Meet the man behind British victory in the Falklands war
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Major General Julian Thompson was the ground commander for British forces retaking the Falklands Islands during the 1982 Falklands war. The Major General tells Sun Online how he helped to win the war step by step and why the British had the advantage over the Argentine army.
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37 year as if it was yesterday ,the sights, the sounds ,the smell ,that never go away. The part of of us that never comes home live on 8,000 miles away . for the fallen of this time .R.I.P. . Will14 1WG
Respect for your service from a army reservist and I see your Welsh guards God bless you brother x
How did it feel
40 next year as Her Majesty celebrates her 70th year on the throne, most of the pomp and ceremony is to remember the fallen. Lest we forget. God save the queen.
I was a young lad at school when this was on, one of my classmates brothers was in 3 para and is the reason why many years later I myself joined up and served my time in Afghanistan, one of my best friends in battalion served 23 years in the welsh guards before he came to us and was a young 18 year old in the falklands, amazing how things come around
When I worked at the Imperial War Museum as a museum assistant, General Thompson was on the board of trustees. I was standing next to the Falklands war exhibit when an American tourist asked me some questions about the war which I was trying to answer. I felt somebody standing next to me, listening to the conversation,it was General Thompson. So I said to the tourist “This is General Julian Thompson, he commanded the Royal Marines in the Falklands, he may be able to answer your questions better than me.” And so he did! The tourist looked blown away at the standard of service the IWM provided!
By far the best Museum.
@SvenTviking Superb answer, I would love to have seen his face. 👏
Haha, that's a good story. The tourist presumably went away and told everyone that the exhibit is so good that they keep the General on permanent standby to answer tourists questions!
Been watching him for years,
Telling stories about the Falkland Islands. I’m glad he’s
Living a long life. Hope he’s in good health also.
Watching from the other side of pond.
That museum is on my bucket list...what an opportunity to work with the General. Thanks for sharing.
He was born to defend the bread of the British, including me, people who make a difference. God Bless this hero. 🏅🎖👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🏻
English not British
Royal Air force no British
@@charliehunter794 he's not Scottish or Welsh.. Or Ni
Royal Air force so if your English your not British
@@charliehunter794 yes but this guy is British/English..
Argentine here. Despite our opposite points of view and interests, I see a man who cares of protecting his land and his nation, and that's something to be respected and recognized. May the future find us collaborating to do further research about the war, lots of details we don't know.
@colin minhinnick absolute nonsense ofcourse there are European settlers there but the indigenous people of south America would hole heartily disagree with your comment and the other European countries aren't still occupying territory there so what are you getting at?
Just so you know the land was never yours and you never had any right to it
@@herebyhereby2874 who are you referring to the Argentinian or the brit?
@@joemoody7440 Should be obvious if you understand the legal situation.
@@jwadaow legal situation? Colonial style
Why would people give this a thumbs down, this man fought for your freedom !
@@stoufer2000 Neither do I !
No, but he did retake the Falklands whick i have been to twice. The islanders consider themself British. There is a welth of resources there which were discovered while i was there.
there are always dweeb's that will thumbs down brilliant people
@@garygranato9164
Or Argentinians...
Juan Ramirez Argentina never had a claim it was claimed by Spain before Argentina was a country, how far you want to go back? I request compensation from the Italians for what the Romans did... ?! British people lived there, end of story
Someone once said that the trouble with Britain is, it doesn't know when it's beaten. That's because when all else is lost, we bounce back harder than ever. In 1982 I was still at school. I watched this war unfold on t.v and never doubted that we would win. A few years later, I was a British infantryman.
Modest, razor sharp, grounded with a deep respect for his men. A proper officer.
The time between now and The Falklands War is 37 years, which is the same time between WW2 and The Falklands War.
Deplorable D wow...
You expecting another
Falklands wasn't a war
@@winstonchurchill5731 Hello Winston, glad you showed up. Yes by your standards, I am sure it was nothing kore than a skirmish. Please do resurrect yourself and come back and clear this lot out.
