1982: Falklands War - Inside Stanley After Argentine Defeat
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2022
- 'On This Day 1982: Falklands War - Inside Stanley After Argentine Defeat
Forty years ago today, after two months of occupation by Argentine troops, the Falkland Islands capital Port Stanely was retaken by British forces.
This unique aftermath footage was shot by ITN reporter Michael Nicholson and his crew, who had been embedded with the UK's Task Force since setting sail from Portsmouth in April 1982.
Argentina still lays claim to 'Las Malvinas' but will the UK Government ever hand over the isolated and sparsely populated overseas territory after fighting a war to keep them?
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A US Admiral and his aides said it was impossible for a force as small as the UK Task Force to regain the Falklands against a dug in occupying force 3 times the size near their own homeland. How wrong could he be! Only the supremely trained British Forces could of done it!
👍🙂❤️🇬🇧
Americans does not know how to fight a war like this. They level then occupy
US have NEVER won a war
Good job the brits are training Ukrainians to British standards to fight Russians on their soil .
Yes, with the help of the United States and NATO and the traitor Chile who gave him information about when our planes took off from the continent Argentina sank the United Kingdom's ships with older planes and put up a battle. In addition, it was only a ceasefire to avoid further bloodshed. Three times they invaded Argentine territory previously and three times The British left our land, the English invasions of 1806, 1807, the Parana War, and the last one was the Malvinas War, we Argentines defend our land, the best in the world...
Here in Brazil we knew the degree of cruelty of the Argentine dictatorship, its stupidity and total lack of respect for freedom, so we were always with the British: the Falklands will always belong to the nation that its brave people freely choose.
Obrigado,Brazilian amigo from London
Talk for yourself and not all brazilians
Brazilians were not with the British maybe you were definitely not the majority
@@tmanthemost1157 Right; leftists have allways been with dictatorships...
@@tmanthemost1157 The only country in South America that was truly with the British was Chile, although technically neutral, which don't forget was run by Pinochet, a dictator who cosied up to Thatcher.
Wow, it seems you have to go all the way back to 1982 to find ITN saying something positive about Britain and its troops.
Now it's "too many white people!"
How their attitude has changed.
I was just thinking the same thing.
You could read the Sun. That has the regulation praise for our boys...and now I suppose our girls... aren't they pretty?
This was the last "normal" war the UK has been involved in, with the only civilians involved British, the other side absolute aggressors and a reasonably swift victory with not that many casualties.
It's easy to report well on this one.
here in brazil he have this joke "The definition of turning to the worse possible is going to be as a england citizen and waking up as argentinian..."
1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
255 british, 3 civilian and 649 argentinian deaths, combined that doesn't even add up to 1200.@@santiagoschmied88
LMAO
Eu estava no seu país, macaco. E não é o primeiro mundo. A miséria e a fome que ali vi não se comparam a nada.
@@bunkerkorpf1440 And 22,000 people murdered or disappeared at home during the other war...The Dirty War.
As a Falklands RAF veteran, I remember well leaving Devonport on the MV Astronomer as the replacement logistics support ship after MV Atlantic Conveyor was sunk by an Exocet missile. We were held at Ascension Island and not permitted South until the white flag was raised. Then we spent 3 months clearing the mess, using our replacement Chinooks to lift the heavy loads across the islands and support the army units already deployed. I did a year’s flying in 3 months. 😊
Thank you for your service.
@@conradpurcell3164 yeah of course a really productive war wasnt it...?
@@bob-gk5jn literally a textbook example of a successful campaign. The fact that British forces succeeded against over-whelming odds also makes it heroic. Remember that "The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm".
@@conradpurcell3164 The 9th of July 1816 we became independent of spain inheriting the spanish territory including Islas Malvinas. The british usurped them in 1833.
@@bob-gk5jnInteresting that you think the history of the islands only began in 1816.....
I like the irony of the name Malvinas, named by french sailors after St Malo in Brittany. St Malo was a Briton who emigrated to repopulate Brittany, he was from Wales, lived in a cave, dressed in animal skins , grew his own veg and drank cider
He lived the boyss dream
Intresting
Sounds like a typical Welsh man today.
Geneva Convention (1929)
The emblem of the red cross on a white ground and the words “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” shall not be used either in time of peace or in time of war, except to protect or to indicate the medical formations and establishments and the personnel and material protected by the Convention.
Yeah that helped, but they still ignored it! Its like expecting the UN (or anyone else) to bring Putin in for war crimes when Ukraine is finally settled!
I never got into Stanley because we stopped on the hills above it when the white flag was raised but the Argentinian trenches we had just captured were filthy with all sorts as well as dumped kit and a few booby traps. So dirty in fact that we dug our own shell-scrapes rather than clear out theirs and trying to get upwind of the stink. It wasn’t a deliberate act of military denial in a withdrawal because they were still there when we captured it: it was just poor discipline and crappy leadership from the Argies.
Argentines*
@@kylestewart4630 "Argies" we call them
Like any trenches in every single war. Did you were starving and shitting yourself form suffering diarrhea? Half of the PARA suffer terrible. Did you like others of you comrades stole the boots and rations from the fallen Argentines? The answer of all of this is probably yes.
