the many of those who suffered since.
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My father was a royal marine commando and I remember being taken aside at boarding school with a few ones military kids and being told that there was a war and our fathers were already on their way …I was nine and my dad must of been about 44 one of the older ones. He was an amazing and brave man. 💗
Im sorry that happened and i thank your father for his service
-From an American
As Argentinan son of an ex combat soldier I truly know how does it feel to loose someone beloved in battlefield, my humble opinion is Argentina has never been owner of those islands and unfortunately due a military regimen and bad desicions many inocents died
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You must be so proud !
Most of the helicopters were destroyed when Atlantic Conveyer was sunk. That is why they had to walk over the islands.
No, they were on the Hermes and Invincible. Both were equipped with helicopters, also 658 Squadron Army Air Corps had all their aircraft, one was later tragically shot down by HMS Broadsword.
@@lawrencehebb2909 The Chinooks, which could move large numbers of troops, were all on the Atlantic Conveyor. They only had one left after the ship was sunk. Brits used that to move artillery inland.
@@48arris Three Chinooks, one Lynx and a couple of Wessex were on the Conveyor and were lost BUT both Hermes and Invincible had Squadrons of Lynx and Sea Kings. The Paras were still moved around by Helicopter, but the Marines had to 'Yomp' which caused major friction as the Marines felt they did the 'hard yards' but the Paras got the support.
For years the Brits blamed everything that went missing or was delayed getting to units on the Atlantic Conveyor.
@@lawrencehebb2909 The Paras got helicoptered everywhere huh? check your history pal before posting something
One chinook still in service called bravo November , that survive from sinking , it was still in the air , there was a program called Falklands Hero: Bravo November
I love how Margaret thatcher put it to the Americans
Who said it’s just an island thousands of miles away
And she responded with “just like Hawaii”
The irony is the Hawaiian state flag has the Union Jack in its canton! Classic!
Good response. 😉👍
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Did she really say that?? Lol
My dad fought in this war, a true royal marine, much respect to both sides
Curently serving in the royals, respect to your fartuer in this war
Your dad has my respect all soldiers of the British task force taught the Argentinians a big lesson.
So did my old man 45
@@FGI-kz1bd respect from Argentina mate
@@jimlynch720 only 5% of Argentines wanted to fight that war, a lot of my relatives were forced to go, the war was only meant so that Galtiera kept the president rank
Imagine thinking that Britain of all countires wouldnt travel a long distance for a war.
It was an economic waste of money but i guess national pride comes first than money for the NHS or pensions.
@@Thranduil82 stfu. Not it wasn’t hundreds of British lives were lost, even before we went to reinforce it. Also we profited from it because it provided that the harrier was worth the cost, which multiple counties after hearing that jets which couldn’t go super sonic, destroyed hell that’s an understatement, Jets which could super or sub sonic.
@@Thranduil82 I do hope this is a parody account.
@@Thranduil82 Yeah anything to defend your own people is a waste of money....
What a moron..
We were bored at home soz
The Yanks and Russians said it was a "military impossibility" to retake the islands.....
Britain didn't get that message lol.
I think they heard it loud and clear then turned to the Americans and said hold my beer
I remember my Dad saying at the time (I was 6.5) that you mess with the British Empire at your peril. Although on the decline they did have over 400 continuous years of warfare in them.
Britain got the message - We just have our own way of doing things!
David Bayliss in classic British fashion, the commander just necked a pint and said “come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough” then retook the islands anyway
@@airwakkerre1861 what are you talking about? Are you on about our Empire? You can't judge that by today's values! And don't forget the British were enslaved by the Romans and were constantly invaded by the vikings and the Normans.
Hi I'm Argentine, respect to the fallen on both sides 🙏
Yes, i agree. Nobody wanted to kill each other, it is idiot politicians that start wars, let them go and fight them too..
I agree Fernando, respect to the Argentinian soldiers, seamen and pilots from here in the UK. Warfare should be confined to the history books
Not sure about Argentina but the British have Remembrance day...its for all our soldiers
@@caerleon87 All I'm trying to say is God bless us all xx
Argentina wont be trying to pull that shit again.
I was in the US ARMY stationed in West Germany during the Falkands War. I had trained with the Parachute Regiment and the King’s Own Scottish Borderers previously and knew well the quality of the British Army. Those lads were some of the finest troops I ever had the privilege to meet. I knew that if the UK could get their troops there that it would be no contest. Remember that at this time, there was a low grade conflict in Northern Ireland and as a result there were a lot of combat vets in the British forces.
Long story short, this war pitted an all volunteer force of highly motivated, experienced, superbly trained and led troops against a poorly trained, poorly led and supplied conscript force who wished they were anywhere else but the Falklands. The British forces lived up to the highest standards of their military traditions.
I say, that's JOLLY decent of you to say; thanks awfully, dear chap.
Very well put Henry the troubles in Northern Ireland gave the British soldiers and brass a serious bit of experience in fighting only the Argentines could never run away like the IRA did they had knowhere to run to.
There was also some well trained and highly motivated elite argie commandos on the island, with the advantage of having well prepared firing positions and well placed minefields. I
This is a massive advantage to have, because the only way to overrun positions like that is by frontal assault, which is a fkn brutal way to take a position, hence the near 50/50 attrition rates. I believe the SLR and the fact that a British army cpl is the best in the business led to the union jack flying once more over Stanley. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
I was there and thank you!
Jameson, you have to remember that this was the early 80's and the United States was not involved with this war. British choppers had been lost in the ships that were sunk. They had no long distance air lift capability or air refueling capability so far from home. At that time they simply didn't have the capability to parachute troops in and the didn't have enough choppers so they used the only reliable transportation available to them: their boots!
They lost 25 choppers.
I'm from the UK myself. The American's didn't get involved directly.
But its well known Regan and Thatcher were very close. And the US provided a lot of intelligence to the UK.
The USA provided the specialist bombs on the vulcan bomber
A look at the refuelling plan to get just one Vulcan from Ascension to The Falklands gives an indication of how geography & logistics were a little bit of a barrier to jump onto the Islands.
My father was helped supply submarines from Buenos Aires althoug he never saw combat he told me that many of the Argentinian conscripts were young and stupid just like him many were just conscripted after they finished school .
I was stationed in Cyprus and spoke to quite a few Argentinian soldiers. They had a lot of respect for the British during this conflict. True proffesional soldiers understand war is war but afterwards no malice should be beared.
Hi...! I am a former argentinian officer. I was stationated too in cyprus (MFR) 2013. I had the honor to serve and share the mission with British soldiers. I have nothing more than exellence words and great rememberings about working togheter. Shoulder by shoulder. We carry out Training together and hanging out too. I still talking and messaging with a lot of them. Respect is over everything and the proffesionalism of everyone made this friendship unforgettable. Sorry about my rusty english, its been a while without writing or speaking. My respects for your great nation, and for the fallen and their families. Both sides
No malice? The English hate every one of their enemies - Germans, Japanese, Turks, French, Italians, Argentinians, and of course the ones they hate most of all - the Russians.
