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When my Argentinian grandfather found out that the British took back the islands, he started having ww2 flashbacks. I think he was an electrician or something, since he had this helmet with 2 lightning bolts on it.
There is a legend that while planning this invasion, a respected retired Admiral was brought in to review the operation. He read it thoroughly, then looked up and said, "This is a marvellous plan, but it is missing a bit." The other officers asked, "what is missing?" He replied, "the plan to invade London, which is the only way you will win."
Never heard of that, but the truth is the Air Force chief was against it, this was all the navy's idea. At that time, the Navy, the air force and army made decisions on their own (something that by today's standards would be totally out of place, but it was typical in LATAM). They were unfit to rule a country, and to fight a war against a modern military. Now that's a thing of the past
@@ar2014 Actually, argentina's military situation was unique, because the military was more political than anything, so you basically had every branch(military, air force, navy, naval air force, and other sub-branches such as the marine infantry and etc) basically fucking hate eachother to the point of refusing to co-operate with eachother, up to the 1960s-ish most coup'd'etat attempts were made by rival military branches, one side attempted to gain power and the other defended the government, it was a fucking shitshow.
@@somefurryguy1811 Unique? China and North Korea's militaries are basically all political too. None of their generals etc are actual military people, nor do they have any experience.
@@ar2014 As I understand it, the Air Force wasn't even told about the invasion until shortly before it was carried out. They weren't part of the triumvirate, so weren't consulted. Ultimately, their failure to hold the islands was in large part due to their lack of air superiority so far from the Argentinian mainland, since they had insufficient refueling aircraft to do the job. Just a couple more refueling aircraft and half a dozen more Exocets would have completely changed the situation.
Many of the Argentinian soldiers were teenagers between 16 and 20 forced into the war by a lottery-like system that functioned based on your National Identity Number (DNI in spanish). Many of the veterans, including one of my high-school teachers say that surrendering and being captured by the British was the best thing that they could do, because many of their officers would treat them with violence, while the British would take care of them as POWs. Even more, many of the on-ground soldiers had to hunt sheep in an effort to get any food, since the Military Junta barely sent supplies to the islands
@@juanoberhofer502 legal enlisting age yes, but the military junta didn't really care for "legal age" did they? You can look it up for yourself, Néstor Planiscig is one name I can give you that you can find information by just using Google. Instead of saying "that's a lie" try and think why someone is saying something and if it differs to what you know or believe, investigate properly before throwing accusations
@@juanoberhofer502 Because who's ever heard of young men who want to fight for there country so bad, that they would fake there age in a country desperate for soldiers?
Fun fact: Argentina was shockingly close to invading Chile. On 22 December 1978, their troops actually entered Chile, but after a few hours of mountainous terrain, the attack was called off due to extreme weather, and the Argentines retreated back into their borders with Chile not even knowing it happened until later on.
@Gary Adame To prevent Argentina from invading Chile, Chile provided with logistical and military assistance to Great Britain. Finished the war, there were strained relations between those countries, for what Chile calls "preventive measure to deflect invasion" or what Argentina calls "deliberate treason". A friendship memorandum was made years later, normalizing relations between both governments. However, animosity between both countries, overall Argentina, are still prevalent.
@Gary Adame Also, given the opportunity, Chile considered the use of chemical weapons on Argentina. In fact, Chile was planning to poison the water's supply of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. That plan was part of Project Andrea. Luckily, the war didn't happened, because if it did, Chile would be compared with Iraq.
@Gary Adame chile was going to do everything possible to see the downfall of Argentina. Argentina broke the beagle treaty which recognised chile as the rightful owner and then decided to move its troops over to Patagonia. Chile was isolated at the moment by most of the world diplomatically and was outnumbered. Also, Luciano Benjamin Menéndez during the beagle conflict and the falklands war, he was quoted by saying an infamous remark which was “they let us attack the Chileans, we'll chase them to Easter Island, we'll drink the New Year's Eve toast in the Palacio de La Moneda, we’ll rape their women and then we'll piss the champagne into the Pacific”. Overall I’m glad Argentine forces headed towards downfall once the junta was dismantled. Argentina just runs pissy little 70’s equipment which is both poorly maintained and outdated, hence as to why they’re no longer a threat to chilean sovereignty
@@francoramirez4894 comentes un grabé error argentinos no entraron al territorio Chileno es incorrecto lo que ocurrió fue la amenaza de argentina en la invasión lo cual no sucedió el objetivo de Chile no era envenenar las agua era tomar los suministros y bases lo más rápido es el típico plan relámpago
RANDOM FACT The ARA General Belgrano was actually a US-built and commissioned Brooklyn-class cruiser given to the Argentine Navy. Her name was the USS Phoenix (CL-46), and she was a Pearl Harbor survivor.
The Argentine navy actually operated a WWII era carrier during the war. It was known as the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. It was ironically a British built Colossus class Carrier with 2 previous designations. HMS Venerable, and HNLMS Karel Doorman. The Argentine navy acquired it from the Dutch and was active during the Falklands War. The Royal Navy actually hunted for the Carrier and for a time it evaded the Royal Navy, but it was withdrawn back to Argentina.
Fun fact: when the BBC broadcasted the news of the British landing point, the Argentinian commanders thought it do outlandish to have a state media company broadcast plans of military operations that they completely ignored it and failed to adequately re-in force the beachhead.
@@MTC008 ropa militar de la época del 1960, cada nación utiliza lo que le gusta mas, lo que es mas cómodo para sus hombre y diferenciarse en lo posible del enemigo, pero no fue ropa de la degunda guerra mundial.
I've heard some intersting perspectives from other South American countries like Chile and Brazil about the Falkland War. Basically, many of them were supportive of Argentina's claim to the island but going to war with the British was a stupid move (even Chile supported the British with a place to land their planes).
In Uruguay we supported Argentina's claim but remained neutral in the actual conflict, as we always do since our military is mostly for show. Still it is important to remember that we were also under a brutal dictatoriship so their decisions tended to lean towards preserving their own positions of power rather than helping our brothers.
"Despite this utter betrayal by the producers of Wallace & Gromit..." - Is a truly amazing line for a history documentary. Excellent work whoever came up with that.
Spain established its sovereignty starting in the 15th century over the Argentine territory and the Malvinas Islands. At the Nootka convention in 1790, England recognized as Spanish territory up to 18,520 kilometers (10 nautical leagues) from the coasts that its colonies occupied, with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands only a little more than 500 kilometers away. In 1816 Argentina achieved its independence by claiming what was previously Spanish territory. In 1820 Argentina established its colony in Puerto Soledad and MAINTAINED POSSESSION OF THE ISLANDS FOR 13 YEARS. Rejecting illegal US fishing led to the attack by the war corvette Lexington on Puerto Soledad. On January 2, 1833, the British war frigate HMS Clio arrived, commanded by Captain John James Onslow, who took possession of the islands from the captain of the schooner Sarandí, José María Pinedo, because he was not in good condition. to resist. Let all good English people know that the Malvinas Islands are currently under the UN Special Committee on Decolonization. And the only thing that holds them back is British political and military power. nnn
@@1988MaxVivasthat falls apart, when you realise Britain also claimed, the island. And it was under Britain, before Argentina existed. You claim the islands, because Spain claimed them. Even though they stopped there claim, a century ago. The only reason why Argentina, has even been entertained the idea, of owning the Falklands, is because of close proximity and, colonial ties. Argentinas are upset, because the war, should have been avoided. However, the British had a duty to protect their people, from foreign aggression. Whether that seems hypocritical, from a historical standpoint, it doesn’t matter. Argentinians, now attribute their pain and loss, to the British for besting them. And see the brits, as a mirror of colonial Spain. The problem is, Argentina has never tried to properly, claim the islands, until their dictator told them to. Most of the anger shot at the Brits, can mainly be attributed, to their ability to get on, even after the war. With Argentina still feeling the fallout, of decades of authoritarianism, political corruption, economic, and social instability, along with their general disdain, of aristocracy, and a flexing military. Britain doesn’t have any reason, to want the islands, other than the fact, they have residents on the islands. But because they own them, and because they do have citizens, on the islands. There’s no reason why, they shouldn’t have them. Argentina can’t argue migration, because the Brits can also argue it. That’s why Argentina, doesn’t have the right to the islands, even if Britain isn’t that bothered. And at the end of the day, the war is over now. The residents are British, and voted to remain so.
@@tomfox8551la razón por la que reino unido quiere mantener como suyas las islas no es por los colonos británicos si no porque es una posición estratégica para el comercio, el puerto de las malvinas es de los más rentables para el reino unido.
@@LiliamElizabetnNeyraAguirreregardless why they, might want it. They have it. Why should Argentina, need the islands, any more than the UK. Other than, they feel like it. I can understand the want, to heal a scar. To ignite patriotism. However, just because they might, want it more than us. Doesn’t give them anymore, of a right to own them. Again, the claim is baseless. Whatever reason, the UK has for it, however small or not. It is a reason……..to have them! The need, and the purpose for them, now, has only been heightened, by modern strategical, and resources purposes. Argentinians preach, this idea of decolonisation, and peace. Yet, Argentina is a white majority country, with almost no natives, and no black people. Even though they are in, South America. You can criticise the UK, for its own past, and for our history. But don’t act high and mighty, when you yourselves are perpetrators, of ethnic cleansing. You’re ancestors, we’re imperialist racists yourselves. And again! If you’re position on the matter, are claims based solely on, proximity and colonialism. Then you have less, of a reasonable claim, then we do. And don’t try, to factor in immigration, from back in the 1800s, because we also had migrants. And we were the ones, who allowed fishermen on to the islands. It was you guys, who claimed the islands, after they were in our possession. In fact, we kicked you off, because you setup, a military garrison. After we allowed you, to use the islands for fishing. You claimed them, without our knowledge, or consent. Then we kicked you off. Plus you didn’t have, that many people there. Also you guys, keep bringing up, immigrants and Spain. That’s not a reason, to claim anything.
I don’t know how to explain it but this video feels much better animated than any video before, like it was already really good but this one just feels even BETTER. Hope someone in the animation/drawing team sees this, you guys are doing a wonderful job. Can’t believe this is all accessible for free
It's like both the Korean War and Soviet-Afghan conflict, somewhat lost in the consciousness of the greater Western audience whom are subjected to far more media covering WW2, the Vietnam conflict and the War on Terror etc.
I think it’s probably because it’s mostly inconsequential to the majority of the population. Whereas wars like WW1 and 2 affected millions if not billions of people.
You may not know an almost lost move on our (Argentine) side: before the conflict we used the flag without the sun (Sol de Mayo, Sun of May) on most civilian occasions. Displaying the flag with the sun was a military tradition as it is understood it means war. Well, since 1982 the flag has always been displayed with the Sol de Mayo thoroughly depicted. Greetings from Hudson, Argentina to my beloved British foes.
fua yo no sabía eso, se me hace mas facil imaginarme la bandera argentina siendo la de siempre, buen dato saludos desde buenos aires provincia (ayuda sacame de acá estos mosquitos tienen el tamaño de avionetas se llevaron a mi perro)
@@elsantigamer4334 así es. Hice la primaria en plena dictadura y vi todo de primera mano. La única bandera que siempre tenía el sol era la de ceremonias en los colegios. Espero que los mosquitos te devuelvan al perro. Mis gatos pasean en el jardín y a veces los veo rascándose, se ve que como va terminando el invierno todos los bichitos salen a ver qué consiguen 🐱
The Falklands War: Also known as "That time a Junta couldn't had misread a situation on the ground even more!" _OR_ "How to destroy your dictatorship in 3 Easy Steps?"
I suspect Thatcher's "error" of reducing the British military forces on the island prior to the conflict was a trap: she lured the Junta into what looked like an easy way to boost its domestic popularity, positioning her for a quick and easy military victory which would boost her own. The Junta fell for it, and the outcome was better than I suspect Thatcher even hoped: not only did the UK win, the junta was destroyed in the subsequent domestic backlash in Argentina, and democracy was restored. This allowed Thatcher to promote herself as a nationalist and military victor on the one hand, and a champion of global democracy on the other, a heady combination that played a significant role in Thatcher winning the 1983 general election with an increased majority, rather than (as had been predicted prior to the conflict) being unceremoniously booted out. If I'm right, that means over nine hundred people died so she could win an election.
@@tavdy79 It's certainly an interesting perspective, and entirely plausible. I would however contest you assertion that it was a 'quick and easy military victory'. Having read Admiral Woodward's book on his account of the conflict, he paints it as a very close run thing, what with the southern hemisphere's winter drawing very quickly in giving them a very limited window with which to retake the isles. He also stated that if he'd lost one of his two aircraft carriers (which was not entirely unlikely) it was basically game over as they'd be unable to maintain control of the air of the isles.
There is only one victory worth celebrating when the guns fall silent; the fact you are still alive. To all those British and Argentinan lads whom lost their lives, God bless and Godspeed 🇬🇧 🇦🇷 Never again.
I remember hearing an RAF fighter pilot praise the skills of the Argentine Air Force. He compared them with F1 drivers and pointed out they were fantasic race drivers seemingly undeterred by risks, and they flew the same way.
The friend of a teacher I had in High School is a veteran from the war... It was awful, not only he was just a conscript (When you were 18 you could be selected in a lotery for 1 year of military service... he "won") from a zone that is hot and dry as Texas/Australia... with barely any supplies he was sent to an island closer to the end of the world than home. Also a fun trivia fact... the democratic elected presisent after the fall of the Junta (R. Alfonsin) caused an economic calamity that ended with hyperinflation... Argentina can't get a break
I see what you mean and for the UK it’s one of the last, but the US has been fighting long distance conflicts with naval forces for the the last 30 years.
One of the ironies of the war is that the population on the Falklands was declining prior to the conflict, and within a few years would have been deemed unsustainable by the British government, who would then have been open to discussing a transfer of sovereignty. However, largely due to the conflict, the population has since increased to a sustainable level.
Due to the strategic position of the archipielago, i seriously doubt any state would ever give them up. You can simply make a propaganda program to convince a few families to move in and you solved the problem.
@@andrewgenio it doesnt take much to google. The government were literally looking in to giving the Falkands up from 1979 but a vote in the House of Commons to give the Islanders citizenship in the UK didn't go through by one vote
The irony that if Argentina had only waited a few more years British will to keep the islands would have gone completely and the extended drawn-down of British naval size would have been completed meaning the islands would have been taken by Argentina peacefully by now anyway
@@JG-ib7xk it took me a while to find information about this, i ended up on the "British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill [H.L.] HL Deb 29 November 1982 vol 436 cc1076-106 Second Reading debate resumed." For what i could tell, it only talks about the creation of diferent states of citizenship, "The 1981 Act gets away from this confusion by creating one citizenship, British citizenship, for those who belong to the United Kingdom; a second, British Dependent Territories citizenship, for those who have connection with a dependent territory; and a third, British Overseas citizenship, for those citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who have no continuing connections with either the United Kingdom" But a found no mention of even considering giving up the islands Am i reading the wrong article?
@@andrewgenio You got it correct. The weird thing is that the ENTIRE total of ALL UK Overseas Territories combined populations is less than one year's net Immigration of EU citizens into the UK.
13:38 "Chileans are traitors!" "Why did chile not back-up Argentina during the falkland war? 😭😭😭" Literally Argentina and Chile being on the verge of war at the time.
And it wasn’t Chile threatening to invade Argentina; the dictatorship in Argentina openly talked of (and even launched a small invasion mission) invading southern Chile.
@@briton3851 I don't know if the best, just probably the most similar to the British Empire. Stealing territory left and right from their neighbors. Ask Bolivia and Peru.
@@naokitoiko2701 We went to war in 1879 because Hilarion Daza, President of Bolivia at the time, thought it would be a good idea to break the treaty it had signed with Chile in 1874, which clearly stated to NOT up the taxes of the chilean companies in the northern territory for over 25 years.
Gromit came out unscathed. As he was vigilant. Though the same couldn’t be said for innocent little Wallace. The war changed him. He no longer smiles outside the presence of cheese…
As an argentine... thank you. Many people fail to see just how badly argentina was in this period. I have a teacher that assisted the war and told me how terrifying the night was. See, at that point, the british had night vision technology, while we didn't. They also had the communication advantage. Politics dominated the military. I love that little note at the end, that 2021 diplomatic talks only started because the president had low approval ratings, hinting that absolutely nothing has changed. You're goddamn right.
I am 26 years old now, and my mother was only 12 years old when the war broke out here in Argentina. At her school, a campaign was raised in order to supply our soldiers with chocolates and other goods that they wouldn't get otherwise. I remember my mom telling me how she even wrote letters to these unknown soldiers, some of which where just 6 or 7 years older than her. I've recently heard that those supplies never reached the soldiers, because they were stolen by some corrupt argentinian officials on their way to the islands. I don't know if my mom knows this, but what I know is that I she will never hear it from me.
there's a misconception over the donations, the islands were under naval blockade and supply ships weren't able to reach them, only the Hercules transport planes were able to bring supplies and evacuate wounded soldiers, but it was utterly insufficient, they couldn't carry as much supplies as a cargo ship by a long margin. so they had to prioritize what supplies to load, and chocolates and letters were very low priority.