@@deplorabled1695 Is this clear enough for you.... Falklands was a conflict NOT a war
The Atlantic Conveyor was lost through enemy action, and it was carrying much logistical equipment to support the advance over land. The country was blessed to have a leader like this, and also the sheer grit and determination of British ground troops who advanced regardless of the losses and at great personal cost to secure victory.
A gentleman and a true national treasure .
How that man is not knighted is beyond me. Sir nick Clegg, sir kier starmer. Ffs
Totally agree with you mate ,how the hell did Nick Glegg get a knighthood ,it’s a joke ,
@@busterruff9369 He got it for services to treachery.
Well said! Makes a bloody mockery of the system. Sir Lewis Hamilton.........my arse!
Gary, he's my mother's next-door neighbour (my mother went out with one of his contemporaries), his actions speak louder than any "Prince Harry Bauble"!
Sir Jimmy Saville etc,
this man pinned a medal on me 1983... now, this was simply a " i was there campaign medal" however, it was a nice moment having my parents watching .
There's only one Pierre. Hi my old grot oppo....Rory
@@blooflame1846 bluenose boy?
Being a grandson,son & nephew of Gurkhas my uncle as he was deployed in Falklands war told me that as soon as their regiment stepped their fresh boots on the island the Argentines surrendered, he wasn't sure how war would ve turned if they had continued the battle but he was 100%sure that Gurkhas would ve bagged more VCs in their names.
My dad always described Gurkhas as "honourable, fearless little fighting men". He had a lot of respect for them and talked about them with great fondness as he fought alongside them in WW2.
Not true, the Gurkhas were not used. The battle for Mount William was their objective, but was not required
@@mindyourownbusinessfattyArgentines surrendered so they were not used
Gurkhas the best jungle fighters in the world bar none yanks on exercise with gurkhas gurkhas hve night attack sneaked into yanks camp created havocand left wasn't until next morn yanks realised they had been attacked
0:16
Man: Thank you very much for joining us...
General: *PLEASURE*
Nothing else...
Whats wrong with what he said?
& he's a Brexiteer too. Top man.
@@stoufer2000 The Price Of Everything, The Value Of Nothing
@@stoufer2000 our economy is going stronger than Germany's.
@@stoufer2000 Such a boomer statement.
@@herebyhereby2874 not really its flat at the moment little or no growth
@trident3b Like Paddy Ashdown was, you idiot?
Thank you for posting this interview. Much respect to the general and to the men who retook the Falklands.
What an incredible man. Thank you.
Three Cheers for the General🍻
Hooray
Hooray!
Hooray
You can just imagine the Sargent Major shouting "Get off the effing skyline you effers, the effing war isn't over yet ". There is something very humorous about listening to profanity in queens English. 7:56.
That was RSM Mal Simpson. Great bloke
@Tim Webb Oops .
@joe jitsu So the French have similar fighting skills as the Italians then ?
An MG who forgets not to silhouette. That's why the highest rank in the army is the RSM and the army with the best Seargent's is always the best army.
Such is General Julian's modesty and competence that he is happy to tell the story against himself. A great man, 89 this year.
Saviour men like him while you can. The new breed of Sandhurst officers have to pass a diversity and equality exam before they get a commission. Long gone are the days of our " mad dog Kelly" & "killer Carlson" officer class.
The sad reality is, our british and american soldiers can barely kill an armed insurgent without a lengthy judicial inquiry let alone kill a friendly officer and get away with it.
I googled 'mad dog Kelly' because of this comment.....and, WOW!!!
It all comes from one source and can be found throughout the west. It will lead to war.
@25052647 You do realise how boring and sad you sound. carry on drinking and felling sorry for yourself.
General Julian is not a Sandhurst officer - not army. He is a Royal Marines officer.
A true hero and really brave rather than Philip (sore arse) schofield.
BENTLEYQUAMP 😂😂😂 hilarious comment , you are right why is it brave to come out as gay ! No bravery about it . When I seen the news about sore ass schofield , all those people fawning etc makes me sick to be honest , when there are people in the services who are deployed all over the world and get no coverage like that ass bandit !