Were not prepared for a battle, nether for a long stand, not nearly enough resources or firepower
@@kylestewart4630twats*
I am nearly 80 and remember the conflict well. The Argentinian government sent untrained conscripts short on food to fight well fed proffessional soldiers. Their air force fought well and the Navy faced a modern navy but were pulled back to port. No shame in losing when you are led by unfeeling colonels who gained their experience in torturing civilians. I felt sorry for their young men at the time feeling they were lucky they were fighting British troops who would not abuse them. Right and might prevailed on Islands that were British before Argentine was a country, never forget this.
Las Malvinas eran Españolas antes q x legitimo derecho pasaran a soberania Argentina cuando esta se independizo de España y asi fue hasta 1833 cuando gran bretaña INVADIO y desalojo x LA FUERZA al gobierno y los habitantes ARGENTINOS q vivian alli...
Quien lo dice un ingles🇬🇧👎👎
LAS MALVINAS SON🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
🇬🇧🇬🇧PIRATAS🇬🇧🇬🇧👎
@@ivanviera2649 You really don't get what this comment is saying.
To all the British guys who went to the Falklands, we thank you as a whole nation
Every day is poppy day
1.200 muertos britanicos 🏳🌈
Malvinas*
You are aware the word "Malvinas" comes from the name of a British person right @@aybrowtf
@@ThatGuy-he6lc you are aware that the FALKLANDS is a British name too right ? And it is ours 👍🇬🇧
I know, I call it the Falklands and never said it wasn't British. I was calling out the guy who was saying "its the Malvinas"@@davidrobertson5700
It was a nice touch that the British government bought General Gautierie a new glass bottom boat.....so he could inspect his airforce !!
1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
@@santiagoschmied88 255 british, 3 civilian and 649 argentinian deaths, combined that doesn't even add up to 1200.
@@santiagoschmied88 And 22,000 people murdered or disappeared at home during the other war...The Dirty War.
Don’t mess with Britains Rock collection
"THEY'RE MINERALS!" 😉
lmao
The british have the minerals, hard as rock lol
And don't mess with America's boat collection.
Lol good one
I was in 3 Para long after the FLI conflict and i really feel pity for those Argentine conscripts ,half of my battalion should have been in a psychiatric ward, you better be sure you are ready to fight when the Paras are coming .
mad lads 😄
There was Two Brothers, both ex Paras that sometimes drank in our local. There was saner people in Broadmoor.
they had pro soldiers to in argentine army and also the uk troops in this war where mostly young man who had never been to war before
51% of the Argentine soldiers where literal conscripts who got pulled off highschool@@paulmcdonough1093
@@paulmcdonough1093 Wrong way, buddy. Seems like you're clueless about this. Argentines sent 18 year olds who were forced to fight. The UK send trained soldiers.
Never felt prouder to be British .. Brave lads sent into harms way .. they kicked some ass and took casualties. RIP.
Brave lads? These guys killed hundreds of innocent 18 year olds who were forced to fight. All for penguins. I mean to a certain extent, I understand. Even a remote land full of penguins is better than your shithole of a country.
They took basically the same casualties as their enemy, but thats a good result when your on the offense and cpmplete the task i guess
@@Luis-bo2ujno we didnt 😂 we had way less casualties, way less killed and even more less captured than the Argies. All history books will tell you the exact same thing, Britain was outnumbered but the Argies were massively outskilled. Maybe do a bit of research first before you so confidently go on the internet and spout a complete load of bollocks
like you would volunter for conscription if called up lol..stay on your green mate
@@Luis-bo2uj Argentina had about 3x as many casualties as the British
Eu era um simples soldado do Exército Brasileiro e achei loucura o que os argentinos fizeram.
You don't know history. Falkland is part of Argentina colonized by England.
A prayer....a group I trained with who were SAS, all perished in the Faulklands, returning to their ship when their helicopter has catastrophic failure. GOD bless you Patty, you were a great friend. JAK, 1st Lt, USMC
Happen to have any idea which ship he was returning to? i haven never heard about such a heli crash.
@@daufi3433 And can't spell FALKLANDS either.
HMS Intrepid. Seaking helicopter.
Your wrong
Yes, I remember that crash, about 20 SAS lost I believe, but the Helo pilot survived. He was featured on a BBC series called "Test Pilot" or somesuch name.
His crash was briefly mentioned.
I was there Jul - Nov 82. The excrement was everywhere. The place smelt of excrement. The weapons and ammunition were piled high everywhere you looked. I lived in a tent on the airfield for nearly 5 months. It looked as if the Argentinians had undressed and left every item of clothing on the side of the road, from pants to helmets, all covered in excrement.
We must have gone out on the same boat. I was billeted in Stanley and remember the stench and the piles of debris everywhere.
@@mrodneygaliffe6216 Wow, we must have been there at the same time! I spent most of June on Ascension Island. Then I was sent to The Falklands on a Herc in early July. I was on Rangatira (Rangatraz) for a few days (the stench of excrement was choking) .... Then I was sent to Stanley airfield where I stayed until late Nov in a tent. That was like heaven compared to Rangatira, even on my issue camp bed that was only about 2 inches off the floor after 5 months of sagging. It's cold close to the floor ... lol. Most nights I slept fully clothed, Jumper too!
@@Madeinwem What regiment ? An Air Defence one ?
Despite is very disgusting, is interesting to know this kind of details about argentinian's behaviour. It would be very shocking to witness the Falkland war. I wish to visit Falkland one day. Greetings from Chile.