@@martindione386 I doubt the Argentine government and military at the time would send such luxuries anyway. They would have seen it as wasting precious limited resources and luxuries on lowly worthless conscripts and kept it all for themselves instead. They didn't care about the conscripts in the slightest
@@HarleyHerbert that myth is another misconception, only a very small minority of the officers were brutal with the conscripts, today is common to see both soldiers and their officers making reunions every year, sharing asados and wine
I think is a major mistake not to talk about the geopolitical situation of the cold war in south America, the aid of the USA to all the countries including Chile and Argentina military regimes. The strong hate among Chileans and Argentinians, and the big international scene where diplomatic pressure from UK could bend a private corporation to not comply with a contract to supply Argentina with the Exocet missile for their SE Aircrafts. Uruguay didn't vote with Argentina and remained neutral because some minor dispute over an island in the river plate that belongs to Uruguay but as today keeps a military garrison from Argentina. Peru did help Argentina because they always saw Chile as an enemy, they always wanted the regions chile won in war, the same war that took the Bolivian path to the Pacific ocean. No one expected the British to form a task force to retake those islands, plain and simple. But the islands still had an strategic value.
@@hititmanifyfor 1 it was home to thousands of UK residents meaning that there are large geopolitical reasons for taking the island. Also it was an important ship refuelling station at the time
Jamás hubo odio a chile antes de la guerra de las malvinas, solo habia pequeñas discrepancias, sobre la definición de limites. El odio fue introducido por UK, sosteniendo el lema "divide y vencerás"
Defeat is sometimes the best thing that can happen in a war. Argentina missed out on some penguin inhabited rocks settled by some English speaking sheep farmers but instead it got its democracy back.
British blood created that situation - and I am glad for it. I am British, hold no enmity for Argentina ( am aware of Argentina's good points, including assistance to Britain in WW2 ), and think the Argentinian people deserve better leaders.
That's an interesting take, but I think the war started precisely to distract increasing discontent with the current government. Democracy would have come anyways
@@zen4men Right, Putin's Russia risks similar if their assault on Ukraine continues to cost considerably more than expected, and the PRC faces similar should they commit to take Táiwān by force as promised. In both countries there are not insignificant pro-democracy sentiments not only in the streets but also into their own ministries, hence why they have to spend so much of their budget on "internal security" and political "discipline".
Just the amount of details that the graphics team put into this is insane! Even the typical 70's milico moustaches on the officers, very well done you guys!
My parents `British` said that when they visited Argentina in the 2000s the Argentinian people were really friendly and looked after them very well. Thank you and best wishes from the UK.💌
Because, although we will always claim and fight for our lands, we respect your veterans (they faught with honor, as ours also did), and we dont think the same things about your governments and uk ordinary people. We are a nation with great tradition to receive immigrants from all over the world open arms. So, anybody who is respectfull will be welcome.
My uncle was a sailor on HMS Endurance when the war broke out, the only Royal Navy ship for thousands of miles, as an Antarctic survey ship she had very few weapons, she had to evade the Argentine navy for weeks whilst they hunted the Endurance, alone and defenceless hiding from radar alongside icebergs, she would have been a massive propaganda coup for the Argentines had they sunk her,, he listened in as the Santa Fe an Argentine submarine was attacked by Endurance's helo and was there with the SAS on board before and after retaking South Georgia
Funny, the major argentine propaganda footag6 came from the own british defense cammera system, you could even see those videos on UA-cam now, as "crazy real low flight malvinas/falkland war."
@@harlequin2614 you can clearly see it burning, amazingly enough britain did not hide those sunken ships, most probably because those were too obvious to hide.
@@leonardoflorentin en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endurance_(1967) You can clearly see it in these photos taken after the war. It wasn’t sunk because that would require competency the Argentines lacked.
@@Noremac023 the only attack hided by the britis, was the attack to the invencible, all the others were just on the open and couldn't be hide. Britain golden era died long before 1982, as a matter of fact britain was never known for being a formidable war machine but rather for being pirates.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. When the war started everyone in the Junta realized it was an all-or-nothing gamble; in truth, given the state of the British at the time (facing harsh economic woes and sorta seen as the US' minion after to the Suez crisis in 1956) the Argentine Junta didn't believe that a war would break out. Rather, the invasion was meant to be used as a bargaining chip for diplomatic negotiations.
Backfired for one side, successful for the other. The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was also extremely unpopular (and for good reason). Gallup polls in the fall of 1981 showed her to have the lowest rating ever recorded by Gallup, about 27%. Thatcher likely used the Falklands War to improve her own standing among the British people as well as serve as a distraction for the economic problems she was causing.
Great video, and it’s good to see things from the Argentinian side. I’m British but it was a bloody battle, and frankly I have huge respect for the forces on both sides. God Bless all those who lost their lives.
I'm argentine and would love to visit the islands and have a beer with people there, maybe spend a time there too although I know there's not much to do there.
I respect the British forces thank you chaps, I have no respect for the Argentine military whatsoever who were obviously drunk as a skunk to think they stood the slightest chance of victory over Great Britain Lots of love from Great Britain
@PeePee PooPoo the euro fighters will take everything you send out. Those planes may look crap but the carry an obscene amount of ordnance that will Sink ships Shoot down aircraft from so far away the euro fighters will not even be on radar Lay waste to ports and airfields that attempt to launch anything, Then we have the Astute class Good luck against one of them, seriously the Argentinians will need it Type 45 well that's self explanatory or shall I mention that Aster that never misses ? Then we have the FDF 2000 well armed individuals that will slot anything and anyone that every lands full stop Then we have the garrison that is well funded with manpads, anti tank weapons and marines , Marines job is to keep St Peter busy by stacking fresh souls at the gates . Very best of luck seriously Oh I forgot to mention tomahawk and all the other lovely missile systems that GB owns . Plus, we destroyed the Argentinian economy twice , dont forget the money goes through London. As I said Best of luck
it's good cinematography but its undertones are bad for understanding the war. many of his comrades in arms testify Edgardo Esteban (writer and director) was a lazy coward. ua-cam.com/video/jlbXZsQfw_E/v-deo.html here are some testimonies (they're in Spanish).
An Ungentlemanly Act [1992] is a pretty decent film covering the initial landings. Still a great deal of uncertainty about actual events, as Argentine, British and Islanders views are often in conflict. The best coverage (from the British side) is the British Army Documentaries channel four part "The Falklands War" with great detail and interviews with the people involved.
Edgardo Esteban quien escribio esa pelicula fue un cobarde que huyo el dia que le toco combatir. ademas es muy evidente el enfoque que tiene esa pelicula solo retratar como niños a los soldados y a los oficiales como el enemigo de la nacion siendo que la mayoria de ellos murieron de forma heroica
Great video! I find the Falklands War to be one of the most fascinating topics, I just read a great book I'd recommend by one of the Harrier pilots called 'Hostile Skies'. If done correctly it could be the perfect topic for a Christopher Nolan film 🧐
Another great book is 100 days by Admiral Sandy Woodward the Admiral in command of the British Fleet, a good read and an in depth look into his mind during the conflict
The production quality on these videos is getting so good that it's amazing that you're putting in so much detail both in your narrative and also into the visuals.
I'm an Argentenian-American and I love this video. I feel as if the war isn't talked about much, and when it is talked about, the legacy is often left in the dark. It was this war that raised a dictator's approval rating, and it was this war that led to the Junta being overthrown. I visited the country last year in November and I saw firsthand how the low-approval government in the middle of an economic crisis is trying to get the country back to a patriotic Falklands state of mind: in Ushuaia, Rosario, and Buenos Aires, it's not uncommon to find flags, memorials, billboards, and even bills with the islands - but even isolated cities in the middle of nowhere have this. I love my country, yet I don't want people to think that all Argentines supported the war or people to think that the war doesn't live on. Argentina is a great country, yet it has its own flaws.
It's a very common ploy by politicians to distract from their own failings and inadequacies. They do it in the U.k. They do it in India. They do it in France. America. China. They're doing right now in Russia. All over the world the moment domestic policy hits the ropes, the moment economic problems grow: every politician resorts to nationalism and directing attention to the ‘other’. And it will continue forever. The youth and educated don't rely fall for it. But in every country there's a large group, often a majority, that allow themselves to be seduced by flags, rhetoric and nationalism. It's easier for Argentianians to complain about at war that happened 35 years ago then believe that they're powerless over their political and economic situation. But I've always thought the moment a domestic political group starts with the flag waving and directs attention to a historic ‘enemy’ or ‘other’ then it means they're probably on their way out as a political power.
@@thomasweir2834 As an Indian, we have 2 enemy nations right on the border (Pakistan and China), so it's very easy for politicians to go "we will take back PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) and Aksai Chin", just before elections. As India has extremely high levels of patriotism and to some extent, nationalism, millions of people support the party that makes such claims. For example, in 2019, the Balakot strikes, conducted by the IAF over Pakistan based terrorist groups, and ordered by the PM despite bad weather (he said that he approved it because the clouds would make the planes harder to detect), was used consistently for the 2019 elections. In 2020, Chinese soldiers killed 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan valley (in response, Russian media suggests that 45 Chinese soldiers were killed). In response, our government banned 100 something Chinese apps over the span of a few months, and said nothing about China building villages in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. However, they haven't gone to war yet, as they most likely know that if we lose, they'll be out of power.
That is something that I was wondering about; how do Argentinians view the war nowadays.. To be honest, if it wasn't done for political gain by a diminishing junta,.. the claim still doesn't seem completely crazy or unethical to me. And sending the most modern military machines around the world, sinking a boat full of conscripts in the process, never looked like Britains finest hour to me.
@@LuukvdHoogen if you’re curious about how we view it, I can summarize it in one word: unnecessary. I can’t watch, read or listen to anything about this topic without shedding a tear. So many lives lost in vain on both sides. There’s still people that think we could’ve “won” and others that celebrate the ships sunk by the Air Force, etc. People that were in the military service back then absolutely despise the army and always talk about how they ended up hating their superiors more than the “enemy”. That was well pointed out in the video. I would also say that I’ve never come across an Argentinian stating that the war was a correct move for the country, though sadly many (in their hatred for certain political movements, mainly Peronism-) actually romanticize the military dictatorship and wish it was back in place.
You missed a HUGE detail, Argentina REFUSED to abide by the 1978 arbitration award with Chile and threatened to INVADE but had to back down when Chile prepared for war. They vowed to try again and went in an uncontrolled military shopping spree, until deteriorating local conditions made invading the Falklands look like a good idea, sicne the UK looked like an easier target than Chile. THAT is the reason why there was trouble with Chile
@@joonker9607 LOL!!! 1. Argentina proposed arbitration early in 1978 confident Chile would refused due to the problems they had with the Vatican. 2. Chile accepted Vatican mediation. 3. Argentina WITHDREW its offer. 4. Argentina readied its army and sent its fleet south. 5. Chile readied its army and sent its fleet south. 6. ...Argentina decided to accept its OWN mediation offer and claimed divine intervention! 7. The Argentinian Military Junta was replaced by another one due the major embarrassment.🤣🤣🤣
@@joonker9607 LOL!!! Yeah the "VATICAN FLEET" intervened, right??? 🤣🤣🤣 Remind me, was the Pope in the Argentinian Junta? It is always hilarious to see the argentinians believe and regurgitate the lies their "brave" soldiers told them... right up til the day the ships with argentinian prisoners docked in buenos aires... Yeah, the POPE stopped you, right? Nothing to do with the Chilean Navy and Army waiting for your "brave" soldiers and sailors... 🤣🤣🤣
@@LucioFercho I really don’t know pal. I could swear it was because of a pope’s mediation, at least that’s what it’s written everywhere I go to see about the resolution of the conflict. I recently watched a claux.7 video of him visiting the beagle channel and looking around the disarmed artillery and bunkers. It really seemed like a dry stop with the plan.
There is a small mistake, the Argentinian soldiers that invadede the Falklands, were not just conscripts, or poor second hand units, but the elite and very motivated Argentinian Marines. They were replaced by the conscripts after the taking of the islands. This actually matters, because the professional soldiers were much better (in part due to better officers) at upholding order, and making sure the civilians were not at risk, something conscripts units have a much harder time doing.
He didn't mention it, but some conscripts can't move like that to make the garrison surrender, it is obvious they were not conscripts and they knew what were the dangers, Intel failed and they lost the upper hand, that's why they only managed to surround the UK forces without killing anyone, probably the officer of the marines died without knowing the fact that they were already exposed. Because of the Chilean situation, they used only the minimum vets possible to manage the situation on the islands. The Navy were outmatched for a face to face with a British task force, and the pilots either from the air force or the navy did a great job considering the little time they had to retrain their skills.
They also make it sound like the british surrendered without a fight, the 30 royal marines on the island put up a heroic stand including knocking out an APC that brought the argintines in durring the initial invasion
One of my colleagues was on the prison ship that returned the Argentinian soldiers after the end of hostilities. They were taking the POWs up onto the open deck in small groups so that they could stretch their legs, have a cigarette etc. Before returning them below. One man asked him as they were led up "Is this it?". My friend was puzzled "is it what?". The guy replied "Last cigarette and over the side". Some of them genuinely thought we'd shoot them and dump them in the South Atlantic. I'm sure many are familiar with the story of the Argentine pilot who was shot down, Found himself in British military medical care and was surprised to discover he was treated in accordance to his injuries and not his nationality. Which put him higher up the queue than many of the British troops in the facility. it makes me wonder what the treatment of British troops would have been if the situation had been reversed. The state of Moody Brooks barracks gives us a clue. It was shot to bits and had evidence of hand grenades being set off in the barrack rooms. The Royal Marine contingent was supposed to be asleep in those barracks when the Argentines invaded. That they weren't is probably why none of them were killed. Also, Rex Hunt called for a cease fire because they were holed up in a wooden building and the Royal Marines had no intention of surrendering. He didn't want those young men to die pointlessly, as he saw it. It would have been nice if that had been shown in the video.
It wasn't just hand grenades, but also white phosphorus. Argentina denies this was them, and instead blames harriers. Because 30mm cannon leaves the same size hole as small arms. Obviously.
Los comandos anfibios reducieron y tomaron posición de la isla sin realizar una solo baja, respetando la ley internacional. Incluso Argentina no fue el que dio el primer disparó, ya que aquí se tenia la idea de negociar, pero eso quedo claro que no era posible cuando se hundió el ARA General Belgrano, que marcó el inicio real de la guerra. Incluso la fuerza aérea nonhuzo uso de la bombas de napalm sobre las fuerzas británicas por razones humanitarias, cuando tranquilamente se lo podría haber usado ya que en ese momento no estába prohibido el uso del mismo. En el combates en la isla, la infantería de marina argentina no habría fuego contra varios helicopteros británicos por que se sabía que ahí en llevaban heridos, tampoco los pilotos se animaron a lanzar bombas en lus buques transatlánticos que estaban llenos de tropas británicas. La verdad es que para ganar una guerra aveces se necesita tener un poco más de maldad. El vietcong cometió un montón de atrocidades para la ganar la guerra, atrocidades que hasta el día de hoy siguen ocultas, en Argentina no somos capaces de hacer eso.
US Gov during the conflict: "Could you not just give them these islands, it;s not as if they're near you or strategic?" UK Gov: "Like Hawaii is to you? The answers No" US Gov: "Fine... want some guns?"
@Jackaroo we didn’t wage war, war was waged against us. The idea that because Hawaii is a state do it matters is stupid. The US wouldn’t allow Puerto Rico to be invaded.
A better analogy would be: the Falklands is to the UK what Guam is to the United States. Geographically, Guam should belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. But there is no way in hell that the USA would agree to acknowledge Micronesian sovereignty over Guam. It’s too important as a US military base.
@Jackaroo If the British shouldn't die to defend a sparsely populated island with no strategic purpose, the Argentines shouldn't die to take said island even more.
In regards to Piaggis surrender, given his intelligence and that he was uncertain as of whether we had artillary, the decision to save the town and his men is admirable, of not commendable
@N Fels What are you talking? No soldier was unmotivated, they fought until they ran out of ammunition. Those best units that you are talking about, they thought that it would only take 2 hours to take goose green and then they would drink tea, but it ended only when the best units started using MILAN missiles, because those Argentine soldiers were so unmotivated, as you say , that to get them out of their positions they had to use the MILAN missiles,Sure!!
Which is dumb. Its pretty clear that the islanders want to remain under the british. Seeing as its been almost unanimous everytime they’ve voted on it. I wish the Argentines would focus on their own domestic issues. They actually need to offer something of value for the islanders to want to join them. But i guess whining at the UN is easier
Your comments regarding the British pilfering From the islands interested me. My understanding is that the Falklands are barren rocky crags only suitable for raising farm animals. What did they actually steal ??