@ian ball Unfortunately, the world is being split into two, with England stirring up hatred against its enemies. As an Englishman once said to me "there is no greater pleasure than to shove a bayonet into the guts of an enemy solider".
Everyone is a potential enemy of England other than Israel and the USA.
You say the English are better than are the Argentinians. I think most English people consider themselves as "Born to Rule".
@@peace-now Utter nonsense and I doubt you've ever met a Brit . Your a Troll if ever I saw one.
@@peace-now Have you ever served in the British Army? You do not understand the mentality of soldiers from any army, they do not hate people just because they are at war but do it to protect their lands and way of life. If you are a yank why did the USA go to war over an attack in Hawaii, a small archipelego thousands of miles off the mainland?
Stick to your virtual war games and be the armchair warrior that you are.
32 Welsh guards died in the Falklands war you don't here much about the Welsh guards part in the Falklands so I would like to say thank you for your service from a fellow Welsh man 🏴🏴🇬🇧
Up the Welsh my man!🇬🇧
I'm English but we are all British R.I.P to the fallen welsh guards and Northern Irish Scottish and English soldiers 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 heroes
Agreed, thanks for remembering them.
UK84 UK84 welsh guards 🏴🏴 you from wales bud ? I’m from cardiff ?
Paradox: There are Welsh ethnic communities in Argentina.
When Atlantic Conveyor was sunk, most of the Task Force's Helicopters were lost. This is why the Brits had to force march across the island.
Edit - thanks to all who explained "YOMP" and "TAB". I was aware of Yomping, although I didn't know it was an actual acronym! Tabbing was new to me.
Just thinking that...
But they did it...
Exactly. That is why the 'fast ropeing' he talks about was not an option for us.
Absolutely. That was a crucial point
And lack of air superiority is why they couldn't drop paras in.
Scots guards on tumbledown charged with bayonets into the argie positions. Such bravery makes me proud to have served in the guards.
ANd had 70% loses, the britsh...
RIP cousin Michael, MIA HMS Sheffield.
God bless him, he was a hero, RIP x
Mate it's a still a sore subject in our family but we were blessed enough to have them come home. I just hope the Vikings got it right and all warriors go to Valhalla, cos I can assure you hes there getting pissed with his mates.
May he rest in peace man. I'm from Argentina and had a family member pass as well. I love the UK btw I grew up in Surrey. Such a shame that relationships had to be soured by a military dictatorship.
Luciano Olmos The people never hold grudges against the people mate, it’s the regime. All soldiers are just pawns in a greater game of chess they have no control over. Argie or Brit, we’re all flesh and blood. RIP to your family member, god rest his soul.
Take care mate x
Rip to your cousin and all those out there with him still on watch
At the time we the british had a joke about this its, when the argies invaded port stanley they saw a lone royal marine on a hill, the argie commander ordered 50 troops to capture the marine,they were sent over the hill but the next day none had returned.
so the argie commander sent 500 troops over the hill, next day one argie soldier comes running down the hill shouting, its a trap,its a trap, he commander ask him how is it a trap ? the soldier said " theres 2 marines up there.
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That's an old joke based on the Scottish Wars of Independence when the English would routinely be fooled by one or two Scots soldiers doing this and end up losing hundreds of men per night; that's why its nicked
45 commando yomped the whole way across east Falkland. They carried everything and fought with no lift capacity. Corps legends, from an ex 40 commando boot neck.
But the Paras beat them into Stanley!
@@JimWalsh-rl5dj was only talking about 45.
42 me!
Thanks for your service, Lee 👍🏻 Always had huge respect for the Royal Marines. Unlike other elite units, they’ve never looked down on my unit or given us gip
@@jakem834 thanks mate, can’t speak for individuals but as a Corps we appreciated every unit that was involved. Banter is always banter but respect was always given.
I am proud to say that 39 years ago I was with PCT,
Parachute Clearing Troop of 2 para in theFalklands.
My finest hour.
I’ve heard of this conflict before but I didn’t know anything at all about it. Good thing you brits are on our side! Greetings from an American🇺🇸🇺🇸
Samdaman Forman 👍🏽👍🏽 🇬🇧🇺🇸
This is an over simplified account as well. Look at the British defence of the islands during the Argentine invasion, or the sas raid on the airfield.
Likewise.
Respect from England mate
US military said retaking the Falklands was impossible because it’s so far from the UK.
The combined actions of all regiments from every corner of the British army were all equally hero’s in this campaign. Saying anything otherwise is only to divide a great nation, made up of many brave personnel.
British military isn’t just army lads
All three services deployed not just the army, the navy and RAF lost people.
In reference to your question about helicopters, I'm not sure if it is said in the video you watched, but the the British merchant vessel SS Atlantic Conveyor was carrying the task forces helicopters that were to be used for transporting troops across the islands, with the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor those helos were lost forcing the men to march across the island.
That’s very true
Yeah, The UK had no real base of operations in the area to launch choppers from. Closest place was Ascension Island that was still thousands of km away.. The UK's forces had to get on with it without choppers or the Islands would have been lost. As for the paras taking the higher ground, Argentina had already fortified higher positions. The UK wooped them despite having to deal with climbing mountains. But that could be put down to poorly trained Argentinian soldiers. Since then Argentina's military hasn't improved but the UK military has become more and more advanced keeping up to date with modern tech. If they tried their shit today. They'd get beaten like Bald headed stepchildren
Quite correct 👍🏻
I'LL BE BACK ! We have two big carriers at least. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales -love it how they didn’t mention Charles by name, lol, poor sod-
I heard that the reason the brits fought so hard after the atlantic conveyor went down was because the task force's entire shipment of mars bars went down with it.
I'm ex forces I joined the British Army in 1990.
From an Infantry perspective the falkalnds war ,in particularly the 60 mile tab across open Moor land carrying 80-120iibs in sub zero temperatures, then fighting a battle at the end of it ,is one of the greatest feels of arms the British Army and Royal Marines have ever achieved .
It is of no surprise that many lads joined up after and there was a Spike in recruiting .
This conflict set the standard for the modern British infantryman and has set the bar ever since .
Agree Chris,did a tour down there in the 80s and we were out one week in four tabbing with heaviest packs ive ever tabbed with over the toughest terrain,it killed me,lol.ex RGJ
Yeah it was amazing what those troops endured and then cleared the mountains around Stanley of a well dug in enemy .
You say that today there would be “quicker reaction”. The islands were invaded on 2nd April, first ship’s were away on the 4th! How much quicker - given the logistics of planning and deployment - do you think things could be done? Don’t forget Britain’s forces were committed to Operation Banner in Northern Ireland and to being in position in Germany as the BAOR Cold War defence troops. Personally (and yes I’m biased being English) the government and General staff of the day had an EXCELLENT reaction to an invasion of sovereign territory.
