Im from Argentina and a veteran of the war came to give a talk to my school. He said that the british treated them better than their generals. When they went back to Argentina, they even sung beatles songs with the english
My mate was in this landing. left the war with shrapnel wound and 3 bullet holes in him. he comited suicide in 2003 after years of drug abuse. R.I.P. war goes on in the minds of soldiers until they take the long sleep!
More non-military people do drugs than veterans. It's more likely that your mate was just your average useless fuckup who turns to drugs when life gets a bit hard. War didn't make him a fuckup. He just delayed the inevitable by a few year.s
Hanne Catton im telling ya, amazing bravery, i was honored to meet Sam salt he was a captain on h m s Sheffield,, to become a rear admiral ,he was still feeling responsible and guilt over the 20 lads that died, he wouldn't accept its war he did his best the shiny sheff, as it was known was one of the happiest ships in the fleet, a young vibe they watched the exorcett come right in and braced themselves at 30 feet on the bridge,, amazing bravery, many where in tears including sam when they abandoned her, , i had a dam good go in 2005 to convince him he was very much loved and everyone on board wanted and loved to sail with him,, but i really think he had convinced himself he was somehow at fault and should of been the first to die, shame at least he didn't do what many others did and commit suicide, r. I. P sam legend
It's a common excuse of Argentinians that their soldiers were 'all' 18 years of age and we brutal British pirates killed their innocent diaper wearing children. The amount of times I had to remind them that the British army has serving 18 year olds and the Royal Navy had serving 17 year olds and they perform as expected.
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo Oh no here in Latin America in them days the military, din't ovey the laws. Hell it is still bad there, but really mate, in Guatemala for example during the civil war both sides took in kids that young. Google it mate.
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo .No worries mate. I have a conscription here in the USA but they nevered called thank God, I would hate to go to war except if they gave me an exceptional job like piloting satelites or airplanes. I respect the military, but all it is, is murder killing. Not my style, I like to make money, preferbably easy money, not doing well in that area either, but I am trying. Plus I am old now 41. jjajjajjajjajjajajja
@@elvis1530 you obviously don't understand war. In a war ships cam be sunk, its tragic but you can't claim its criminal in a war. In a war islands are defended and invaded. South Americans can't fight very well so they couldn't defend the islands and now the rightful owners live there. You need to deal with that and stop posting comments like a child.
I will never forget watching the tv as events unfurled. Some things were shown on tv that were uncensored, only to be censored for later viewing. A friend of mine was a Royal Marine at the time and was there. When it felt appropriate, I would chat with him about his experiences. He was fairly open with me. While at work, on assignment, we had occasion to spend a few nights in an hotel. He had a disturbed sleep. Fourteen to fifteen years after the War, he had dreams about it and probably still does. He was shouting 'Take cover! Incoming!' and 'Grenade!' in his sleep and didn't recall it in the morning. I mentioned it to his wife and she said it often happened. I only hope that ex-Serviceman get more help now than they did in the past. Well done Gentleman of all Services. I'll not name my brave friend, but anyone that knows me well, will know him.
my great granddad had four years in the fields of flanders 1914/18. how do you think he went on after hostilities ended? and these lads had just a few weeks of it. makes me want to scream, compared to my Grandad they don't know what war is. fact.
I do think that is a little unfair. War is War and the chance of you getting killed exists whichever War you are in. It is difficult to compare Wars following the Great War as tactics changed (fortunately). My friend said that he literally shit himself when he first came under fire in the Falklands. I'm sure that he is still suffering now. Read Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger a WW1 German soldier. Try to get an early translation (mine is from 1929) as later versions were sanitised. It is the best book that I have read regarding the conditions the soldiers lived and died in.
El señor Gallegos, Si usted va a hacer un comentario al menos tratar de evitar deletrear errores. Hay muchos sitios disponibles a usted para disminuir la posibilidad de usted apareciendo ignorante. Su pena sobre la defensa de territorio británico, fue causada por su Junta dirigente entonces. Ellos causaron más pérdidas a su gente que los Británicos. ¿Cuántos del los desaparecido están allí? Aproximadamente treinta mil. Mr Gallegos, If you are going to make a comment at least try to avoid spelling mistakes. There are many sites available to you to lessen the chance of you appearing ignorant. Your grief about the defence of British territory, was brought about by your ruling Junta at the time. They caused more losses to your people than the British did. How many of the disappeared are there? About thirty thousand.
I joined the Royal Marines as a musician but went to the war as part of the medical squadron on a cruise ship Canberra. I wrote a book about my war experience called 'The Band That Went To War'.
@@liampowers4303 i hope you enjoy it, people seem to be liking it. If you are in the UK and want a signed copy then message me or find me on Face book.
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina. Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias. BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
@peter smithereens Por defender lo propio no es ser cabeza lavada, solo se que luchamos con el Reino Unido( Inglaterra, Gales y Escocia) , que recibió apoyo logístico de USA ( satélites y misiles,etc) , y toda la informacion que recibían de Chile . tal vez fuimos cabezas lavadas porque no permitimos que nadie participe en apoyo directo hacia nosotros . Me siento orgullosos de nuestros soldados por haber luchado en inferioridad de material y tecnologia.
I am from Nepal My grandfather is a Gurkhali served for her majesty queen Elizabeth in world war 2 He was also a part in the folk land war . Proud to be a Gurkha Royalty and Loyalty in my DNA.
I think this account by British veteran Tony Banks sums up just how bloody this war was: "The Falklands War was short, sharp and very nasty. The fighting I experienced as a young soldier in the Parachute Regiment was, at times like something out of World War I. We fought at close quarters, clearing trenches of Argentinian troops with bayonets and grenades. I saw close friends killed and mutilated, crying for their mothers as the life ebbed from them. I witnessed wounded and badly burned men writhing, screaming in agony. But I was a Para - a tough guy in one of the toughest units in the British Army - and all that death and destruction did not bother me. Or so I thought."
In some documentary I one watched a British soldier was asked what he thought of the war. His answer? "Well, the Argies barged in and we're here to kick them out."
@@TomFynnIt cost the British a lot the same thing, a very serious mistake of the Argentine armed forces was that the three naval forces, aviation and army functioned independently, by internal deputies of the military junta, only to see that the Argentine army surrendered and The air force wanted to continue fighting.
@dystopianfuture1165 What? Just because we don't suffer 60,000 casualties from a war in the jungle that we have no right being in, does that make those deaths invalid?
RIP HMS Sheffield, HMS Coventry, HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope. As well as ARA General Belgrano. There were brave men on both sides who were injured and killed. How many millions of good men have died thanks to the politician who sent them to their graves. 🇬🇧🇦🇷
@nigelpilgrim4232 sir galahad too. Sir tristram nearly a gonner too the same day but was towed back home. The list of ships damaged was shocking. I doubt anyone thought before how bad things could get for the royal navy.
I remember my older brother who served watching this documentary and pointing out.. "he's dead, he lost his eyes, he lost his arm, he lost his legs, dead, dead, dead, wheelchair.."
My brother in law fought in the Falklands! He was a medic! Somehow he had a letter that a young Argentinian soldier wrote to his mother before diying! He brought it to my mother who is Italian! She read it and burst into tears! Not even today after all these years did I know what that young soldier wrote to his mother!
Argentina combatio bien inglaterra le ayudaron varios y encima no le trajeron el material de francia que argentina compro y pago .ASI CON ESAS RESTRICCIONES ESE EMBARGO LO PERJUDICO A ARGENTINA SINO SERIA OTRA HISTORIA.
@@anaclaralopez1064 Argentina jamás hubiera ganado esa guerra, simplemente la hubiera alargado. Hace poco se desclasificaron archivos que confirman la presencia de armamento nuclear en el Atlántico Sur, pudimos haber terminado mucho peor.
im argentinian and the english treat argentinian prisioners better than how argentinian officers treat there own men this wast a stupid war god bless both countries Subscribe to my channel
You sir are correct, too many young men from both nations needlessly lost their lives over the egotistical meanderings of your Military Junta in period.
regfenster yhea thanks god we did not win other wise more years for the military dictator ship and more suffering when we lose democracy came back some times you have to lose to be a winner
It is people such as yourself that will build a better Argentina, and you do deserve a better Argentina, there are a few Falkland war documentaries when former enemies have actually met up, both sides have nothing but the utmost respect for one another. It goes to show that we are not really enemies as those combatants are now good friends. Much can be said for the comments section of UA-cam as it attracts the most vile of keyboard warriors hiding behind their computers and tablets. I personally know a former member of the Parachute regiment that served as a teenager during the conflict, to this day he still bears the scars of that war as do many from both sides, he now is in his mid 50's and will go to his grave with the ghosts hunting him to his last breath.
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina. Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias. BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
They took an enormous chance when they carried out this landing but they didn't shrink from it. Once those British Marines and Paras were ashore, it was virtually certain that Britain was going to win. The British have fought everybody. For centuries. They've experienced great victories and terrible defeats, they've won & lost, they know what works and what doesn't, and why Argentina's leaders thought the UK was going to lay down for this is a mystery...
Britain today is an absolute shithole. You can get arrested for making a joke or criticizing Islamic rape gangs. Even the Police are terrified of dealing with minority groups because our alt-left government will end their careers in the blink of an eye. I could get arrested just for making this comment. Our fucking Prime Minister made it illegal for cops to chase people on mopeds, now we have fucking moped gangs roaming around immune to the law, I want to get out of this fucking hell hole.
All 3 of you below me are exactly right, I just try not to talk about it anymore because it fills me with too much negativity, it's bad for the brain and I'm sure things'll only get worse in years to come, (what can we do?) so I try not to dwell on it anymore. It eats away at you, the more you learn. "islam is a peaceful religion", "Islam isn't misogynistic", "islam is tolerant"... If we ignore 2000+ years of documented history and current events, yes. What can we do though? If you speak out about "inconvenient truths" and try to have a voice, to open people's eyes, you'd end up like Tommy Robinson. That'll teach people to teach people things they need to know!