Hello, I am from Perú and yes my country supported Argentina in the war but many thinks that it wasn't a good idea because we were with our own internal problems to support with a war that wouldn't gave us something in return
@@Laguihole its only natural to help an ally , despite what this countryman of mine say , not many think it was bad in anyway , we never look to europeans meddling in america too kindly.
@@cseijifja I'd agree with the meddling part but it was kind of more like Argentina meddling in British territory at the time. Not British but just saying.
@@mariadelrosarioacevedo6858 The US military industrial complex might be an exception. I have yet to meet an American veteran, with combat experience, that doesn't *hate* the very idea of going to war.
@@DEAR7340 Well of course the industrial complex loves the idea of a war, they make out like fat rats, while the best the soldiers get is to come home alive and unharmed. It has been nearly 3 generations since there was a war fought by the US whose outcome affected national security. That may change soon, though...
Finally, thank you for this video. So many people seem to downplay or just ignore the dictatorship's role in the conflict, and the diplomacy that came before it. This is a welcome change of pace. Argentine Independence War and the Paraguay war are also interesting subjects to cover for a future video, assuming Europe runs out of wars eventually.
My dad was doing his obligatory military service in Mendoza when war broke out, and if the war had lasted longer, he might have been sent there. Thankfully, that never happened, and its just an anecdote
Absolutely love your work, it's very important to look from the perspectives of both cambatants to take a clear picture, and you have been doing a excellent work in that regard. Love from India
The British have only just cleared the Argentine land mines from the beaches that had become penguin sanctuaries as a result. The birds were too light to set them off.
As someone from Britain I think that since the falklands are not only way closer to Argentina, but are also a very underpopulated area of the UK. And our money shouldn't be wasted on a tiny group of islands in south america I think Argentina should have it.
@@meltedelevator they had a vote and i believe 3 people living in the Falklands actually wated to be part of Argentina vs the thousand British that had lived there for generations.
Excellent, well produced programme and so interesting to learn about the war through Argentines eyes and how they went about it. So good to watch these programs, they are all well done and very educational.
There is an Argentine TV series, *Combatientes* (Fighters in English) that was made in 2013 and was billed as Argentina's version of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which I think is worth a watch if one wants to see the Falklands War / Guerra de las Malvinas from the Argentine perspective. It narrates the experiences of a few young Argentine conscript soldiers and an officer during their time in the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas. Language is in Spanish though and I haven't been able to find English subtitles for this unfortunately.
Well as a Brit I'd be interested to see it but would need subtitles in order to have any chance of understanding it. I absolutely support the Islanders right to determine for themselves who they are aligned to (or no one if that is their decision) and as such feel it was right to remove the Argentinians from the islands but equally a part of me does feel sorry for some of the Argentine soldiers who wound up in that war. This being said, you can read about what they did to people, people's homes and the booby traps they left everywhere when they realised they were going to lose (grenades in coffee jars and on kids toys... That's fucked up beyond belief) and all of a sudden I find my resolve against them steeled again. Still it would be interesting to see and hear as I'm sure they weren't all arseholes.
@@Leandro-pw6nw No it wasn't, the dirty argies used people's homes and the post office as toilets ffs. They set up artillery next to schools and hospitals. The Argentines fought dirty, and they still lost against someone fighting fairly!!
Also let me point out that the period of Argentina in the 70s was a much more complicated case. The former president and general Juan Domingo Perón, had returned to the country in 1973 after a long exile in which he was received by crowds of different currents. Before his return, he sponsored militant groups to destabilize the anti-Peronist governments that had expelled him back in 1955. Among these groups emerged the so-called "Montoneros", a revolutionary group with a Guevarist bent but which supported the return of Perón and advocated a “nationalistic socialism”. Los Montoneros, got public support thanks to the kidnapping they carried out with General Pedro Aramburu and their subsequent execution. The victim had already gained a lot of hatred among the population due to his role in the military coup that overthrew Perón in 1955. However, the support would not last, because a series of murders, kidnappings, robberies and bombings it created a climate of counterproductive terror on the part of the guerrillas. Between 1969 and 1975, almost 700 people were murdered, including Army officers, industrialists, trade unionists, priests and foreign diplomats. With the death of Perón in 1974, the chaos and disorder did nothing but harm the government of his wife Isabel Perón, who would end up being overthrown in a coup on March 24, 1976. As a result, a government was created from a Military Junta directed by Jorge Rafael Videla, who would become president from 1976 to 1978, supported by the admiral of the fleet Emilio Eduardo Massera and the chief of aviation, Ornaldo Ramón Agosti. The Junta began the so-called National Reorganization Process, which consisted of monitoring or purging everything that was linked to guerrilla subversion, including an intense campaign of persecution and kidnapping of leftist militants until 1979.
I went as a medic aboard the Canberra and wrote a best selling book about it called 'The Band That Went To War'. I also came back from the war with an unusual souvenir, a signed 'thank you card' from the enemy!
10:49 Chile had neither the capabilities nor the intention of invading Argentina. It was actually the other way around. The Junta led by Pinochet decided to support the british precisely because they thought that if the argentinian invasion of the Falklands was succesful, then military actions for the annexation of the chilean islands on the Beagle would come next. There were even demonstrations where argentinians chanted "today it's the turn of the british, tomorrow the chilean's" in allusion to the eventual argentinian invasion of Chile after the Falklands thing was over (ua-cam.com/video/13OQI_I82NM/v-deo.html).
Of course, the Beagle disput was still alive, but Chileans believed it was to destroy Chile because Pinochet (not the Argentine Dictatorship) promised a total war in 1978 in oppsition to a localizated conflict, as the Argentinian Military Junta wanted. Obviously Pinochet supposedly didn't know what their neightbour could do (especially Galtieri) and prefered to not loss the islands on the Beagle, because it strenghtened him politically.
As a British person this very informative to watch. In English speaking media you rarely get to hear about claims from the Argentinian side. While I have issues and questions about the claims it nonetheless shows that both sides are only shown the aspects of the issue that benefit their own side. War and conflict is never as clear cut as it’s portrayed.
...and in the US, bias tends to gravitate toward anglo perspective. Most Americans would not know or care to hear the Argentine point of view. I find this curious, given the Monroe Doctrine and colonial past of US.
Argentina has no claim on The Falklands, it was a British territory before Argentina ever existed; the premise of "theft" stated at the start of this video is completely false.
@@DEAR7340 the monroe doctrine was anti-colonialism Ie euros are not welcome here as for why falklands is mostly shown from anglo perspective because a military attacking a target doesn't have there people on it whose only claim to it the people they overthrough also had a claim on it though that claim was never used as it colonized by french and british and then the british took it so it's argentinan and then there the fact argentina was dictatorship with a disasterous command structure in short the british are the heroes defending themselves from bs a dictator inflamed to look good not everything is a grand plan or bias sometimes someone can just be an asshole
this should be a lesson for everyone who is swalling the western narrative on Russia / Ukraine whilst knee jerk rejecting, or worse, not even keeping up to date with the Russian narrative.
You claim that the MoD "verified" execution of Argentine PoWs... but that's not strictly true. The investigation into those allegations didn't find evidence and the claims appear to have been mistaken or outright false. The MoD certainly didn't "verify" them. Quite disappointing you'd put such a contentious claim in a literal footnote.
Argentinian here never heard about it only heard about decet treatment of PoW and medics working along in the floating hospital they set up for both countries. the only myth I ever heard is about the gurkhas mercs suposedly scalping PoW but they just tell it as a fun fact thats obviously false.
I've heard stories that the British DID find American mercenaries amongst the Argentine troops who they DID execute. But only in those "I know someone who knows someone that was there" type of stories.
There was at least one case of someone shooting an argentine soldier that had surrendered, rather than a POW, however, this was from a unit of 2 Para that had come under fire from argentines using the white flag, so they didnt want to take the risk he would shoot them in the back
After reading and learning about "The Dirty War" I'm unfortunately glad that this war happened. Severely undermind the military junta of Argentina and gave the people the final drive to demand democratization.
@@audunms4780 They might of but since they decided to invade it instead it and were defeated, thereby cementing it as a source of British pride. Any British prime minister that gives up the Falklands now would be seen as a unpatriotic coward that spit in the face to everyone that fought in the war.
That torpedo launch at 16:15 hurt me a bit Though makes sense cause you can't really do a long visual cut with torp going into the water and hitting the sub.
naval history buff here the Belgrano's sinking was completely legal, as the british clarified the exclusion zone only applied to civilian vessels and neutral warships, but any argentinian warships would be engaged wherever found in theater. admirals on both sides recognize the entire south atlantic as the war theater and the sinking as legal, the captain of the Belgrano also believes it was legal. the exclusion zone was only an arbitrary line for civilian ships and foreign warships.
Some people might not be aware the Argentines had a mission to sabotage British warships in Gibraltar called Operation Algeciras. It involved sending commandos over to scout for suitable targets before attaching Italian made limpet mines brought over in diplomatic bags to British warships to cause as much damage as possible. Their actions raised local suspicions and were foiled by Spanish police. They originally considered attacking a target in Britain before deciding Gibraltar was better because they could speak the language and more easily blend in. An interesting bit of history. Makes you wonder how it would have affected the war had they been successful?
If they did that I don't think mainland Argentina would've gotten off as easily as it did. They would've been pummeled into renouncing their claim and paying reparations.
You forgot to mention about the HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft on 4 May 1982 and foundered while under tow on 10 May 1982. 20 people died on that ship and 24 injured
40 years on The Falklands War is the most untalked-about war. I hope those Veterans and Veterans's family know that, as a 22 year old lad who comes from a military county, we will always respect and honour what they did. What they did on the moorlands of that Atlantic island is a far more courageous act than any of my generation could ever do. I'm no nationalist, but as a student of WW1 literature and history, you can see similarities of how that war had ripple effects across all that have come after. When war happens it is just the bare bones of humanity. That is what the Falklands was especially due to most of the Brits being National Service conscripts. They definitely are, as Wilfred Owen wrote back in 1914, all we can feel and will ever feel as outsiders and voyeurs of war is the 'pity of war' and he would later write in his Preface with that: 'Yet these elegies are to this generation in no sense consolatory. They may be to the next. All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.' Like all soldiers will be truthful to us- the public. We 'must be truthful' to ourselves or else we will continue to repeat the mistakes of history like the whole last century and a half has been.
This is so great! Thank you! My family has ties to Argentina, and I've always had a relationship to them, and this war, thank you so very much for this, for enlightening me upon this subject! I'm so excited to view it!
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This video is really good. As an argentine i'm amazed by the work put on this, all the small details and the information used is outstanding. I think it pictures the situation in the country in a much better way than most argentines do.
Loved the video man! The Argentinian perspective doesn't get covered very often (if at all), so I'm very happy and pleased to see this. One of my uncles was a ARA Belgrano sailor but was thankfully transfered to a medical frigate (due to an accident with a pipe) before the Belgrano was sunk. And my dad's home was raided by the Junta a couple times when he was 10yo because my gandpa was a peronist syndicalist. So this topic hits close to home. Again, loved the video and all your contet in general, you and your team are amazing.
That Perón-dude contributed a huge lot for the advent of the Military Junta in Argieland; otherwise a great, rich and respected country before that clown appeared in the political scene. Which is what's been happening with the country in the political scene ever since then... Sad.
@@grahamkylevulcan4340 The military junta was anti-peronist and pro-west. Also, Argentina was a mess since 1810, Perón only marked a change in social policies.
@@norwemaps Perón brought the social and economical turmoil which ensued the overthrown of Mrs Perón from government. Perón served himself of the leftist guerrillas when it suited him best, which played havoc with the rightist party which always supported him.
@@ragglefraggle9111 Yea, that is why Argentina had the support of the ONU previous the war, and support the historical and geographic tesis made by the country
Very well done video, just one thing would have added if it was included at the ending of the video: the Falklanders had a referendum on British/Argentine rule, just a hair under 100% voted to remain British.
Those are British occupiers. The REAL inhabitants are proto Argentinians. Making it Argentine territory by right. Colonialism, get out! Islas Malvinas forever!
@@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler the heck are "proto" Argentinians supposed to be? Argentine cavemen or something? Your country dates back to around 1810 I believe...
It is very interesting to see the conflict from the other side, that is, our side (I'm an Argentinian with relatives involved in the war) but through your lens. Without a doubt, it is still a difficult issue in my country, not only because the conflict was escalated into a war by a military junta of genocide, but also because the recruits(now growed men) are often called "boys" or "children" and they feel it as a disrespect, when, personally, I call them that because they were children sent to a war, but in that scenario they showed great courage. Anyway, great video, great production, and from a fellow animator I really like the attention to detail in the reserch of material to represent what as a country we saw in those days.
As a Brit, I agree with you, every Man who set foot on the Falkland Isles with a weapon was and are still brave men. BRAVE MEN. Win or lose, you cannot remove the heroism of the people on the ground fighting against people they do not know. Who someday may also be friends.
So glad you know Wallace and Gromit. I'm half English but grew up in Texas and it's something my friends didn't grow up with, so knowing that other Americans are in the W&G loop is comforting.
There is a documentary out there that expands on the Argentine pilots POV "guerra aerea malvinas" or something like that, it is impressive to hear what they achieve with the equipment they had, it may be fair to say that the air force were committed to fight until the end, and were the ones to deal must of the damage to the British.
The book "Harrier 607" goes a bit into the Argentine Airforce and has some stories and interviews from their personal. Held together with duck tape and luck, they put up a really good fight
The only part of the Argentine armed forces to come out of the conflict with their reputation intact. Their tactics and the bravery of the pilots were respected and acknowledged by their British opponents.
This was one of the more intriguing long distance conflicts, although largely a failed ploy by Argentinian Government to distract their population and to gain their approval. People unfortunately had to perish for these silly games.
Yes. And not the only time latAm governments have used wars for internal political purposes. Colombia once tried to take a few small rocks in what is is called the Caldas incident. Peru and Chile beat the drums everytime the economy goes sour, or the miners go on strike. There even was a "football war".
@@ricardokowalski1579 - it's not only LatAm countries which use wars for political purposes. The UK has a long and extremely bloody history in that regard, and I'm reasonably confident the Falklands War was just one of many examples. Thatcher laid a trap, the Junta blundered into it, and she got the glory - and the general election win the following year.
@@ricardokowalski1579 - the junta's decision to invade was in response to Thatcher's decision to pull British military forces out of the islands, making that decision look like a mistake. However Thatcher was both ruthless and canny, so making a mistake like that doesn't fit with her personality. What does fit is Thatcher luring the junta into a trap: withdrawing those forces in the full knowledge of how the junta was likely to respond, triggering a conflict which she could use to boost her own domestic approval ratings - which, like the junta's were flagging. It was a high-stakes gamble, but it paid off, and came with some bonus wins: the destruction of the junta eliminated a military threat to her Chilean friend and ally, Pinochet, plus the conflict acted as a showcase for the effectiveness of British military hardware - highly valuable for one of the planet's largest arms exporters.
22:05 No. Anglos always get this wrong: The war was a desperate attempt of the junta to appeace the (increasingly) protesting, happening due the economic crysis. The people was ready to rise against the dictatorship before the war, and the junta panicked. This unwinnable war was their las resort to remain in power. The return of democracy was inevitable, the war ended up being just a delay.
Several inaccuracies, most minor, but stating "The Argentine Airforce outnumbered the RAF 3 to 1" is completely wrong. The Argentines fighters outnumbered those of the 1982 Naval Task Force by 3-1 not the RAF. BIG difference. No country that engages in war is innocent of warcrimes. To only point the finger at the British is narrow-sighted at best.
Indeed the RAF were barely even there, besides one squadron of land-attack Harriers, a couple of Vulcans and the odd Nimrod nosing down from Ascension. It was the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm that did the bulk of the fighting and took the losses.
The thing to bear in mind is that this is explicitly a video intended to be in line with the popular Argentine perspective. Not an accurate documentary of the conflict as such. I've seen Argentines touch on a great many of these points, so I would say it's a fair appraisal of the popular Argentine narrative. Said narrative being hogwash, and mostly the product of Peronist propaganda regurgitated for decades, does not detract from the video.
@@bairdrew Yes, actually, it does. This video is presenting itself as a documentary & factual. Therefore it should be both & not some half guessed, made-up bullshit.
@@RARDingo But this is the thing you seemingly missed when you definitely read my comment. It literally is an accurate documentary. And it literally is factual. But what its about the Argentine perspective, not about the actual war on the ground. It's literally a documentary on the Argentine propaganda.