Hoo-ah! - As we British don't say :)
@@GraemetheGuiriLordHaHa lol
Aye I did chuckle when he said Britain didn't have much else on. No weren't busy in Northern Ireland at all were they? I
@Bobbie Crush one of the Vulcans on that run is now at Norwich. Saw it a few years ago
For the time it was an incredibly quick response and quite a feet to get the fleet out there out all, a lot of the commanders doubted it was possible or wise. They also stopped to organise and wait for others at the Accession Islands and took a fair while to actually get there. The video does skip over how much of a shambles much of it was though, including anti missile systems that didn't work and left the ships hugely exposed and a lot of the troops not having winter gear. There was also quite a few issues with the various forces and units not always being aligned in terms of the approach and difficulties in overall command structure, partly down to the rush and nature of the force being whoever was available rather than a well organised cohesive task force. Now the armed forces are organised to enable fast responses to be made much more easily so it is fair to say they would now respond more quickly. Like you say the focus of the UK military in that time was defending the cold war border with a static force. Now its on rapid combined arms battlegroups that can deal with unexpected conflicts across the globe and ready to deploy with organised command structures. There was literally no plan in place then and everything that was done was improvised, now the military is shaped and hones its planning toward this type of rapid reaction conflict. If they arent able to get there faster and in better shape than they did in 1982 then a lot of money has been wasted and quite a few senior people need to take a look at themselves. Not sure we would have much better air assets available though, carrier numbers and range of aircraft will always be an issue for the UK going without US support or nearby allied bases. There is some ignorance from the Reacter in this video regarding just how incredible the response was (and the air assets available), but it doesn't mean he's wrong to say that nowadays we wouldn't aim to be able to respond more quickly and efficiently to a similar crisis.
56 miles in 3 days while each carrying 80 pounds of equipment... These were a different breed of men, absolute warriors.
Different breed of men indeed. Also known as the Royal Marines
It was the middle of winter too,
Lol I'm from the falklands and watched most of the war documentaries including one that involved my grandfather Neil Watson god rest his soul not only are the british military hard as nails from all areas. So are the islanders as over 20 to 30 civilians went in the swampy marsh at night covering loads of ground sabotaging and pin pointing key locations of Argentina positions my grandfather was one of them as he lived on a farm away from stanley this also made things bit easier for the task force and caused an thorn in the side for the Argentine military. Also dont forget that moderately all of Argentina's soldiers were conscripts 16 to 18 years.. poor buggers never really stood a chance and the Argentine special forces funny enough were trained by the SAS and the SBS during the 70s😅👍
The SBS did take the high ground around the landings , SAS also secured some high ground Around the capital to monitor the movements of troops , they resisted various attacks for days. Thanks for the video
Just checking the comments for this one before i did 😂😂
also great stories of how the crazy operations of the Vulcan bombers doing round trips. my friend's dad was one of the guys (maybe nav..he sat in a dark space doing nav/surveilance or something), he has photos of him and the Vulcan, amazing bit of kit. they flew 12000km and were the longest raids in history at that point. they thought they were going to ditch in the ocean at times on the way back
mark l The argies dropped a group of special forces in the hills at night to scope out troop presence there and ended up central to three different SAS/ SBS groups, the argies bounced from one enemy sf position to the next all night and only a few survived the night after getting the uk sf pass the parcel treatment
They were unable to use helecoptors as you suggested. Most of there copters went down on the sunken supply ship before they were off loaded, hence the Mrines having to yomp all the way to Stanley and engage immediately without a rest. And still win.
@@angelahart5022 most of the helos were on the Atlantic Conveyor that was sunk prior to the ground assaults. I'm not sure but the Brits only had a few Seaking helicopters to bring ammunition and rations for the troops. The yomp or tab or american hump was done at night with the troops carrying as much ammunition as they could carrying well,over a hundred pounds each. The terrain and weather in the Falklands is very similar to the Brecon Beacons where most of the British Army and all of the SF units train.
I was a 16 year old British school boy when this war happened. I remember a few days after the Argentinian invasion the headmaster took my class due to an absent teacher and gave us a talk about honor, courage, duty and the like. He never mentioned the Falklands but it was clear to me what he was referring to. Me and my school mates all felt immensely patriotic about what was going on but my dad was against the war as he was a left-winger and that put a lot of strain on our relationship. I have always felt that victory in the Falklands (plus the SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy two years earlier) put Britain back on the map militarily as a country not to be messed with. I regret the loss of life on both sides but Thatcher was totally right. The Argentine invasion was unprovoked aggression and we had to take a stand against it, even if the cost was high.
You are speaking with a forked tongue my friend "honor" is not the way we spell it. You sir are a liar.
@@peterchessell28 I haven't changed my Web Browser to English (UK) and hate seeing red underlines
Plus winning the war saved the lives of many of us doomed dissidents in Argentina. It afforded me time to flee Argentina for the United States.
@@peterchessell28His comments were accurate. Calm down please.
When the royal marines and paratroopers turn up, all i can do is pray for the enemy. 🇬🇧
Don't forget the Rock Apes. And that's why we're called 'Great' Britain.....cos our allies look at the list of participants and say "Oh great, Britain! We've won then."
Just pray for H Jones and G. Hamilton
Pretty much yes
Swoop Well said sir. My granddad was a rock ape, Per ardua
Well... i would pray for the argentine bombs and missiles don't wipe out the RN ships also.
I was a soldier in the 1982 Falklands war...it was tough in all respects, ....weather, supplies and determined enemy. But boy...I would do it again.
I’m going into the Royal Marines soon hopefully. Stories of men like you keep me motivated to keep training and be the 0.1%. Thank you for your service sir.
Quality ! ..Respect !
@@deitchj003 you are going into probably the best front line combat in the world there , training wont be easy but if you make it through you will join a brotherhood of the best in the world and well worth it. Best of luck and remember always push yourself that little bit further and you will prevail.
@ thank you brother
In this case being conscripts made a bit of a difference. I'm from the Falklands and where the marker for 10000 troops came up our farm is directly where the left of the three was. We had young lads come down begging for sugar and stuff as they weren't properly fed. One of them (trainee priest) said "I think this gun is from Hitler's war", it was a brand new FN fresh off the factory line and handed it to my dad, dad is a pretty decent marksman but missed his target by over a meter, handed it back and said "well son, you can have that back, you ain't going to be hitting any of our lads with it". They were starving kids given factory floor guns and not shown how to zero them. Their officers were scum but the the conscripts were must frightened kids and even as a small child I felt a bit of pity for them, although that didn't stop me bring up the Gurkha's when they were around (they were scared witless of the Gurkha's).
Gurkha's. Nicest people on the planet, Absolutely fucking terrifying when their fighting.
Well To me conscripts they can have the Will at the start , but generaly they dont have all the skill , confidence as a full soldier. My point of view
Spot on !! Argentine officers actually killed their young conscripts, that is fact, but however they did have some very good regular soldiers that were very hard to overcome
We may be a mess, melting pot country, but in the end those dictators who sent our kids there died rotten in jail. That pointless war helped us to get rid of our 'military party'. Nowadays, we don't even have a military anymore. If penguins were determined to seize our capital, we'd be forced to run to the hills. But is better that way, we are peaceful people. Cheers from Buenos Aires.