@ale4176 save your money 😂
It demonstrates to those who are not aware the lack of logistical preparation the Argentinians made for their troops. How they mistreated civilians and planned to deliberately endanger them in time of war. A brutal Dictatorship whose failed attack on Falklands created a losing war that also toppled the regime in Argentina. Which has not had another military Dictatorship since. They created freedom for the Falkland Islanders and ultimately for Argentina as well. Well done to all the brave armed forces who took part.
Actually argentines were not preparing for a battle at all, the dictactorship thought itd go the diplomstic way as it was with Chile. And there were basically no brutality against civilians, just a few stolen sheep maybe, args were starving towards the end
@@Luis-bo2uj No they did prepare just not properly, they were too concerned with Chile so did not send best forces available. They partially listened to voices like Minister Costa Mendes and underprepared the defences like extending the Runway for fast jets.
Really they went early should have allow Sir John Nott's cuts let them lose ships and carrier capacity. Increased Etendards and Exocets purchased some tanks and mines especially Sea mines. There were few landing options. Prepared better dug in positions and supply bases and more troops Dispersed and increased Pucara force and purchased anti tank and aircraft manpads. Obtain M79 grenade launchers etc for parabolic fire and prepared more mortar teams. The result likely to be the same but defeat meant loss of regime so they best give it their best option. Reality Chile Beagle Channel style diplomacy not realistic once shooting had started. Their bad behaviour turned off International opinion on the issue as well, but it returned democracy to Argentina.
@@robertfrancis7767 i dont think that argentina had the capability of expanding their equipment and army that much, they just have a few exocet and the french refused to sell them more of course, French didnt even gave them the codes to activate the missiles and argentines managed to ''hack'' them basically.
@Luis-bo2uj Argentina already order 14 Super Etendards only 5 delivered, thus no problem. Missiles could be sourced. As for items like M79 Grenade launchers can be obtained cheaply plenty on secondary market. Better units could have been sent. Tanks are essentially cheap items and modest force was affordable in such an important area. The existing tanks could have been shipped for fire support. Your no so much expanding as re-prioritising your force structure. Logistic can be shipped by sea by intensive movement you have 7 days at worst and 11 at best. They could have done that at low cost if they wanted to survive politically. But result would have probably been a slower conflict but same result they were just not being sensible and made a rash choice not the optimum timing for them.
@Luis-bo2uj By the way that is myth they had help from French persons according to intelligence sources.
They had started a war earlier in 1982 with Chile 🇨🇱, but stopped when they started losing; it was over a Chilean weather station on Chilean soil …
This effectively brought an end to the Military dictatorship of Argentina.
And to the obliteration of the Royal Navy by the British Treasury.
Kinda, the attack was done because the dictators were sorta running outta money and public support was an at all time low. Safe to say they were on their way out and this was one of their last gasps of air
thankfully
I knew an Argentine waiter in LA who'd been sent to the Falklands as a conscript. He said most of his comrades did not want to be there and were more than ready to surrender to the Brits after firing a few shots 'for honor's sake'. After they heard there were Gurkhas in front of them, they were more than ready to give without even those few shots.
The Argentinian troops who found out they were facing the Ghurkas didn't even bother firing off a few shots for honour.......... they literally had it on their toes back to Stanley. The Ghurkas were deeply upset as they had been very much looking forward to meeting them ! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
There is a video floating about on RUclips somewhere of an officer telling the Gurkhas about the Argentinian surrender. They looked fuming! They were looking forward to a fight.
@@garymoore2535My late uncle told me he'd once met a British officer who had commanded a unit of Gurkhas in jungle operations. He couldn't speak highly enough of them and told how they would "pester" him in the evenings for permission to go out into the darkness to hunt and kill the enemy...
The Ghurkas never entered action. They are mostly a myth. The did get into the island, but they were never deployed, because they arrived at the end. Google it and you will see I am not bluffing.
The Gurkhas are most certainly not a myth ........the only reason they did not actually go into action is because the Argentinians they were due to assault literally abandoned their positions at Mt William and ran away ! Mt William was therefore taken without a shot being fired. The Nepalese are already a tough resilient people by virtue of where they live. They naturally have more robust cardio vascular systems evolved to cope with lower oxygen levels at the altitude at which they live. This gives them natural levels of endurance that are simply beyond most men. Combine this with the incredibly fierce competition to get into the British Army and those that achieve their goal can be considered the cream of the cream and amongst the finest fighting men on the planet. The Gurkha's arrived in the Falklands on the QE2 along with the Welsh and Scots Guards. Both of the Guards regiments went into action ........the Gurkhas reputation was enough to ensure they didn't need to. You can only fight the opposition put in front of you and in this case the opposition thought better of it and took their ball home 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
The British will never give up their land in such an undemocratic manner 💪
They've gave up Northern Ireland without a shot fired..by the signature on a piece of paper.
@@volkswagent6raillad850 30 years of conflict and defeating the IRA whist keeping Northern Ireland in the UK doesn't seem anything like what you just described 🤷♂
@@Squareheed You do realise there is a border in the Irish sea between GB and NI and no border between NI and ROI
@@Squareheed 1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
They did it to Grenada the very next year.
Beaten by a superior professional opponent
wrong they lost to a smaller pro force the argies had more troops also pro soldiers argies had more planes superior cover and lost because they had no will to win
@@paulmcdonough1093 1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
@@santiagoschmied88that is a straight lie.