That;s the problem isn't it, the British have fought everybody. Maybe the Brits and the US should stop interfering and invading other nations for a change.
@@mrblack888 if the Argentine aircraft flew high enough for the bombs to fuse properly, they would have been destroyed in even greater numbers. See how the "yeah, but if" game is played? "Ifs" don't matter, just reality.
The Falkland Islands want to be British. The islands are wanted by 2 countries-- Britian and Argentina. The islanders have spoken. They want to be British. Those Argentine pilots should have stayed home and not ran so low on fuel.
They're colonial subjects. Our population, the first settlers the islands ever had, were taken prisoner or forced to leave their homes in the islands during 1833 by the British who took over our settlements and brought their own people over. The kelpers should go back to their homeland back in the British isles and leave the land to its rightful Argentine owners. Or they could stay and live under our rule instead of the rule of the Falkland Islands Company.
@@francoandres3850 The era of colonies is over. It has been since the 1960s. The Falkland islanders had a choice. They could no longer be British subjects or stay British. They chose to stay British. They live there. They made their choice. Calling them kelpers will not change matters.
+John Gilboy uk is FINISHED!...JAJajajaj Argentina never really fought there....Only the stupid brutish can believe they won.THEY WON NOTHING!ONly 450 brutish dead,1000 wounded and 3 billion pounds FOR NOTHING!
+Gerardo Alpha Don't make me laugh you imbecile. I hope you do some research on the Falklands War before you start commenting once again. I also hope you do some research on the UK vs. Argentina in modern times as well. Once you've done that, comment again and we will have a discussion.
hardly anyone remembers that the Argentines received from the Soviets satellite photos of the British moving towards the islands, as a young boy from behind the Iron Curtain I was rooting for the British. They defeated Argentina = they kicked the Soviets. Glory and memory to the heroes!
Both the Russians and Americans said it couldnt be done. They both re-routed satellites to watch us get our arses kicked and to learn what they could from it. Sorry to disappoint you boys. 2 Para 74-97.
My next door neighbors son was a radio operator on sir Galahad he told me about that terrible day one night in the pub Out of respect to. The dead I shall not elaborate God rest their souls
Those Argentine pilots appear almost fearless with such low, fast passes over hostile ships. What a shame that their courage was wasted on a lost and arguably unjust cause
That was the problem those low level bomb drops didn't allow their bombs to 'Fuse' , the likes of H.M.S Plymouth received multiple hits "by four 1000lb bombs and several cannon shells. One bomb hit the flight deck, detonating a depth charge and starting a fire, one went straight through her funnel and two more destroyed her Limbo anti-submarine mortar.,, All of the bombs failed to explode. Five men were injured in the attack.." many young men were then able to grow up into adults, return to their families embrace ... have families of their own and even grow old, thus with the passing of time unlike some of those comrades who weren't so blessed...who didn't dodge a bullet became... names were carved onto cold marble blocks ...
The entire thing is moronic on both sides. "This is our shitty island!" "No, this is our shitty island, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM OUR HOME SHITTY ISLAND." For fucks sake. The Falkland War was pathetic, like when the US was feeling bad about Vietnam and knocked over such threats to global liberty as Grenada and Panama. And Iraq...we should have let Saddam invade Saudi Arabia and just bought the oil from him. Presto, no 15 hijackers, instead they'd have been emulsified at home long before.
Well, they flew low because of fear of being hit by missiles. Had they flown higher British missiles would have shot them down! The British guns were also unable to aim as low as they would have needed to to hit them. They also tried to hit British warships because it would have been more "macho" to sink a warship than a troop carrier. When in reality the troop carriers were the more important targets!
I knew someone on Glamorgan. He got married had kids job in the bank lovely life. Someone rear ended him on the way home he cracked up couldn’t work anymore. Sad.
Absolutley amazing how those Argentinian A4's got so close soo many times with the royal navy being armed with the top of the line surface to air missles.
'They fought incredibly well'... They were literally fighting on their home front, had all the supplies they needed and had superior manpower, whereas we were 8000 miles from home, outnumbered and with little supplies. They got old schooled and you bloody well know it!
Misleading. They were at the edge of their range, with only 5 minutes of combat time to find a target and hit it before they'd have to turn around. Our aircraft were obviously able to linger for much longer.
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader of the assault grop became chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this brithis warriors, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina. Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias. BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
The war caught my imagination as I had closely followed the history and achievements of the Royal Marines and Paras. Together with the SAS, SBS Gurkhas, Scots and Welsh Guards, these were the cream of the British forces. They fought superbly under trying conditions.
Thankful that nowadays most Brits and Argies get along. Frankly both countries have good people in them. RIP those who suffered the 1982 madness made by politicians and history.
Brits were smart enough to learn from our (USA) Bay of Pigs debacle by taking out Argentine Pucara ground attack planes before the invasion so they couldn't stymie an invasion of the Falklands the way Cuba's air force spoiled ours. Also, I'm told by co-workers from Argentina who were there at the time that US reconnaissance informed Brits of some of the Argentine troops' locations and numbers. Argentine A4's had few if any range-extending external fuel tanks which limited their effectiveness--and we (USA), allied with the Brits, were not about to give them any. Even so, an amazingly good job by the Brits with fairly limited resources over an incredibly long distance (supply line). Much respect from USA.
The Vulkan bombing run was an incredible feat in and of itself too IMO. Sounded like it was doomed to begin with but the bomber got there thanks to that crazy coreographed series of mid-air refuelling meneuvers, then finding out they might not have enough fuel to get back! Anyway respect from UK. Some Brits are anti-America and want to cut ties with our 2 great nations, but screw them, we're allies!
nothing happened stupid!..some A4 were shot down as lacked of air to air missile..but others A4 were able to sink one destroyer, one frigate, 2 landing ships and severy damage 3 more frigates!
That's what happens when you don't have air-to-air missiles, radars, or just y'know, when you're flying in a place that's surrounded with enemy surface-to-air missiles pointed at you and you can't fight back because either way you'll be screwed long before you're even capable of positioning your plane. Yet despite all of that they still managed to hit the fleet, isn't that courageous?
Talyanna Tal it really was amazing job incredibly intense fighting that was like consummating a Regiment , like a relationship when they first make love, i know people that where injured and didn't want to leave the battle field,, incredibly intense, then at one minute they are killing each other and the next they are caring and triaging the argies above themselves,, and pity sets in ,, incredibly emotional and draining experience that affects s man no end, a lot are suffering today, the worst of having a Constance guess ,,
I still had two years of school ahead of me when this happened. Only saw brief clips of it on the news and when the Belgrano sank. Great shame and saddened to see it had to come to this..
I am British and can only say this .. the British army were extremely lucky to win that conflict .. they were using substandard equipment ,from standard issue boots that created trench foot .. to converted cruise ships not fit for purpose ... the tactics by senior soldiers put a lot of lives needlessly at risk .. Sir Galahad being a prime example .. and putting there entire logistical rations and ammunition on one ship (Atlantic conveyor ) .. the whole operation was pulled off by tenacious soldiers on the ground ...nothing else .
@@Martian_Productions They had plenty of time to dig in, they had Panhard armoured cars with 75mm guns that I´ve never heard of being used in action. The British were nearly out of ammunition, that was how close they were to losing, the War ended with a SAS ploy to get the Argentinian Commander to surrender, they used a Laser Guided Bombing system aimed at his office to cave in, two warning shot to show accuracy and the next was to come through his window. Game over!
A friend of my was a submariner during Falklands war and explained later that multiple Trident missiles were aimed on Cordoba, Mendoza and Buenos Aires - Argentina inminutes waiting in front of the coast. I think the Argentina did not know that this war could end in a catastrofe for them.
Oliver gorman, you need to do some research. It was Cameron who bribed votes with the promise of the referendum then lost and ran away. May only picked up the crock of shit he left behind. Cameron was the coward. At least May wont bend to the defiance of politicians who would rather ignore the majority to have only what they want.
The UK has 7-8 nuclear subs that are Tomahawk capable now, the Argentine Navy/Air bases could be targeted from 1000 miles away PS seadart/seawolf the radar systems at the time had low-level detection problems , the missiles themselves were OK
I think people don't realise how close Britain came to disaster in this war,.,they didn't think the Argentinian mirage pilots would be any problem ,however they were better than we thought.
@@lunaeng4300 No, they were cowards... You invade territory which is not yours, are confronted by the likes of the RM, Ghurkhas, Paras, SBS, SAS, and your hands went up quicker than the French national White flag!! Your comment translates to they were a load of bollocks, ie, useless cowards!!
The thing with the british forces is they accept heavy losses to get the job done, I remember not long after the usa going into beirut and suffering 300 plus casualties and almost immediately pulling out
That's why it's just sad that they think it's an insult to list our sunk or damaged ships. We honour each of their memories for fighting on bravely, taking fire and returning it, in a gallant sacrifice to protect their men and the islanders. They were sunk in the line of duty, like many great vessels in British history and they are held in our deepest esteem. More can be said about the effectiveness of their navy than ours. Sink one old cruiser and they flee.
The American politicians (George Schultz in particular) wanted the Marines to play referee in a shooting gallery in Beirut. It was one big shit sandwich. I know I was on burial detail for two fellow Marines who died there.
We didn't go there to fight. It was a mistake to go into a war zone with any other mission than kill the enemy. So we pulled out again. It's not exactly something to take pride in, taking heavy losses. The US Army takes pride in not taking heavy losses. But, yeah, if you think the reason we don't take heavy losses is that we lack the elan, valor, and spirit to do so, then perhaps you should study more history.
Well actualy... A bomb needs to be aimed, and when a ship fires a lot of lead into the sky and makes unpredictable movements it decreases accuracy of the drop. So a ship actually has a lot that it can do to increase the chance of a miss. A ship can dodge a bomb. Everything that isn't static _can_ dodge a bomb.