Never understand why anyone has to tell anyone who they fancy,not anything I need to get on with my life,but I would want to know if anyone liked kids,then I could shoot them
@@chrisjones3901 wtf you would kill people who like kids??? wtf is wrong with you
@@imedi
I think he meant paedophiles.....shooting is too good for them
@@rosalindfox7873 Theres Special forces members throughout the world who are actively defending us from world wide terrorist groups as we speak none of these men ever get mentioned as they are not allowed to be mentioned
The biggest battle on the Falklands was Wireless Ridge 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment and we was the first regiment to fly the Union Jack in Stanley. Official.
He tried to stop 2 Para getting into Pt Stanley first (as they did do) by seeing 2 Para marching into Stanley and ordered them to stop and go firm. Para Regt was of the opinion that he did this ONLY to make them wait and let the marines in first so they could get the bragging rights of taking Stanley. 2 Para were having none of it and went in well ahead of the marines and claimed the prize...2 Para, first to land (except SAS/SBS) first to fight (Goose Green Darwin) and the only unit to fight TWO major battles. Well done the boys.
God bless the Royal Marines. Im very appreciative of their skill set and what they achieved. As Margaret thatcher said Thankyou particularly to the Royal marines! Pivotal to our success
@@mikedeacon9162 And Maggie was given a Para Beret which she placed in in a small glass cabinet with the inscription "In case of war, Break Glass". And BTW, she did NOT say "and particularly to the Royal Marines" so don't lie sweety. She said "And the Royal Marines".
@@peterstubbs5934 Grow up sweetie!
@@holmenkollen10 Explain spunkbreath?
@@peterstubbs5934 Your moronic request says all I need to know about you!
BZ' s Sir thank you.
We still have the BBC giving comfort to the enemy..
Buy his book “no picnic” .... utterly brilliant.
Thank You Sun..Another great Interview....God Bless..
The world could do more with gentlemen like Major General Thompson...
Brilliant, thanks for posting.
'No picnic' by Thompson is possibly one of the best book's about modern war ever written. Read it about 4 times through the years. Still occasionally open it an read 4-5 random pages. A must read for any NCO, junior officer as well as senior one...
A GREAT GREAT Man Sir Julian, the very reason we are trained with such precision ❤️
Hard to believe it has been 37 years; for sure I am getting old.
A true British leader. Salutations and thanks for getting the job done.
Absolutely awesome thank you
If you like this video I suggest you read General Thompson's book on Dunkirk. It is a great read and a real eye opener.
The moment Britain became Great again 🇬🇧💪🏻
Respect from Argentina.
God bless this man and the UK
As a Falklands veteran ex-para. Julian Thompson did not commit his Royal Marines troops to the major land battles. He used the Paras and Army while his marines were kept back only to be engaged with minor incursions, such as the virtually unopposed, Mount Kent and Two Sisters. They were commited to Mount Harriet where they used the full force of the limited naval heavy ammunition to pound the mountain before walking forward, they lost one man. This is opposed to the Battles for Goose Green, Mount Longdon, Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, all were the most difficult objectives and had virtually no Naval gun support.
When the cease fire came he ordered all army units to stand fast while he wanted to chopper the Royal Marines from the rear, to fly over the army and claim they were the first into Stanley, thus liberating the Islands. 2 Para including my small section were having none of this and tabbed off Wireless Ridge past Moody Brook and were the first into Stanley while the Royal Marines were still in the rear echelon safe zone.
When the return home came, he cleared all the army ranks off the ships at Ascension and packed the Canberra with Royal Marines who sailed in to an hero's welcome, while the army flew into the virtually silent Brize Norton. But every single Para and other army rank who were there knew who recovered the Falklands and it wasn't the Royal Marines.
Thank you for your service and bravery.🇬🇧
We have all watched heroes like this age over the years , in all the documentaries, you see him on the older videos , then progressing through the ranks , like some of the corporals come on now as captains
what a brilliant video, Major General Julian Thompson doesn't get the credit from the public that he should.