More Argentinians died in belgrano sinking alone than British died in the entire war.
@@paulmcdonough1093 ahaha so they just chose to lose? argies could never win, it was a national humiliation for them they are still salty as the belgrano about it
@@santiagoschmied88 and of course there is the 88 in the nickname lmao, stay losing
"After a battle lost, the saddest sight is a battle won".
- Wellington.
Every day is poppy day, thank you for your service
Lots of love
From
Great Britain 🇬🇧
As an 8-year-old boy, I remember these events. Even though we Yugoslavs were socialists and on the other side of the "Iron Curtain", we all supported the United Kingdom. We know that Argentina welcomed millions of Nazis and Fascists and gave them asylum after the Second World War.
Yet the Warsaw pact publicly supported Argentina, likely as a means to do to the Falklands what they did to Cuba
@@RageCreati0n Yugoslavia was not in the Warsaw Pact.
Millones de nazis ???? Eso no te lo crees ni tu , Argentina dio asilo a millones de europeos después de la primera y segunda guerra , incluso gente de tu país . Y ahora está llegando gente de Ucrania .
Very true
what iron curtain? Yugoslavia was independent socialist country and didn't support UK or Argentina.. They watched their own business
I was 5 years old and remember this war being on the Australian tv news at the time, it also brought a new word I'd never heard before 'Exocet' missile. 🇦🇺
"Exocet missile"? Thats two words!
Our "Old EU Allies" the French volounteered to stay on to equip Argentinian jets with the ability to fire those Exocets !!! That's the French for you 🤮
Yes the french hate the UK forces!
@@garymoore2535you need to do some more research about the French in 82 and the Exocet missile
HMS Sheffield, HMS Glamorgan and the Atlantic Conveyor would say otherwise ! It is a simple fact that these ships would not have been hit were it not for the assistance of the French team who resolved technical problems integrating Exocet with Argentinian aircraft. Mitterrand denied knowing that the team were in Argentina .........
Whilst I am at it, only the French would actually sell and start building a Nuclear Reactor for ........wait for it Saddam Hussain. This required the Israelis to risk their airforce to bomb the construction site to oblivion to prevent its completion !
Publicly Macron jets all over the world and has the audacity to tell other countries they need to do more to help Ukraine .......where is France on the list of assistance provided to Ukraine ? 🤮
I would have made the POWs clean up the place
They should have made Menendez and the senior officers clean up.
1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
Here we could see how civilised Argentinians were. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This should be broadcast every time Argentina mentions their erronious claim to the Falklands.
you think we care?
@@Tortuga-nt4pm Maybe you don't, but those isles are ours so stay away...
1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
@@santiagoschmied88 In English please, I don't read scribble.
@@santiagoschmied88se enojó el changito 😊
This was very interesting, lots to learn
What a history.
the british are stealing's argentina's island
"The only thing they lacked was the will to fight"
Everyone knew this war was a distraction for the dictatorship, even the argentine military. Most of them were conscripted kids who had had barely shot rifles before. And the enemy were the brits, who are people not too different from us. It is no surprise they didnt want to fight such a pointless war.
Argentina's professional soldiers had been sent to the border with Chile, who had, purely by co-incidence 😉, stationed a mass of troops on the border just to elicit this response. Thus only conscripts, for the most part, were available for the invasion. The Argentinian Junta was quite open about its military intentions towards its neighbours, who were therefore quite open to 'unofficial' co-operation with anything that might overthrow the junta. Chile also unofficially allowed the UK access to radar facilities that helped predict Argentinian attacks. Events were 'playing out' in the 'Great Game' well before the actual invasion ... a cynic might believe that the Thatcher Government, at the time very unpopular and certain to lose the next election, 'allowed' the situation to escalate to a a point where flag-waving-vote-winning military action was necessary.
Hmm, what you say is quite true - but just substitute Argentinian junta for British governemnt - and you will be accurate!@@alfnoakes392
Your quote, "The only thing they lacked was the will to fight".. !! That is not true, I was there, were you?
@@JohnHunter-kg8et Its a quote of an *opinion*... You disagree, fine.
Hail Britannia 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇯🇲
Y sí, si sos jamaiquino, esclavo negro de los ingleses de por vida
Ladrões invasores
They actually lost so much equipment that they have still not recovered fully, especially in aircraft losses and also because of the parlous state of their economy since the 80s.
Not true. You lost more.
No es esa la razón, el desarme de las fuerzas armadas argentinas comenzó realmente a finales de los 90 y continuó hasta la actualidad por una cuestión política, desde que se recuperó la democracia en el año 83 los políticos argentinos han temido a un golpe de estado. Hoy en día es casi imposible que las fuerzas armadas realicen un golpe, pero los políticos actuales son tan inoperantes que aún temen a las FFAA, por eso no quieren equiparlas como se debe.
The British Forces were being run-down anyway by cuts in defence spending under the Thatcher Administration. If the Argentinians had invaded a year later the British could not have assembled a Task Force because one of the carriers would have been sold off by then. The loss of face suffered by the Argentinian Junta was given as the reason they were overthrown shortly after, but if you talk to Argentinian folk they will tell you it was at least as much the poor running of the economy that caused a change of Government.@@sirg8569
Not true. Argentina has still not properly recovered. Britain has replaced and replenished and could, would do it all again.... but their weapons are much more lethal now@@sirg8569
@@sirg8569 We can afford to replace what we lost, you never will :)
You can hear the disdain his voice and rightly so.