The narrator attributes the Royal Navy's losses to the Argentinian Air Force commanders "reckless willingness". It had much more to do with the Royal Navy's lack of effective anti-aircraft defenses.
It's not that they didn't have defenses, but circumstances, crew and system failure proved to be deadly. In one instance the SAM system wouldn't load, and since it was a fairly new system the crew wasn't familiar with how it worked. In another instance, another ship from the task force got between the launchers and the enemy attack planes, preventing it from launch. The fact the Argentine planes were flying too close to the ground proved to be another problem since radars couldn't pick up their signatures. Don't try to discredit the bravery of the Argentine Air Force and Navy by saying you lacked defense systems. Our planes lacked everything, from flares, to missiles, to radars, fuel and supersonic speeds yet they still managed to get the job done by being used in new, mortally unconventional ways.
@@francoandres3850- I would not for a moment want to discredit the bravery of the Argentine pilots. I was attempting to point out that the British narrative has usually been to deflect all criticisms instead of owning up to the fact that they had underfunded and failed to modernize the Royal Navy for decades. And that there is a real price to pay in human terms when you then ask them to go to war at the end of that process
amazing? hahahaha nothing more boring and cheesy just as most Brithiish I new.... by the way you now about foreing affaires? agentina inherited the islands from spain. GB is stealing natural and strategic resourses from the americas.- Argentinians planes were so old and badly equiped and their cause it was fare. Thats why some pleople celebrete lost of brits lifes. We are not nazi or sanginarios... When a country that is a legitimate owner of the natural and strategic resources in their sea and decide is time to end to this imperial shit and piratish, coward steal of resourses, it is time to end. Al democratic goverments of argentine did claim and still claim for this islands in UN. British military should think for a second what a heck were they doing 13300 km from home befor critizace argentinians... i dont undessttand what is amazing ...
Patapuff Argentina "agentina inherited the islands from spain" Spain was bound by the Nootka convention and was forbidden to settle the islands. The United provinces of the river plate violently revolted against their king. Usurping land is far from inheriting it. Patricide invalidates inheritance claims. The Spanish resent you traitors, you inherit only your language from proud Spain. "GB is stealing natural and strategic resourses from the americas" We have no desires on South America. ARGENTINA IS STEALING OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC RESOURCES!!!! "Thats why some pleople celebrete lost of brits lifes." You foul disgusting loser, we respected your dead and buried them with honours!!!! We treated your living well too! "We are not nazi " Some of you are! Argentina welcomed the nazis that fled Europe. "When a country that is a legitimate owner " Like the UK is over the Falklands "of the natural and strategic resources in their sea " You have no rights to the Atlantic ocean! "is time to end to this imperial shit" Britain has not been an empire for 50 years. Catch up!!! You should end your imperial desires to annex The Falklands! "Al democratic goverments of argentine did claim and still claim for this islands in UN." You only started to claim the islands in 1941. The UN holds the self determination of the islanders in much higher regard than Argentina's imperial territorial desires! "British military should think for a second what a heck were they doing 13300 km from home befor critizace argentinians" The British military and its people knew exactly what we were doing in the South Atlantic. We were removing a cowardly and brutal foreign junta from the islands that have been ours for centuries. Loyal subjects of the crown were under attack and were being oppressed by your foul junta and we had to remove you from the islands. We pretty much had global support. Only a few abstained and even fewer supported Argentina's cowardly surprise invasion! We met our objectives within a matter of months. Situation was returned to normal.
I’ve read a few comments, from argentines mostly, asking what British forces were doing in battle so far from home? I would retort that the people of the Falklands are British and therefore our forces were not very far from home at all.
We don't talk in the UN because we are content with the status quo. It is Argentina that wishes to change the status quo so the onus is on Argentina to bring a case to the ICJ.
Have you ever wondered why the Argentinians haven't taken the case to the international court of law? Because they have no case, otherwise they have to give Argentina back to the native Indians!!! The UN is political so it is only all opinion so doesn't make any difference. Think about it and your brain will show you the way!!!!!!
Franco Andrés you are right,thanks Mrs Margaret to defeate the drunker dictator Galtieri. We always remember the agresive words Tero..tero tero ..primero los Ingleses y despues los chilenos First the English and then the Chileans. 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
First modern war - eg. peer-level, state v. state level - since WW2. Watching the superb Royal Marines in their landing craft, you could be forgiven for thinking this was D-Day footage.
I always like the underdogs because they needed twice the courage that the rich guys needed . Can you imagine being a Argentinian Air Force pilot in that war, they must of had balls of steal going out there with inferior airplanes.
??? The Mirage V Dagger was a supersonic fighter-bomber. The A4 Skyhawk: whilst no longer in front-line service with the USAF was still a potent threat and was used proficiently by the Argentine Air Force; the Harrier (all variants) was not some "super aeroplane".
@@superwhitesuperbright7740 Yeah , just don't come here to the good old US of A with that attitude wi'll kick you fucking ass again! Better keep fighting super inferior countries. jajajaj Hey I heard Guatemala wants Belize back call the military, you will win I guarantee it, they only have like three tanks. And two airplanes.jajaajajajaj
@@danielwoodruffe2938 Bullshit Britain had the USA made tomahak the Argentines didn't even have radar on their airplanes, stop lying to yourself. Britain, I do respect ,because, I love that country , but they only fight third world contries, I promise Britain will always bow down to the USA, and not do what the Argentines did, fight a superior enemy!
Believe on a ship it is there is nothing you can do but hope they miss, we had an unexploded bomb on the Antrim and those hours before they got it off were terrifying
I am British ....but worked in Argentina ....I was patriotic until I read about the Ocean guardian drilling platform ...no we treated them like Zulu`s.
mars188 8000miles from U.K lines of communication was stretched harriers were there to protect the carriers hermes and invincible, as soon as belgrano was torpedoed the argie navy bottled it a fact ,if you invade a territory and the enemy comes all that way you better make sure you mean business,only the BRITS could do that they are a breed of there own.
i was only 9 years old when this conflict occurred..never quite understood what was happening exactly but i do remember an ITN reporter by the name of brent sadler reporting daily...May god bless all servicemen lost.
The Argentinians weren't even prepared to fight them on the beach. They also had to leave pretty much as soon as they learned the invasion was happening so they couldn't get too much air cover, especially with the fact they had to bring numerous helicopters.
@@buzaldrin8086 No I meant they were landing on a beach unopposed on the ground and that because of the rush they left in to take back the Falklands they didn't have very many air superiority fighters.
I remember travelling in my car when the news came on the radio about the invasion by Argentina. I did wonder at the time if we could go and take them back but my goodness, we really do have a gift for war and gifted warriors.
I have to give respect to British soldiers who fought this war, America has won some like the Iraq War but the British had been fighting wars much longer than the US did
There were 3 alternative sites identified as landing sites. They chose this one because of the Falkland Sound, and they felt it would have protected them from submarines. The real threat was aircraft. Don't know what the alternative sites were, but if they were on eastside of island, I'm sure they would have been out of range from the Argentine Airforce.
Just as well the landings were unopposed: the casualties could have been dreadful. Pity the Rapier didn't perform well; very strange for a system supposed to be a battlefield weapon, just not robust enough. For static air defence (at an airfield etc.), it would have performed better, I'm sure.
There is a story that during the first days of the Falklands War the Rapier systems were still in ``Training Mode´´ . Could be a legend but I believe it could have happened, If soldiers are involved, anything can happen!
Chile beams in South America!! (for good, not for what Argentina would...) and not only with flashes but with a big light which rises us on top of the Andes, by the way, the Union Jack is seen from here, and I can see it waves beautifully, as much as my Chilean flag waves over the continent!!!!!!!! I'm so proud of my country, of my people, of my friends overseas, they all know what we are made of, the courage and bravery of our ancestors, nobody has defeated us ever.
Le decís a ese argentino que sea humilde... ¿Y este comentario, es humilde? Es increíble lo fácil que es para algunos ver la paja en el ojo ajeno, ¿no? Seguí soñando, amigo.
+MrSixiesRock FUCKING ENGLISH generation boats, sunk by the Argentina Air Force. And more than 50 aircraft shot down ??? The English government is afraid to tell the truth? Without the help of NATO and the UN any child anything, cowards. PS: Find out what your government hides Until 2072 all the casualties they suffered in combat, even unwilling to admit his inferiority in combat Wide. The funniest thing is that we just leave them ships, planes, helicopters and return to island Do pathetic .... And suffer 255 casualties throughout the war and Jajajajajaja They believe the what. Only by adding the casualties suffered by England in their boats sum of 800 dead ... As more who died on land and air Easy they suffered the low of 1029 characters and 2000 wounded. They surrendered 11,000? That's silly. Two battalions surrendered due to the lack of link officers had an official sub. With that comment of surrender, clearly he knew you had no fucking idea what you're saying. Because they were well trained? with that justifies nothing. His soldiers were so well premiered in a dirty attempt to harass the Argentina "Admiral Hermes Quijada" Naval Base. Concluded with a Sea King helicopter English burned in Punta Arenas, Chile. They were so well trained that he could not land in Rio Grande with the submarine HMS Onyx and were repelled by the destroyer ARA Bouchard. A few days later, another failure with another Sea King. They were so well trained that the first landing was a big strategic failure. Ended with the result of the sinking of HMS Ardent, and the breaking of ships HMS Argonaut, HMS Broadsword, HMS Plymouth, HMS Antrim, HMS Brilliant. Two Harrier aircraft destroyed four helicopters destroyed. It is said that at least May 21 had at least 300 dead. Ovbiamente said his country will miraculously died only 20 LOL They were so well trained that his sailors with boats of last generation, could not practically nothing against the old planes that had Argentina. At lower levels, Argentina dominated the skies. Britain could never find a Hercules refueling aircraft. They were so well trained that destroys a submarine Argentino English. And there are many more things that I have no desire to. And you say that miraculously got 255 dead, because they are well trained. You are a broken face. Clearly that is not justified as a obtained only 255. It is a lie, invented his government. You can not defend the indefensible. PS: Half of Argentine casualties are the ARA General Belgrano, with 323 of their dead crew. It was cowardly sunk by his country, as he retreated from outside the contest area established. You realize, losses can have a boat hit by a bomb? His shameful believe their country got only 255 are actually dead when more than 1,000 dead and 2,000 wounded English.