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As an Argentinian and also a long time follower of your channel, I loved this video and I greatly appreciate the accuracy that always characterizes this channel. This is a very hurtful subject for us and a foreign speaking of this "From our perspective" is a little weird, albeit I deeply thank you and your team. Nonetheless I would like to make a little correction: You said correctly that Argentinian conscripts (nicknamed "colimbas") were equipped with modern FAL assault rifles, but they lacked proper winter clothing, food (in fact there's an anecdotic case of a soldier that got caught stealing a sheep by a local farmer who just let the would-be thief keep it alongside more food because he felt so sorry for the young and hungry soldier). Furthermore, the heavy weaponry they managed to get onto the island was very outdated. Also, there's something very relevant that you forgot to mention: The blatant corruption of the Junta. There's a very emblematic case that I would like you to know "24 horas por Malvinas". It was a television show that ran for 24 hours non-stop with the intention of gathering donations for the war effort. Famous people like Maradona (through his manager), TV and radio stars, famous artists and pretty much anybody who was somebody made an appearance and / or donated huge amounts of money. Of course the regular population also chipped in, and they collected more than 1.5 million dollars in cash plus jewels, paintings, fur coats, solid gold bars, gold coins and other objects of value. The donation campaign lasted for four months and in total it raised an estimated total of 54 million dollars. To this day, nobody is sure what happened to all that, but with the colimbas suffering cold and hunger on the island you can assume that the donations never got to the intended destination. Also the donations never returned to the people, so we can all guess what happened to it... It's very important (IMO) to clarify this, because when we study this war and we analyze how fast some soldiers surrendered without much fighting, we must remember: "an army marches on its stomach"
@@jonataspereira1691 Yes there is. There are several historic, political and strategic reasons for Argentina to want the islands back. And they're not "a tiny island". Sure, they aren't Madagascar, but they're bigger than the likes of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lebanon or Luxembourg.
@@jonataspereira1691 The war happened in 1982. That's really not that long ago; case and point, my father was conscripted at the time, though he did not see fighting. Many fathers, sons, brothers and friends of currently alive Argentine people died during the war, and as the video states, it was mostly in vain. It's no wonder the topic is hurtful.
@@jonataspereira1691 This war happened not so long ago... The veterans are still alive. My uncle was in the Army when the war started, he lost friends from his childhood in that conflict. I can't imagine what those soldiers faced, they were my age and they were forced to fight a war against a superpower. My father told me that one of my uncle's friend always played football with them... When the war started they never saw him again, he died in the war.
@@zddxddyddw There is no point at all. There are few conflicts in the world that are so one sided. Most of them have a healthy dose of nuance. This one does not. Argentina has pathetically little claim. It's sad. You're wrong. It's a nationalistic ploy to cover over the gigantic failures of the country, And I mean Gigantic! Argentina's GDP per capita was near the top of the world 100 years ago. The Falklands are an excuse, a distraction for the poor dumb fools fed a crap load of inaccurate propaganda to cover the sad failures of a failed political system. Again, it's pathetic.
Como argentino me sorprende (para bien) el respeto con el que se trata el conflicto y al que fue (en su caso) el "oponente". Ojalá algún día se encuentre una solución a esta disputa histórica. Sabemos que es probable que ninguno de los dos países renuncie a sus pretensiones, al menos por mucho tiempo. En mi país las generaciones son educadas desde el inicio de la escuela sobre la historia del archipiélago, los recursos y disposiciones históricas y, sobretodo, sobre aquella fatídica guerra. Lógicamente para nosotros siempre serán argentinas, pero el compromiso de resolver el conflicto mediante el diálogo debe ser algo irrenunciable.
Cuando uno usa la violencia para obtener sus metas, es el ùltimo recurso para resolver la situacion esa. Significa que el momento de la diplomàcia se acabo, y por lo tanto el que usa la violencia lo reconoce. Argentina usò la violence y al hacerlo perdonó la oportunidad de resolver el conflicto con el diálogo. La guerra fue la ùltima oportunidad para tomar las islas. El reino unido ya no tiene porque responder a ningun acercamiento argentino de discurso u oferta de negociaciones, la violencia era la ultima carta que podia jugar argentina y la ha perdido para siempre. si uno usa la violencia y pierde, el otro nunca más necesita responderles.
@@simonoreilly5141 no olvidemos que a través de la violencia fue que gran Bretaña expulsó a los ciudadanos argentinos durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Esta es una discusión que va mucho más allá de dos desconocidos intercambiando opiniones en una plataforma impersonal.
@Aaron Natanael te restas valor al punto principal de la conversación (la guerra de las Malvinas) y profundizas en la historia y el colonialismo. Esto está fuera de tema, pero como lo mencionaste y el colonialismo, me gustaría preguntarte qué le hizo Argentina (no España) a la gran población africana que existía hace menos de 100 años. ¿Qué idioma hablaba (personalmente) antes de hablar español? Su historia está tan contaminada como la de cualquier poder colonial. Tu hipocresía hacia el colonialismo, mientras cosechas los beneficios de su lengua y cultura europea, es impactante. Señor, parece no darse cuenta de su propia miopía.
@Aaron Natanael antes de empezar a lanzar calumnias sobre el colonialismo y la historia, asegúrese de que su propia historia esté libre de pecado. Viví en Colombia durante siete años, mi esposa e hijos son colombianos, he viajado muchas veces a Argentina por trabajo. Conozco la historia de América Latina (incluyendo a William Brown, ya que soy descendiente de irlandeses). cuando visito Argentina me sorprende la cantidad de gente que dice ser más europea que latina. Me parece hipócrita que tus compatriotas afirmen que por un lado son más europeos que latinos y por otro odian que esos mismos europeos hayan sido colonizadores de América del Sur. por eso te pregunto cual es? ¿orgullo de su historia europea o vergüenza de su historia europea? Solo recuerda, todo lo que tienes, todo lo que eres, tu maravilloso idioma (soy hispanohablante), historia, religión, arquitectura, literatura, arte, comida, líderes y héroes son casi todos europeos (en su mayoría españoles). Deberías estar orgulloso de esto y no usarlo como arma. que tire la primera piedra el que este libre de pecado.
Soy argentino y mí tío combatió en esa guerra, le mostré este video y dice que le pareció increíble tu trabajo y piensa ver más videos tuyos Saludos! I am Argentinian and my uncle fought in that war, I showed him this video and he says that your work is incredible and he plans to see more of your videos. regards!
For those who don't know, Argentina and Chile had territorial disputes for the Beagle Straight since the 1970s, so Argentina always expected that Chile will invade the country once it could, that's why most of the best troops stayed inside the country. In 1984, Chile will make an "ultimatum" and make a vote for the people who was there with the the slogan vote peace or war, at the end, Chile won the vote and the war was avoided, Argentina was still touched for the Malvinas/Faklands war to fight Chile.
@@ethannixon8170 it's about respect, in spanish or as a spanish speaker, it'll always be Malvinas. And as long as we breath, no matter the language, we'll call it like that
@@manu_spawn I don’t give a toss if I was using Spanish I would call it Malvinas but he’s using English you prat so he needs to call it falkands have “respect” as you call it
Though I've enjoyed most, a few clarifications (I'm from Argentina and on my way to be a historian) for anyone interested: the number of 30.000 is for the rough estimate of how many people were dissapeared never to be seen again, with their prior identities being errased to hide the crime. Many more were tortured yet not killed, my grandfather one of many, just out of abuse from the military (he wasn't even concerned about politics, but a personal dispute rose to that). And it would be false to say that all were active enemies of the dictatorship: soldiers entered schools looking for people with either peronist or socialist tendencies, and just having any simbol or book related to those movements was enogh to be taken captive. About the war, this video is spot on what it's usually talked and thought about over here. Only thing I can say with certainty is that if the failed war shortened the dictatorship even by 1 year, probably it was less deadly for us than the alternative of keeping those psychopaths on power. Nice video!
We have beaten most countries in war, why take on the constant winner to become the loser ? And your economy which we totalled twice . We spent the money we took from Argentina on more Harrier's Love from Great Britain
@@davidrobertson5700 The Argentines were the invaders !!! The British took it back for the islanders for democracy & for Britain !! 🇸🇭 🇬🇧👑 The Empire strikes back !! Let the lion Roar 🦁
Great video, thanks for covering this. The comment about Argentina fearing a Chilean invasion was odd though. From every other source I have heard about the Falklands war from, it has stated that Argentina kept their best forces back because they planned to invade Chile next.
No, that was back in 1978 because of a different territorial dispute, but that one was solved by mediation from the Vatican. Still, in 1982 Pinochet still resented the Argentine Junta for that. That's why he offered help to the British, and why the Junta thought that a Chilean invasion of the Argentine mainland could come at any moment if the British so desired.
The Argentine junta was stupid, but not stupid enough to go to war with Chile immediately after a possible conflict in the Falklands, specially when there is a massive mountain range in the way.
They did plan to invade Chile next, they had tried in the decade previous. Its why Chile helped the brits when no one else would, despite the UK officially having UN backing to reclaim the island. Chile knew if Argentina successfully took land from the Brits Chile would be next.
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A video on the Greek civil war would be interesting, the fighting didn't stop for Greece after Germany surrendered
Hey i had an idea, you could do a video of the war of the pacific from the peruvian/bolivian perspective
When my Argentinian grandfather found out that the British took back the islands, he started having ww2 flashbacks. I think he was an electrician or something, since he had this helmet with 2 lightning bolts on it.
Oh dear.
by god
kek
Did he like 's' sounds?
I bet he was fuhrerious
There is a legend that while planning this invasion, a respected retired Admiral was brought in to review the operation. He read it thoroughly, then looked up and said, "This is a marvellous plan, but it is missing a bit." The other officers asked, "what is missing?" He replied, "the plan to invade London, which is the only way you will win."
Never heard of that, but the truth is the Air Force chief was against it, this was all the navy's idea. At that time, the Navy, the air force and army made decisions on their own (something that by today's standards would be totally out of place, but it was typical in LATAM). They were unfit to rule a country, and to fight a war against a modern military. Now that's a thing of the past
@@ar2014 Actually, argentina's military situation was unique, because the military was more political than anything, so you basically had every branch(military, air force, navy, naval air force, and other sub-branches such as the marine infantry and etc) basically fucking hate eachother to the point of refusing to co-operate with eachother, up to the 1960s-ish most coup'd'etat attempts were made by rival military branches, one side attempted to gain power and the other defended the government, it was a fucking shitshow.
@@somefurryguy1811 Unique? China and North Korea's militaries are basically all political too. None of their generals etc are actual military people, nor do they have any experience.
@@anzaca1 China & North Korean generals are what? Clearly, you have no idea what you are talking about. 😂
@@ar2014 As I understand it, the Air Force wasn't even told about the invasion until shortly before it was carried out. They weren't part of the triumvirate, so weren't consulted. Ultimately, their failure to hold the islands was in large part due to their lack of air superiority so far from the Argentinian mainland, since they had insufficient refueling aircraft to do the job. Just a couple more refueling aircraft and half a dozen more Exocets would have completely changed the situation.
Many of the Argentinian soldiers were teenagers between 16 and 20 forced into the war by a lottery-like system that functioned based on your National Identity Number (DNI in spanish). Many of the veterans, including one of my high-school teachers say that surrendering and being captured by the British was the best thing that they could do, because many of their officers would treat them with violence, while the British would take care of them as POWs. Even more, many of the on-ground soldiers had to hunt sheep in an effort to get any food, since the Military Junta barely sent supplies to the islands
That's a lie, the minimum age for military service was always 18.
@@juanoberhofer502 exactly, and they only drafted two classes, I think the 64's or so
@@juanoberhofer502 legal enlisting age yes, but the military junta didn't really care for "legal age" did they? You can look it up for yourself, Néstor Planiscig is one name I can give you that you can find information by just using Google. Instead of saying "that's a lie" try and think why someone is saying something and if it differs to what you know or believe, investigate properly before throwing accusations
@@juanoberhofer502 Because who's ever heard of young men who want to fight for there country so bad, that they would fake there age in a country desperate for soldiers?
@@EzequielMinsburg Nestor Planiscig did not fight, he was aboard the aircraft carrier 25 De Mayo, which never saw combat.
Fun fact: Argentina was shockingly close to invading Chile. On 22 December 1978, their troops actually entered Chile, but after a few hours of mountainous terrain, the attack was called off due to extreme weather, and the Argentines retreated back into their borders with Chile not even knowing it happened until later on.
@Gary Adame To prevent Argentina from invading Chile, Chile provided with logistical and military assistance to Great Britain.
Finished the war, there were strained relations between those countries, for what Chile calls "preventive measure to deflect invasion" or what Argentina calls "deliberate treason". A friendship memorandum was made years later, normalizing relations between both governments. However, animosity between both countries, overall Argentina, are still prevalent.
@Gary Adame Also, given the opportunity, Chile considered the use of chemical weapons on Argentina. In fact, Chile was planning to poison the water's supply of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. That plan was part of Project Andrea. Luckily, the war didn't happened, because if it did, Chile would be compared with Iraq.
@Gary Adame chile was going to do everything possible to see the downfall of Argentina. Argentina broke the beagle treaty which recognised chile as the rightful owner and then decided to move its troops over to Patagonia. Chile was isolated at the moment by most of the world diplomatically and was outnumbered. Also, Luciano Benjamin Menéndez during the beagle conflict and the falklands war, he was quoted by saying an infamous remark which was “they let us attack the Chileans, we'll chase them to Easter Island, we'll drink the New Year's Eve toast in the Palacio de La Moneda, we’ll rape their women and then we'll piss the champagne into the Pacific”.
Overall I’m glad Argentine forces headed towards downfall once the junta was dismantled. Argentina just runs pissy little 70’s equipment which is both poorly maintained and outdated, hence as to why they’re no longer a threat to chilean sovereignty
@@francoramirez4894 comentes un grabé error argentinos no entraron al territorio Chileno es incorrecto lo que ocurrió fue la amenaza de argentina en la invasión lo cual no sucedió el objetivo de Chile no era envenenar las agua era tomar los suministros y bases lo más rápido es el típico plan relámpago
And then call the chileans traitors😂
RANDOM FACT
The ARA General Belgrano was actually a US-built and commissioned Brooklyn-class cruiser given to the Argentine Navy.
Her name was the USS Phoenix (CL-46), and she was a Pearl Harbor survivor.
It's unreal to think it was still in service during an age of fast jets, nuclear subs and ICBMs...
@@residentelect well peruan navy had a cruiser which lasted til 2017
@@Nicolas-zw5ex Impressive... which cruiser was it?
@@stevemc01 The BAP Almirante Grau, it was made in 1941, sent to the Peruan navy in 1973, Decomissioned in 2017 and now it might be scrapped.
The Argentine navy actually operated a WWII era carrier during the war. It was known as the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo. It was ironically a British built Colossus class Carrier with 2 previous designations. HMS Venerable, and HNLMS Karel Doorman. The Argentine navy acquired it from the Dutch and was active during the Falklands War. The Royal Navy actually hunted for the Carrier and for a time it evaded the Royal Navy, but it was withdrawn back to Argentina.
Fun fact: when the BBC broadcasted the news of the British landing point, the Argentinian commanders thought it do outlandish to have a state media company broadcast plans of military operations that they completely ignored it and failed to adequately re-in force the beachhead.
Fun fact Britain almost lost to a shitty third rate army that was afraid of Chile
tu le hubieras creído a una radio de tu enemigo?....serias muy idiota!
"It's a trap!"
*proceeds to fall into a trap they set up to counter the supposed trap*
why does argentina military wears ww2 era clothing lol
@@MTC008 ropa militar de la época del 1960, cada nación utiliza lo que le gusta mas, lo que es mas cómodo para sus hombre y diferenciarse en lo posible del enemigo, pero no fue ropa de la degunda guerra mundial.
I've heard some intersting perspectives from other South American countries like Chile and Brazil about the Falkland War. Basically, many of them were supportive of Argentina's claim to the island but going to war with the British was a stupid move (even Chile supported the British with a place to land their planes).
In Uruguay we supported Argentina's claim but remained neutral in the actual conflict, as we always do since our military is mostly for show. Still it is important to remember that we were also under a brutal dictatoriship so their decisions tended to lean towards preserving their own positions of power rather than helping our brothers.
Chile also allowed the British fleet to use one of their refueling ships
Chile had good reasons to support the U.K due to the almost war with Argentina in 1978.
@@belegthoron8603 Chile is the L in South America.
@@ScholarHaru yep. What's with that? Haha
"Despite this utter betrayal by the producers of Wallace & Gromit..." - Is a truly amazing line for a history documentary. Excellent work whoever came up with that.
W+G produced by Aardman, nothing to do with BBC
Spain established its sovereignty starting in the 15th century over the Argentine territory and the Malvinas Islands. At the Nootka convention in 1790, England recognized as Spanish territory up to 18,520 kilometers (10 nautical leagues) from the coasts that its colonies occupied, with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands only a little more than 500 kilometers away.
In 1816 Argentina achieved its independence by claiming what was previously Spanish territory.