😂 Uk can have that windswept dump
This is common to every totalitarian regime, whether it is Argentinian, Russian or any other. Primitivity, lack of compassion, waste of resources, disrespect for civilian lifes etc.
Actually there were 3 civs casualites in the whole war, and were due to british artillery, so maybe they were not that disrespectful towards civilian lifes in this case.
@@Luis-bo2uj Did you not watch the video? Wilfully ignorant aren't you? Argentina placed artilery pieces & heavy equipment between civilian buildings, they used schools as ammo dumps and painted houses with the red cross and used them as barracks. The fact that only 3 civs died and so many argentinians got killed is a testament to the British forces professionalism against an enemy that uses civilians as human shields.
eso es verdad , ahora no!
Russian lol.. try consuming less TV garbage.
@@CyrilSneer123no es verdad, los soldados tenían prohibido robar a los civiles, maltratarlos, o matarlos, cuando los Argentinos retomaron las islas la única baja que hubo fue del lado argentino (Giachino) y aún así no hubo represalias.
Al respecto de la crueldad hacia los civiles, solo se dió en tierra continental, fue contra los terroristas de izquierda que ponían bombas.
You wouldn't get this sort of (pro-British) reporting on the BBC now.
I've always liked the Chilean people, more educated,level headed and never just took Argentina's side, because at the end of the day there just neighbours
I'm Chilean and this is extremelly logical: The Falklands were inhabited by the British. That makes the Argentineans losing the game of claiming theirs, despite of geography. Then they tried to use the force and they lost.
@@dieglhix Argentina's claim isn't only geographical but historical. The british lost the islands to Spain, Argentina gained Independence and took control over the islands. The british saw economical opportunities and invaded the islands more than 20 years after Argentina took control of them. Colonialism is bad
@@manuelmdemarcocope harder argies, 10000% inflation rate since your failed invasion
@@manuelmdemarcoBollocks. The Brits took control in 1833 after various European nations squabbled over it. Argentina didn't even exit until 1860.
@@TomFynn My friend, Argentina claimed its independence in 1810 and became fully independent in 1816. The country had control and permanent population in the islands until 1833. The reality is that we lost a war and that could be it, but it's not that Argentina doesn't have any reasons to claim them...
For Americans , the Royal Marines are similar (though not in all ways) in role to Navy Seals. They’re the ones hoisting the flag.
SBS are more like navy seals but only to Seal team six.
Fireman Lewis Clifton explains that Argentinian & British troops as well as the Falklanders, were suffering from explosive diarrhea, making a mess of Stanley:
"The place just couldn't take it. There was only sporadic electricity and water and the sanitation system collapsed. The streets were ankle-deep in human waste. The stench was awful, really awful, and we were all suffering from what we called Galtieri's revenge. He lost the war but left us ill."
(The Falklands invasion, by those who were there, The Telegraph, 11 March 2012)
Professor Lawrence Freedman confirms that the toilets & sewers were overflowing:
"The small town, with many houses destroyed, could barely cope with the influx. The filtration plant had been damaged during shelling and there was no fresh water."
(The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: War and diplomacy, page 564, Psychology Press, 2005)
After reading this, I'm going to give my toilet a great big hug, knowing things could be so much worse.
Yes they were shitting in their trenches then 2 para dropped grenades in , he said the stench was terrible
None of that mess would be attributable to British soldiers. We were disciplined in fieldcraft that included the "shovel recce". The argentines had no excuses whatsoever as in similar situations (ie on exercises), we constructed field khazis consisting of a hole in the ground with lime to cover your ordure. Sheer indiscipline and a lack of basic morals.
That turd on the floor didn't look like diarrhea to me, looked like the poor man hadn't drank water for a week, probs took him a few minutes to squeeze that one out.
@@SmokingLaddyexpert opinion 😂
I watched this just to get a better understanding of what my Dad went threw as he never talks about it
Now is the time to restore that spirit at home you Brits.
It was a hard slog for the infantry.
This war would have been avoided. If Britain had kept it's fixed wing carriers. Hms Ark Royal and Hms Eagle could hold around 40 aircraft each. Phantoms and Buccaneers.
You could blame that on the lying, sneaky RAF saying that aircraft carriers were expensive and the RAF could cover ANY conflict worldwide from our existing airbases throughout the world. (This would then scrap the Fleet Air Arm as a major air asset.) They even provided a map of the world showing concentic circles around their airfields proving the point BUT, it was bullshit and they knew it. The map was fake. For example, the map showed Australia hundreds of miles away from its actual position. Politicians were too eager to save money, or too stupid to question the feasibility of this or to even asked the RAF to PROVE their assertion, and THAT heralded the loss of our large aircraft carriers. The RAF always hated the Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy pilots.) The navy pilots were better and the RAF knew it. Anyone that wants to see what REALLY happened in the airwar down south, should read "Sea Harrier Over The Falklands" by Sqn leader (801 Sqn) Sharkey Ward. Its also available as an audiobeek on Amazon. It highlights the ineptness of Sand Woodwards use of airpower down south. Its a very good but SHOCKING account of the airwar screwups down there. The fact that our lads got to land and do the things they did was DESPITE RN tactics and not because of them. Ships were lost and men died due to the misuse of the Sea Harriers.