I'm not even going to bother reading all that crap you posted, But argentina lost because their military was not match for the mighty British forces. Suck it up and admit you got your ass handed to you. Even from a country that was so far away, They still managed to kick your ass.Argentina pais blanco y ario de latinoamerica.
I wonder how things would have turned out if the Argentina invaded today instead of 1982....would Britian have still responded or would the current cabinet have been too squeamish to even try
Interesting question actually. I think with our technology we could be even more effective. The argies have stagnated militarily in the years since the war, where as rhe UK although reducing in strength has 20 years of front line experience behind them. I think an easy UK win with less loss. Love questions like that 👍👍
Im from Argentina and a veteran of the war came to give a talk to my school. He said that the british treated them better than their generals. When they went back to Argentina, they even sung beatles songs with the english
Manu, that was meant to be tortuous being taught Beatles songs.... you were not meant to like them enough to sing them!!
@@SFlightline Hahaha, we like the beatles tho, but I prefer the stones
@@manuelmdemarco Me too!! ;)
Manu, I was one of the marines who sang Beatles songs with the Argy prisoners. Was the Argy soldier named George by any chance? True story.
@@russberriman8091 I don't remember, it was quiet a long time ago, but maybe he was, who knows
My mate was in this landing. left the war with shrapnel wound and 3 bullet holes in him. he comited suicide in 2003 after years of drug abuse. R.I.P. war goes on in the minds of soldiers until they take the long sleep!
its terribly sad to hear,its hard to comprehend what soldiers have to deal with
Sup Ape, what's your mate's name?
More non-military people do drugs than veterans. It's more likely that your mate was just your average useless fuckup who turns to drugs when life gets a bit hard. War didn't make him a fuckup. He just delayed the inevitable by a few year.s
Aren't you just a ray of sunshine.
Ace sul,you're a sound fuck aren't you, don't make assumptions on people you don't know
I lost two toes on my left foot on Tumbledown. Technology has changed. These days a Type 45 Destroyer could protect The Falklands.
Alan Mac which unit did you serve with? And had you ever heard of a Sergeant named Matthew Davenport?
Yea, I knew Matthew. He's the one who shot my toes off.
@dislike injustice who dont you believe? Alan mac or Tony walton pretending to be Alan mac?
But these days women on British army would not have fought like all men troops in Falklands 1982
@@tonywalton1052 What, wait, a British soldier shot a British soldier?????
Royal Navy gunners 17 years old ! I am speechless and humbled beyond words.
Hanne Catton im telling ya, amazing bravery, i was honored to meet Sam salt he was a captain on h m s Sheffield,, to become a rear admiral ,he was still feeling responsible and guilt over the 20 lads that died, he wouldn't accept its war he did his best the shiny sheff, as it was known was one of the happiest ships in the fleet, a young vibe they watched the exorcett come right in and braced themselves at 30 feet on the bridge,, amazing bravery, many where in tears including sam when they abandoned her, , i had a dam good go in 2005 to convince him he was very much loved and everyone on board wanted and loved to sail with him,, but i really think he had convinced himself he was somehow at fault and should of been the first to die, shame at least he didn't do what many others did and commit suicide, r. I. P sam legend
It's a common excuse of Argentinians that their soldiers were 'all' 18 years of age and we brutal British pirates killed their innocent diaper wearing children.
The amount of times I had to remind them that the British army has serving 18 year olds and the Royal Navy had serving 17 year olds and they perform as expected.
@@marshallsimmons56 17 damn that s old , in center America they would snatch u up a 13, 14 , 15 n give u no choice, but to kill or die.
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo Oh no here in Latin America in them days the military, din't ovey the laws. Hell it is still bad there, but really mate, in Guatemala for example during the civil war both sides took in kids that young. Google it mate.
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo .No worries mate. I have a conscription here in the USA but they nevered called thank God, I would hate to go to war except if they gave me an exceptional job like piloting satelites or airplanes. I respect the military, but all it is, is murder killing. Not my style, I like to make money, preferbably easy money, not doing well in that area either, but I am trying. Plus I am old now 41. jjajjajjajjajjajajja
RIP Gary Whitford. HMS Ardent. Still think about you mate.
God bless Gary and you, I was 23 in 1982 and remember the conflict, honour and respect to all who were there
RIP from ARA General Belgrano from Argentina!!! 323 dead!!! Criminal! "Las Malvinas son argentinas" Not Falklands! (Brasil🇧🇷👊)
god bless your soal gary whitford the name lives on
darren whitford
@@elvis1530 you obviously don't understand war. In a war ships cam be sunk, its tragic but you can't claim its criminal in a war. In a war islands are defended and invaded. South Americans can't fight very well so they couldn't defend the islands and now the rightful owners live there. You need to deal with that and stop posting comments like a child.
Were mustaches a requirement for British troops in the early 80's?
Nope I joined in 86 had to shave mine off
Marines allow a good bushy moustache
I had one because all the others in my regiment did.I think it had something to do with looking like Tom sellick
Even the Marines in the United States allows a mustache
I was in disguise..never grew a tache..
I will never forget watching the tv as events unfurled. Some things were shown on tv that were uncensored, only to be censored for later viewing. A friend of mine was a Royal Marine at the time and was there. When it felt appropriate, I would chat with him about his experiences. He was fairly open with me. While at work, on assignment, we had occasion to spend a few nights in an hotel. He had a disturbed sleep. Fourteen to fifteen years after the War, he had dreams about it and probably still does. He was shouting 'Take cover! Incoming!' and 'Grenade!' in his sleep and didn't recall it in the morning. I mentioned it to his wife and she said it often happened.
I only hope that ex-Serviceman get more help now than they did in the past.
Well done Gentleman of all Services.
I'll not name my brave friend, but anyone that knows me well, will know him.
my great granddad had four years in the fields of flanders 1914/18. how do you think he went on after hostilities ended? and these lads had just a few weeks of it. makes me want to scream, compared to my Grandad they don't know what war is. fact.
I do think that is a little unfair. War is War and the chance of you getting killed exists whichever War you are in. It is difficult to compare Wars following the Great War as tactics changed (fortunately).
My friend said that he literally shit himself when he first came under fire in the Falklands. I'm sure that he is still suffering now.
Read Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger a WW1 German soldier. Try to get an early translation (mine is from 1929) as later versions were sanitised. It is the best book that I have read regarding the conditions the soldiers lived and died in.
El señor Gallegos,
Si usted va a hacer un comentario al menos tratar de evitar deletrear errores. Hay muchos sitios disponibles a usted para disminuir la posibilidad de usted apareciendo ignorante.
Su pena sobre la defensa de territorio británico, fue causada por su Junta dirigente entonces. Ellos causaron más pérdidas a su gente que los Británicos. ¿Cuántos del los desaparecido están allí? Aproximadamente treinta mil.
Mr Gallegos,
If you are going to make a comment at least try to avoid spelling mistakes. There are many sites available to you to lessen the chance of you appearing ignorant.
Your grief about the defence of British territory, was brought about by your ruling Junta at the time. They caused more losses to your people than the British did. How many of the disappeared are there? About thirty thousand.
Fuk spellin biaatchhh
Twat.
I joined the Royal Marines as a musician but went to the war as part of the medical squadron on a cruise ship Canberra. I wrote a book about my war experience called 'The Band That Went To War'.
Just had a look on amazon, I'll be getting it for my holiday 👍
@@liampowers4303 i hope you enjoy it, people seem to be liking it. If you are in the UK and want a signed copy then message me or find me on Face book.
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina.
Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias.
BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
Yeah okay “crumbledforskin” 🤣
@@winstonchurchill586 yes, I do regret that choice of username, but not once has any web site said "chose again, username already in use".
Those Argentine pilots were brave young men, both sides showed respect for their enemy.
@peter smithereens And it sounds like you're brainwashed by anarchists. You got follow something during life
@peter smithereens Por defender lo propio no es ser cabeza lavada, solo se que luchamos con el Reino Unido( Inglaterra, Gales y Escocia) , que recibió apoyo logístico de USA ( satélites y misiles,etc) , y toda la informacion que recibían de Chile . tal vez fuimos cabezas lavadas porque no permitimos que nadie participe en apoyo directo hacia nosotros . Me siento orgullosos de nuestros soldados por haber luchado en inferioridad de material y tecnologia.
@peter smithereens fuck you bastard!
They hit a hospital ship ..
Good hit
The hospital ship mustn’t have been there
I am from Nepal
My grandfather is a Gurkhali served for her majesty queen Elizabeth in world war 2
He was also a part in the folk land war . Proud to be a Gurkha
Royalty and Loyalty in my DNA.
It's malvinas
@@agus_pax8796 Oh no it is not. They are called The Falkland Islands. Remember 1982.
Ayo Gorkhali!
Wonderful people you are
'''I am from Nepal ...Royalty and Loyalty in my DNA.''..good one...
I think this account by British veteran Tony Banks sums up just how bloody this war was:
"The Falklands War was short, sharp and very nasty. The fighting I experienced as a young soldier in the Parachute Regiment was, at times like something out of World War I. We fought at close quarters, clearing trenches of Argentinian troops with bayonets and grenades.
I saw close friends killed and mutilated, crying for their mothers as the life ebbed from them. I witnessed wounded and badly burned men writhing, screaming in agony.
But I was a Para - a tough guy in one of the toughest units in the British Army - and all that death and destruction did not bother me. Or so I thought."
In some documentary I one watched a British soldier was asked what he thought of the war. His answer? "Well, the Argies barged in and we're here to kick them out."