In 1820 Argentina established its colony in Puerto Soledad and MAINTAINED POSSESSION OF THE ISLANDS FOR 13 YEARS.
Rejecting illegal US fishing led to the attack by the war corvette Lexington on Puerto Soledad.
On January 2, 1833, the British war frigate HMS Clio arrived, commanded by Captain John James Onslow, who took possession of the islands from the captain of the schooner Sarandí, José María Pinedo, because he was not in good condition. to resist.
Let all good English people know that the Malvinas Islands are currently under the UN Special Committee on Decolonization. And the only thing that holds them back is British political and military power.
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@@1988MaxVivasthat falls apart, when you realise Britain also claimed, the island. And it was under Britain, before Argentina existed. You claim the islands, because Spain claimed them. Even though they stopped there claim, a century ago. The only reason why Argentina, has even been entertained the idea, of owning the Falklands, is because of close proximity and, colonial ties. Argentinas are upset, because the war, should have been avoided. However, the British had a duty to protect their people, from foreign aggression. Whether that seems hypocritical, from a historical standpoint, it doesn’t matter. Argentinians, now attribute their pain and loss, to the British for besting them. And see the brits, as a mirror of colonial Spain. The problem is, Argentina has never tried to properly, claim the islands, until their dictator told them to. Most of the anger shot at the Brits, can mainly be attributed, to their ability to get on, even after the war. With Argentina still feeling the fallout, of decades of authoritarianism, political corruption, economic, and social instability, along with their general disdain, of aristocracy, and a flexing military. Britain doesn’t have any reason, to want the islands, other than the fact, they have residents on the islands. But because they own them, and because they do have citizens, on the islands. There’s no reason why, they shouldn’t have them. Argentina can’t argue migration, because the Brits can also argue it. That’s why Argentina, doesn’t have the right to the islands, even if Britain isn’t that bothered. And at the end of the day, the war is over now. The residents are British, and voted to remain so.
@@tomfox8551la razón por la que reino unido quiere mantener como suyas las islas no es por los colonos británicos si no porque es una posición estratégica para el comercio, el puerto de las malvinas es de los más rentables para el reino unido.
@@LiliamElizabetnNeyraAguirreregardless why they, might want it. They have it. Why should Argentina, need the islands, any more than the UK. Other than, they feel like it. I can understand the want, to heal a scar. To ignite patriotism. However, just because they might, want it more than us. Doesn’t give them anymore, of a right to own them. Again, the claim is baseless. Whatever reason, the UK has for it, however small or not. It is a reason……..to have them! The need, and the purpose for them, now, has only been heightened, by modern strategical, and resources purposes. Argentinians preach, this idea of decolonisation, and peace. Yet, Argentina is a white majority country, with almost no natives, and no black people. Even though they are in, South America. You can criticise the UK, for its own past, and for our history. But don’t act high and mighty, when you yourselves are perpetrators, of ethnic cleansing. You’re ancestors, we’re imperialist racists yourselves. And again! If you’re position on the matter, are claims based solely on, proximity and colonialism. Then you have less, of a reasonable claim, then we do. And don’t try, to factor in immigration, from back in the 1800s, because we also had migrants. And we were the ones, who allowed fishermen on to the islands. It was you guys, who claimed the islands, after they were in our possession. In fact, we kicked you off, because you setup, a military garrison. After we allowed you, to use the islands for fishing. You claimed them, without our knowledge, or consent. Then we kicked you off. Plus you didn’t have, that many people there. Also you guys, keep bringing up, immigrants and Spain. That’s not a reason, to claim anything.
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Nice to see your doing this. I barely see anyone else talk about the Falklands war.
It's like both the Korean War and Soviet-Afghan conflict, somewhat lost in the consciousness of the greater Western audience whom are subjected to far more media covering WW2, the Vietnam conflict and the War on Terror etc.
What everyone talks about it so many videos on UA-cam about it. It’s popular
By that you mean "westerners" because in LATAM is a hot issue
I think it’s probably because it’s mostly inconsequential to the majority of the population. Whereas wars like WW1 and 2 affected millions if not billions of people.
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You may not know an almost lost move on our (Argentine) side: before the conflict we used the flag without the sun (Sol de Mayo, Sun of May) on most civilian occasions. Displaying the flag with the sun was a military tradition as it is understood it means war.
Well, since 1982 the flag has always been displayed with the Sol de Mayo thoroughly depicted. Greetings from Hudson, Argentina to my beloved British foes.
I learnt something new, greetings from England.
Wow, never knew that. Hey from Gateshead in England
Thanks for the info, greetings from London :)
fua yo no sabía eso, se me hace mas facil imaginarme la bandera argentina siendo la de siempre, buen dato saludos desde buenos aires provincia (ayuda sacame de acá estos mosquitos tienen el tamaño de avionetas se llevaron a mi perro)
@@elsantigamer4334 así es. Hice la primaria en plena dictadura y vi todo de primera mano. La única bandera que siempre tenía el sol era la de ceremonias en los colegios. Espero que los mosquitos te devuelvan al perro. Mis gatos pasean en el jardín y a veces los veo rascándose, se ve que como va terminando el invierno todos los bichitos salen a ver qué consiguen 🐱
The Falklands War: Also known as "That time a Junta couldn't had misread a situation on the ground even more!" _OR_ "How to destroy your dictatorship in 3 Easy Steps?"
I suspect Thatcher's "error" of reducing the British military forces on the island prior to the conflict was a trap: she lured the Junta into what looked like an easy way to boost its domestic popularity, positioning her for a quick and easy military victory which would boost her own. The Junta fell for it, and the outcome was better than I suspect Thatcher even hoped: not only did the UK win, the junta was destroyed in the subsequent domestic backlash in Argentina, and democracy was restored. This allowed Thatcher to promote herself as a nationalist and military victor on the one hand, and a champion of global democracy on the other, a heady combination that played a significant role in Thatcher winning the 1983 general election with an increased majority, rather than (as had been predicted prior to the conflict) being unceremoniously booted out.
If I'm right, that means over nine hundred people died so she could win an election.
@@tavdy79 It's certainly an interesting perspective, and entirely plausible.
I would however contest you assertion that it was a 'quick and easy military victory'. Having read Admiral Woodward's book on his account of the conflict, he paints it as a very close run thing, what with the southern hemisphere's winter drawing very quickly in giving them a very limited window with which to retake the isles. He also stated that if he'd lost one of his two aircraft carriers (which was not entirely unlikely) it was basically game over as they'd be unable to maintain control of the air of the isles.
Isnt this the most stupid war? Lol
@@Jason.cbr1000rr Pretty much XD
@@tavdy79 Democracy kinda fucked us more but ok
I see the Falkland’s I click. Such a interesting conflict that doesn’t get covered as much as it should.
Probably because it was wholly avoidable. Had it not been for Margaret Thatcher reducing the Falklands garrison to a skeleton crew.
@@mredmond8393 To be fair, it was done to cut down expenses.
40th anniversary this year as well.
@@mredmond8393 Ah yes, blame thatcher and not the whole Argentina invading them thing
@@1993Crag would have been better if the Brits hadn't stole the islands in 1833 🤔🤔
There is only one victory worth celebrating when the guns fall silent; the fact you are still alive.
To all those British and Argentinan lads whom lost their lives, God bless and Godspeed 🇬🇧 🇦🇷
Never again.
No entendí nada no hablo inglish
@fine Bro
Me no speak inglish xd
Am argentinian
@fine sorry 4 my inglish
@@jackabe2690
Tu ingles es mejor que mi español! 👍
@@bigmoniesponge siiuuu he tell me my inglish Is fine
In your face open inglish
I remember hearing an RAF fighter pilot praise the skills of the Argentine Air Force. He compared them with F1 drivers and pointed out they were fantasic race drivers seemingly undeterred by risks, and they flew the same way.
Airforce pilots don't tend to be conscripts
Ye but he was wrong lol.
Well they caused a few casualties to Royal Navy as acknowledge by Woodward in this book.
@@brianperry No.. From Ensigns up...
@@josebeneditovizioliliborio8327 they only caused damage to the royal navy due to French anti ship missiles and unexpected attacks
The friend of a teacher I had in High School is a veteran from the war... It was awful, not only he was just a conscript (When you were 18 you could be selected in a lotery for 1 year of military service... he "won") from a zone that is hot and dry as Texas/Australia... with barely any supplies he was sent to an island closer to the end of the world than home.
Also a fun trivia fact... the democratic elected presisent after the fall of the Junta (R. Alfonsin) caused an economic calamity that ended with hyperinflation... Argentina can't get a break
Damn I hope you guys can get some competent leadership soon
Argentina caught a break in the late 1800s ....but then came Péron.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 untrue really, it was more of a break for the 3% of the society
@@Average_Slav respeto
you know what they say:
"Hey, argentina, how are you able to stay cool when there's a crisis?"
"It's simple, i'm always in crisis!"
It's an interesting conflict, one of the last ones that was fought over a long distance and using naval forces.
I recently made a POV video about Falklands War with Wojak, it's interesting this channel is now talking about this conflict.
We won its done Falklands is ours
Interesting conflict ? Are you normal ?
I see what you mean and for the UK it’s one of the last, but the US has been fighting long distance conflicts with naval forces for the the last 30 years.
And one of the last true genuine wars....
One of the ironies of the war is that the population on the Falklands was declining prior to the conflict, and within a few years would have been deemed unsustainable by the British government, who would then have been open to discussing a transfer of sovereignty. However, largely due to the conflict, the population has since increased to a sustainable level.
Due to the strategic position of the archipielago, i seriously doubt any state would ever give them up. You can simply make a propaganda program to convince a few families to move in and you solved the problem.
@@andrewgenio it doesnt take much to google. The government were literally looking in to giving the Falkands up from 1979 but a vote in the House of Commons to give the Islanders citizenship in the UK didn't go through by one vote
The irony that if Argentina had only waited a few more years British will to keep the islands would have gone completely and the extended drawn-down of British naval size would have been completed meaning the islands would have been taken by Argentina peacefully by now anyway
@@JG-ib7xk it took me a while to find information about this, i ended up on the "British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill [H.L.]
HL Deb 29 November 1982 vol 436 cc1076-106 Second Reading debate resumed."
For what i could tell, it only talks about the creation of diferent states of citizenship, "The 1981 Act gets away from this confusion by creating one citizenship, British citizenship, for those who belong to the United Kingdom; a second, British Dependent Territories citizenship, for those who have connection with a dependent territory; and a third, British Overseas citizenship, for those citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who have no continuing connections with either the United Kingdom"
But a found no mention of even considering giving up the islands
Am i reading the wrong article?
@@andrewgenio You got it correct. The weird thing is that the ENTIRE total of ALL UK Overseas Territories combined populations is less than one year's net Immigration of EU citizens into the UK.
13:38 "Chileans are traitors!" "Why did chile not back-up Argentina during the falkland war? 😭😭😭" Literally Argentina and Chile being on the verge of war at the time.
And it wasn’t Chile threatening to invade Argentina; the dictatorship in Argentina openly talked of (and even launched a small invasion mission) invading southern Chile.
Chile actually supported the UK allowing them to use airports and sharing intelligence. The rest of Latin America supported Argentina.
@@naokitoiko2701 and thats why chile is the best sa country
@@briton3851 I don't know if the best, just probably the most similar to the British Empire. Stealing territory left and right from their neighbors. Ask Bolivia and Peru.
@@naokitoiko2701 We went to war in 1879 because Hilarion Daza, President of Bolivia at the time, thought it would be a good idea to break the treaty it had signed with Chile in 1874, which clearly stated to NOT up the taxes of the chilean companies in the northern territory for over 25 years.
Gromit came out unscathed. As he was vigilant. Though the same couldn’t be said for innocent little Wallace. The war changed him. He no longer smiles outside the presence of cheese…
It's no use prevaricating about the Falklands.
"Hey Thatcher, I was about to have some cheese"
"Get off me Islands!"
🤣🤣🤣
C H E E S E
As an argentine... thank you.
Many people fail to see just how badly argentina was in this period.
I have a teacher that assisted the war and told me how terrifying the night was. See, at that point, the british had night vision technology, while we didn't. They also had the communication advantage. Politics dominated the military.
I love that little note at the end, that 2021 diplomatic talks only started because the president had low approval ratings, hinting that absolutely nothing has changed.
You're goddamn right.
Not true Argentina had night vision equipment a generation above the British. FACT
@@loyalist5736 How weird... i'll ask him when i'm back to school.
@@loyalist5736 thats true, but we had just a few, while all english troops had a lightly outdated one
@@loyalist5736 eran malos en realidad se veía mejor sin ellos y la mayoría estaban muy mal en las tropas
@@loyalist5736 It's all about how it can be a standardize equipment.
I am 26 years old now, and my mother was only 12 years old when the war broke out here in Argentina.
At her school, a campaign was raised in order to supply our soldiers with chocolates and other goods that they wouldn't get otherwise.
I remember my mom telling me how she even wrote letters to these unknown soldiers, some of which where just 6 or 7 years older than her.
I've recently heard that those supplies never reached the soldiers, because they were stolen by some corrupt argentinian officials on their way to the islands.
I don't know if my mom knows this, but what I know is that I she will never hear it from me.
there's a misconception over the donations, the islands were under naval blockade and supply ships weren't able to reach them, only the Hercules transport planes were able to bring supplies and evacuate wounded soldiers, but it was utterly insufficient, they couldn't carry as much supplies as a cargo ship by a long margin. so they had to prioritize what supplies to load, and chocolates and letters were very low priority.
@@martindione386 I doubt the Argentine government and military at the time would send such luxuries anyway. They would have seen it as wasting precious limited resources and luxuries on lowly worthless conscripts and kept it all for themselves instead. They didn't care about the conscripts in the slightest
@@HarleyHerbert that myth is another misconception, only a very small minority of the officers were brutal with the conscripts, today is common to see both soldiers and their officers making reunions every year, sharing asados and wine
Basically as soon as the British fleet were in region and UNSC-502 was up, no supplies effectively reached the islands, minimal made it out.
Jaja...pobre de tu madre, muestro gobierno era corrupto en esos tiempos.
I think is a major mistake not to talk about the geopolitical situation of the cold war in south America, the aid of the USA to all the countries including Chile and Argentina military regimes.
The strong hate among Chileans and Argentinians, and the big international scene where diplomatic pressure from UK could bend a private corporation to not comply with a contract to supply Argentina with the Exocet missile for their SE Aircrafts.
Uruguay didn't vote with Argentina and remained neutral because some minor dispute over an island in the river plate that belongs to Uruguay but as today keeps a military garrison from Argentina.
Peru did help Argentina because they always saw Chile as an enemy, they always wanted the regions chile won in war, the same war that took the Bolivian path to the Pacific ocean.
No one expected the British to form a task force to retake those islands, plain and simple. But the islands still had an strategic value.
what strategic use do they have? even geographical , like what use does britain have, if they hold falksland, gibraltar, etc.
@@hititmanifyfor 1 it was home to thousands of UK residents meaning that there are large geopolitical reasons for taking the island. Also it was an important ship refuelling station at the time
@@hititmanify military capabilities.
@@hititmanify Falklands = Antartica ....Gibratal= Mediterranean sea.
Jamás hubo odio a chile antes de la guerra de las malvinas, solo habia pequeñas discrepancias, sobre la definición de limites. El odio fue introducido por UK, sosteniendo el lema "divide y vencerás"
Defeat is sometimes the best thing that can happen in a war. Argentina missed out on some penguin inhabited rocks settled by some English speaking sheep farmers but instead it got its democracy back.
British blood created that situation - and I am glad for it.
I am British, hold no enmity for Argentina ( am aware of Argentina's good points, including assistance to Britain in WW2 ), and think the Argentinian people deserve better leaders.
That's an interesting take, but I think the war started precisely to distract increasing discontent with the current government. Democracy would have come anyways
@@steampunkastronaut7081 But not with the punch caused by defeat in a truly stupid enterprise
@@zen4men Right, Putin's Russia risks similar if their assault on Ukraine continues to cost considerably more than expected, and the PRC faces similar should they commit to take Táiwān by force as promised. In both countries there are not insignificant pro-democracy sentiments not only in the streets but also into their own ministries, hence why they have to spend so much of their budget on "internal security" and political "discipline".
@@doujinflip True enough
Just the amount of details that the graphics team put into this is insane! Even the typical 70's milico moustaches on the officers, very well done you guys!
21:25 The shelves on the right with the bottles says "armchair historian" 😁
@@ricardokowalski1579 good eye
Milico mustaches lmao...well put brother ...that was on point che
@@lche6971 un clásico el bigote milico papá, definió la década. Como la cancha de paddle y el parripollo en los '90s
That’s all true which makes it a shame it’s so full of factual errors and bias…
this war spawned the best newspaper headline ever: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, superimposed over a British carrier sailing full-speed to war.