@@Genghis-Khan121 All our regulars were in the homeland, watching chilean border. The only that really 'played the game' were the air force ones. If our navy would have parked Belgrano Cruiser in Stanley before Task Force arrived, protected from submarines, they'd have drove UK's attention to it, and in trying to sink it they'd have exposed their harriers to heavy ground to air fire. But they didn't want to lose any piece of material.
Picking a fight with Britain rarely goes well. They’re the most experienced and well trained forces in the world and by what all others standards are judged by.
I think that’s because we also train other forces 😂 we just give them the kiddie version tho
Well I've always been told that but with all due respect fellas did you see the Royal marine one before this this former us marine although very polite did not seem to impressed, would be interesting to hear some thoughts on this 🤔
I'm not so sure that the 2021 forces of democracy are as terrifying to potential enemies as they need to be. Just look at the recruitment videos.
But I guess in the end, numbers matter which is the only thing stopping Britain.
@@HarryFlashmanVC That's basically what the Argentinians thought of us back then and boy did they learn the hard way! Our clout still stands. It always will. A military history as strong as ours isn't overwritten by some soppy recruitment videos made to keep the wokies happy. Other countries know our actual soldiers are still the best trained on the planet (along with many of our allies).
Every man a hero. Even the chefs who fed the troops under very bad conditions and then doubled up as stretcher barers.
Scots Guard went hand to hand with fixed bayonets at night . Brave guys
Other units used The Bayonet
@@daviddirom7429 2PARA did so at the Battle for Goose Green...
Both sides showed a perfect example of lions led by sheep
@@bigfridge1517 you pleb
@@bigfridge1517 you think? How many Argentine senior commanders or even middle ranking commanders were at the bloody pointy end? British troops were well served by their commanders.
The Scots Guards took Mount Tumbledown after running out of ammo.. they finished the assault with grenades and bayonets.
Yep and they still fucked them over
Yep my mate was in the battle
Good story except they didn't run out of ammo. When you're fighting up close in trench systems and with the enemy using boulders for cover then bullets and grenades just won't get the job done. Plus in the confusion and dead of night with the lack of night vision their was a chance of blue on blue. And them crazy jocks love a good punch up
@@robdean704 isnt that what grenades are for? killing enemy that are dug in behind cover, The company commander (Scots guards) even got a confirmed bayonet kill. if they had ammo they would be using it instead of risking your life using a bayonet. Just my opinion.
@@JuliusSeizure1 except in this instance everything had went to rat shit and sections had lost touch with each other. No plan survives first contact with the enemy, except in the planning room. This battle was pure chaos and the tactics and discipline showed by the Scots guards goes to show the difference in quality between the opposing force
I am a British (NI) veteran and to watch these scenes of our forces will always fill me with pride, simply super the bravest and toughest men that our empire will always produce.
Many of us in Argentina were secretly proud of the British, too: they saved us from fascists.
Good morning me fellow Americans . Love from across the pond 🇬🇧 I hope all of you are safe and well ✌🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸
The British only had one hellcopter Bravo November a us Chinook. the other hellcopter where sunk on the ship Atlantic conveyor sunk by an exocet missile the Argentine last one. along with tons of eupiment
@@wehavehugeproblems4857 and a friend of certain new yorkers
Grimaldous well if your in New York stay in and don’t join these criminals . There destroying there own towns ! It’s insane bud
You too man, love your 2 new carriers
Plumpstery our carrier is a beast just ashamed they are under funded ! I honestly wish we where like you yanks on military and defence spending . God bless you brother and please stay safe ♥️🇬🇧🇺🇸
USA-RUSSIA you cannot retake the falkland islands by force.
BRITIAN: hold my pint.....
And then Britain took the Falkland islands, Oh but with a little help from American Naval Intel LOL
@ They will drop bombs sounding(Sorry)
@@blueshirt06 whilst american mercenarys fought with the argentines. cheers.
@@bklufc mercenaries are soldiers of fortune not part of the US armed forces plus they usually fight for and against poorly armed 3rd world contries none of them are stupid enough fight a professional well trained army
The US was supposed to be neutral because they had good relations with Argentina as well but in reality it was helping its little brother Great Britain with a ton of Intel especial Intel Great Britain wasn't capable of getting on its own
They forgot to mention the Gallant Men of the S.A.S. S.B.S.
Goes without saying.
SBS wasnt formed until the early 2000s
@@restlessbeing1398 SBS was formed in WW2 before the SAS.
@@dbdb9334 oh wow! My bad
@@restlessbeing1398 No problem.
Britain historically has always shown force when needed. British Honduras, Suez, Korea, Falklands.
But then we used to have hard as nails government…if the Falklands happened now I’d like to think our government would still respond.
Thank you for presenting this.
I’ve worked alongside veterans of the Falklands..and I have to tell you they were some of the hardest, maddest, and loyalist guys I’ve ever come across.
With the greatest respect to those that serves and with honour to those that did not come home.
Ghurkas also scared the argies shitless even before they got there.
I'm from Chile and at that time I was a 12 year old boy. Believe me, even though we had nothing to do with the war and no one was threatening us, I was scared of the Gurkhas, too. Just from watching them on the news.
I always feel sad, me as an argentinian I can say that most of our soldiers were send and lied, if you make a little investigation you would find that some grunts were lied. They thought that the were send for training to somewhere in our country, but were all lies.
I lost family members because of some dictator wanted recognition.
@@facuokinggton7509 As a British soldier - although I did not serve in the Falklands - I understand completely. It is not the soldiers who start the wars. Ve con dios hermano.
@@facuokinggton7509 Sorry, Facu, but you Argentinians have to be honest. The crowds were cheering up at Plaza de Mayo the day Argentina invaded the islands. You backed the dictator when you seemed to be winning. You should back him in the defeat, too.
@@DieterRahm1845 Yeah, I informed myself, I know about the riots and the cheering. But I as an individual, I obviously questioned heavily. But not everyone is like that. I respected Brits and obviously my fellows.
My uncle was a Sargent in the scotts guards at this time and my other uncle was on the hms Sheffield, they both survived, my uncle in the scotts guards later went into the sas for a few years(he doesn’t speak much of it) then is now private security on ships in Egypt in the fight against piracy, massive respect for him👌
Who is Scott?
Damo2690 the scots guard is one regiment of the British army
@@charlierowell1395 You missed the joke
Charlie Rowell 🤦♀️
I also have an Uncle who was In the Welsh Guards, he was on the ill fated Sir Galahad. He is still affected by it to this day, he lost a few good pals that day.
2 Para is the only unit that fought 2 battles, and Goose Green was the hardest fight of all of them. The Artillery support did not last long enough, naval gunfire disappeared at dawn. It was an Infantry fight in the most basic way - overlooked, out gunned and out numbered.
Great comment
Elements of 3para were involved at wireless ridge also.
Knowing the outcome now, I am reminded of the Kipling poem "Beware The Saxon", from where I believe we derive our bloody minded obstinacy, otherwise known as indomitability.