@@TomFynnIt cost the British a lot the same thing, a very serious mistake of the Argentine armed forces was that the three naval forces, aviation and army functioned independently, by internal deputies of the military junta, only to see that the Argentine army surrendered and The air force wanted to continue fighting.
Bloody? For the Brits is was around 1-1.5k casualties? As for the Argentines, it’s a different story.
@dystopianfuture1165 What? Just because we don't suffer 60,000 casualties from a war in the jungle that we have no right being in, does that make those deaths invalid?
@@averagejoe8358 No, I’m saying that it wasn’t “bloody”.
RIP HMS Sheffield, HMS Coventry, HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope. As well as ARA General Belgrano. There were brave men on both sides who were injured and killed. How many millions of good men have died thanks to the politician who sent them to their graves. 🇬🇧🇦🇷
The merchant ship Atlantic conveyor sunk !! contained spare Harrier jump-jets & helicopters & supply equipment !!! 😫
R.I.P British Soldiers. RULE, BRITANNIA! 🌹💂👑
@nigelpilgrim4232 sir galahad too. Sir tristram nearly a gonner too the same day but was towed back home. The list of ships damaged was shocking. I doubt anyone thought before how bad things could get for the royal navy.
@@adolflenin4973 rest in peace ALL soldiers.
One of the best comments I’ve ever read on the Internet.
I remember my older brother who served watching this documentary and pointing out.. "he's dead, he lost his eyes, he lost his arm, he lost his legs, dead, dead, dead, wheelchair.."
shit...
My brother in law fought in the Falklands! He was a medic! Somehow he had a letter that a young Argentinian soldier wrote to his mother before diying! He brought it to my mother who is Italian! She read it and burst into tears! Not even today after all these years did I know what that young soldier wrote to his mother!
Do you still have it?
Argentina combatio bien inglaterra le ayudaron varios y encima no le trajeron el material de francia que argentina compro y pago .ASI CON ESAS RESTRICCIONES ESE EMBARGO LO PERJUDICO A ARGENTINA SINO SERIA OTRA HISTORIA.
@@anaclaralopez1064 Argentina jamás hubiera ganado esa guerra, simplemente la hubiera alargado. Hace poco se desclasificaron archivos que confirman la presencia de armamento nuclear en el Atlántico Sur, pudimos haber terminado mucho peor.
Really! Thats! Incredible!
@@mateowagsi no sabes callate
im argentinian and the english treat argentinian prisioners better than how argentinian officers treat there own men this wast a stupid war god bless both countries
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You sir are correct, too many young men from both nations needlessly lost their lives over the egotistical meanderings of your Military Junta in period.
regfenster yhea thanks god we did not win other wise more years for the military dictator ship and more suffering when we lose democracy came back some times you have to lose to be a winner
It is people such as yourself that will build a better Argentina, and you do deserve a better Argentina, there are a few Falkland war documentaries when former enemies have actually met up, both sides have nothing but the utmost respect for one another. It goes to show that we are not really enemies as those combatants are now good friends. Much can be said for the comments section of UA-cam as it attracts the most vile of keyboard warriors hiding behind their computers and tablets.
I personally know a former member of the Parachute regiment that served as a teenager during the conflict, to this day he still bears the scars of that war as do many from both sides, he now is in his mid 50's and will go to his grave with the ghosts hunting him to his last breath.
regfenster i agree sir by the way a live 2 years in London mill Hill england is a beautiful countrie
Thats a nice thing to say :)
We love our men , thanks for it all fellas 👍🇬🇧, I pray for the Argentina troops who also was put in this hell X . Bless you all .
mr Red
Parece que no todos los brits son malos ni tontos
Saludos
@@ezequieltedesco1373 al final del día es como dice el dicho. Los viejos declaran las guerras y los jóvenes mueren en ellas
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader was a former chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa). Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization. God bless this warrior piots, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina.
Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias.
BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
They took an enormous chance when they carried out this landing but they didn't shrink from it. Once those British Marines and Paras were ashore, it was virtually certain that Britain was going to win.
The British have fought everybody.
For centuries. They've experienced great victories and terrible defeats, they've won & lost, they know what works and what doesn't, and why Argentina's leaders thought the UK was going to lay down for this is a mystery...
Well spoken man, well spoken! Respect from UK to US. 2 great nations, 2 great allied fighting forces!
Britain today is an absolute shithole. You can get arrested for making a joke or criticizing Islamic rape gangs. Even the Police are terrified of dealing with minority groups because our alt-left government will end their careers in the blink of an eye. I could get arrested just for making this comment. Our fucking Prime Minister made it illegal for cops to chase people on mopeds, now we have fucking moped gangs roaming around immune to the law, I want to get out of this fucking hell hole.
All 3 of you below me are exactly right, I just try not to talk about it anymore because it fills me with too much negativity, it's bad for the brain and I'm sure things'll only get worse in years to come, (what can we do?) so I try not to dwell on it anymore. It eats away at you, the more you learn. "islam is a peaceful religion", "Islam isn't misogynistic", "islam is tolerant"... If we ignore 2000+ years of documented history and current events, yes.
What can we do though? If you speak out about "inconvenient truths" and try to have a voice, to open people's eyes, you'd end up like Tommy Robinson. That'll teach people to teach people things they need to know!
I'll raise a glass to that my man ;)
That;s the problem isn't it, the British have fought everybody. Maybe the Brits and the US should stop interfering and invading other nations for a change.
This was the moment when it all could have ended in disaster. But the British took their shot, kept their nerve, and pulled it off...
Faulty bomb fuses saved the British. If all the bombs that had hit targets had actually exploded, the operation was over.
mrblack888 And if my Grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike
And had A LOT of luck my friend
@@dr.melchorrodrigooficial9468 such as?
Was it luck or poor Argentine tactics, equipment, training, morale, leadership, etc., etc.?
@@mrblack888 if the Argentine aircraft flew high enough for the bombs to fuse properly, they would have been destroyed in even greater numbers. See how the "yeah, but if" game is played? "Ifs" don't matter, just reality.
The Empire Strikes Back.
The UK Nazi empire
Strikes back? Argentinians kicked your ass buddy. Real casualties are 1079 for the English.
@@ernestov1777 The British retook the islands and Argentina surrendered. Also more Argentine soldiers were killed than British.
We Wuzz Kaves John ummm what?
Harry Hirsch lmao thats rich considering Argentina was THE hiding ground for Nazis post WW2. Too funny.
Those Argentine pilots were brave men-imagine; trying to dodge SAMs and watching your fuel gauge-they were at the limit of their range.
No radars and no air-to-air missiles neither.
The Falkland Islands want to be British.
The islands are wanted by 2 countries-- Britian and Argentina.
The islanders have spoken. They want to be British.
Those Argentine pilots should have stayed home and not ran so low on fuel.
They're colonial subjects. Our population, the first settlers the islands ever had, were taken prisoner or forced to leave their homes in the islands during 1833 by the British who took over our settlements and brought their own people over.
The kelpers should go back to their homeland back in the British isles and leave the land to its rightful Argentine owners. Or they could stay and live under our rule instead of the rule of the Falkland Islands Company.
[off-topic] Is that you in that profile picture? You look great. Where are you from please?
@@francoandres3850 The era of colonies is over. It has been since the 1960s.
The Falkland islanders had a choice. They could no longer be British subjects or stay British. They chose to stay British.
They live there. They made their choice. Calling them kelpers will not change matters.
R.I.P. Pte. Phil ( Westy) West [Mount Longdon]
R.T.U.'d too soon.
RIP ARA General Belgrano argentino. 323 dead . Criminal! "Las Malvinas son Argentinas"
Elvis Nunes
Gracias amigo
@@ezequieltedesco1373 Um grande abraço do Rio Grande do Sul/ Brasil amigo! 👍
Elvis Nunes COWARDS ARGENTINA. FALKLAND ISLANDS ARE BRITISH 🇬🇧 🖕😂
Glad i'm Belgian. We only invade countries with Stella Artois.
Congo has Stella?
We gave it to who it belongs....did you?
@@GunterDierickx you gave it? Ha ha... You ran away...
Yeah we look very dangerous lol.
Or as Jeremy Clarkson calls Belgium, An area where the UK and Germany like to settle their differences.
To all the brother's in arms you paid the ultimate sacrifice, God bless you.
God bless you all in both sides
the United States Navy stated it was impossible to retake the Falklands. Nobody told the British!
ian harvey Good job ! Well done !
ian harvey BULL SHIT
Autix BULL SHIT
+John Gilboy uk is FINISHED!...JAJajajaj Argentina never really fought there....Only the stupid brutish can believe they won.THEY WON NOTHING!ONly 450 brutish dead,1000 wounded and 3 billion pounds FOR NOTHING!
+Gerardo Alpha Don't make me laugh you imbecile. I hope you do some research on the Falklands War before you start commenting once again. I also hope you do some research on the UK vs. Argentina in modern times as well. Once you've done that, comment again and we will have a discussion.
hardly anyone remembers that the Argentines received from the Soviets satellite photos of the British moving towards the islands, as a young boy from behind the Iron Curtain I was rooting for the British. They defeated Argentina = they kicked the Soviets. Glory and memory to the heroes!
Both the Russians and Americans said it couldnt be done. They both re-routed satellites to watch us get our arses kicked and to learn what they could from it. Sorry to disappoint you boys. 2 Para 74-97.
My next door neighbors son was a radio operator on sir Galahad he told me about that terrible day one night in the pub
Out of respect to. The dead I shall not elaborate
God rest their souls
2:57 - 'I mean it Susan, I'm writing a strongly-worded letter to the cruise company!'