The movie was only 2 years old at the time and Return of the Jedi was still in production, so the reference was quite timely!
@@HellbirdIV actually the best headline was "stick it up your junta"
@@DMG00111-p wtf is junta?
My parents `British` said that when they visited Argentina in the 2000s the Argentinian people were really friendly and looked after them very well. Thank you and best wishes from the UK.💌
Because, although we will always claim and fight for our lands, we respect your veterans (they faught with honor, as ours also did), and we dont think the same things about your governments and uk ordinary people. We are a nation with great tradition to receive immigrants from all over the world open arms. So, anybody who is respectfull will be welcome.
Yeah, they like white people. In contrast they discriminate the very peeuvians that helped them during the war.
@@alavalle69 asado
Godspeed to those who perished in the cold waters and the land of the Falkland Islands. Que en paz descansen los muertos. 🇦🇷🇫🇰🇬🇧
lame a$$
My uncle was a sailor on HMS Endurance when the war broke out, the only Royal Navy ship for thousands of miles, as an Antarctic survey ship she had very few weapons, she had to evade the Argentine navy for weeks whilst they hunted the Endurance, alone and defenceless hiding from radar alongside icebergs, she would have been a massive propaganda coup for the Argentines had they sunk her,, he listened in as the Santa Fe an Argentine submarine was attacked by Endurance's helo and was there with the SAS on board before and after retaking South Georgia
Funny, the major argentine propaganda footag6 came from the own british defense cammera system, you could even see those videos on UA-cam now, as "crazy real low flight malvinas/falkland war."
@@leonardoflorentin was it sunk? No. That was the Argentine propaganda claiming the sunk ships they had not
@@harlequin2614 you can clearly see it burning, amazingly enough britain did not hide those sunken ships, most probably because those were too obvious to hide.
@@leonardoflorentin en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endurance_(1967)
You can clearly see it in these photos taken after the war. It wasn’t sunk because that would require competency the Argentines lacked.
@@Noremac023 the only attack hided by the britis, was the attack to the invencible, all the others were just on the open and couldn't be hide. Britain golden era died long before 1982, as a matter of fact britain was never known for being a formidable war machine but rather for being pirates.
When starting a war to gain popular support completely backfires
Russo-Japanese War 2: Electric Boogaloo
Damn kinda like the second Iraq war, crazy
Desperate times call for desperate measures. When the war started everyone in the Junta realized it was an all-or-nothing gamble; in truth, given the state of the British at the time (facing harsh economic woes and sorta seen as the US' minion after to the Suez crisis in 1956) the Argentine Junta didn't believe that a war would break out. Rather, the invasion was meant to be used as a bargaining chip for diplomatic negotiations.
Backfired for one side, successful for the other. The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was also extremely unpopular (and for good reason). Gallup polls in the fall of 1981 showed her to have the lowest rating ever recorded by Gallup, about 27%. Thatcher likely used the Falklands War to improve her own standing among the British people as well as serve as a distraction for the economic problems she was causing.
@@thekaiseroftheeast3895 yes, Falklands War basically was godsend for the Iron Lady.
Great video, and it’s good to see things from the Argentinian side. I’m British but it was a bloody battle, and frankly I have huge respect for the forces on both sides. God Bless all those who lost their lives.
Greetings from argentina 🇦🇷🇬🇧
I would like to see The War of the Malvinas/Falklands on the british side
I'm argentine and would love to visit the islands and have a beer with people there, maybe spend a time there too although I know there's not much to do there.
I respect the British forces thank you chaps,
I have no respect for the Argentine military whatsoever who were obviously drunk as a skunk to think they stood the slightest chance of victory over
Great Britain
Lots of love from
Great Britain
@PeePee PooPoo the euro fighters will take everything you send out.
Those planes may look crap but the carry an obscene amount of ordnance that will
Sink ships
Shoot down aircraft from so far away the euro fighters will not even be on radar
Lay waste to ports and airfields that attempt to launch anything,
Then we have the Astute class
Good luck against one of them, seriously the Argentinians will need it
Type 45 well that's self explanatory or shall I mention that Aster that never misses ?
Then we have the FDF 2000 well armed individuals that will slot anything and anyone that every lands full stop
Then we have the garrison that is well funded with manpads, anti tank weapons and marines ,
Marines job is to keep St Peter busy by stacking fresh souls at the gates .
Very best of luck seriously
Oh I forgot to mention tomahawk and all the other lovely missile systems that GB owns .
Plus, we destroyed the Argentinian economy twice , dont forget the money goes through London.
As I said
Best of luck
@@Scraves Yes, the winning side of GREAT BRITAIN
I actually never heard of this war until I saw the film “blessed by fire”, a pretty good film about the Falkland’s war.
It’s a pretty interesting war
Not a war it was a conflict as no nations made a formal declaration of war but yes it is very interesting
@@Liynt it started as a conflict then turned to a war. Both side declared a zone of war in the Atlantic off of Argentina.
it's good cinematography but its undertones are bad for understanding the war. many of his comrades in arms testify Edgardo Esteban (writer and director) was a lazy coward. ua-cam.com/video/jlbXZsQfw_E/v-deo.html here are some testimonies (they're in Spanish).
An Ungentlemanly Act [1992] is a pretty decent film covering the initial landings. Still a great deal of uncertainty about actual events, as Argentine, British and Islanders views are often in conflict. The best coverage (from the British side) is the British Army Documentaries channel four part "The Falklands War" with great detail and interviews with the people involved.
Edgardo Esteban quien escribio esa pelicula fue un cobarde que huyo el dia que le toco combatir. ademas es muy evidente el enfoque que tiene esa pelicula solo retratar como niños a los soldados y a los oficiales como el enemigo de la nacion siendo que la mayoria de ellos murieron de forma heroica
Great video! I find the Falklands War to be one of the most fascinating topics, I just read a great book I'd recommend by one of the Harrier pilots called 'Hostile Skies'. If done correctly it could be the perfect topic for a Christopher Nolan film 🧐
Another great book is 100 days by Admiral Sandy Woodward the Admiral in command of the British Fleet, a good read and an in depth look into his mind during the conflict
@@raymurphy9749 Thank you for the suggestion, I'll read that one next 🙏😎
@@lhugueny definitely worth a read, interesting the tactics used and you get to read about the bigger picture of the conflict as a whole 👍🏼
Cool seeing you here dude!
@@lhugueny Ah I see you're a history geek, good.
The production quality on these videos is getting so good that it's amazing that you're putting in so much detail both in your narrative and also into the visuals.
That intro was beautiful and masterfully put together
I'm an Argentenian-American and I love this video. I feel as if the war isn't talked about much, and when it is talked about, the legacy is often left in the dark. It was this war that raised a dictator's approval rating, and it was this war that led to the Junta being overthrown. I visited the country last year in November and I saw firsthand how the low-approval government in the middle of an economic crisis is trying to get the country back to a patriotic Falklands state of mind: in Ushuaia, Rosario, and Buenos Aires, it's not uncommon to find flags, memorials, billboards, and even bills with the islands - but even isolated cities in the middle of nowhere have this. I love my country, yet I don't want people to think that all Argentines supported the war or people to think that the war doesn't live on. Argentina is a great country, yet it has its own flaws.
What country doesn't have it's flaws? I know mine does. Love and peace from 🇺🇸
It's a very common ploy by politicians to distract from their own failings and inadequacies. They do it in the U.k. They do it in India. They do it in France. America. China. They're doing right now in Russia. All over the world the moment domestic policy hits the ropes, the moment economic problems grow: every politician resorts to nationalism and directing attention to the ‘other’. And it will continue forever. The youth and educated don't rely fall for it. But in every country there's a large group, often a majority, that allow themselves to be seduced by flags, rhetoric and nationalism. It's easier for Argentianians to complain about at war that happened 35 years ago then believe that they're powerless over their political and economic situation. But I've always thought the moment a domestic political group starts with the flag waving and directs attention to a historic ‘enemy’ or ‘other’ then it means they're probably on their way out as a political power.
@@thomasweir2834 As an Indian, we have 2 enemy nations right on the border (Pakistan and China), so it's very easy for politicians to go "we will take back PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) and Aksai Chin", just before elections. As India has extremely high levels of patriotism and to some extent, nationalism, millions of people support the party that makes such claims. For example, in 2019, the Balakot strikes, conducted by the IAF over Pakistan based terrorist groups, and ordered by the PM despite bad weather (he said that he approved it because the clouds would make the planes harder to detect), was used consistently for the 2019 elections. In 2020, Chinese soldiers killed 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan valley (in response, Russian media suggests that 45 Chinese soldiers were killed). In response, our government banned 100 something Chinese apps over the span of a few months, and said nothing about China building villages in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
However, they haven't gone to war yet, as they most likely know that if we lose, they'll be out of power.
That is something that I was wondering about; how do Argentinians view the war nowadays.. To be honest, if it wasn't done for political gain by a diminishing junta,.. the claim still doesn't seem completely crazy or unethical to me. And sending the most modern military machines around the world, sinking a boat full of conscripts in the process, never looked like Britains finest hour to me.
@@LuukvdHoogen if you’re curious about how we view it, I can summarize it in one word: unnecessary. I can’t watch, read or listen to anything about this topic without shedding a tear. So many lives lost in vain on both sides. There’s still people that think we could’ve “won” and others that celebrate the ships sunk by the Air Force, etc. People that were in the military service back then absolutely despise the army and always talk about how they ended up hating their superiors more than the “enemy”. That was well pointed out in the video. I would also say that I’ve never come across an Argentinian stating that the war was a correct move for the country, though sadly many (in their hatred for certain political movements, mainly Peronism-) actually romanticize the military dictatorship and wish it was back in place.
You missed a HUGE detail, Argentina REFUSED to abide by the 1978 arbitration award with Chile and threatened to INVADE but had to back down when Chile prepared for war. They vowed to try again and went in an uncontrolled military shopping spree, until deteriorating local conditions made invading the Falklands look like a good idea, sicne the UK looked like an easier target than Chile.
THAT is the reason why there was trouble with Chile
No lol, Argentina backed down due to arbitration by the Vatican
@@joonker9607 LOL!!!
1. Argentina proposed arbitration early in 1978 confident Chile would refused due to the problems they had with the Vatican.
2. Chile accepted Vatican mediation.
3. Argentina WITHDREW its offer.
4. Argentina readied its army and sent its fleet south.
5. Chile readied its army and sent its fleet south.
6. ...Argentina decided to accept its OWN mediation offer and claimed divine intervention!
7. The Argentinian Military Junta was replaced by another one due the major embarrassment.🤣🤣🤣
@@LucioFercho ok so you're just ignoring the Pope's intervention, is this the chilean revisionism you're fed?
@@joonker9607 LOL!!! Yeah the "VATICAN FLEET" intervened, right??? 🤣🤣🤣
Remind me, was the Pope in the Argentinian Junta?
It is always hilarious to see the argentinians believe and regurgitate the lies their "brave" soldiers told them... right up til the day the ships with argentinian prisoners docked in buenos aires...
Yeah, the POPE stopped you, right? Nothing to do with the Chilean Navy and Army waiting for your "brave" soldiers and sailors... 🤣🤣🤣
@@LucioFercho I really don’t know pal. I could swear it was because of a pope’s mediation, at least that’s what it’s written everywhere I go to see about the resolution of the conflict.
I recently watched a claux.7 video of him visiting the beagle channel and looking around the disarmed artillery and bunkers. It really seemed like a dry stop with the plan.
There is a small mistake, the Argentinian soldiers that invadede the Falklands, were not just conscripts, or poor second hand units, but the elite and very motivated Argentinian Marines.
They were replaced by the conscripts after the taking of the islands.
This actually matters, because the professional soldiers were much better (in part due to better officers) at upholding order, and making sure the civilians were not at risk, something conscripts units have a much harder time doing.
He didn't mention it, but some conscripts can't move like that to make the garrison surrender, it is obvious they were not conscripts and they knew what were the dangers, Intel failed and they lost the upper hand, that's why they only managed to surround the UK forces without killing anyone, probably the officer of the marines died without knowing the fact that they were already exposed.
Because of the Chilean situation, they used only the minimum vets possible to manage the situation on the islands.
The Navy were outmatched for a face to face with a British task force, and the pilots either from the air force or the navy did a great job considering the little time they had to retrain their skills.
I believe that
They also make it sound like the british surrendered without a fight, the 30 royal marines on the island put up a heroic stand including knocking out an APC that brought the argintines in durring the initial invasion
One of my colleagues was on the prison ship that returned the Argentinian soldiers after the end of hostilities. They were taking the POWs up onto the open deck in small groups so that they could stretch their legs, have a cigarette etc. Before returning them below. One man asked him as they were led up "Is this it?". My friend was puzzled "is it what?". The guy replied "Last cigarette and over the side". Some of them genuinely thought we'd shoot them and dump them in the South Atlantic.
I'm sure many are familiar with the story of the Argentine pilot who was shot down, Found himself in British military medical care and was surprised to discover he was treated in accordance to his injuries and not his nationality. Which put him higher up the queue than many of the British troops in the facility. it makes me wonder what the treatment of British troops would have been if the situation had been reversed. The state of Moody Brooks barracks gives us a clue. It was shot to bits and had evidence of hand grenades being set off in the barrack rooms. The Royal Marine contingent was supposed to be asleep in those barracks when the Argentines invaded. That they weren't is probably why none of them were killed.
Also, Rex Hunt called for a cease fire because they were holed up in a wooden building and the Royal Marines had no intention of surrendering. He didn't want those young men to die pointlessly, as he saw it. It would have been nice if that had been shown in the video.
It wasn't just hand grenades, but also white phosphorus. Argentina denies this was them, and instead blames harriers. Because 30mm cannon leaves the same size hole as small arms. Obviously.
Los comandos anfibios reducieron y tomaron posición de la isla sin realizar una solo baja, respetando la ley internacional. Incluso Argentina no fue el que dio el primer disparó, ya que aquí se tenia la idea de negociar, pero eso quedo claro que no era posible cuando se hundió el ARA General Belgrano, que marcó el inicio real de la guerra. Incluso la fuerza aérea nonhuzo uso de la bombas de napalm sobre las fuerzas británicas por razones humanitarias, cuando tranquilamente se lo podría haber usado ya que en ese momento no estába prohibido el uso del mismo.
En el combates en la isla, la infantería de marina argentina no habría fuego contra varios helicopteros británicos por que se sabía que ahí en llevaban heridos, tampoco los pilotos se animaron a lanzar bombas en lus buques transatlánticos que estaban llenos de tropas británicas.
La verdad es que para ganar una guerra aveces se necesita tener un poco más de maldad. El vietcong cometió un montón de atrocidades para la ganar la guerra, atrocidades que hasta el día de hoy siguen ocultas, en Argentina no somos capaces de hacer eso.
@@GS-tl9uz "in Argentina we are not capable of doing that." Lmao
US Gov during the conflict: "Could you not just give them these islands, it;s not as if they're near you or strategic?"
UK Gov: "Like Hawaii is to you? The answers No"
US Gov: "Fine... want some guns?"
Oversimplified.
@Jackaroo we didn’t wage war, war was waged against us. The idea that because Hawaii is a state do it matters is stupid. The US wouldn’t allow Puerto Rico to be invaded.
A better analogy would be: the Falklands is to the UK what Guam is to the United States.
Geographically, Guam should belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. But there is no way in hell that the USA would agree to acknowledge Micronesian sovereignty over Guam. It’s too important as a US military base.
@Jackaroo If the British shouldn't die to defend a sparsely populated island with no strategic purpose, the Argentines shouldn't die to take said island even more.
@Jackaroo The US also has a bunch of non-state Islands thousands of miles from home
In regards to Piaggis surrender, given his intelligence and that he was uncertain as of whether we had artillary, the decision to save the town and his men is admirable, of not commendable
@N Fels What are you talking? No soldier was unmotivated, they fought until they ran out of ammunition. Those best units that you are talking about, they thought that it would only take 2 hours to take goose green and then they would drink tea, but it ended only when the best units started using MILAN missiles, because those Argentine soldiers were so unmotivated, as you say , that to get them out of their positions they had to use the MILAN missiles,Sure!!
@N FelsWhat??? who soldiers and officers disagree with me? Is no my opinion,is reality!
@N Fels what??haha can you comment here a link to a video where they say that or an interview or something?
@@matiyah7788
My apologies, but why don't you try researching it yourself? Just a thought...
At least he surrendered honourably, unlike those who murdered several of the 2 para under the white flag
The Falklands will probably be disputed forever. Great video. It's always nice to see a different perspective on a war.
Which is dumb. Its pretty clear that the islanders want to remain under the british. Seeing as its been almost unanimous everytime they’ve voted on it. I wish the Argentines would focus on their own domestic issues. They actually need to offer something of value for the islanders to want to join them. But i guess whining at the UN is easier
Why doesnt Argentina invade again?