Worst thing you can do is tell a lot of British people, "You've got no chance". They get a certain look in their eye, a certain jut to their jaw, they hitch their belt, they dig their heels in, and the other lot had better look out.
Don't forget the charge led by Lt Colonel H Jones which earned him the VC
@@pathfinder303 Shot in the back! 😕😕
I was a kid when this happened, but I was always fascinated with this event and remember watching it on the news. I joined the USMC in 1986 when I graduated high school, and during my 4 years of service, I remember several instances where the battles that took place in the Falklands were referenced in relation to how we trained in certain places.
I went in the Marines June 1982
7:15 My father was a RN gunner on HMS Fearless in this battle. Very proud of him
You should be 👍
My girlfriends dad was the lieutenant commander on the Fearless, small world eh?
"Hindsight," is a wonderful thing, but the reason we did beach landings, and not drop the Paras to take the high ground, is because of something called, "INTELLIGENCE," which we had because we had SBS and SAS doing recces on the islands. They had all the Argentine forces plotted, and most of them were on the high ground, and dropping Paras into the middle of the Argentinian positions, would have been a disaster.
Speaking of hindsight, look at Operation Market Garden, lesson learnt there. The breakdowns in intelligence and communications were contributary to failure and proved lethal as the gemans were handed time to respond to what was supposed to be a fast suprise attack and denial of key points, being the bridges. Imagine if para's dropped on the falklands high ground withought enough intelligence and communications beforehand to make a proper tactical descision and subsequent plan. In any case, who would'nt take the high ground after getting there first. Damn good reason to send recce's out.
'Intelligence' - that and no air transport to jump from.
The Argentinian Air Force had Air Superiority over the Falklands, plus the nearest runway was almost twice the distance of the maximum range of the transport aircraft, an airdrop would be a suicide mission.
Logistics! We barely had the C130s to drop 2 battalions simulteneously, let alone the umpteen Victor tankers per aircraft to get them from the nearest possible departure point at Ascension island.
You make a very good point, however I think a huge factor was that there were no planes capable of covering the distance involved to drop the lads in anyway! I mean they would have took off from Chili or somewhere near by?
This is already mentioned but I think it's impressive that the Royal Marines managed to yomp (ruck) 56 miles in 3 days while each carrying 80 pounds of equipment. From what I've read the Argentines didn't view this as a realistic possibility.
@I'LL BE BACK ! I'd yomp for that!
they knew tea was waiting on the other side for them 🇬🇧
Provably Scots
Typo... probably Scots
The Paras did the Tab as well, and managed to get 24 hours ahead of the Marines, they were ordered to stop and wait as they were making the Marines look bad. The Marines tried to take the final Glory of marching into Stanley first, but 2 Para turned their radios off and Marched in first. I also read a funny account by a member of 3 Para who ordered 10 Argentinian prisoners he was Guarding to give the wanker gesture at Royal Marines marching into stanley for the first time, The Marines who saw this laughed at least.
Marine, at 9:25, I think we’ll have to agree to disagree about your take on conscripts. One volunteer is worth 10 pressed men, especially if the pressed men don’t want to go to war in the first place. The UK troops, both Paras and Royal Marine Commandos fought tooth and nail just to get IN to their regiments, Then intensive training for 28 and 32 weeks respectively, and about as tough as it gets, resulting in a massive dropout rate, ensuring that only the best get through.
thought i might add my little ounce. As ex airborne. you wouldnt do a drop on that type of terrain. Ive been to the FI and the terrain is rough. Rock, crags, wet, bogs. Its a hidious place. I wouldnt want to live there. My personal opinion. As for using helicopters for insertion at Goose Green. Most of the helis had gone down in a ship with alot of other hardware by an attack. hence why the British tabbed everywhere. No other modern force could have done this with the numbers and resources the British had in the same circumstances. Thats why the British concentrate on training on moving by foot with heavy loads. Theyve been doing it for hundreds of years. Its bread and butter to us.
I can testify to that, one of the infantry's biggest complaints is 'Not more bloody tabbing!'' lol o7
Spot on. The bulldog spirit will always be in the British military, it's what we are born with.
Well not only that, there were no transport planes to drop the paras.
Yes - lost the helicopters when HMS Conveyor sunk.
Interesting read . thankyou . respect..
No one unit was better than the other, all played there part,
Respect to them all
I agree, doesn't matter if you're a cook or a captain. They all deserved respect for defeating Argentina.
@Tom Thumb haha, no no, they destroyed nothing of Argentine aircraft, the brit planes destroyed them, but no more than 10
The whole world:you never get them back its to far away to fight a war
Britain: hold my brew
more like " hold my cup of tea " sabers rattling .
brew is slang for cup of tea
Haha, these days it would be “hold my beer”
@@damienfitchett7392 tbh for the Paras and Marines it would have been hold my beer well actually for the paras they would most probably try to drink the beer whilst doing it (you don’t want to waste a good pint)
@@peterbrittain1963 that’s a brew mate
As an Argentinian my humble opinion is Falklands islands have been disputed between French, Spanish and English in 18 th century since Argentina still was a spanish colony so when spain remains with the soveraing due england withdrawn for a few years regarding economy issues then Argentina came into it's independency then claimed for the islands but to be honest those islands had belonged to Spain and England
The Gurkha's we owe them alot they proved themselves in battle and are regarded our brothers
Gurkha's are our superheroes
Gurkhas aren’t even english
@@fubarjenkins7438 They are once they are in the British Army Sikhs too.
Ayo Gorkhali! Proud to serve in British Army. And English are proud to have them here
@asonofman 4emmanuelle Disagree...the primary Regiment at the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain were Scot's Guard's and a few Gurkha Units. The Gurkhas didn't see much action...nor did they really need to. Just word about the Gurkhas entry into the Battlefield from Radio Transmissions intercepted by the Argentine Military...was just enough to get them to start surrendering! I guess they didn't want to lose their Heads???
The helicopters were sunk that's why they walked across ground. About 60 miles I heard
They did not walk they TABBED
@@peterb6254 sorry pro 👍
The Helicopters were lost when the Atlantic Conveyor was sunk
When Atlantic Conveyor was sunk by an exocet most of the helicopters went down with it
My family tree is really awkward. My mum is from Newcastle and my dad's from Argentina, and on one side I have family members who flew Harriers and conducted strikes on ships, and on the other side I have family members who were Argentine Marines and fought on Tumbledown. Weird to think that I'm at the tail end of two families who's countries were fighting each other just 20 years ago.
@@christianmarriott3696 No, my mum AND dad.
Have a similar situation but with WW2, one side of my family is partially German with a grandad who was a German officer (not sure where he was stationed though) and the other side is English, with one grandad in the RAF and the other in the SBS. Would have made for an interesting conversation lol
"Take the high ground using Paras" Jumping from what? Seagulls?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
No reasonable commander would order that without absolute air superiority
@@Barre76 Air assault might've been possible if the Brits still had their Chinooks, which were all destroyed during the strike on the Atlantic Conveyor freighter. Only one remained for use in the campaign. This wasn't mentioned in the documentary--a very important hole in the story.
