Falklands conflict: The hidden treasures of Tumbledown and Harriet
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- After the Argentines surrendered the Falklands in 1982, British troops gradually left, but we've found what they left behind.
Hannah King explains.
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I found an Argentine pilots remains on Blue Mountain in 1986, managed to get his pistol and wallet for identification (he was still in the wreckage) he was re-repatriated and the ordnance blown up by the RE.
Could you identify what type of aircraft he was flying?
@@ASkyhawk-ny7mu Pucara, I believe it was A-537. I would add that the pilots remains were handled with dignity and respect.
@@mattrika4874 Wow very interesting from what I’ve gathered this aircraft crashed due to bad weather and poor visibility
You should have kept his bones for voodoo rituals
@@ASkyhawk-ny7mu it had crashed. It wasnt flying.
It wasn't quite so peaceful the last time I was there...!
The reason they had plimsolls in their kit and that you find boots is that they put the gym shoes on at night and slept in their bags in them. There was even one Argentinian found putting his boot on but frozen in this position in death as he was shot in the forehead doing so. I was K Coy in 82 and it was a very interesting experience especially when we did a fighting patrol on the place a few nights before to get them to open up on us so an OP we had dropped off could record their gun positions and from this information the CO could make his plan for the best executed attack of the war.
We wore pumps running round the deck every morning, Boots DMS would have given the Master at Arms a fit.
Speaking from experience those NBC boots are pretty much impossible to walk in
I've used them as protection in horrible weather when we were pretty certain we wouldn't have to shift soon, in fact we've used the whole.noddy suit for warmth before. But definitely ridiculous to walk in.
Too bad for the environment that so much garbage has been left behind.
We recovered an young Argentine conscripts body from near the top of Mt Harriet in 1983.
Argentinian government at the time said they didn't want him sent home as he was already on Argentine soil.
Think his family make have thought differently. Not quite 18 years old.
@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 I suppose the RMP Sargent , RE EOD operator, my section and the RAF girl who found him wouldn't agree with you analysis
I'd hold his bones hostage.
the real reason why is the junta did not want public funerals after the loss - as a whole, the argentine society treated their conquered soldiers like garbage for a couple decades after the war
Shameful indeed
Exactly....I was the driver of the BV206 who drove up to near the top of Mt Harriet and remember it to this day.
It was determined that he'd probably been killed by navy shell fire.
Think the RAF girl was on a Battle Field walk.
I rember the field kitchen in 1986 and still there
I found an FN barrel in 88, i still have the gas plug somewhere!
That’s cool
Nice video. I think the last words about items being stolen is a bit harsh. Items removed to be preserved or assisting in cleaning up more appropriate perhaps.
Greetings from CHILE 🇨🇱👍
I used to take plimsoles after seeing a few lads lose their boot soles and spare boots being too heavy.
Ukraine for UK. Russia for Argentina.
I don’t get it
Me neither
Ah yes the nightmare of the Noddy Suit overboots, memories!
Didn't want that memory thanks.
Nature deserves to be cleaned up from the debris of war
Does every household have a FN FAL?
Some Argentine FN FAL rifles were deactivated to be used for training but the vast majority of equipment was simply dumped in the Atlantic on the way home.
@@charliespareaccamazing, did it not have any salvage value to HM gov?
@@olivere5497 we used L1A1s, which were inch pattern
The Argentinians used FN FALs, which were metric.
The parts are not interchangeable so there was no use in keeping them
@@charliespareacc while i agree with you on that point, HM gov does like owning stuff for a rainy day/coup. I get it that its a lot of man hours checking the quality of each weapon.
@@olivere5497 we did take a few trophies like a Chinook that was used in the RAF and then cannibalised for parts. Also a few artillery pieces and a LOT of ammo (about 4 million rounds)
I found some bullets at mount tumbledown
It is not a treasures, it's a pain......
This is so amazing
Thats incredible, would love to look around there.
You'd think after 40 years the MOD would have the decency to clear it up. Dreadful that all the mess is still there. PS they're not "treasures", it's no better than fly tipping.
As for the LAW 66 it was a weapon we used very effectively in the anti human role. I carried 2 on the attack and they got used. Anti tank weapons were used freely against gun positions. As we moved up the hill and taking cover the guide wires from Milan fired at the .5 positions was very effective. On one position which I was close to it took 5 milans to take the position out..... Awesome.