Memories that will remain with all of us.
My dad Robert Wright wasn't picked. His platoon took tumbledown hill. BraveScotts guards
What about the Gurkhas?
tell us all about the Gurkas david
They're under the British military
An admirable man. He very ably led his enlarged brigade during the campaign. He should have been made Commandant General of the Royal Marines.
Still love this guy
what a great Man. as a non military person like others we thought of top brass as donkeys leading Lions from well behind. the likes of Julian and Jeremy Moore, Keeble and many others proved the myth wrong. we see it all in a different light now and in particular Colonel 'H' Jones who was killed in action leading from the front. i sincerely salute you all and of course the soldiers,sailors, airmen, civilians and respect to fallen Argentians. bless all
This man has rehearsed this story well!
I wish people would stop saying the Falklands was a war , It was a conflict neither country declared war at all
Right
For those of us who served Down South it was a war. We'll leave the pedantry to armchair warriors.
Warrior. Hero.
I've just finished reading Julian Thompson's book 'Dunkirk'; an incredibly perceptive and enlightening book.
And what a task force it was 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 💯
A fascinating insight. He fails to acknowledge the enormous contribution of Chile in providing intelligence on Argentinian air force movements and in tying up some of the best Argentinian troops by deploying their own troops to the Argentine border, but perhaps he was unaware of this himself?
@tap Yes, I think it was the difference between success and failure - but it doesn't diminish the heroic achievements and sacrifice of the British Task Force
@tap The British Army was forced to surrender twice in Buenos Aires,and in then there was a failed attempt to
Navigate the Parana river but quite a number of people of British origin found a new life here,and were and are part of our national history.
We have this issue,but once this is done ,we have a long way to go toghether.
Perhaps he was just being discreet.
The USN at the time said it could never be done. They were wrong.
The British Army and Royal Air Force leadership also thought recovering the islands could not succeed. Only the Royal Navy and Royal Marines leadership told Mrs Thatcher it could be done.
I salute you Major General Julian Thompson !!!
Julian Thompson my guilty secret crush of 1982
This guys a legend
CAN YOU IMAGINE MR THOMPSON COMMANDING A MODERN DAY AFGHAN LAND BATTLE ? THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE HIM ANYMORE ! SEEING THE COMMANDER BALLS DEEP IN THE BATTLE IS QUITE RARE NOW
The finest CO I had and certainly a great General.
40 77-early 79
The men on the ground, the air, the ships won this conflict, as well as this man.
His last statement sums it up.
Harrier, sea control and better trained won the war.
Thanks for this O/P.
This is the man who wrote "No Picnic" right?
Better to leave it to the many documentaries already done, he's in most, & when he was a lot younger.
Is it possible to have the contact details of this great military officer?
God bless the Royal Marines. Im very appreciative of their skill set and what they achieved. As Margaret thatcher said Thankyou particularly to the Royal marines! Pivotal to our success
@ mike deacon. Respect to the marines but if you research the conflict properly it was the Paras who stole the show. First in as always. “It was the Paras war “ British journalist as 2 para marched into Stanley !!!!
Recently General Julian Thompson was interviewed by an Argentinian journalist Mr. Nicolas Kasanzew, with very good answers by the interviewee. I don't know if Mr Thompson was aware that this journalist was the man who applauded and screamed hysterically in a TV show in Argentina with private Ledezma who narrated how he shot dead Mr Thompson's friend, Liutenant Colonel H. Joens........really despicable.
Yes, I saw that TV show on UA-cam, terrible, all the Argentinian veterans laughed at the British dead in the war without any respect.
Kasanzew is a bitter weasel of a man who gets worse with age. I've jousted with him a few times.
Present Arms
COME ON ENGLAND!! 🏴
Lol say that to the lads that took tumbledown
People tend to forget that the US would ve never accepted a defeat of a NATO army by a third rate one... The effects on the Cold War with the USSR would ve been absolutely devastating...