@@eliasziad7864 Because they’d probably get embarrassingly blown up again obviously.
@@LogieT2K and crimeans want to remain under the russian..
@@eliasziad7864 It’s because the Argentine economy and military are in ruins
Your comments regarding the British pilfering From the islands interested me. My understanding is that the Falklands are barren rocky crags only suitable for raising farm animals. What did they actually steal ??
Right for Antartida and the submarine plataform, plus a rich fish zone.
Nothing
There’s also a huge oil reserve underneath it, however i dont think anyone is currently drilling it.
White propaganda.
@@planetkc what
Hello, I am from Perú and yes my country supported Argentina in the war but many thinks that it wasn't a good idea because we were with our own internal problems to support with a war that wouldn't gave us something in return
Maybe wasnt a good idea for you, but as an argentine im grateful for your support!
@@Laguihole I am sharing an opinion that not only me but many share but is just that an opinion, we can't change what happened
@@Laguihole its only natural to help an ally , despite what this countryman of mine say , not many think it was bad in anyway , we never look to europeans meddling in america too kindly.
@@cseijifja I'd agree with the meddling part but it was kind of more like Argentina meddling in British territory at the time. Not British but just saying.
Only a distorted and misdirected interpretation of anticolonial rhetoric could have led any Latin American country to side with Argentina. Seriously.
The biggest irony is that the airforce of Argentina who weren't that enamoured at the idea of invading the Falklands fought heroically .
There was no shortage of bravery among the FAA pilots, that's for sure.
Nadie ama las guerras
@@mariadelrosarioacevedo6858 The US military industrial complex might be an exception. I have yet to meet an American veteran, with combat experience, that doesn't *hate* the very idea of going to war.
@@DEAR7340 Well of course the industrial complex loves the idea of a war, they make out like fat rats, while the best the soldiers get is to come home alive and unharmed. It has been nearly 3 generations since there was a war fought by the US whose outcome affected national security. That may change soon, though...
@@DEAR7340aren’t a lot of soldiers guilty of this?
Finally, thank you for this video. So many people seem to downplay or just ignore the dictatorship's role in the conflict, and the diplomacy that came before it. This is a welcome change of pace.
Argentine Independence War and the Paraguay war are also interesting subjects to cover for a future video, assuming Europe runs out of wars eventually.
My dad was doing his obligatory military service in Mendoza when war broke out, and if the war had lasted longer, he might have been sent there. Thankfully, that never happened, and its just an anecdote
Absolutely love your work, it's very important to look from the perspectives of both cambatants to take a clear picture, and you have been doing a excellent work in that regard. Love from India
The British have only just cleared the Argentine land mines from the beaches that had become penguin sanctuaries as a result. The birds were too light to set them off.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That explains why I've never seen a tubby penguin in the falklands.
To this day perfidious Albion does all in it's power to harm and hinder innocent penguins
Did we get Argentina to pay for the removal ?
I doubt it as we end up paying for everything.
Silent Hunter, some of the birds from the UK would set them off, great big fat lasses they are!.
As an Argentinian i really apreciate this kind of content, such a great job you did here!!
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@@Ciobanul_ Xd
As someone from Britain I think that since the falklands are not only way closer to Argentina, but are also a very underpopulated area of the UK. And our money shouldn't be wasted on a tiny group of islands in south america I think Argentina should have it.
@@meltedelevator
nah sell it to Norway
@@meltedelevator they had a vote
and i believe 3 people living in the Falklands actually wated to be part of Argentina vs the thousand British that had lived there for generations.
Excellent, well produced programme and so interesting to learn about the war through Argentines eyes and how they went about it. So good to watch these programs, they are all well done and very educational.
There is an Argentine TV series, *Combatientes* (Fighters in English) that was made in 2013 and was billed as Argentina's version of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which I think is worth a watch if one wants to see the Falklands War / Guerra de las Malvinas from the Argentine perspective. It narrates the experiences of a few young Argentine conscript soldiers and an officer during their time in the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas. Language is in Spanish though and I haven't been able to find English subtitles for this unfortunately.
Well as a Brit I'd be interested to see it but would need subtitles in order to have any chance of understanding it. I absolutely support the Islanders right to determine for themselves who they are aligned to (or no one if that is their decision) and as such feel it was right to remove the Argentinians from the islands but equally a part of me does feel sorry for some of the Argentine soldiers who wound up in that war. This being said, you can read about what they did to people, people's homes and the booby traps they left everywhere when they realised they were going to lose (grenades in coffee jars and on kids toys... That's fucked up beyond belief) and all of a sudden I find my resolve against them steeled again.
Still it would be interesting to see and hear as I'm sure they weren't all arseholes.
@@MrWiggo91 el trato a los civiles en 1982 fue mucho mejor que en 1833
@@Leandro-pw6nw I don't speak Spanish, fella
@@Leandro-pw6nw No it wasn't, the dirty argies used people's homes and the post office as toilets ffs. They set up artillery next to schools and hospitals. The Argentines fought dirty, and they still lost against someone fighting fairly!!
@@mikeycraig8970 not really, the english send nepalese soldiers as cannon fodder
Also let me point out that the period of Argentina in the 70s was a much more complicated case. The former president and general Juan Domingo Perón, had returned to the country in 1973 after a long exile in which he was received by crowds of different currents. Before his return, he sponsored militant groups to destabilize the anti-Peronist governments that had expelled him back in 1955. Among these groups emerged the so-called "Montoneros", a revolutionary group with a Guevarist bent but which supported the return of Perón and advocated a “nationalistic socialism”.
Los Montoneros, got public support thanks to the kidnapping they carried out with General Pedro Aramburu and their subsequent execution. The victim had already gained a lot of hatred among the population due to his role in the military coup that overthrew Perón in 1955. However, the support would not last, because a series of murders, kidnappings, robberies and bombings it created a climate of counterproductive terror on the part of the guerrillas. Between 1969 and 1975, almost 700 people were murdered, including Army officers, industrialists, trade unionists, priests and foreign diplomats.
With the death of Perón in 1974, the chaos and disorder did nothing but harm the government of his wife Isabel Perón, who would end up being overthrown in a coup on March 24, 1976. As a result, a government was created from a Military Junta directed by Jorge Rafael Videla, who would become president from 1976 to 1978, supported by the admiral of the fleet Emilio Eduardo Massera and the chief of aviation, Ornaldo Ramón Agosti. The Junta began the so-called National Reorganization Process, which consisted of monitoring or purging everything that was linked to guerrilla subversion, including an intense campaign of persecution and kidnapping of leftist militants until 1979.
Would love to see one of these types of videos on the boxer rebellion from the Quing’s perspective.
I went as a medic aboard the Canberra and wrote a best selling book about it called 'The Band That Went To War'. I also came back from the war with an unusual souvenir, a signed 'thank you card' from the enemy!
What did you make of how accurate this video is Brian?
@@TalentSpotter83 I think it is very well made but inaccurate.
@@Drummer2020 totally agree Brian. I shall have to get your book. Grateful for your service.
10:49 Chile had neither the capabilities nor the intention of invading Argentina. It was actually the other way around. The Junta led by Pinochet decided to support the british precisely because they thought that if the argentinian invasion of the Falklands was succesful, then military actions for the annexation of the chilean islands on the Beagle would come next. There were even demonstrations where argentinians chanted "today it's the turn of the british, tomorrow the chilean's" in allusion to the eventual argentinian invasion of Chile after the Falklands thing was over (ua-cam.com/video/13OQI_I82NM/v-deo.html).
I´m Argentine and it´s true. I watched President Galtieri saying that on TV. I do remember. He must´ve been drunk haha
@@greenbelly2008
I don't know about "drunk," but Galtieri was certainly a head case.
;-)
@@roberteugene7295 They say he was alcoholic
Of course, the Beagle disput was still alive, but Chileans believed it was to destroy Chile because Pinochet (not the Argentine Dictatorship) promised a total war in 1978 in oppsition to a localizated conflict, as the Argentinian Military Junta wanted. Obviously Pinochet supposedly didn't know what their neightbour could do (especially Galtieri) and prefered to not loss the islands on the Beagle, because it strenghtened him politically.
No sabía de esos cantos. Gracias y saludos desde Argentina.
As a British person this very informative to watch.
In English speaking media you rarely get to hear about claims from the Argentinian side. While I have issues and questions about the claims it nonetheless shows that both sides are only shown the aspects of the issue that benefit their own side. War and conflict is never as clear cut as it’s portrayed.
...and in the US, bias tends to gravitate toward anglo perspective. Most Americans would not know or care to hear the Argentine point of view. I find this curious, given the Monroe Doctrine and colonial past of US.
Argentina has no claim on The Falklands, it was a British territory before Argentina ever existed; the premise of "theft" stated at the start of this video is completely false.
@@DEAR7340 the monroe doctrine was anti-colonialism Ie euros are not welcome here as for why falklands is mostly shown from anglo perspective because a military attacking a target doesn't have there people on it whose only claim to it the people they overthrough also had a claim on it though that claim was never used as it colonized by french and british and then the british took it so it's argentinan and then there the fact argentina was dictatorship with a disasterous command structure in short the british are the heroes defending themselves from bs a dictator inflamed to look good not everything is a grand plan or bias sometimes someone can just be an asshole
this should be a lesson for everyone who is swalling the western narrative on Russia / Ukraine whilst knee jerk rejecting, or worse, not even keeping up to date with the Russian narrative.
@@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver true
I loved that you showed some South America History Perspective!!! Do a video on the Paraguayan War! Brazil - Argentina - Uruguay X Paraguay
Its neat seeing my close friend's thumbnails on such big videos
"Betrayed by the creators of Wallace and Grommit" isn't a line I thought I'd hear today, or at all.
Thank your for the video good sir.
You claim that the MoD "verified" execution of Argentine PoWs... but that's not strictly true. The investigation into those allegations didn't find evidence and the claims appear to have been mistaken or outright false. The MoD certainly didn't "verify" them. Quite disappointing you'd put such a contentious claim in a literal footnote.
Argentinian here never heard about it only heard about decet treatment of PoW and medics working along in the floating hospital they set up for both countries. the only myth I ever heard is about the gurkhas mercs suposedly scalping PoW but they just tell it as a fun fact thats obviously false.
I've heard stories that the British DID find American mercenaries amongst the Argentine troops who they DID execute. But only in those "I know someone who knows someone that was there" type of stories.
@@MarcosGarcia-kx4rb They only say that because of the big knives that they never seem to use for any real purpose.
There was at least one case of someone shooting an argentine soldier that had surrendered, rather than a POW, however, this was from a unit of 2 Para that had come under fire from argentines using the white flag, so they didnt want to take the risk he would shoot them in the back
@@littleshep5502 Ah the old "partial surrender" of a unit.
After reading and learning about "The Dirty War" I'm unfortunately glad that this war happened. Severely undermind the military junta of Argentina and gave the people the final drive to demand democratization.
it could prob be done through diplomacy, a tone of people needed not to die.
@@audunms4780 They might of but since they decided to invade it instead it and were defeated, thereby cementing it as a source of British pride. Any British prime minister that gives up the Falklands now would be seen as a unpatriotic coward that spit in the face to everyone that fought in the war.
Inb4 the british patting their own back again
More Argentinians dead due to the junta than from the British army.
You need a bad thing to happen for people to look for the good.
That torpedo launch at 16:15 hurt me a bit
Though makes sense cause you can't really do a long visual cut with torp going into the water and hitting the sub.
During Falklands war 2 British para trooper are Awarded the Victoria cross for gallantry
1. Sergeant Ian McKay
2. Lieutenant colonel Herbert Jones
Been watching your videos since 2018 my friend!! Love all of your videos and one of the best history channels on youtube. Keep up the good work!!!
naval history buff here
the Belgrano's sinking was completely legal, as the british clarified the exclusion zone only applied to civilian vessels and neutral warships, but any argentinian warships would be engaged wherever found in theater. admirals on both sides recognize the entire south atlantic as the war theater and the sinking as legal, the captain of the Belgrano also believes it was legal. the exclusion zone was only an arbitrary line for civilian ships and foreign warships.
Ño
No
@@javiermendoza9607 100% legal sinking.
The Belgrano wasn’t on a pleasure cruise was it?
@@javiermendoza9607 Well, your cogent argumentation has certainly convinced me.
Some people might not be aware the Argentines had a mission to sabotage British warships in Gibraltar called Operation Algeciras. It involved sending commandos over to scout for suitable targets before attaching Italian made limpet mines brought over in diplomatic bags to British warships to cause as much damage as possible. Their actions raised local suspicions and were foiled by Spanish police. They originally considered attacking a target in Britain before deciding Gibraltar was better because they could speak the language and more easily blend in. An interesting bit of history. Makes you wonder how it would have affected the war had they been successful?
If they did that I don't think mainland Argentina would've gotten off as easily as it did. They would've been pummeled into renouncing their claim and paying reparations.
‘The empire strikes back’ is the perfect way to describe the war.
Yup, you just don't mess with the British Navy.
Maybe the Falkland islanders, after 200 years, just didn't want colonised by Argentina?
@@DrTiggy666 The Navy got a new carrier not even that long ago, it’s far from a joke lol.
@@DrTiggy666 That is sad to hear.
@@DrTiggy666 Why do you say that the "Anglo's demise is long overdue?" I'm just curious.
Está bastante bueno el video. Muchas gracias por poner nuestra perspectiva de la guerra, pocas veces se hace.
Lesson: Never steal Britain’s rock collection.
jesus they're minerals, not rocks 🙄😤
Unless you’re the United States
@@joshagarza United States failed to invade Canada in 1812 so you tried but failed unluckyyyy
@@ayomrwhiteigotdrip6235 breacking bad fan uh?
I mean the u.s burned Canada capital when they invaded
I'm British and I've never visited the Falkland Islands before, but I wanna go some day. It looks like an interesting place
Not just Penguin Islands nothing new, if you do you should check out sandwich islands
@@mrkilo-g8794 is that near the Falklands?
@@oliversherman2414 Yes by a few couple miles away
@@mrkilo-g8794 ok
The only airport that will take you to the Falklands is in Ushuaia, Argentina 😉
i love the idea of Wallace and grommet fighting in the Falkland's war
"Oh no, they sunk the ship containing the vital supplies of cheese and crackers Gromit!" - Ptv Wallace to Lt Gromit.
"Wallace and Gromit: The Untold Stories"
You forgot to mention about the HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft on 4 May 1982 and foundered while under tow on 10 May 1982. 20 people died on that ship and 24 injured
40 years on The Falklands War is the most untalked-about war. I hope those Veterans and Veterans's family know that, as a 22 year old lad who comes from a military county, we will always respect and honour what they did. What they did on the moorlands of that Atlantic island is a far more courageous act than any of my generation could ever do. I'm no nationalist, but as a student of WW1 literature and history, you can see similarities of how that war had ripple effects across all that have come after. When war happens it is just the bare bones of humanity. That is what the Falklands was especially due to most of the Brits being National Service conscripts. They definitely are, as Wilfred Owen wrote back in 1914, all we can feel and will ever feel as outsiders and voyeurs of war is the 'pity of war' and he would later write in his Preface with that: 'Yet these elegies are to this generation in no sense consolatory. They may be to the next. All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.'
Like all soldiers will be truthful to us- the public. We 'must be truthful' to ourselves or else we will continue to repeat the mistakes of history like the whole last century and a half has been.
This is so great! Thank you! My family has ties to Argentina, and I've always had a relationship to them, and this war, thank you so very much for this, for enlightening me upon this subject! I'm so excited to view it!
+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ."
Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video is really good. As an argentine i'm amazed by the work put on this, all the small details and the information used is outstanding. I think it pictures the situation in the country in a much better way than most argentines do.
I really apreciate your effort for looking wich was the perspective of the argentinians in that moment.
As one of them, I thank you.
Loved the video man!
The Argentinian perspective doesn't get covered very often (if at all), so I'm very happy and pleased to see this.
One of my uncles was a ARA Belgrano sailor but was thankfully transfered to a medical frigate (due to an accident with a pipe) before the Belgrano was sunk.
And my dad's home was raided by the Junta a couple times when he was 10yo because my gandpa was a peronist syndicalist.
So this topic hits close to home.
Again, loved the video and all your contet in general, you and your team are amazing.
That Perón-dude contributed a huge lot for the advent of the Military Junta in Argieland; otherwise a great, rich and respected country before that clown appeared in the political scene. Which is what's been happening with the country in the political scene ever since then... Sad.
@@grahamkylevulcan4340 The military junta was anti-peronist and pro-west. Also, Argentina was a mess since 1810, Perón only marked a change in social policies.
@@norwemaps Perón brought the social and economical turmoil which ensued the overthrown of Mrs Perón from government. Perón served himself of the leftist guerrillas when it suited him best, which played havoc with the rightist party which always supported him.