@@48arris I thought the same thing. that was a big loss for the British.
@@48arris I'm sure another issue would be dropping troops onto steep, rocky ground...broken ankles galore. I don't believe military chutes would allow for the accuracy to drop onto the positions, particularly due to the Falklands being as windy as the windy planet on national wind day. Not to mention the scores of well armed Argies dug in all over place firing actual bullets.The jump would have to be taken from several hundred feet meaning half the blokes would land already brown bread or wounded. Fast roping would be an even worse option with helicopters hovering somewhere between 10 and 90 feet getting the shite shot out of them. With absolute air superiority I'd have bombed the Argies into submission.
I’m British and proud 🇬🇧
Rest in peace all lost
Loss of human life is bad always
My dad was a para there and he praised the Gurkhas also he remembers stories of the Scottish howling like wild animals at night to scare the younger Argentine soldiers 👍
That's awesome!!!!! 👍👍👍😊
That does seem like something that some pissed up scots would do!
@@paulomarreiros00 we are warriors mate, also pissed up
Scots are the UKs secret weapon. Tough,flexible and around the bend and back again.
My dad told me one story about the Argentines being terrified of the gurkas
I'm Scottish so, of course, I would always say you can rely on the Scots. My nephew fought in the Falklands and he was changed by it.
Always rely on the Scots? Suggest you look in to Culloden.
Fun fact: The Royal Marines marched 56 miles in 3 days and at the end of the march won a battle when outnumbered. The reason they won is because the Argentinians weren't prepared because they believed to much that far in that amount of time with full kit was impossible.
Fun fact 2: In many of these battles they were meant to be transported by helicopters to the destinations but the ship carrying the helicopters and many transportation vehicles , the Atlantic Conveyor, was sunk by Argentinian planes.
Fun fact: The British lost the war on the ground, won the war in the corridors of Whitehall, The world was laughing at us at the time.
Thatcher and the economic decline of the British economy and this freak show of a military put the last coffins in the theory of British imperialism and proved that Britain could not defend its own territory. Next you will be telling me Britain defeated Nazi Germany? lol
philip kemp bell woah , why are you so hateful ?! I think u need to hit the books and study history more brother
philip kemp bell and I can guess ur American . Probably a trump supporter
@@comanderyeahyeah7065 What part of what is written is incorrect?
@@comanderyeahyeah7065 The war was lost on the ground, the battle ended as intellgence put an end to sales of rockets from France to the Argentines. The British Navy lost FIVE ships to one, that is not winning a war. Whitehall won the war.
My mum lost a friend on hms ardent. His name was Michael Foote and he was a cook.
@@petedavid5127 As a cook he would have been trained as a combat soldier as well.
What sort of stuff did he cook?
respect to him RIP
rest his soul. He was a good man
The Falklands: The Empire Strikes Back
Lol
Yes funny tho back in 1983 or 4 my ex GF took her Granddad to the cinema to watch Star Wars The Empire Strike Back (which was still screening) as soon he saw a huge ship "over Head, " he got a shock as he thought he was watching Falkland's The Empire strike back. lol
You do know that Newsweek had that as their cover when the war broke out? You can find it online.
Having been an Engineer in that war. I think it was a close run thing between the Paras and the Marines for the best/most effective unit in the war. The Gurkhas would have been in with a shout if they had got there at the same time as the Paras and Marines. But they came later with the reinforcing Infantry Brigade, as it turned out their one major assault was not needed because as soon as the Argies found out who they were up against they threw in the towel. Soon after that, the war ended.
Got to love the reputation (which is well earned) of the Gurkhas, that intimidated an occupying force so much, they surrendered.
I served after the Falklands but I served on ships with some of the survivors of ships we lost. Respect to them all.
The Brits were too far away. They lost the use of their helicopters when a transport ship was lost. They had no choice but to travel by foot to the fight.
That's why they are trained for that kind of scenario.
Only Two Wessex HU.5's were lost when the RFA Tidespring crashed on Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia in bad weather. The rest of our helo losses were due to equipment failure or bad weather. They only flew when there was Sea Harrier cover.
BreninCoel The majority of UK helicopters were lost on the SS Atlantic Conveyor. Only one Chinook was saved. That helicopter has the most remarkable history right up to Afghanistan. It (Bravo November) achieved true legendary status.
@@chrisryan3770 I stand corrected. I was quoting officially released figures but your reply led me to revisit them and, of course, you're right. I must pay more attention. I had completely forgotten about the Atlantic Conveyor. Age cometh not alone.
I wasn't there, I had taken my discharge 3 years earlier, and I am willing to bow to the superior knowledge of those who were.
@@BreninCoel Sorry, Utter Rubbish. All the Chinooks except 1 that was flying at the time were destroyed. See the amazing video of chinook Bravo-November....which is flying to this day btw
They didn't cover the special air services contribution or there biggest loss of life since world war two. It's a point to note both Russian and American military advisor's where quoted as saying that if Argentina invaded the British would not fight & if they did they would loose. They where proved wrong on both counts.
lordgibbington The Henry ruined the SAS op he thought they had been compromised it was the 2nd that overran Goose Green and the 2nd was feeder for SAS.
The SAS lost 18 in a sea king helicopter crash during a ship to ship transfer. Whilst its their biggest single day loss since ww2, it was not in combat.
@@Backs4more What a tragic loss of amazing men, RIP.
Yes, I've seen the graves at the regiment plot at St Martin's in Hereford. Such a sad loss of life.
lordgibbington Did not want to say this at the time in case (in Case Clown reacts) got on to it plus the hundred year thing , wrong air filters in the chinook that went down hence loss of life.
The British were still using a ferocious rifle called the SLR in the Falklands .... it could stop an Elephant at 400 yards
“Argentina fought for the islands, but the British fought for the islanders”
Great quote I seen on another video
i preffer, Thatcher fought for the votes
@@miro5031 she was sure too lose 83 election with unemployment at 4 million and this penalty kick war fell right into her hand.
@@miro5031 I prefer-99% of falkland islanders voted to remain british at a recent referendum. Meanwhile, what was Galtieri fighting for?
@@Ukraineaissance2014 well, weirdly enough, the same reason, stay in charge, btw, those are votes to stay part of britain, that has nothing to do wtf
Irwin ramirez but by world laws, the people of the Falklands get to decide which nationality they want to be and they massively voted in favour of being British. Yet Argentina invaded anyway?
Btw, I served ‘97 to ‘06. My second unit, in ‘98 I had a Warrant Officer as my right hand man. He had been a Guardsman (Scots Guards)aged 18 in 1982 and a piper/medic and was in the Falklands War. As you might expect, he was very humble in his recollections of that time, tales I’ll never forget. He described how during the night’s battle he’d been crawling from one position to another to treat the wounded, after which he found a hollow in the ground in which to take cover, feeling safe and protected in what felt like a great position. It was only when daylight started to break that he was able to take in his surroundings and lol he described that he was laying in the shallowest of curves in the ground more or less completely exposed.