Perhaps, but what's your point?
Jack Smith that the UK victory was never in question, sooner or later...
@@varovaro1967 I've already accepted that "perhaps" you're right on this point. However, I'm still not sure why you decided to argue a political point here, when the video wasn't about that.
Jack Smith because of the title of the video, like there was a possible outcome besides victory...
@@varovaro1967 You forget that your foreign minister, Kirkpatrick, wanted the US to side with Argentina
a top bloke
the most effective and competent senior officer during the war
Along with Commodore Michael Clapp I'd say.
@@lestermay5878 he was also good
Autogenerated texting translated “Argentine Air Force” into “alternative Ryan Air Force”. Seems legit😂😂😂😂
What is the size of the Royal Navy now, compared to 1982?
Less than half the size. Many better weapons though.
I wouldn’t say he was “behind it”. He was one of a number of senior leaders.
he was by far the most competent senior officer
8000 miles from home against a larger force and the British won with no proper air cover against a larger air force a incredible victory a larger land force ,fact
The new C.O. of 2 Para the other one had been killed! Couldn’t even remember Colonel H Jones posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross???
Makes you wonder about the complaining about building the QE class carriers. Have people got such short memories?
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The Sea Harriers performed splendidly, but the tragedy is that the British did not have the means to establish total air dominance. Most of the British deaths were due to this weakness.
An absolute hero 🇬🇧🇫🇰
Top man like 👍👍🇬🇧
British troops outnumbered 2 to 1, and just 20 Harriers against over 200 Argentine aircraft. Yet the Brits won.
so the tird bigest fleet in the world won a naval war that is not so amaising
@@anuvisraa5786 We didn't send the whole fleet though... only a small force lol
Wrong, we never had 200 aircraft ,not even half that number!
You can check with Jane's......
And exept for the Navi's Super etendarts most were 25,30 years old fighter bombers.
@@zenonlopezwallace568 : Extract from Wikipedia: ''By the best estimates, Argentina had about 240 planes when the war broke out. About half of those were posted in the interior and along the Chilean border.[8] The long distances from their bases prevented them from using their top speed or they risked running out of fuel.[9][n 1] Although the Argentines had more aeroplanes than the British Task force, a good number of them were Pucara turboprops.[10][n 2] Also, the A-4 Skyhawk force were dependent on the two available KC-130 tankers, limiting the amount of aeroplanes that could attack simultaneously.[11]'' The Harrier wasn't exactly new either, having been around since the 1960s, though the Sea Harrier version used in the war was introduced in 1980.
Argentina has not arm tecnologhis..
There were warning signs that the Argentinian army would invade. Three weeks before the invasion, Argentina withdrew millions of pounds of assets from London/UK banks, ordered thousands of Falkland Island maps from the UK MOD, upgraded their sea borne and aircraft missiles. All this was from a Privy council report.
A great military feat my the British military, but it's a pity so many people died over greed over a little island
I'm not following you mate? What was greed?
Britt52 Mclean greed by the Argentina junta using military force to claim back the islands,and greed by the British for having them in the first place,but that's a historical question from Britain from days gone by. As I said it was a great military feat just to even organise it in such a short time ,it's sad though so many young people died over the greed of Argentina s junta's greed
Darren Roche I don’t think protecting the democratic rights of the Falkland Islanders is greed.
The Oracle it was greed ,all wars are started by greed
The English like to forget that Australians, new Zealanders,
Canadians helped out to in those wars. The English tried taking credit for everything. But this one a hero. 🌹
The British haven't forgotten their Commonwealth Brothers.
@@peteredwards338 sometimes I think they do.
@Justin Time how about when Australia needed help in WWII England said they where to busy with Hitler to Care what happened to Australia. So Australia had to look to America for help. Or 16,000 Australians had to surrender to the Japanese in Singapore. Cause England refused to send backup. When they sent to battleships they were sunk. The man who surrendered the Australians went to work for Japan. 🤔
The Australians helped by demanding their sailors on board British ships be returned home post haste...