Wrong. This war would have been avoid if The UK had given a reply to a communication sent just a few months previous by the Argentines regarding the sovereignty of the islands - but The Conservative UK Government wanted a winnable conflict of any kind (political or physical) to boost their then terrible poll numbers. It was accepted that they were heading to lose the next election before the war started.
@@BMH1965 what bolox
@@BMH1965 lmao dude.
@@BMH1965 argies still utterly humiliated they lost their illegal war
Just five days after my twelfth birthday. My first year at senior school back then. Remember this era well!
What a history.
and we always felt pity for the Argentines sent to the Falklands. After seeing this and what little respect they had for the Falklands and themselves it seems) I have less sympathy
Where was this footage at the time of the war, UK media were to concerned about not upsetting the Argentinians' to show the British people, what animals the Argentinians were, and why we fought to get these criminals out of sovereign UK territory. Bless and honour the men who died to protect the freedom of British people, I wish I could say that I would trust our current politicians and Civil Servants to do the same. No backbone in Westminster.
It was shown. I remember watxhing it at the time.
@@ogilkes1Must have missed it, certainly would have altered my perspective of the Argentinians.
Say the world thieves.
@@sirg8569 The British population of the Falklands would disagree, when ten 10,000 argentinians turned up to steal their island.
@@thomasmain5986 Tell that to the all the people you attacked. Us several times too.
Why did we never see this before?
Buenos Aires by the macc lads is a class song about the falklands
Royal Marines are not to be trifled with....
We will remember them.
So proud of our soldiers, sailors and airmen. The best of the best!🇬🇧❤
Justamente sus aviadores fueron los peores
@@elsenordelhambre1977 Tell that to the sinking of the General Belgrano.
Argie casualties: 649 killed; 1,657 wounded; 11,313 captured
British casualties: 255 killed; 775 wounded; 107 captured
@@elsenordelhambre1977 you lost stay mad and humiliated
You can't expect anything good from a country that supported Hitler and gave asylum to the Nazis. Respect to the British from Slovenia
There were a couple of Argies that were wanted for other crimes, Astiz I think was one, who another European country were interested in interviewing in relation to the death of one of their citizens. Fortunately for them, the Brits followed the Geneva convention.
The sheer hatred they have with just seeing english words 😂
The descendants of the Spanish settlers who colonised Argentina should look at handing back Argentina to its indigenous people, rather than using The Falklands as a diversion from the mismanagement of Argentina, by the Argentine government.
Cuando ustedes se vallan de America podemos hablar
@@jonathanglzplz894Argentines should go back to Spain and Italy then
@@zigongosaurus5274 no tienes derecho a hablar pirata.
@@jonathanglzplz894 , Los españoles y ustedes los argentinos no tienen derecho a llamar piratas a nadie, porque ustedes dos son piratas!!!.
@@andrewmoore-vb3cv llora en pirata... 😘
If this happened tomorrow what would our government do NOTHING AT ALL
This is where Hitler wanted to move to.
He did.
And?
@@Ineedyoulou No, he moved to Moscow.
@@mongo2022 Nope, Hitler went to Argentina.
the argentinians weren't expecting the hiding they got, they thought the invasion would be easy but the really underestimated the might and organisation of the british armed forces, which led to their failure.
1.200 muertos🇬🇧🏳🌈⚰🚬 💀
Argentina no subestimó nada, ustedes hundieron a traición el crucero general Belgrano que por ley de guerra no se puede hacer. Si no jamas iban a tocar suelo argentino.
Son piratas, es lo que siempre hacen, invadir países y reclamarlos como suyos
@@elsenordelhambre1977you can’t sink a warship in a war? Idiot, even the captain said it was a legal action of war.
@@santiagoschmied88 stay mad and humiliated, ez win
@@santiagoschmied88 Why put a gay flag?
If you take time to listen to the reporter, it's unbelievable its only 40 years ago when the news was repotered with correct speaking english, now it's
Classic english polite insults.
its a good thing the British come sooner, because this Argentine troops are not occupying the island, they just used it as their own public toilet, ew!!
"Where an army has passed, nothing grows but brambles".
- Sun Tzu.
I'd like to learn more about the civilians and how they lived after the Argentines invaded.
Invasión no recuperación
Not men, animals
Don't forget!
Had a few pints in the Globe Hotel.
Painting red crosses on buildings where they are hiding soldiers an ammunition and putting weapons close to civilian houses.... that reminds me of some guys in the Gaza strip....
horrible Argentine government, Horrible Argentine top brass Generals,. But..Brave young Argentine lads who didn't want to be there. can you imagine being a conscript from argentina awaiting the British Army on a small island and you know they are coming..yes they are coming. a salute to all that died both British and Argentine..i'm sure you didn't want to be there.
It was such a pointless war, and everyone knew it. Argentines were conscripts (a lot of them kids) who knew this war was a deliberate distraction from all the other catastrophes of the dictatorship. Plus, Argentines never hated the British, so why fight them to the death over this worthless island?
I agree they didn’t want to be there. But they were hardly brave. Shitting in other peoples houses, hiding behind children and the Red Cross and surrendering at the first chance 😂
Fun fact, nobody inhabited the Falkland Islands before the British discovered it in 1592. The British are the Natives of that land.
Well, inhabited and *stayed*. There were others who came to the Falklands before, including some Spanish settlers, cavemen, and I think at one point a small British settlement? But they all left. The Brits were the first to stick around.
