You and the lost in battle and after coming home are not forgotten and are truly appreciated for what you all did. I can't put words to the respect I have for all of you guys. May the lost rest in peace. Never forgotten.
These veterans were just left to it! I joined the army in the mid eighties and served with quite a few falklands veterans they were the must professional and humbling people I served with.Unfortunately a lot have fallen to ptsd and it’s a disgrace it took the government nearly thirty years to do something. ‘They just lads, but their our lads’
I'd said no to a firm job offer in 78 of Bob Nairac's job, and ended up creating (accidentally) one of the strangest weapons in the war. I'd joined Schweppes International instead, and when Maggie declared she was sending a taskforce, I was in the office of my Cadbury oppo. We took one look at each other, asked if there was anyone between us and God to take command, realised there wasn't, so in the best traditions of the Senior Service, a couple of snotties decided. By the time anyone realised, the entire company stocks had been collected by NAAFI and were off Ushant! As a result, I heard later from friends, when grenades started to run low, they were stretched with cola cans. If it's big and black and headed in your direction, you're not going to ask many questions...
Argentina was in a bad moment at the time so they used this war to forgot their military situation But a lot of argentinian soldiers suffer in this war... There was very young people passing horrible things....
I have spoken to many British veterans about this conflict. When speaking about the Argentinian soldiers, they all said how young they were, how badly equipped and unprepared they were, how scared they looked. Whether the war was justified or not, it is clear that Galtieri and el Proceso did not give Argentinian soldiers a fighting chance. There is no anger towards the Argentinian people, only sadness. If there is any comfort to be taken from such a senseless waste of life, it is that the war contributed to the fall of the junta and the end of the guerra sucia. We remember the desaparecidos and the bravery of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo. We remember with great shame Plan Cóndor and the actions of Kissinger and his accomplices. The Argentinian people have suffered in so many ways and you have our deepest sympathy. 🇬🇧🤝🇦🇷
My grandfather was killed in 1943. My father, nine at the time and my grandmother, carried the scars of that loss and the subsequent hardships for the rest of their lives. Every veteran should receive full pay and benefits for life. Widows and widowers should receive 2/3 pay and full benefits. Their children, especially orphans, should receive a partial pension and benefits as well. No one leaves a battlefield without injury. Both they and their families suffer as well. None should be told that their nation is absolving itself of their health and welfare. Their nation sent them into harm's way and their nation must accept the weight of that responsibility in aeternum.
@@kalui96 Vladivostok is pretty far away from Moscow. the people there are still both Russian. no one is entitled to land simply because it is close to them. the people of the Falklands are British, and the oppressive military dictatorship of Argentina attacked them.
@@iMoD190 I don't disagree with the cold truth that the island was probably uninhabited when they landed there first. But ya know, empires all do one thing: fall. The Indians should return India to its rightful owners, right? And Hong Kong, and us yanks need to re-join the non-britian-having european union like a sophisticated country
@@iMoD190 Why don't you tell the full story? The Malvinas Islands (that's their true name) were righful territory of Argentina, until 1830 when John Onslow decided to attack the islands and conquer them, on behalf of William IV, despite the Argentinian Confederation and the United Kingdom being in accord of peace. It was a dirty move by the brits, as they always do.
You and the lost in battle and after coming home are not forgotten and are truly appreciated for what you all did.
I can't put words to the respect I have for all of you guys.
May the lost rest in peace.
Never forgotten.
Respect and condolences to both the Brits and Argentinians from Germany.
Thank you so much for sharing these Veteran's stories Royal Armouries. So much of the world has forgotten the Falklands, thank you.
These veterans were just left to it! I joined the army in the mid eighties and served with quite a few falklands veterans they were the must professional and humbling people I served with.Unfortunately a lot have fallen to ptsd and it’s a disgrace it took the government nearly thirty years to do something. ‘They just lads, but their our lads’
This is excellent. I hope you guys do more Falklands stuff.
Respect!
If anyone's still suffering, the SBS support therapist Sam H has a handle on draining Trauma - been there, done that.
I'd said no to a firm job offer in 78 of Bob Nairac's job, and ended up creating (accidentally) one of the strangest weapons in the war.
I'd joined Schweppes International instead, and when Maggie declared she was sending a taskforce, I was in the office of my Cadbury oppo. We took one look at each other, asked if there was anyone between us and God to take command, realised there wasn't, so in the best traditions of the Senior Service, a couple of snotties decided. By the time anyone realised, the entire company stocks had been collected by NAAFI and were off Ushant!
As a result, I heard later from friends, when grenades started to run low, they were stretched with cola cans. If it's big and black and headed in your direction, you're not going to ask many questions...
Argentina was in a bad moment at the time so they used this war to forgot their military situation
But a lot of argentinian soldiers suffer in this war... There was very young people passing horrible things....
I have spoken to many British veterans about this conflict. When speaking about the Argentinian soldiers, they all said how young they were, how badly equipped and unprepared they were, how scared they looked. Whether the war was justified or not, it is clear that Galtieri and el Proceso did not give Argentinian soldiers a fighting chance. There is no anger towards the Argentinian people, only sadness.
If there is any comfort to be taken from such a senseless waste of life, it is that the war contributed to the fall of the junta and the end of the guerra sucia. We remember the desaparecidos and the bravery of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo. We remember with great shame Plan Cóndor and the actions of Kissinger and his accomplices. The Argentinian people have suffered in so many ways and you have our deepest sympathy. 🇬🇧🤝🇦🇷
@@j.dietrich yea that's true, im actually argentinian so i know how horrible this was
I have even some magazines from the time.
Im just angry not about the soldiers, about the "president" that was at the time how doesn't cared about the people
My grandfather was killed in 1943. My father, nine at the time and my grandmother, carried the scars of that loss and the subsequent hardships for the rest of their lives.
Every veteran should receive full pay and benefits for life. Widows and widowers should receive 2/3 pay and full benefits. Their children, especially orphans, should receive a partial pension and benefits as well.
No one leaves a battlefield without injury. Both they and their families suffer as well. None should be told that their nation is absolving itself of their health and welfare.
Their nation sent them into harm's way and their nation must accept the weight of that responsibility in aeternum.
I remember
I'd be interested to know of any psyche studies of German soldiers (& airmen), during & post-ww2. 1940 - "All leave cancelled Fritz".
:)
' Biggest lie' respect..
I have no sympathy for colonizers. You chose to be the foot soldiers of imperialism, you deal with the consequences of it
Just out of interest - could you explain why all the Argentine officers were white dudes with Spanish names? *asking for an indigenous friend*
British crying because they got opposition to their offensive delusion of owning the world.
by defending their people against invasion by a foreign dictator?
@@iMoD190 its definitely pretty far away from britian itself
@@kalui96 Vladivostok is pretty far away from Moscow. the people there are still both Russian.
no one is entitled to land simply because it is close to them. the people of the Falklands are British, and the oppressive military dictatorship of Argentina attacked them.
@@iMoD190 I don't disagree with the cold truth that the island was probably uninhabited when they landed there first.
But ya know, empires all do one thing: fall. The Indians should return India to its rightful owners, right? And Hong Kong, and us yanks need to re-join the non-britian-having european union like a sophisticated country
@@iMoD190 Why don't you tell the full story? The Malvinas Islands (that's their true name) were righful territory of Argentina, until 1830 when John Onslow decided to attack the islands and conquer them, on behalf of William IV, despite the Argentinian Confederation and the United Kingdom being in accord of peace. It was a dirty move by the brits, as they always do.