Another member of the Scots Guards, who would be amongst the first to take their objective was the Academy Sergeant Major, one of the highest ranked soldiers in the British Army, in 1997 when I entered the Academy. Even then he cut quite a commanding figure. An honour to have merely been in the presence of these guys, let alone learn from them.
Your right there, and the drill sergeant of the Guards depot when I was in Pirbright 90 had won the military medal using his bare hands after falling into an Argentine trench and let's day "stopped!" Them even from even rising the Alarm just before the 3 companies got into position! EX 1SG myself mate 👊
Sandy Gibson certainly is some people with interesting tales to tell.
Proud to have been part of the Task Force :) God Save the Queen!
Thank you for your service
@johanna walsh Not anymore it's not ! 🇬🇧
Proud of you. As we all be. 🏴😁🏴👍👍
Much love from a young fellow brit. ❤️
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the Gurkhas have the gun they captured during the Falklands on display in the Gurkha museum at Shorncliffe Barracks in Folkestone, kent. i used to do a lot of electrical work their and had watched the Gurkhas training one time as well. Nutters they are!
Paras and Marines walked across the Falkland in soggy peat moss type ground with 100lbs rucks- incredible. The Scots guards fought up a mountain side and smashed the Argies- equally impressive
Argentina must not have gotten the memo about messing with Britain's Rock collection
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Argentina? I don’t know what that is, you mean west falkands
@@Fishbowl50 quality mate , that had me loling 😂
@@Fishbowl50 And after you wonder why half of the world hate UK..... 🇬🇧💀💩🏴☠️
“Why didn’t they fast rope in on top of the mountain?” To do that you would firstly need air superiority, plus remember we are the the British army, the BEST army in the world! We climbed those hills with all our gear, and still defeated the argies, at the end of the day the war is won with boots on the ground, some armies are useless lard arse’s and can’t cope without helicopters and can’t even tab without a truck to carry their gear...
The Atlantic conveyer was sunk with all but one chinooks lost. This was also the reason they walked 50 miles to Stanley.
Who's we, bro?
@@martinsmith6049 have a guess bro
Agreed - fast rope in on a low serious of grass ridges with no cover, on top of a dug-in regiment, with artillery + AA guns + maybe some still operational Pucaras at the air strip in visual distance in the rear. Great idea indeed, lots of posthumous VCs guaranteed.
@@martinsmith6049 Great Britain
I served in the R.E.M.E in the 90s. Our regiments Padre at the recruit training center in Pirbright was at the battle of goose green. He was handed a laminated copy of the Lords prayer by Lt col Herbert H Jones before he died and carried it wherever he went. H Jones received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his brave actions on that faithful day.
Argentina: Britain will not fight this far away from home.
History: Am I a joke to you.
Yes
@@rutharanda8390 Argies still got beat up. Mind you it was always going to happen wasn't it.
Si son una broma para Argentina por que no se la aguantan sin su papi USA
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Parachutists couldn’t be dropped on to the high ground due to the fact that the nearest runway suitable for the aircraft needed was 4000 miles away on Ascension Island.
Then of course there's the refuelling of the transports. When you see the number of tankers used to just get a single Vulcan bomber there and back, getting just a single para battalion would have been an enormous stretch and that is without the stores and aupplies needed to keep them in the fight.
Great idea, but unfortunately, at those latitudes, wind is way out of limits.
@@blasdelezo8396 and in winter down there
Also weather conditions and the fact the Argentinians had functioning air defences would make it suicidal.
The high ground was already secured by UKSF. They were there a couple of weeks prior.
1st Battalion Scots Guards.
Climbed Tumbledown in the dark, being machine gunned from above, and grenades landing amongst them all the way up. Finally taking the well dug in enemy positions, by fixing bayonets, and charging, hand to hand fighting. Objective taken.
Awesome performance by the 1st of foot of the British Army.
There's a fine line between insightful analysis and being a hindsight-keyboard tactician-strategist what-ifer Grand Admiral/Field Marshal. Jameson you are treading a very fine line between being a wise warrior and a second guesser in this video I do like your channel and content keep those videos coming.
Forced conscription (Argentine) amounted to 70% of their forces in the Falklands with no formal training except they all knew (somewhat) their way around a weapon. My Dad's close friend is Argentinian he had three (3) nephews forced into services and sent to the Falklands two (2) came home in body bags they had absolutely no chance Galtieri and his cronies were pos. Argentine conscripts did not have the same training and motivation (except fear) as regular troops. FYI the Brits lost 25 choppers during the war.
To our British brethren:
Salute
Respect
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I would say all as everyone has a part to play, from the chefs on the ships to the guys on the ground
Cooks Still Do PT! Cutting up Carrots or Cutting down Insurgents we all have to Stay Battle Ready
Exactly! I mean look at Under Siege, he certainty did his part.
My dad was on the Sheffield survived and patrolled after it ended cheers for the video
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Scots Guards night time assault up Mount Tumbledown against a well dug in defensive force is the stuff of legend. Fixed bayonets used to devastating effect on the defenders
Being ex 2 Para, I have to admit that the Scots at Tumbledown had a fucking hard slog. So did 3 Para at Mt Longdon and 2 Para at Goose Green. With only 450 men, 2 Para took on and defeated an enemy that was dug in, had sown mines and had all their ammo pre positioned. They also had fast firing anti aircraft guns placed in the ground support roll. All the Brits had to CARRY all their stores and ammo for miles before they even GOT to fight. Pissed wet, cold and footsore from tabbing all the way to battle.
@@peterstubbs5934 The Falklands war was the best naval campaign since the Island hopping in WW2.
A buddy I knew from school David Malcom son was
@@alexmccrorie4195 I met him in Amanda's in irvine a great guy
I heard the Scots guards carried out their final bayonet charge , was never used again but I’m not sure myself as I did hear talk of a charge in Iraq or Afghanistan??
The helicopters were being transported on the Atlantic Conveyor - which was sunk, as there intended use was for troop movement.
It was a joint force, they all played their part. All are Hero's!!
Good job Britain! ✨🇬🇧✨ With much respect from France. ✨🇬🇧✨🇫🇷✨
Always now our ally
The video that he is watching is the worst account of the war I've ever seen.
Yep. It just about misses every single realkey point of the conflict. Which is in itself quite an achievement.
The documentary video shown is a joke. There are much better ones out there.
agree! way better ones out there!
Ya i have seen a few about the war but never this one.
agree, misses most pertinent points of the battle. Damned annoying.
Thx to the yanks for loaning sat phonen much appreciated
British claims on the islands out date Argentina as a country.
so you are saying that pre american revolution america wasnt america? i dont understand your logic, ouh thats wright probably you are a britanistan inhabitant or a dont thread on me wearer brit boot licker logic thinker
@@katahajimeudegarame2397 please go to school you are embarrassing yourself!
And don't let the scale of the map fool you, they are 1500 kilometres away from Argentina.
That island has been part of Argentina since ancient times
@@_--Reaper--_ British claim on the islands date back to 1690.