Those Argentine pilots appear almost fearless with such low, fast passes over hostile ships. What a shame that their courage was wasted on a lost and arguably unjust cause
That was the problem those low level bomb drops didn't allow their bombs to 'Fuse' , the likes of H.M.S Plymouth received multiple hits "by four 1000lb bombs and several cannon shells. One bomb hit the flight deck, detonating a depth charge and starting a fire, one went straight through her funnel and two more destroyed her Limbo anti-submarine mortar.,, All of the bombs failed to explode. Five men were injured in the attack.." many young men were then able to grow up into adults, return to their families embrace ... have families of their own and even grow old, thus with the passing of time unlike some of those comrades who weren't so blessed...who didn't dodge a bullet became... names were carved onto cold marble blocks ...
It's the Argentine military, mate. They didn't know wtf they were doing.
The entire thing is moronic on both sides. "This is our shitty island!" "No, this is our shitty island, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM OUR HOME SHITTY ISLAND." For fucks sake. The Falkland War was pathetic, like when the US was feeling bad about Vietnam and knocked over such threats to global liberty as Grenada and Panama.
And Iraq...we should have let Saddam invade Saudi Arabia and just bought the oil from him. Presto, no 15 hijackers, instead they'd have been emulsified at home long before.
Well, they flew low because of fear of being hit by missiles. Had they flown higher British missiles would have shot them down! The British guns were also unable to aim as low as they would have needed to to hit them.
They also tried to hit British warships because it would have been more "macho" to sink a warship than a troop carrier. When in reality the troop carriers were the more important targets!
nunchaku101 But is fighting democracy and people’s will even more just?
Lives could have been saved if the Arc Royal and her air wing hadn't been retired.
Likewise if the Argentinians had waited a year or so, another of the carriers was due to have been retired and we'd have had only one.
True hero's and a MASSIVE inspiration no one can match the toughness of us brits 🙏🇬🇧❤
Jack, you Really Think we weren't tough enough?you won, no doubt, but please bro, GIVE us Some credit, we fought against the best
Im afraid its becoming weak
@@dr.melchorrodrigooficial9468 No wonder you lost if that was your best!!
Past present and future.our government destroyed somthing special our forces with cuts.they need to strengthen and grow what we have
Thanks for this we operated A-4 Skyhawks with our RNZAF and I recently got a model of HMS Fearless (Airfix).🇳🇿
I remember the news making out the argies were second rate, their airforce disproved that statement pretty fast!
RIP all those on board HMS Glamorgan who lost their lives on the 12th June.
RIP HMS and ARA Gen Belgrano! 323 mortos/deads! Criminal! Not Falklands. "Las Malvinas son argentinas"
@@elvis1530 Not in a million years argie troll, now sod off back to Spain you colonial oppressor.
I knew someone on Glamorgan. He got married had kids job in the bank lovely life. Someone rear ended him on the way home he cracked up couldn’t work anymore. Sad.
Absolutley amazing how those Argentinian A4's got so close soo many times with the royal navy being armed with the top of the line surface to air missles.
Problem was most were not 'top of the line' SAMs at all or being used in less than perfect scenarios for their design.
Excusas, la habilidad de los pilotos argentinos fue maravillosa
@@ezequieltedesco1373 so on that same token you should respect how professional the British were resulting in your countries loss?
@harlequin2614 well it is quite compliment as thlse wonderful pilots got hammered by the Harriers.
'They fought incredibly well'... They were literally fighting on their home front, had all the supplies they needed and had superior manpower, whereas we were 8000 miles from home, outnumbered and with little supplies. They got old schooled and you bloody well know it!
Misleading. They were at the edge of their range, with only 5 minutes of combat time to find a target and hit it before they'd have to turn around. Our aircraft were obviously able to linger for much longer.
@@kevinskipp2762 Yeah they were pushed back to there home bases and had a long flight but so did we the carriers were hundreds of miles out .
@@garwhittaker3743 yes, but not as far as they were. The harriers had more time over the islands than the A4s did
Yes is true 8000 miles from Britain so I would say that the Malvinas are Argentinians
they said it was not possible ...we pulled it off...bull dog spirit.....full respect to to both forces rip those lost
You pulled off fucking nothing.
@@shanecarroll7499 we pulled off the sleeping bags they were hiding in and bayoneted them.
Great footage. These brave soldiers should be remembered.
There was bravery on both sides, my friend, we fought against the best
God, I hated digging in
Tell me about it - I am 6 foot 2 lol
FLASH FLOOD lol
The sun never sets in the British Empire...love From Bangladesh... Ancient british India
That phrase is from the Spanish empire and Felipe II said it....
Its gotten that bad with woke left darent mention it
Im argentinian and i live 2 years in mill hill london when to primary school dollys salute to all you folks from buenos aires love the 2 countries
Im am argentine and a survivor of enforced dissapearance and torture. The Argentinian State was an enemy of the British, but, also, an enemy of his own people. The argentinian fake-democracy its the rule of narcos and other south american political-mafias. And no much better than the dictatorship. i was kidnaped under the rule of Cristina Kirchner and Mauricio Macri. They came at night, without uniforms, without any kind of warrant, without legal-procedure witnesses, and with covered faces. The leader of the assault grop became chief of the police of Rosario (the argentinian Sinaloa).
Now he is jailed, sentenced for narco and conspirancy. But I was dissapeared by years. Thousands were killed by this criminal organization.
God bless this brithis warriors, because they save the honest people of the Falklands. I really hope they never ever fell in the hands of this Terror-State, The narco-ruled-pseudo-democracy of Argentina.
Argentinians were brave, but they foght for the bad guys. If argentina had won this war, many Falklands childrens will die of hunger, and 60% of the survivors will live his life in poverty or misery, under the rule of mafias.
BTW. Argentinian narco-democracy killed more people thant the military Junta.
That’s a good idea strapping machine guns to the railings, Captain Mainwaring would have been proud.
The war caught my imagination as I had closely followed the history and achievements of the Royal Marines and Paras. Together with the SAS, SBS Gurkhas, Scots and Welsh Guards, these were the cream of the British forces. They fought superbly under trying conditions.
No Picnic 🇦🇷💪
@@arielgarciadema2731then why did you lose more men in every single land battle?
There were more Argentine prisoners then brits to guard them 😂
Thankful that nowadays most Brits and Argies get along. Frankly both countries have good people in them. RIP those who suffered the 1982 madness made by politicians and history.
Brits were smart enough to learn from our (USA) Bay of Pigs debacle by taking out Argentine Pucara ground attack planes before the invasion so they couldn't stymie an invasion of the Falklands the way Cuba's air force spoiled ours. Also, I'm told by co-workers from Argentina who were there at the time that US reconnaissance informed Brits of some of the Argentine troops' locations and numbers. Argentine A4's had few if any range-extending external fuel tanks which limited their effectiveness--and we (USA), allied with the Brits, were not about to give them any. Even so, an amazingly good job by the Brits with fairly limited resources over an incredibly long distance (supply line). Much respect from USA.
The Vulkan bombing run was an incredible feat in and of itself too IMO. Sounded like it was doomed to begin with but the bomber got there thanks to that crazy coreographed series of mid-air refuelling meneuvers, then finding out they might not have enough fuel to get back! Anyway respect from UK. Some Brits are anti-America and want to cut ties with our 2 great nations, but screw them, we're allies!
@@ncshuriken agreed.
bay of pigs had 1) not air superiority 2) was all cuban exiles, not american soldiers.
England learns from no-one. we are masters of war learned from hard fought battles over centuries. lessons from the USA? now that is a laugh.
England learns from no-one, except the U.S. when it comes to superior technology and a sad little ramp on an aircraft carrier.
4 Harriers to defeat the Argentinian Air Force! Un-believable.
No it's believable it happened!
nothing happened stupid!..some A4 were shot down as lacked of air to air missile..but others A4 were able to sink one destroyer, one frigate, 2 landing ships and severy damage 3 more frigates!
ignorant
That's what happens when you don't have air-to-air missiles, radars, or just y'know, when you're flying in a place that's surrounded with enemy surface-to-air missiles pointed at you and you can't fight back because either way you'll be screwed long before you're even capable of positioning your plane.
Yet despite all of that they still managed to hit the fleet, isn't that courageous?
The argentinian air force was never defeated...
This is a very heroic British fighting force
+Talyanna Tal The US and NATO saved you ass!!!
The US stayed natural and NATO weren't involved. Your pure stupidity and our great soldiers saved us.
Talyanna Tal it really was amazing job incredibly intense fighting that was like consummating a Regiment , like a relationship when they first make love, i know people that where injured and didn't want to leave the battle field,, incredibly intense, then at one minute they are killing each other and the next they are caring and triaging the argies above themselves,, and pity sets in ,, incredibly emotional and draining experience that affects s man no end, a lot are suffering today, the worst of having a Constance guess ,,
Patricio Lopez Rossetti the us and nato just simply said “here’s some weapons...go nuts”
@@patriciolopezrossetti7011
Wtf are you talking about? The US told Britian not to take back our islands?
Viva aos nossos irmãos argentinos que lutaram bravamente de Brasil
Bravo! 👏
Gracias loco, hermandad entre Argentina y Brasil!
@@alexandrusfreiheit7994 gracias mano aqui do rio grande do sul terra guaucha também Estado do Brasil aonde cultua mate ,assado , charque muito mais
@@charlespierro723 moro em Novo Hamburgo com família em Porto Alegre, você é de onde?
@@elvis1530 moro na grande porto Alegre por que mano tu me conhece?
splendid men. I was lucky enough to meet many when I served in the OTC in the early 1980s.
I still had two years of school ahead of me when this happened. Only saw brief clips of it on the news and when the Belgrano sank. Great shame and saddened to see it had to come to this..
The Belgrano was sunk out of the exclusion area. That's shameful indeed.
A short war that left everlasting effects.The downfall of a Military government and the succes of Conservative government for ten more years.
I was 3 in 82. Bless these people. I haven't known conflict.
My brother was in this as a
ML in the R. Marines & he had a porn moustache as well
RIP The British Fallen,your actions shall never be forgotten.