Damned Americans and their war junk
Interesting how the Ukrainians are using the challenger as a long range sniper to hit entrenched gun positions.
I noticed his car key hanging from his belt is car theft a big thing on the Islands now days
Wouldnt surprise me, i bet a few falklander students at uni and they all seemed off the rails, i can imagine the 4th generation farmer ones are the dodgyest.
Rarely a problem. Small community so people would find out quite quick if you were using someone else’s car
@@olivere5497shitty thing to say but alright
Many 'treasures' stolen? Salvaged more like.
A longer more thorough Doc would be nice to watch ... 5 mins doesnt even cover an Intro about the war . Nice teaser but can we get the Real Documentary ? Please and Thank you . I ask because i (and i would assume others too) would like to Know and Learn more about this conflict . Cheers .
There are plenty of documentaries about the Falklands War. Do your own legwork.
Hardass
Desolate cold windy barren land.
The over boots are used by the British armed forces during the Cold War it was part of the Nuclear Biological and chemical warfare suit 👍
Argentinian soldiers should have been kept back to clean up. Then made to clear their mine fields.
Imagine cleaning up all the mines left by the British in other wars, it would take a minimum of 50 years. Damn hypocrite.
Armada does not mean navy. It is Spanish for army.
Wrong! Armada means Navy! Try the Spanish Armada!
@@benwilson6145 Ask the Spanish Army what armada means.
@@seumasnatuaighe Duh!
@@seumasnatuaighe Hi Seumas, The Spanish for Army is ejército.
Regards
Jon
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Armada, navy Ejercito, army
TY sub'd long ago ;)
Many treasures stolen by curious tourists? … Nah locals more likely 😂
Mix of both really
Good old days when you could take what you wanted I miss those time’s
amen
To me it didn't look like they took anything while they were there. They are showing some respect for a place where men have fought and died.
Hang on,the Argentinians didn't surrender the Falklands,it makes it seem that the UK invaded the Islands and kicked out the people of Argentina.The British Army liberated the Islands for the British people who had lived there for generations.Never seen such a poorly written piece of "journalism".
Amazing.
The plimsoles were probably for putting on in his sleeping bag incase he needed to bug out
In war you sleep fully clothed
@@5taunch yes I know I’ve been to war.
@@5taunch Not with your boots on if you can help it. Unless you like getting trench foot.
@@5taunch thanks for your service gamer.
@@5taunch no you don’t
Buluk
While they are there they should look for that randy/murdered royal marine some local jealous farmer killed and hid. Heheh.
I did a search for the marine at North Arm. Waist deep in water in various ditches.
@@julianteague5768 you should have looked harder!
Why Wear Beretts?Helmets are Much better...
Not if there's no fighting going on they ain't.
A lot of the fighting was done at night and berets were worn to distinguish friend from foe and prevent "friendly fire" accidents. Helmets aren't actually that effective against bullets and heavy shrapnel, the only time they work is against light mostly spent shrapnel.
The Falklands war was a mistake that wasted many lives.
The Malvinas belong to Argentina , and should be returned immediately.
Diego Maradona was one of the greatest footballers ever.
RIP.
the falklands were British before Argentina was even a country. your comment is so obviously virtue signalling if it wasn't so factually wrong it would be hilarious.
Deeeeeeeelirio. Enfermos. Argento. El. Matooooooon. De. La. Región. ⚰️🪦💩🪦💩⚰️🪦💩⚰️@@jreg2007
If you really think that then do something instead of ranting on a UA-cam video
i seem to remember that there was an argie field kitchen in the ACC museum at St Omer Bks, that was brought back from the Falklands and several weapons in the sgts mess at 2 Scots Guards in Hounslow
Bit of rewriting of history there. No servicemen going to the Falklands thought they were going on exercise.
All the army travelled on commandeered ships, like the QE2 and Canberra.
Ocean liners hadn’t been commandeered since WW2.
he was refering to the argies, mainly conscripts remember exactly what happened in ukraine by russia
He was referring to the Argies.
Jog on.
It’s a well known fact, confirmed by numerous interrogations of Argentinian POW’s, that many of the young conscripts were told they were going on exercise in the south of Argentina.
Your comprehension skills are absolutely shocking.