@@shannonvilandre8349 Australia was never going to be invaded by Japan, not defending Australia was the right decision, it would have been an evil thing to kill people in Europe, taking away active military units engaged in war, to make Australians feel safer with a notional and unused defence capability when providing no defence had the effect of allowing them to be useful in another theater. Singapore was guarded by a garrison of eighty thousand men, the Japanese captured documents suggesting they could not be defended and they attacked on that basis, which was catastrophic.
One of 4 people
It’s never mentioned but some of our boys where tortured and cut to pieces buy the Argentines the SAS replied in kind but still it seems never mentioned some of the sick stuff that was commited in this conflict. The only ones to blame was the Argentines in political office they should have known better people didn’t need to die.
Argentina is near. Well be back.
Good luck with that
...as tourists. This is not Poland, 1939 Gottfried. Are you fantasising you'll be back with an Einsatzgruppen?
Out of curiosity, what did your great-/grandfather Eichebaum do in WWII that required him to flee with his family to Argentina? Or do I need to check with the Simon Wiesenthal Center?
Dream on my friend!
Have you registered the appalling state of Argentina's economy and of its Armed forces? You couldn't even try these days.
what's the big ooh ha because of defence cuts Argentina almost took the falklands .
@tittlemouse92 your missing the point thatcher's government made huge defence cuts around the Falklands in the early 1980s and Argentina almost won the battle for the falklands .
I love being British
Yet you know nothing of the suffering and brutality of your imperialist invasions have had on the hole planet it's insane how you people can whitewash the fact you have directly responsible for tens of millions of deaths, the rape and pillage of wealth and resources on an unthinkable scale knowledge will set you free
@@joemoody7440 ...owww shut up with your vitriolic biased remark. You make me laugh at the thought that we don't know about our own imperial past. Of course we are also the sole global culprits aren't we....zzzzz. Go away and play with the traffic if you can't come out with something original and cognitive!
@@outlawcatcher1 " vitriolic biased remarks"? Haha the truth is unpalatable for your ilk! Never mentioned the British empire was the only barbaric imperialist war machine it just happens to be the the biggest and most brutal of them! You cant deny your history of oppression don't get mad when people point this out when talking about British military operations over five thousand miles from your country
@@outlawcatcher1 I would like to think a lot of young British people now understand waging wars around the world is detrimental to humanity causing perpetual conflict so maybe starting to learn the wrongs of the past
@@joemoody7440 ....like I said nothing new, nothing cognitive. Just a biased subjective slant on world imperial history.
Sgt Majors....are the same the World over....LOL....
Sgt Maj..."Get off the ridge you EFFERS your giving away our positions"
Major General...."oh right....sorry Sgt. Major"
an ei
Go to South America and the Weathers worse than Blackpool
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The Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands, rightfully belong to Argentina for several reasons. Firstly, before they were under Spanish control, Argentina had already declared its independence from Spain and had fought many years of armed struggle against its armies. As a result, Argentina has the right to claim any possessions that belonged to Spain, since the islands were part of the viceroyalty territory that inherited the United Provinces.
Secondly, the Malvinas are an integral part of Argentina's territory and form a fragment of the Tierra del Fuego province. The situation represents a clear example of colonialism, which involves powerful states appropriating territories of weaker or newer nations.
Thirdly, the United Kingdom's claim to the Malvinas is illegitimate since it usurped the islands when Argentina was already an independent and sovereign nation with dominion over them. Furthermore, the British cannot argue that the islands were empty or in a legal limbo.
Fourthly, the Malvinas are located within the submarine platform of the South Atlantic, in the Argentine Continental Sea, and are a natural extension of Patagonia. This geographical reality further strengthens Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the islands.
Fifthly, England accepted the sovereignty of the islands to Argentina in the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1825. This agreement is an unequivocal recognition of Argentina's claim to the Malvinas.
