Marine Jennings was a personal friend of mine and we had joined up in 1960 as sixteen year old Boys. My outstanding memory is of him singing 'Runaway' by Del Shannon in a Pub in Exmouth. I never dreamt that just over a year after we finished Training he would be killed. I often think about him and how his life would have panned out. I will see him at the final RV.
Excellent content as always! My uncle Dave was a Sgt in the Highlanders during this, he later fought 8 years in the Rhodesian Bush War after retiring from the British Army and moving to Rhodesia...he passed away in South Africa in 1995 from cancer, the nicest, most generous but hardest man I ever met, R.I.P Uncle Dave..gone but definitely not forgotten!
My father was at Limbang. Fortunately, he wasn't in the initial assault, but with the HQ Signals (Signals Sgt.) who followed up. He was in radio contact during the fighting... Not much fun listening to your oppos being shot at. Most of the casualties were from a rebel with a Bren gun.... Ironic. He was very proud when his old company CO led the Falklands landings.
@@HoxMeister "is not"? There's a lot more than one of them lol The History, Flag, AirBase, Military detachment, Naval presence, The British Government, British people and (above all) *the people who live there* all disagree with you but carry on 😂😂😂 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@unbearifiedbear1885 The lad needs to understand two crucial things about the Falklands; 1) They watch Coronation Street 2) They have six pubs Therefore they are most definitely _British_ 🇬🇧
And to think Jeremy Moore RM went on to lead an even bigger amphibious landing on the Falklands. Top bloke. Another fantastic video and Professionally put together. Keep it up mate.
I'm an Ungrateful Colonialist and thought the Falklands CO may have been a junior or unrelated to this operator. Really neat to see the same people in history.
@@samrodian919 He was a genuinely nice, if somewhat ruthless, leader of 3 Bde, Royal Marine Commandos, and as a lowly 1Lt. of 42 Cdo, Juliet Company from 1978 on, I was honoured to meet him on a number of occasions.
As a man born in Limbang division, working under Limbang Resident Office Administration, and an avid fan of your channel, this to me, is a gold mine. It’s like this video is tailored made, just for me. I can’t thank you enough for your time and effort of producing this video. Finally we can hear the British side of the raid, with accurate historical military tactics and manoeuvres. Thank you so much.
One of the landing craft was still on the bank of the Limbang river in the early 1980’s. Full of holes and damage. Another was being used as a car ferry on the Beliat river at Kuala Beliat.
How time flies. On seeing Capt. Jeremy Moore's picture I thought that can't be right, but it is. Only 20 years between this incident and the Falklands, and that was 40 years ago!
That the same Jeremy Moore who commanded British land forces in the Falklands War? RIP the brave fallen RMs. I have nothing but the greatest respect for the British Royal Marines
@@SD78 The CO of the minesweeping sqd that provided the crews for the lighters was J.J Black. CO of Invincible in Falklands War. It's a very small world.
Actions like this are often overlooked against the background of larger campaigns. However, they require an equal measure of planning, dash, and bravery.
Limbang was the last British combat use of the Vickers Mk.1 machine gun, that had entered service only fifty short years before in 1912. Back then the MOD knew how to get value for money.
A well presented video, thanks. As a former RM I had the opportunity to visit Limbang in 1991 and polish the plaque on the then titling memorial and pay my respects. As of then, the Police station and Hospital were very much the same as shown in the photos.
Thanks for the post. Robert (Bob) Rawlinson was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and distinguished service at Limbang. Bob was my very good friend. I had the honour of giving the eulogy at his funeral. Serving Royal Marines and his former colleagues attended the funeral with a Royal Marine bugler sounding the last post at his graveside. A fitting end for a remarkable man.
Being in mainland Malaysia (Johore) at the time I remember this well. The Rebels had captured police bren guns and One was fired into the assaulting marines as they came of their craft, which I understood at the time were landing craft style local ferries. Each one had a Vickers mmg for armament. Also I knew a retired British school teacher who had been a teacher at Limbang until he retired and moved to Johore with his Malay wife and daughter. He told me he had contacted British HQ in Singapore offering to act as a Guide to approach Limbang from the jungle after landing down stream from the town. His info and offer were not taken up!