It doesn't really get covered because the Argentines had no claim to the island
@@ragglefraggle9111 Yea, that is why Argentina had the support of the ONU previous the war, and support the historical and geographic tesis made by the country
Very well done video, just one thing would have added if it was included at the ending of the video: the Falklanders had a referendum on British/Argentine rule, just a hair under 100% voted to remain British.
They're not Falklanders. They are British living on Malvinas
@@dizzxk1 649 Argie corpses would suggest otherwise 😂😘
Those are British occupiers. The REAL inhabitants are proto Argentinians. Making it Argentine territory by right. Colonialism, get out! Islas Malvinas forever!
@@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler the heck are "proto" Argentinians supposed to be? Argentine cavemen or something? Your country dates back to around 1810 I believe...
@@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler Argie propaganda, get your head out your arse
On April 2nd, it will be the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.
it's also important to mention that during that time, argentina was under martial law and few soldiers were older than 20
It is very interesting to see the conflict from the other side, that is, our side (I'm an Argentinian with relatives involved in the war) but through your lens. Without a doubt, it is still a difficult issue in my country, not only because the conflict was escalated into a war by a military junta of genocide, but also because the recruits(now growed men) are often called "boys" or "children" and they feel it as a disrespect, when, personally, I call them that because they were children sent to a war, but in that scenario they showed great courage.
Anyway, great video, great production, and from a fellow animator I really like the attention to detail in the reserch of material to represent what as a country we saw in those days.
As a Brit, I agree with you, every Man who set foot on the Falkland Isles with a weapon was and are still brave men. BRAVE MEN. Win or lose, you cannot remove the heroism of the people on the ground fighting against people they do not know. Who someday may also be friends.
hoal hermano
I have never heard of 18 old childrens
As far as i am concerned the Junta never commited genocide
@@NPCN-dd8hg 😂
So glad you know Wallace and Gromit. I'm half English but grew up in Texas and it's something my friends didn't grow up with, so knowing that other Americans are in the W&G loop is comforting.
Lovely cheese Gromit
I know of Wallace and Gromit from a Game on the PS2 “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
I’m also from Texas ^-^
There is a documentary out there that expands on the Argentine pilots POV "guerra aerea malvinas" or something like that, it is impressive to hear what they achieve with the equipment they had, it may be fair to say that the air force were committed to fight until the end, and were the ones to deal must of the damage to the British.
This one is very known
I don't know if it was this documentary you were referring to
ua-cam.com/video/pfVNKIT_1RY/v-deo.html
we have too many films, series, etc about that
The book "Harrier 607" goes a bit into the Argentine Airforce and has some stories and interviews from their personal. Held together with duck tape and luck, they put up a really good fight
The only part of the Argentine armed forces to come out of the conflict with their reputation intact. Their tactics and the bravery of the pilots were respected and acknowledged by their British opponents.
Four years before this war, Argentina threatened Chile with an invasion over the "Beagle" dispute.
This was one of the more intriguing long distance conflicts, although largely a failed ploy by Argentinian Government to distract their population and to gain their approval. People unfortunately had to perish for these silly games.
Yes. And not the only time latAm governments have used wars for internal political purposes. Colombia once tried to take a few small rocks in what is is called the Caldas incident. Peru and Chile beat the drums everytime the economy goes sour, or the miners go on strike. There even was a "football war".
@@ricardokowalski1579 - it's not only LatAm countries which use wars for political purposes. The UK has a long and extremely bloody history in that regard, and I'm reasonably confident the Falklands War was just one of many examples. Thatcher laid a trap, the Junta blundered into it, and she got the glory - and the general election win the following year.
@@tavdy79 Tatcher "laid a trap"? DId Tatcher mismanage Argentina too?
They died still more dignified and less inhuman deaths than those of the desaparecidos.
@@ricardokowalski1579 - the junta's decision to invade was in response to Thatcher's decision to pull British military forces out of the islands, making that decision look like a mistake. However Thatcher was both ruthless and canny, so making a mistake like that doesn't fit with her personality. What does fit is Thatcher luring the junta into a trap: withdrawing those forces in the full knowledge of how the junta was likely to respond, triggering a conflict which she could use to boost her own domestic approval ratings - which, like the junta's were flagging. It was a high-stakes gamble, but it paid off, and came with some bonus wins: the destruction of the junta eliminated a military threat to her Chilean friend and ally, Pinochet, plus the conflict acted as a showcase for the effectiveness of British military hardware - highly valuable for one of the planet's largest arms exporters.
22:05 No. Anglos always get this wrong: The war was a desperate attempt of the junta to appeace the (increasingly) protesting, happening due the economic crysis. The people was ready to rise against the dictatorship before the war, and the junta panicked. This unwinnable war was their las resort to remain in power. The return of democracy was inevitable, the war ended up being just a delay.
Several inaccuracies, most minor, but stating "The Argentine Airforce outnumbered the RAF 3 to 1" is completely wrong. The Argentines fighters outnumbered those of the 1982 Naval Task Force by 3-1 not the RAF. BIG difference.
No country that engages in war is innocent of warcrimes. To only point the finger at the British is narrow-sighted at best.
Indeed the RAF were barely even there, besides one squadron of land-attack Harriers, a couple of Vulcans and the odd Nimrod nosing down from Ascension. It was the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm that did the bulk of the fighting and took the losses.
The thing to bear in mind is that this is explicitly a video intended to be in line with the popular Argentine perspective.
Not an accurate documentary of the conflict as such.
I've seen Argentines touch on a great many of these points, so I would say it's a fair appraisal of the popular Argentine narrative.
Said narrative being hogwash, and mostly the product of Peronist propaganda regurgitated for decades, does not detract from the video.
@@bairdrew Yes, actually, it does. This video is presenting itself as a documentary & factual. Therefore it should be both & not some half guessed, made-up bullshit.
Tbf this is a video about Argentina’s perspective
@@RARDingo But this is the thing you seemingly missed when you definitely read my comment.
It literally is an accurate documentary. And it literally is factual.
But what its about the Argentine perspective, not about the actual war on the ground. It's literally a documentary on the Argentine propaganda.
Whoa! I've been meaning to check out your channel for a while now, just always seeming to miss the opportunity. Anyway, I recently found your USSR and WWII videos, And I just wanted to say that I really admire your storytelling skills, script writing and artwork. I'm not sure if you do it all yourself or you have help, but it's very well made. You have a new subscriber.
Love the Wallace and Gromit reference in 18:53, priceless!!!
Thanks for the timestamp
Why is it always you make a video that I needed in my life, but didn't know I needed in my life.
Fantastic work, been watching y'all for years now. Keep up the amazing work!
As an Argentinian and also a long time follower of your channel, I loved this video and I greatly appreciate the accuracy that always characterizes this channel. This is a very hurtful subject for us and a foreign speaking of this "From our perspective" is a little weird, albeit I deeply thank you and your team.
Nonetheless I would like to make a little correction: You said correctly that Argentinian conscripts (nicknamed "colimbas") were equipped with modern FAL assault rifles, but they lacked proper winter clothing, food (in fact there's an anecdotic case of a soldier that got caught stealing a sheep by a local farmer who just let the would-be thief keep it alongside more food because he felt so sorry for the young and hungry soldier). Furthermore, the heavy weaponry they managed to get onto the island was very outdated.
Also, there's something very relevant that you forgot to mention: The blatant corruption of the Junta.
There's a very emblematic case that I would like you to know "24 horas por Malvinas". It was a television show that ran for 24 hours non-stop with the intention of gathering donations for the war effort. Famous people like Maradona (through his manager), TV and radio stars, famous artists and pretty much anybody who was somebody made an appearance and / or donated huge amounts of money. Of course the regular population also chipped in, and they collected more than 1.5 million dollars in cash plus jewels, paintings, fur coats, solid gold bars, gold coins and other objects of value. The donation campaign lasted for four months and in total it raised an estimated total of 54 million dollars. To this day, nobody is sure what happened to all that, but with the colimbas suffering cold and hunger on the island you can assume that the donations never got to the intended destination. Also the donations never returned to the people, so we can all guess what happened to it...
It's very important (IMO) to clarify this, because when we study this war and we analyze how fast some soldiers surrendered without much fighting, we must remember: "an army marches on its stomach"
Why is it hurtful for you? There's no point at all for Argentina to keep claiming a tiny island
@@jonataspereira1691 Yes there is. There are several historic, political and strategic reasons for Argentina to want the islands back. And they're not "a tiny island". Sure, they aren't Madagascar, but they're bigger than the likes of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lebanon or Luxembourg.
@@jonataspereira1691 The war happened in 1982. That's really not that long ago; case and point, my father was conscripted at the time, though he did not see fighting. Many fathers, sons, brothers and friends of currently alive Argentine people died during the war, and as the video states, it was mostly in vain.
It's no wonder the topic is hurtful.
@@jonataspereira1691 This war happened not so long ago... The veterans are still alive.
My uncle was in the Army when the war started, he lost friends from his childhood in that conflict.
I can't imagine what those soldiers faced, they were my age and they were forced to fight a war against a superpower. My father told me that one of my uncle's friend always played football with them... When the war started they never saw him again, he died in the war.
@@zddxddyddw There is no point at all. There are few conflicts in the world that are so one sided. Most of them have a healthy dose of nuance. This one does not. Argentina has pathetically little claim. It's sad. You're wrong. It's a nationalistic ploy to cover over the gigantic failures of the country, And I mean Gigantic! Argentina's GDP per capita was near the top of the world 100 years ago. The Falklands are an excuse, a distraction for the poor dumb fools fed a crap load of inaccurate propaganda to cover the sad failures of a failed political system. Again, it's pathetic.
Como argentino me sorprende (para bien) el respeto con el que se trata el conflicto y al que fue (en su caso) el "oponente". Ojalá algún día se encuentre una solución a esta disputa histórica. Sabemos que es probable que ninguno de los dos países renuncie a sus pretensiones, al menos por mucho tiempo. En mi país las generaciones son educadas desde el inicio de la escuela sobre la historia del archipiélago, los recursos y disposiciones históricas y, sobretodo, sobre aquella fatídica guerra. Lógicamente para nosotros siempre serán argentinas, pero el compromiso de resolver el conflicto mediante el diálogo debe ser algo irrenunciable.
I bet the schools don’t teach children that the Falklands were founded by the French until they were taken over by the British do they
Cuando uno usa la violencia para obtener sus metas, es el ùltimo recurso para resolver la situacion esa. Significa que el momento de la diplomàcia se acabo, y por lo tanto el que usa la violencia lo reconoce. Argentina usò la violence y al hacerlo perdonó la oportunidad de resolver el conflicto con el diálogo. La guerra fue la ùltima oportunidad para tomar las islas. El reino unido ya no tiene porque responder a ningun acercamiento argentino de discurso u oferta de negociaciones, la violencia era la ultima carta que podia jugar argentina y la ha perdido para siempre. si uno usa la violencia y pierde, el otro nunca más necesita responderles.
@@simonoreilly5141 no olvidemos que a través de la violencia fue que gran Bretaña expulsó a los ciudadanos argentinos durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Esta es una discusión que va mucho más allá de dos desconocidos intercambiando opiniones en una plataforma impersonal.
@Aaron Natanael te restas valor al punto principal de la conversación (la guerra de las Malvinas) y profundizas en la historia y el colonialismo. Esto está fuera de tema, pero como lo mencionaste y el colonialismo, me gustaría preguntarte qué le hizo Argentina (no España) a la gran población africana que existía hace menos de 100 años. ¿Qué idioma hablaba (personalmente) antes de hablar español? Su historia está tan contaminada como la de cualquier poder colonial. Tu hipocresía hacia el colonialismo, mientras cosechas los beneficios de su lengua y cultura europea, es impactante. Señor, parece no darse cuenta de su propia miopía.
@Aaron Natanael antes de empezar a lanzar calumnias sobre el colonialismo y la historia, asegúrese de que su propia historia esté libre de pecado. Viví en Colombia durante siete años, mi esposa e hijos son colombianos, he viajado muchas veces a Argentina por trabajo. Conozco la historia de América Latina (incluyendo a William Brown, ya que soy descendiente de irlandeses). cuando visito Argentina me sorprende la cantidad de gente que dice ser más europea que latina. Me parece hipócrita que tus compatriotas afirmen que por un lado son más europeos que latinos y por otro odian que esos mismos europeos hayan sido colonizadores de América del Sur. por eso te pregunto cual es? ¿orgullo de su historia europea o vergüenza de su historia europea? Solo recuerda, todo lo que tienes, todo lo que eres, tu maravilloso idioma (soy hispanohablante), historia, religión, arquitectura, literatura, arte, comida, líderes y héroes son casi todos europeos (en su mayoría españoles). Deberías estar orgulloso de esto y no usarlo como arma. que tire la primera piedra el que este libre de pecado.
Soy argentino y mí tío combatió en esa guerra, le mostré este video y dice que le pareció increíble tu trabajo y piensa ver más videos tuyos
Saludos!
I am Argentinian and my uncle fought in that war, I showed him this video and he says that your work is incredible and he plans to see more of your videos. regards!
Ve mi serie demostrando que el Imperio británico no fue el más grande. Más tarde ojalá haré una versión en el idioma superior, español.
@@scintillam_dei bruh
@@heinmiiink3806 Brits always look down on Spaniards, so I have to put them in their place. Not all Brits do, but many, many do.
@@scintillam_dei Amigo es una ridiculez decir que el español es el idioma superior
You don't need to write your comment in two languages, youtube has a translation button
For those who don't know, Argentina and Chile had territorial disputes for the Beagle Straight since the 1970s, so Argentina always expected that Chile will invade the country once it could, that's why most of the best troops stayed inside the country.
In 1984, Chile will make an "ultimatum" and make a vote for the people who was there with the the slogan vote peace or war, at the end, Chile won the vote and the war was avoided, Argentina was still touched for the Malvinas/Faklands war to fight Chile.
No need to put Malvinas it’s falkands
@@ethannixon8170 no, in spanish we say Malvinas
@@thatguyyoudontknow2962 he is using English…
@@ethannixon8170 it's about respect, in spanish or as a spanish speaker, it'll always be Malvinas. And as long as we breath, no matter the language, we'll call it like that
@@manu_spawn I don’t give a toss if I was using Spanish I would call it Malvinas but he’s using English you prat so he needs to call it falkands have “respect” as you call it
Though I've enjoyed most, a few clarifications (I'm from Argentina and on my way to be a historian) for anyone interested: the number of 30.000 is for the rough estimate of how many people were dissapeared never to be seen again, with their prior identities being errased to hide the crime. Many more were tortured yet not killed, my grandfather one of many, just out of abuse from the military (he wasn't even concerned about politics, but a personal dispute rose to that). And it would be false to say that all were active enemies of the dictatorship: soldiers entered schools looking for people with either peronist or socialist tendencies, and just having any simbol or book related to those movements was enogh to be taken captive. About the war, this video is spot on what it's usually talked and thought about over here. Only thing I can say with certainty is that if the failed war shortened the dictatorship even by 1 year, probably it was less deadly for us than the alternative of keeping those psychopaths on power. Nice video!
Esa cifra la inventaron los organismos de derechos humanos, lo dijo el mismo tipo que tiro ese numero para exagerar la causa
Que triste historia tiene nuestro país 😔.
So what your saying is losing the Falklands war was the best thing that could have happened to the people Argentina
Son 30 mil o más @danolol quédate siendo milico que te viene bien
Neither 30k or innocents, they were terrorists and they deserved it.
15:30 love the reference to "Empire strikes back" !
I absolutely loved history as a kid, and I wish this was around back then. Great job 👏
The main thing here is this video is incredibly bias, so you do need to watch for other side's
We have beaten most countries in war, why take on the constant winner to become the loser ? And your economy which we totalled twice .
We spent the money we took from Argentina on more Harrier's
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@@davidrobertson5700 The Argentines were the invaders !!! The British took it back for the islanders for democracy & for Britain !! 🇸🇭 🇬🇧👑 The Empire strikes back !! Let the lion Roar 🦁
Great video, thanks for covering this. The comment about Argentina fearing a Chilean invasion was odd though. From every other source I have heard about the Falklands war from, it has stated that Argentina kept their best forces back because they planned to invade Chile next.
No, that was back in 1978 because of a different territorial dispute, but that one was solved by mediation from the Vatican. Still, in 1982 Pinochet still resented the Argentine Junta for that. That's why he offered help to the British, and why the Junta thought that a Chilean invasion of the Argentine mainland could come at any moment if the British so desired.
The Argentine junta was stupid, but not stupid enough to go to war with Chile immediately after a possible conflict in the Falklands, specially when there is a massive mountain range in the way.
No, You're mixing the Beagle crisis with the Falklands war.
They did plan to invade Chile next, they had tried in the decade previous. Its why Chile helped the brits when no one else would, despite the UK officially having UN backing to reclaim the island. Chile knew if Argentina successfully took land from the Brits Chile would be next.
@@zddxddyddw That makes sense, my bad.
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