Sixthly, no other nation in the world can present better titles than Argentina for its possession and dominion over the islands. Argentina has always claimed the Malvinas and has never accepted their usurpation, and as such, the British are not in possession of any documents proving their dominion or Argentina's renunciation of its claim.
Seventhly, England did not protest the acts of possession, national affirmation, and sovereignty fulfilled in the Malvinas by the frigate Heroína in 1820 and by the brig Belgrano in 1825, nor the enactment of the Buenos Aires law on the hunting of amphibious animals on the Patagonian coasts and adjacent islands.
Eighthly, England did not oppose the exploitation and fishery contracts signed by the Argentine government with the merchant Jorge Pacheco and his partner Luis Vernet, who became the first governor of the Malvinas. Pacheco signed the contract in 1823, and Vernet in 1828.
Ninthly, there are still toponymic and folkloric relics of the ancient Argentine domain in the Malvinas. For example, the Creole names of many places and all the coats and implements of horses.
Lastly, the act of surrender of the Argentine Port on June 14, 1982, the agreements debated in Spain as of October 17, 1989, and the declaration (or treaty) of Madrid of February 15, 1990, did not close the debate regarding national sovereignty over the Malvinas. On November 5, 1982, the United Nations declared that the question of sovereignty should be resolved through negotiations and urged the parties to do so.
In conclusion, the Malvinas rightfully belong to Argentina, and its claim to sovereignty over the islands is based on solid historical, geographical, and legal grounds.
No, this is completely untrue on many counts, and ignores a great swathe of rather inconvenient history:
1) The Falklands were never truly Spanish (in fact, Spain only ever claimed East Falkland) and Argentina didn't exist until July 1816: the Spanish had left the Falklands in 1811 never to return, but the UK still held a full and valid claim of Original Sovereignty. The claim that "Argentina had the right to claim any possessions that belonged to Spain" is completely untrue... where do you stop? Peru? Tenerife? Spain itself? The United Provinces that came into being in 1816 were nowhere near the Falklands. This simply doesn't hold up anywhere.
2) You raise two points: firstly that the Falklands are supposedly Argentine because they're near to you... well at 300 miles they're not that near, and they were 1,100 miles from the original United Provinces. In fact, Argentina only expanded southwards to within 300 miles by colonialism and invasion and annexation of Patagonia. Saying that your colonialism brought your country closer to someone else's colonialism is ridiculous. However, when the Falklands were first British, nobody owned them, nobody had claimed them... nobody had even definitely discovered them. We did all of that, centuries before Argentina existed.
3) France usurped our Falkland Islands, Spain illegally bought their settlement, then Spain left... in 1824, in preparation for being recognised as a new state by the UK, Argentina issued a full list and description of all lands, borders, boundaries, islands, longitudes and latitudes it claimed: this did NOT include the Falklands, and the extremity of all claimed Argentine territory was on the 41st parallel south, on the line of the Rio Negro.... 1,100 miles from the Falklands. Argentina was accepted as such and the Treaty of Friendship signed in 1825. Then in 1829 Argentina raised its flag over a private settlement in an act of usurpation which was instantly protested by the UK. There was no legal limbo: the only standing claim was the original one. They were British.
4) Geographical proximity and continental shelves re no basis for any claim in sovereignty law. Every attempt to claim this with UNCLOS or the ICJ has seen the case overruled and thrown out. In short, this is irrelevant.
5) As above, it was Argentina that accepted it did not own or claim the Falklands in the 1825 Treaty of Friendship, and they were accepted as such: exactly as they represented themselves. However, in 1849 Argentina did recognise UK Sovereignty in the Falklands in the Convention of Settlement, which settled all outstanding issues. From 1849-1946 Argentina issued not one formal diplomatic protest to the UK, and had recognised UK Sovereignty for 97 years. In fact, from ratification of the treaty un 1850, the islands were not mentioned once in the Argentine Congress until 1941... clearly, Argentina had given up its claims.