Argentina was founded on the 25th of May 1810, with upto 90% of the modern population being descendants from 19th/20th century Europeans.
The Falklands War is a great example of one country doing something and completely underestimating the opposition's political will to react.
Not quite. The military junta (Argentinean government of the time) thought that the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance might help them, as they were also being financed by the US through Operation Condor to fight the communist insurgents - so they thought that America would remain neutral. A stupid move, as it was obvious that Argentina had been the aggressor, and because Argentina had not been attacked - thus America was forced to side with UK through NATO's compromise of defense.
@@user-uj5pc7dy2j Except the USA did remain neutral after batting for the Argies until the shooting war started.
@@1chish Yup. America tried everything they could to prevent open warfare, but Thatcher would not delay any reprisal action. Diplomacy was, as they say, "On the clock".
Kinda reminds me of somthing that happened when I was a child. The US intercepted and shot down two Lydian fighter jets somewhere around the middle of the Atlantic Ocean headed towards the United States mainland carrying what was assumed time be a nuclear pay load. As a response President Reagan bomb the crap out of Lybia for about four months straight as a reminder of sorts that things like that were a bad idea in general. A very heavy heavy handed response to a event that never actualy played out thank God. I know that what I said is a over simplification of the events. How ever like I said I was six or seven at the time 1986/1987 ish... if anyone knows more about this please comment and Exspand I would love to learn about it!!! It was sencond grade for me and I remember waking up crying scared, and waking my father who had to get out the globe to reassure me how far away that country was from us to make me feel safe enough to go back to bed. In some ways it was scary to be a young child in the 1980s everyday we did nuclear missiel drills at school getting under our desks. All we ever heard on the radio was about the soviets and the constant ongoing day by day blow by blow reports about the internal war and car bombings in Ireland!
@@highcloud530 There's no way to sugar coat this..What the fu(k are you on about?? Buy 2 books. One explaining military history, the second a dictionary.
Even before I enlisted I had always been fascinated with military history around the world. Love this content, man.
The key advantage Britain had was 3 Commando Brigade ( Royal Marines ), who deploy to Norway every year, and specialise in amphibious landings. ...... Having an established team of experienced staff officers on hand to plan the landing, and based in Plymouth, Devon, with the Royal Naval Dockyard nearby, saved time and trouble. ...... The other windfall was that Major Southby-Tailyour had spent time in The Falklands, and sailed extensively in a small boat there, and so had first-hand knowledge of the waters and landing beaches from a Royal Marines officer's perspective. ...... Plus much of the Royal Marines training in England is done on Dartmoor, which closely resembles The Falklands.
So, of all the troops engaged in The Falklands, the Royal Marine Commandos were in their element, and it showed. ...... Every type of troops have strengths and weaknesses.
For example, the Paras are trained to be gung ho going in, and tenacious in defence until relieved. ...... The2 Para battalion attack on Goose Green was a rush job, and as the attack stalled, the commanding officer impetuously chose to himself assault dug-in positions across open ground, and according to an ex-Para I met, who was ( allegedly ) right there, was killed changing the magazine of his submachinegun, while standing up in full view of the enemy. ...... The second in command, Major Keeble took over, and instead of plunging right in, took time to deeply think. ...... This lead to him bluffing 900 Argentines with superior weapons, to surrender to 500 very tired Paras, and makes him the Quiet Hero of The Day in my opinion. ...... The dictum 'The best battle won is that where the sword never leaves the scabbard' applies.
And, sadly, the Guards, who have many great features, can be a bit rigid. ...... Nowhere is this better illustrated than at Bluff Cove, when Royal Marine Major Southby-Tailyour was telling Welsh Guards company commanders to get their men off the RFA ships ASAP, while the Guards officers insisted they had no orders to disembark. ...... CommonZense would suggest that packing hundreds of men inside a big juicy target full of ammunition in full view of enemy observation posts, and leaving them there, was inviting intervention by the enemy. ...... 55 men died, and countless others were terribly burnt as a direct consequence.
I was briefly a 1 Wessex Regiment TAVR infantry soldier, strangely enough in Plymouth, before the Falklands War. ...... The platoon was run on dead man's shoes, with silly restrictions on who can learn what, and some of the personnel were so poor, they would get a jam in their SLR, turn to the sergeant, and wonder why his face went white with a .7.62 mm round aiming at his stomach. ...... We parted company.
Someone I knew at my school earned a Military Cross in the SAS during the Falklands War, and my naive dreams of martial glory made me rather envious. ...... As the years have passed, I realised that my late Father, who gained a Distinguished Service Cross on HM Submarine Torbay in WW2, heartily disliked the firing of any form of weapon. ...... As I have aged, so do I!
Every regiment was important in there part great job guys
Correct, I was in 45 Commando RM. My father, a former Paratrooper told me " no such thing as bad and good in the British military "
05:30 black buck one was a major achievement by the UK military to show them that the UK could still bomb them from 13,000 km away. Damage was not important, but the UK's ability to do this forced the Argentinian air force to withdraw to Argentina. A major factor in the coming conflict.
I was 12 at the time when the war started and i watched the ship's leave . Then in 93 i was an INFANTRY SOLDIER my self 🇬🇧👍
I was ten it was a big deal me and family were on holiday in Tenby in a windswept converted transit van rocking side to side typical British weather.
Thankyou for your service
@@Fishbowl50 your so welcome 🇬🇧👍
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I was 13 at the time. And it was the Falklands that encouraged me to join up just in time to play sandcastles on op granby.
The British Military were sent to rescue british citizens from an aggressive fascist dictator and to defend democracy.All parts of the military were brave and outstanding.Britain has and will do what is right as a point of principle no matter the odds stacked against her.
Falkland war time I was a young 19 years old conscript corporal here in Finland. We followed carefully the war news. This war had quite big emonatial influense to me, because then I realized what if I was there...
I am now 58 years old and my dream is to visit once Falklands to see the place.
I got the impression that I was lucky never to be sent
In answer to you’re question and jumping the paras in, I tell you that it’s impossible. The winds and gusts are constant and very strong plus with the way the ground is with most of it being mountains and bogs everywhere it would of been a scattered jump with potentially high casualties
The Scots Guards ran out of ammunition at one point and charged the Argentine positions with fixed bayonets.
There is a English soldier talking about it on youtube. How he snapped his bayonet on an argentine soldier. Brave guy.
... i wouldn't argue with an angry Glaswegian with a knife, would you?
jamesg3456 you say that mate but the old joke about The Scots Guards is that fine English regiment spoilt by a few jocks 😂. They’ve always had a high number of “English” lads with jock fathers living in England. Mainly Northern boys. But of course plenty of Scotsman too.
Mount Tumbledown. Good film .
Mark G imagine having bollocks that big
The Scots Guards were a superb bunch of guys to be on excersise with when I was a cadet, not in Scotland but in Wiltshire in England. No matter, those guys were just amazing to learn about soldiery from and there was as much banter and laughter as discipline. Believe me: They are fair minded and level headed in action but you seriously mess with those guys at your peril.