You can imagine what this report would like today. ITN of today would condemned the British Armed forces as colonisers and the act of crapping on the floor of the post office as the actions of an oppressed BAME people.
Those Seacat missiles at 3:46 could have rained hell on any submarines within a 3 mile radius of their launcher. 😂😂
Only 3 miles?
Seacat is an anti aircraft missile, nothing to do with submarines 🙄
Flying Submarines?
@nzgunnie, yeah, one that fires lasers, like the one on the Seaview.
A volunteer professional military against a conscript military. Place your bets.
The Argentine scared of the Gurkhas drawing their Kukuri
They never fought us
@@omessiasdogol because Argentina had surrendered before the Gurkhas got a chance to fight.
Well, maybe all that mess is because Argentina was not well-prepared for a war. The British are more well-prepared for that; they live in war all the time with half of the world. So, sure, Argentina is the one that is wrong. Please, let me know how the British respect civilians in India or South Africa?
It was good that they managed to get their Rock back
All I know is that if the same thing happened now, the Falkland Islands would be lost by the spineless politicians we have in all the main parties we have now
Don’t be silly.
There’s be no need for a war now that we have cruise missiles.
A dozen of those a day onto Argentine military bases and government departments would see any new invasion abandoned within a week.
If it had happened a year later there would have been no Task Force, as Thatcher's defence cuts meant that Britain would have only one carrier (the other having been sold-off).
We have a permanent thousand strong garrison and Typhoons based in Stanley. The Typhoon alone, one fighter bomber, has such a large air defence sphere it could destroy the Argentine seat of government before an invasion fleet left Argentine waters. 3:47
@zoiders. Typhoons are based at mount pleasant
@@jeffchandler7662 Its still Stanley.
I'm an Argentinian and I feel so ashamed that this war ever took place, so disgusting...
The Falklanders were essentially bullied.
If they were there first, it's their land.
And to make matters worse, 12 years ago the president laid claim to the islands on the Haya, and that angered me.
Let them live in peace.
The war was only started because Argentinians were led by a dictatorship, it's not your personnal fault at all. Look at what is happening with Russia attacking Ukraine, or Venezuela threatening Guyana. Tthat's exactly the same.
What I don't understand is when some Argentinians are upset about losing this war while it was clearly provoked by their dictatorship, are they asking for a dictatorship policy ?
Claramente no sos argentino. Esa gente no es originaria
@@bunkerkorpf1440los argentinos estamos molestos por tener un país ocupando nuestra tierra. Es simple.
Después, la guerra... Nadie la quiere. Fué una dictadura fascista.
Hoy en día nuestros políticos dan vergüenza ajena y nos roban con decenas fe impuestos y centenares de regulaciones. Veremos qué hará Javier Milei, nuestro presidente electo quien admira a Margaret Tatcher.
Saludos desde Argentina, Buenos Aires. Ninguna dictadura es buena amigo
speak english @@elsenordelhambre1977
@@elsenordelhambre1977 speak english like everyone else, mo(ron
Brutal.
That was a very proud day for England. The Iron lady spoke that day! God Save England
God doesn't exist, and if he did he/she/it would support everyone
Esa genocida viva argentina
@@user-nq4rv3zn3i dios exsiste es un invento del hombre y mientras exsista el hombre exsistira dios dicho esto viva argentina
@@pablofrediani2348 argentina lost their war of aggression, total humiliation
@@BigBazz-Clips la temible aviacion argentina ISO bien su trabajo
I was 13 yo at the time. Here in 🇨🇱 we knew perfectly how dangerous and liars where the argies..we all supported 🇬🇧!
There is a saying here “ more dangerous than an Argentines drawing maps”
good words. much love
Lest we forget.
At the time of the Falklands invasion by Argentina, I was working as a clerical officer in Portsmouth naval base and the lady at the next desk had a son serving in, I think, 40 Cdo in the Falklands. Her son told her that the Argentine soldiers were so ill-equipped and supplied that one of the Argentine soldiers who spoke English, bartered with her son and swapped some Argentine cigarettes for some clean underwear !
My great Aunt and Uncle, Maude and Jack Sollis were islanders, they lived on Drury St in Port Stanley, their house was requisitioned by the Argie troops who just used one room as an open toilet. Ill-trained, ill-equipped and ill-disciplined but then, most of them were conscripts fighting for a despot who desperately needed something to deflect from the situation at home. The best thing the British Navy did was to sink the Belgrano, regardless of where she was positioned, that sent the Argie fleet slinking back to port for safety.
Lies.
@@sirg8569Lying liar
@@sirg8569 Argentina lost big time. Deal with it.
@@Chris-dz3rs You suffered the biggest and fastest losses since the Corean War until this day.
@@sirg8569 in a war your pathetic ,ego driven generals started . Many experts didn't think the British could win ,but they did ,didn't they ? You had all the winning cards. Closer to the mainland ,time to dig in , a reasonably good navy and air force . All of rhe British were well trained volunteers ,versus your conscripts . Shitting in hallways of buildings , painting medical signs on ammo dumps ,digging in howitzers between civillian houses . Yeah..,real tough . Then ,whenyou were allowed to visit your war Graves, you still disrespected the locals .Forgot about that as well ,huh ? That's convenient.
You lost .