I am British and can only say this .. the British army were extremely lucky to win that conflict .. they were using substandard equipment ,from standard issue boots that created trench foot .. to converted cruise ships not fit for purpose ... the tactics by senior soldiers put a lot of lives needlessly at risk .. Sir Galahad being a prime example .. and putting there entire logistical rations and ammunition on one ship (Atlantic conveyor ) .. the whole operation was pulled off by tenacious soldiers on the ground ...nothing else .
It's not luck if your enemy is vastly inferior.
@@Martian_Productions They had plenty of time to dig in, they had Panhard armoured cars with 75mm guns that I´ve never heard of being used in action.
The British were nearly out of ammunition, that was how close they were to losing, the War ended with a SAS ploy to get the Argentinian Commander to surrender, they used a Laser Guided Bombing system aimed at his office to cave in, two warning shot to show accuracy and the next was to come through his window.
Game over!
Tenes razón
You are right
Another arm chair general!...
@@gaptaxi nearly is a word everyone can use in there lives. I nearly won the lottery recently, but I didn’t.
A friend of my was a submariner during Falklands war and explained later that multiple Trident missiles were aimed on Cordoba, Mendoza and Buenos Aires - Argentina inminutes waiting in front of the coast. I think the Argentina did not know that this war could end in a catastrofe for them.
Thank God that ghastly coward May was nowhere near Downing St at the time.
Oliver gorman, you need to do some research. It was Cameron who bribed votes with the promise of the referendum then lost and ran away. May only picked up the crock of shit he left behind.
Cameron was the coward.
At least May wont bend to the defiance of politicians who would rather ignore the majority to have only what they want.
Or worse still...Corbyn
The UK has 7-8 nuclear subs that are Tomahawk capable now, the Argentine Navy/Air bases could be targeted from 1000 miles away
PS seadart/seawolf the radar systems at the time had low-level detection problems , the missiles themselves were OK
I think people don't realise how close Britain came to disaster in this war,.,they didn't think the Argentinian mirage pilots would be any problem ,however they were better than we thought.
I wish such clear and to the point narration was more common.
I'm an Ex Rifle...We have all been played....and will be ''agin''.....
Respect For Pilots Argentinos
OOOhhhhhh come on..... the Argies pilots were scared as hell... as soon as they heard the Sea Harrier was coming, they ran home to mummy, crying!!
@@SFlightline lol they had the biggest balls in this war
@@lunaeng4300 No, they were cowards... You invade territory which is not yours, are confronted by the likes of the RM, Ghurkhas, Paras, SBS, SAS, and your hands went up quicker than the French national White flag!! Your comment translates to they were a load of bollocks, ie, useless cowards!!
SBS operater shot down a puccara with a gympy
Jesus that is badass!!
The thing with the british forces is they accept heavy losses to get the job done, I remember not long after the usa going into beirut and suffering 300 plus casualties and almost immediately pulling out
That's why it's just sad that they think it's an insult to list our sunk or damaged ships. We honour each of their memories for fighting on bravely, taking fire and returning it, in a gallant sacrifice to protect their men and the islanders. They were sunk in the line of duty, like many great vessels in British history and they are held in our deepest esteem.
More can be said about the effectiveness of their navy than ours. Sink one old cruiser and they flee.
The American politicians (George Schultz in particular) wanted the Marines to play referee in a shooting gallery in Beirut. It was one big shit sandwich. I know I was on burial detail for two fellow Marines who died there.
We didn't go there to fight. It was a mistake to go into a war zone with any other mission than kill the enemy.
So we pulled out again.
It's not exactly something to take pride in, taking heavy losses. The US Army takes pride in not taking heavy losses. But, yeah, if you think the reason we don't take heavy losses is that we lack the elan, valor, and spirit to do so, then perhaps you should study more history.
Yeah, real gallant to waste the lives of an entire generation to be needlessly slaughtered in the Somme and many other locations during WW1.
ships don't dodge bombs, bombs miss. lol
Well actualy... A bomb needs to be aimed, and when a ship fires a lot of lead into the sky and makes unpredictable movements it decreases accuracy of the drop. So a ship actually has a lot that it can do to increase the chance of a miss. A ship can dodge a bomb. Everything that isn't static _can_ dodge a bomb.
I dodged flu last year - or did it miss me?
DUN DUN DUUUUUN
ships evade
Bombs dodge ships, out of respect for such amazing engineering.
The narrator attributes the Royal Navy's losses to the Argentinian Air Force commanders "reckless willingness". It had much more to do with the Royal Navy's lack of effective anti-aircraft defenses.
It's not that they didn't have defenses, but circumstances, crew and system failure proved to be deadly. In one instance the SAM system wouldn't load, and since it was a fairly new system the crew wasn't familiar with how it worked. In another instance, another ship from the task force got between the launchers and the enemy attack planes, preventing it from launch. The fact the Argentine planes were flying too close to the ground proved to be another problem since radars couldn't pick up their signatures. Don't try to discredit the bravery of the Argentine Air Force and Navy by saying you lacked defense systems. Our planes lacked everything, from flares, to missiles, to radars, fuel and supersonic speeds yet they still managed to get the job done by being used in new, mortally unconventional ways.
@@francoandres3850- I would not for a moment want to discredit the bravery of the Argentine pilots. I was attempting to point out that the British narrative has usually been to deflect all criticisms instead of owning up to the fact that they had underfunded and failed to modernize the Royal Navy for decades. And that there is a real price to pay in human terms when you then ask them to go to war at the end of that process
@@francoandres3850 War is not about who's right, it's about who's left. God Bless the dead on both sides of this unnecessary war
So this was how Maggie got re-elected?
The British are amazing
Rovejag British And Argentinians are awesome
amazing? hahahaha nothing more boring and cheesy just as most Brithiish I new.... by the way you now about foreing affaires? agentina inherited the islands from spain. GB is stealing natural and strategic resourses from the americas.- Argentinians planes were so old and badly equiped and their cause it was fare. Thats why some pleople celebrete lost of brits lifes. We are not nazi or sanginarios... When a country that is a legitimate owner of the natural and strategic resources in their sea and decide is time to end to this imperial shit and piratish, coward steal of resourses, it is time to end. Al democratic goverments of argentine did claim and still claim for this islands in UN. British military should think for a second what a heck were they doing 13300 km from home befor critizace argentinians... i dont undessttand what is amazing ...
@@patapuffargentina2693 you are talking jibberish, hope you can fight better than you can spell.
Patapuff Argentina
"agentina inherited the islands from spain"
Spain was bound by the Nootka convention and was forbidden to settle the islands.
The United provinces of the river plate violently revolted against their king. Usurping land is far from inheriting it. Patricide invalidates inheritance claims.
The Spanish resent you traitors, you inherit only your language from proud Spain.
"GB is stealing natural and strategic resourses from the americas"
We have no desires on South America. ARGENTINA IS STEALING OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC RESOURCES!!!!
"Thats why some pleople celebrete lost of brits lifes."
You foul disgusting loser, we respected your dead and buried them with honours!!!! We treated your living well too!
"We are not nazi "
Some of you are! Argentina welcomed the nazis that fled Europe.
"When a country that is a legitimate owner "
Like the UK is over the Falklands
"of the natural and strategic resources in their sea "
You have no rights to the Atlantic ocean!
"is time to end to this imperial shit"
Britain has not been an empire for 50 years. Catch up!!! You should end your imperial desires to annex The Falklands!
"Al democratic goverments of argentine did claim and still claim for this islands in UN."
You only started to claim the islands in 1941. The UN holds the self determination of the islanders in much higher regard than Argentina's imperial territorial desires!
"British military should think for a second what a heck were they doing 13300 km from home befor critizace argentinians"
The British military and its people knew exactly what we were doing in the South Atlantic. We were removing a cowardly and brutal foreign junta from the islands that have been ours for centuries. Loyal subjects of the crown were under attack and were being oppressed by your foul junta and we had to remove you from the islands. We pretty much had global support. Only a few abstained and even fewer supported Argentina's cowardly surprise invasion! We met our objectives within a matter of months.
Situation was returned to normal.
@@patapuffargentina2693 blablabla here's some toilet roll for your mouth.
When Britain was a real force to be reckoned with...
I like the cow camo on those landing craft!
Can't hit what you can't see mooooving
@@sam_uelson 💀
I’ve read a few comments, from argentines mostly, asking what British forces were doing in battle so far from home? I would retort that the people of the Falklands are British and therefore our forces were not very far from home at all.
They are not British.
The people who have lived on the islands for 200 years say they are British islands - They are British.
So I guess the people from french guyana can call themselves as french
that's true bro...regards from the Incas empire ....PERU!!!!
We don't talk in the UN because we are content with the status quo.
It is Argentina that wishes to change the status quo so the onus is on Argentina to bring a case to the ICJ.
Have you ever wondered why the Argentinians haven't taken the case to the international court of law? Because they have no case, otherwise they have to give Argentina back to the native Indians!!! The UN is political so it is only all opinion so doesn't make any difference. Think about it and your brain will show you the way!!!!!!
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Thanks England .
Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱.
Pendejo
Franco Andrés you are right,thanks Mrs Margaret to defeate the drunker dictator Galtieri.
We always remember the agresive words
Tero..tero tero ..primero los Ingleses y despues los chilenos
First the English and then the Chileans.
😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Charliex tero tero tero primero los ingleses y luego los chilenos.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Vergüenza te tendría que dar chileno
United Kingdom* Welsh Guards were involved
The Empire strikes back!
I was L.C crew. Amazing things happened there. … So long ago now. : (
First modern war - eg. peer-level, state v. state level - since WW2. Watching the superb Royal Marines in their landing craft, you could be forgiven for thinking this was D-Day footage.
I always like the underdogs because they needed twice the courage that the rich guys needed . Can you imagine being a Argentinian Air Force pilot in that war, they must of had balls of steal going out there with inferior airplanes.