6) Actually, no nation in the world can claim less title to the Falklands than Argentina. Even Uruguay and France could claim better. We found them first in 1592, claimed them first in 1594 and observed all legal convention to notify all other states, we then claimed them again in 1690, they have been published in the World Atlas as British since 1700, we took Formal Possession in 1765, in 1770 Spain had put its own legal title to scrutiny and found that they had no legal title either (which is why they attacked our settlement) and Argentina can only claim from June 10th 1829 - January 3rd 1833 as a period of occupation, half of which saw the islanders in revolt against them. In fact, Argentina has zero here, whilst the UK has pretty much all legal titles one could ever need. There are five International Laws of Territorial Acquisition & Sovereignty, of which Effective Occupation of almost 200 years, and Acquisitive Prescription, apply to the UK... Argentina can claim none of these laws in its favour. There have been six ICJ Judgments and Rulings since 1971 where territorial dispute versus self determination of the people was tested: ALL SIX rules that the right to self determination applies to ALL NSGT Territories and is an enshrined and fundamental human right. In the 1995 East Timor Judgment, this was seconded by the UN International Law Commission and UN Human Rights Commission... in short, there are no legal grounds and no case law which supports Argentina either. In fact, Argentina has been invited to go to the ICJ over the Falklands and their Dependencies in 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1968 and 1982 and Argentina refused every time, because it would lose. Finally, in 2013 the Falkland Islanders voted by 99.8% for UK Sovereignty... in short, Argentina has absolutely nothing here.
7) The claim of anything happening in 1820 or 1825 is entirely spurious... Daniel Jewitt was a pirate who was washed up after a storm and a mutiny. He didn't even mention he had been to the Falklands in his detailed 13-page report and it was over a year later that anyone from Argentina even heard that he had been there... so how could anyone protest what they didn't know, over a year after it might have happened. In any case, the 1825 Treaty of Friendship resolved all of this... plus, prior to this, we had not recognised Argentina as a state, so had no diplomatic means of protesting had we wanted to.
8) If nobody tells us about a private business contract, then how are we to protest it? However, Vernet was never created "Governor" at all, and it should be remembered that he had asked British permission to begin a private venture in the Falklands, which was nothing to do with Argentina, and he even asked our permission to return in 1828 after his venture failed. Until 1829, Vernet flew the British flag (his brother's diary records it being raised with a stirring rendition of "God Save the King") and sent back regular reports to the British Ambassador Woodbine Parish, in Montevideo, on his progress.
9) The name of a mountain and the coat of a horse...? You think this is sovereignty? The Falkland Islanders have always been a mix of many races, and actually, Uruguayan was the most common nationality there from first settlement, plus Chilean and mixed Spanish and South American, British, German and French, so a polyglot language and use of terms emerged... this is all. Nothing to do with Argentina.
10) The Argentine surrender in Port Stanley on June 14th addressed only a military situation, and was not designed as a political tool. The 1989 Madrid Accords ended the state of conflict and allowed both nations to move forward under the Sovereignty Umbrella Agreement which satisfied UN Resolution 2065. Indeed, from that day to this, the UN General Assembly has issued not one resolution on the Falklands dispute, suggesting that they are happy with the outcome.
In conclusion, Argentina has no grounds on which to claim any sovereignty whatsoever in the Falklands on any historical or legal grounds whatsoever, and cannot overrule or ignore the enshrined and inalienable right to self determination established in the UN Charter and UN Resolutions 1514/1541 as well as all standing ICJ Case Law. The law and history say that the Falklands are British today, as always.
Why this type of episode now?
Because soon he'll be dead and its a bit of History.
40th anniversary last year.
10:41 jajaja
Malvinas argentinas
Was going to write something sensible here but realised it's the sun
Do you spend all day trolling ?
Viva peron carajo
Top man. We need more like him for our present conflicts that are within our island. Our girls tortured and raped all across Britain in their thousands even as we speak and no-one seems to give a toss. Government report to be suppressed apparently.
I heard recently on a UA-cam doc. that when further cuts were planned to the military in the early 80's experts came to the conclusion that a small war with Argentina would convince the politicians to value our military.