This is the conflict which prompted me to make the final decision to enlist and enlist i did, mon 14th April 1986 i became a British servicemen in training ⚔️🇬🇧
Congrats 🏴
Narrator sounds a bit like Pat Condell
I'd be interested to know to whom the UK sold all that Argentine army surplus left on the Falklands, and whether they made much money from said sales, does anyone know?
No but who cares. Spoils of war.
It was destroyed in situ or dumped at sea. A few AA systems were retained and used by the RAF but that was it. There was nothing else of material worth to Britain left behind. Your assumption is a bit weird. The Argentine ORBAT is freely available. Some rusty APCs and burnt out prop driven aircraft weren't exactly the jack pot.
@@zoiders Yeah, I know they hadn't exactly hit the jackpot, but we're talking about thousands of FN FALs, support weapons, grenades, etc., dozens of artillery pieces, perhaps some helicopters, the squadron of armoured cars, tonnes of ammunition, plus non-weapon equipment, I thought it might be worth an 8-figure sum to some repressive dictatorship.
@@TheA8lee And it went in the sea. The captured POWs were made to police up all their munitions and weapons. They were destroyed in situ or dumped in the Atlantic. What is the weird American obsession with black market arms? Do you actually know where the Falklands are and how slender a thread the air bridge there is? Just how much money it costs to ship all that crap there and back? It was worthless. It was dumped. A small number of the FALs were retained by the SF who had them deactivated and used as soldiers burdens on forced marches in national parks where live weapons were not used. Some of the more unusual small arms went to what became Royal Armouries. That is it.
True, they could've won, they had the masses, the only ones who fought brave were their pilots. Everyone else had "the lack of will to fight".
Surely when you send untrained troops, with no food, and conditions in general that demoralizes them, this is the result. You can't do that to your troops, this is exactly what is happening to russians in Ukraine.
Al fin un inglés como la gente.
Súmale a eso el hundimiento a traición del crucero general Belgrano... No iban a pisar tierra jamás. Pero bueno, los inperios son así
@@elsenordelhambre1977 argie revisionism, even the captain of the belgrano admits it was a legitimate target. here's a tip for you in future, don't start illegal wars of aggression and none of your ships get sunk, you brought it on yourself starting the war it's your own fault you were too useless to win it, don't act like you're the victim now lmao
May this never happen again. The Falklands is and will always be British. Hope no other South American dictator will try this kind of stupidity again. Long live Britain! Cheers from Brazil.
Imagine this shown on TV now: "Viewers should be warned, the following footage shows rifles being thrown in a pile and streets strewn with rubbish". Oh, and of course the turds would be pixellated out.
To all those Argentines or those who sympathise with the Argentinian government over the Falklands, shouting about how it's theirs in video descriptions I say one thing. You are achieving nothing. You are not doing anything that helps get back "your" precious islands which you have never rightfully owned. The Falklands is and will always be British.
A todos esos argentinos o aquellos que simpatizan con el gobierno argentino por las Malvinas gritando que son de ellos en las descripciones de los videos les digo una cosa. No estás logrando nada. No estás haciendo nada que ayude a recuperar "tus" preciosas islas que nunca has poseído por derecho. Las Falklands son y serán siempre británicas.
Respectfully, I don’t rmember Dunkerke’s beach, awaiting tourists with immaculate sand, nor Berlin’s magnificent buildings untouched after the soviets came in,,,,it was the end of the war on the loosing side guys… is always like that.
No its not. You wouldnt get British troops shitting all over the place, breaking into houses and ransacking them.
You really think armies start shitting in the streets immediately after occupying a town? Only Argentines do that.
By the time the Argies surrendered our troops were running very low on ammo. Thankfully they didn’t have to assault Port Stanley and a lot of lives, on both sides, were saved.
By the time they surrendered most the ammo had been used up beating the only forces that could oppose the British.
Still had bayonets are were not scared to use them!
The weapons that the Argentines used for their rifles are the same calibre as ours were. 7.62 so ammo was not the problem as we captured the major Mountain routes.
The only ammunition they were low on was for the field artillery. There was a massive surplus of 7.62 and 9mm ammunition. Can't think why, perhaps an argie can explain why the dumped their ammunition.
Que vivan los exocet, las A4 ,los Mirage , y los pilotos argentinos, los británicos todavía están temblando ..los hicimos mierda, ingleses solo disparaban sus cañones desde el mar muy lejos , cobardes..valientes fueron los pilotos argentinos...
Les a costado mas las islas malvinas que el resto del imperio britanico ?porque sera?
This is all about to make a comeback.....
not a chance
Had plenty of unemployed soldiers there, should have made the Argentine prisoners clean up the mess they made.
Hamas does the same thing on a much larger scale, even putting HQs In actual hospitals and fighting out of ambulances
We live 30 minutes from the islands, and we cannot go freely because they are busy, incredible in these times
You may have access on the terms of the Falkland Island Government.
@@Litany_of_Furylos trámites burocráticos son inmensos, prácticamente no podemos pisar nuestra propia tierra.
Así son los piratas
@@elsenordelhambre1977 Pirates have no government and would not stop you. But it is a colony. You are a mere colonist, do not strike against your Colonial Overlords.
@@Litany_of_Fury y tener colonias es de pirata papá! Jaja déjame de joder, le imponen tu idioma, le robas los recursos que tienen, le imponen tu moneda pero no son piratas? Justamente es lo que hacen los piratas! Robarle al otro e imponerle