??? The Mirage V Dagger was a supersonic fighter-bomber. The A4 Skyhawk: whilst no longer in front-line service with the USAF was still a potent threat and was used proficiently by the Argentine Air Force; the Harrier (all variants) was not some "super aeroplane".
Tough shit. No sympathy here. As a young man at the time I was delighted to see our boys kill every one of them,
@@superwhitesuperbright7740 Yeah , just don't come here to the good old US of A with that attitude wi'll kick you fucking ass again! Better keep fighting super inferior countries. jajajaj Hey I heard Guatemala wants Belize back call the military, you will win I guarantee it, they only have like three tanks. And two airplanes.jajaajajajaj
@@danielwoodruffe2938 Bullshit Britain had the USA made tomahak the Argentines didn't even have radar on their airplanes, stop lying to yourself. Britain, I do respect ,because, I love that country , but they only fight third world contries, I promise Britain will always bow down to the USA, and not do what the Argentines did, fight a superior enemy!
They outnumbered the British 4 to 1 and had good fighters too, they just didn't fight as hard in the end, or commit properly to the fight.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
God bless and protect our armed service men and women, our democracy and freedoms are nothing without you. Respect.
WELL SAID
But how exactly is Vietnam war relevant to Falklands conflict?
6:31 - Swedish contribution
Swedistan fighting a war???? Please!
I know this is 2 years old but I'm interested to know more. Is it the weapon/ammunition used in this clip?
@@Zeyr01 - Swedish Bofors AA-gun.
Must be a very nerve wrecking experience when you're at the opposite end of an air attack
Believe on a ship it is there is nothing you can do but hope they miss, we had an unexploded bomb on the Antrim and those hours before they got it off were terrifying
I am British ....but worked in Argentina ....I was patriotic until I read about the Ocean guardian drilling platform ...no we treated them like Zulu`s.
Governments only care about people and land when theres money to be made
IMO, the British flag is one of the most beautiful in the world, next to the stars and stripes of course (I am American you understand.)
Hey billy go stick ur head up your ass and go see what u really look like while ur up there say hello to the queen for me
Bill Williams i prefer the uruguayan flag before us flag .and igreed wit you the union jack is best
Argentinian people are also american stupid fuck. You say in USA american outside is insulting.
La Nueva Republica fuck off. in English its american. if it insults you you really are a pussy.
Bill Williams the us flag is the same colours as the british flag for a reason;)
The British only sent a small force ,the argies had a lot more soldiers and were completely defeated in 74 days only the British could pull that of.
wrong BRITISH bravery won this war argies had more troops and weapons and were utterly defeated a fact:)
mars188 8000miles from U.K lines of communication was stretched harriers were there to protect the carriers hermes and invincible, as soon as belgrano was torpedoed the argie navy bottled it a fact ,if you invade a territory and the enemy comes all that way you better make sure you mean business,only the BRITS could do that they are a breed of there own.
mars188 i bet your`e yawning now for you`re boyfriend as he empties is sack in your`e mouth HA HA.
mars188 ah upset:)
mars188 :)
i was only 9 years old when this conflict occurred..never quite understood what was happening exactly but i do remember an ITN reporter by the name of brent sadler reporting daily...May god bless all servicemen lost.
I wasn't much older myself, I thought the Falklands were a bunch of Islands in the Hebrides
See these days you’d never get jets flying that close to warships they’d be blown out of the sky’s before they even got into eyesight
No air superiority?
What could possibly go wrong?
Did they forger the lessons learned from Overlord?
The Argentinians weren't even prepared to fight them on the beach. They also had to leave pretty much as soon as they learned the invasion was happening so they couldn't get too much air cover, especially with the fact they had to bring numerous helicopters.
@@iileross8398 To be clear, I was referring to the air cover provided for the British landing forces and their supporting ships.
@@buzaldrin8086 No I meant they were landing on a beach unopposed on the ground and that because of the rush they left in to take back the Falklands they didn't have very many air superiority fighters.
That is all we had, Britain is a small country and doesn't have loads of spare anything for if anything goes wrong!
@@Rick356A not a country
I remember travelling in my car when the news came on the radio about the invasion by Argentina. I did wonder at the time if we could go and take them back but my goodness, we really do have a gift for war and gifted warriors.
I have to give respect to British soldiers who fought this war, America has won some like the Iraq War but the British had been fighting wars much longer than the US did
There were 3 alternative sites identified as landing sites. They chose this one because of the Falkland Sound, and they felt it would have protected them from submarines. The real threat was aircraft. Don't know what the alternative sites were, but if they were on eastside of island, I'm sure they would have been out of range from the Argentine Airforce.
Got to say our boys looked a tough firm.Imagine that lot steaming in to you guns blazing?Not for me thanks.Poor Argued didn't know what hit em!
Just as well the landings were unopposed: the casualties could have been dreadful. Pity the Rapier didn't perform well; very strange for a system supposed to be a battlefield weapon, just not robust enough. For static air defence (at an airfield etc.), it would have performed better, I'm sure.
There is a story that during the first days of the Falklands War the Rapier systems were still in ``Training Mode´´ .
Could be a legend but I believe it could have happened, If soldiers are involved, anything can happen!
They picked a spot that was undefended, rather than go straight into Stanley, is call 'tactics' by the way!!!!!!
@@Rick356A Very true, there was considerable concern that the Argentines might manage some opposition, even at San Carlos.
I lived in the UK during the ‘80s, I saw this war on the TV every night.
Chile beams in South America!! (for good, not for what Argentina would...) and not only with flashes but with a big light which rises us on top of the Andes, by the way, the Union Jack is seen from here, and I can see it waves beautifully, as much as my Chilean flag waves over the continent!!!!!!!! I'm so proud of my country, of my people, of my friends overseas, they all know what we are made of, the courage and bravery of our ancestors, nobody has defeated us ever.
Le decís a ese argentino que sea humilde... ¿Y este comentario, es humilde?
Es increíble lo fácil que es para algunos ver la paja en el ojo ajeno, ¿no? Seguí soñando, amigo.
mira tu color de piel marronazo kjjj
Brave British soldiers, Best in the world
+MrSixiesRock FUCKING ENGLISH generation boats, sunk by the Argentina Air Force. And more than 50 aircraft shot down ??? The English government is afraid to tell the truth?
Without the help of NATO and the UN any child anything, cowards.
PS: Find out what your government hides Until 2072 all the casualties they suffered in combat, even unwilling to admit his inferiority in combat Wide.
The funniest thing is that we just leave them ships, planes, helicopters and return to island Do pathetic .... And suffer 255 casualties throughout the war and Jajajajajaja They believe the what. Only by adding the casualties suffered by England in their boats sum of 800 dead ... As more who died on land and air Easy they suffered the low of 1029 characters and 2000 wounded.
They surrendered 11,000? That's silly. Two battalions surrendered due to the lack of link officers had an official sub. With that comment of surrender, clearly he knew you had no fucking idea what you're saying. Because they were well trained? with that justifies nothing.
His soldiers were so well premiered in a dirty attempt to harass the Argentina "Admiral Hermes Quijada" Naval Base. Concluded with a Sea King helicopter English burned in Punta Arenas, Chile.
They were so well trained that he could not land in Rio Grande with the submarine HMS Onyx and were repelled by the destroyer ARA Bouchard. A few days later, another failure with another Sea King.
They were so well trained that the first landing was a big strategic failure. Ended with the result of the sinking of HMS Ardent, and the breaking of ships HMS Argonaut, HMS Broadsword, HMS Plymouth, HMS Antrim, HMS Brilliant. Two Harrier aircraft destroyed four helicopters destroyed. It is said that at least May 21 had at least 300 dead. Ovbiamente said his country will miraculously died only 20 LOL
They were so well trained that his sailors with boats of last generation, could not practically nothing against the old planes that had Argentina. At lower levels, Argentina dominated the skies. Britain could never find a Hercules refueling aircraft.
They were so well trained that destroys a submarine Argentino English.
And there are many more things that I have no desire to.
And you say that miraculously got 255 dead, because they are well trained. You are a broken face. Clearly that is not justified as a
obtained only 255. It is a lie, invented his government. You can not defend the indefensible.
PS: Half of Argentine casualties are the ARA General Belgrano, with 323 of their dead crew. It was cowardly sunk by his country, as he retreated from outside the contest area established. You realize, losses can have a boat hit by a bomb? His shameful believe their country got only 255 are actually dead when more than 1,000 dead and 2,000 wounded English.
I'm not even going to bother reading all that crap you posted, But argentina lost because their military was not match for the mighty British forces. Suck it up and admit you got your ass handed to you. Even from a country that was so far away, They still managed to kick your ass.Argentina pais blanco y ario de latinoamerica.
+MrSixiesRock Hear, Hear!
+MrSixiesRock I wish an Australian Division was present at the Falklands to kick off the Argentinians
Patrick Bateman Didn't need to be, No denying they'd destroy them too though
I wonder how things would have turned out if the Argentina invaded today instead of 1982....would Britian have still responded or would the current cabinet have been too squeamish to even try
Interesting question actually. I think with our technology we could be even more effective. The argies have stagnated militarily in the years since the war, where as rhe UK although reducing in strength has 20 years of front line experience behind them. I think an easy UK win with less loss. Love questions like that 👍👍
Considerably more armed personnel today! In 1982 only 24 soldiers...
It wouldn't happen!
Amazing footage, i am sure people that study ancient warfare would give an arm to see such things.
In a few hundred years time they will. For now it's only of interest to contemporary historians.
1:48 The leyend says that man still sawing until our days.
Hermosas imágenes de nuestros pilotos !!! FAA
Bravos! As Malvinas são argentinas!! Abraços do Brasil! 🇦🇷🇧🇷
Elvis Nunes
Gracias amigo
Obrigado amigo
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Malvinas bolivianas
A very handsome Chilean
Antes que chilindias si
@@ezequieltedesco1373 Uuuu se enojo. Déjame tocarte una canción con el violín más pequeño del mundo. UwU