At the outbreak of the Confrontation, I was on HMS Blackpool anti-submarine Frigate, which was in Fremantle West Australia for the Empire Games. We had to leave and sail for Singapore arriving in December 62. we took on board some Gurkhas and dropped them off at Awat Awat, Sarawak. We had heard about Limbang and the success of the Royal Marines. Royal Navy men,[Naval Party Alpha], were also doing patrols in Sarawak due to a shortage of Soldiers/marines. I as Diving Store keeper had to be picked up by an LCA, {landing craft attack] with 2 sets of dive equipt. then transferred to a long boat with 2 SBS marines, and taken through the Jungle rivers to 'Sundar Bazaar,' where I was ordered to search for a lost rifle by 'Gilly Howe' the SBS sergeant., search only took 7 minutes, Gilly said 'did you see the Salt Water Crocs, and the Booties burst out laughing. Great to work with them, but had to return to the ship!
Sarawakian here, it's rare to hear about military operations in my homeland in 1960's especially on this platform. Sarawak's border later become a battlefield during the Confrontation.
@@unbearifiedbear1885 mostly positive though I think opinion may be divided according to ethnic lines. The Chinese and Dayaks may generally see the Brits in a good light but the Malays maybe a bit iffy
you know i love channels like ops room motemayor and all of them but i feel like this channel deserves a lot more eyes on it he does such a good job explaining and animating the situation maybe not as fancy as ops room but hey with some more eyes imagine what would be possible.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lest we forget!
89 against 300, normally you need a 3 to 1 advantage to assault a dug in enemy, not the other way round, and to go in with no intel and wing-it like that shows a considerable amount of resolve and fighting spirit. Hats off to them, their legacy and their memory.
I remember Tom Harrison, Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Lady MOUNTBATTEN died in Jessleton, I remember Kota Belud and the Valerie HODSON steps, I remember the OIL FIELDS at SIERRA BRUNEI, Kuching's Semengo Camp and the first COMET airliner landing at Kuching Airport, I remember Kampong Ayer in BRUNEI, some happy memories, some not so happy
RIP guys, it’s a heavy toll losing 5 men & im sure if it was the yanks then a “Blackhawk down” type film would of been made. But being British we just get on with it n stif upper lip etc…… from an ex serving British Army JTAC to the boot necks well done guys, may the lost guys be forever remembered & thanks for keeping old ops fro years ago fresh in our minds, plz keep up the great work putting out these videos 👍🇬🇧🙏
Thank you. An outstanding video, with accuracy, respect and clarity. This is one of the very best military history channels on you tube. It must take a lot of careful planning and time to create this. It’s good that you have created such a fine digital memory of the event and of the brave marines.
The father of an ex-girlfriend was attached to MI in the consequent jungle war with these insurgents, he was liason with the Dayak tribesmen with a "Hearts & Minds campaign to gain their assistance in the war, with some success. Whilst he never went into great detail of any combat, he did give me a fairly good overview of the "Emergency." In 1989 he also took us up the River Sarawak to visit some of the villages whose men stoodwith and with whose aid the British forces may well have lost these Malaysian States. One of the best and toughest holidays I've ever had!
Thank you for archiving the service and sacrifice of thoughs at the center of our alliance. I have yet to dig into all your videos. I am always looking for Gurkha Royal Rifles accounts. They need the recognition. 👍
Good stuff. I’d like to request the Battle of Plaman Mapu as a next video. The Paras were very active during the Indonesian insurgency but forgotten by time
The Royal Marines have one of the best fighting pedigrees in the world. There’s a tenuous link to them and Sarawak, on the edge of their Dartmoor training area is the small church of st Leonard’s in Burrator, there’s a red granite tomb in which the remains of sir James Brookes the rajah of Sarawak rests. I served under the command of a troop sergeant in the late 70s who had fought in Brunei a very humble and calm man. The sultans of Brunei and Sarawak have long connections to the British forces. Great informative video.
I believe I read about this episode 40 years ago in 'The Undeclared War: The Story of the Indonesian Confrontation" (by Harold J. James & Denis Sheil-Small, published 1971). My father was serving in the Police Field Force based in Kuching then. He was among the local troops deployed to Limbang for follow-up operations. Dad is retired now in Stass, another border outpost that was hot during the Confrontation. To the fallen Royal Marines, rest in peace.
During the Indonesian confrontation In the 1960s the british picked up a transmission from american units in vietnam telling them to keep off this channel we are fighting a war here Really the british replied well we are Winning ours!
Great video. Just a small point, the correct term is „company commander“ not „commanding officer“. It is quite correct that Jeremy Moore was the commanding officer of L company, but the term „commanding officer“ is reserved for the CO, or commanding officer of the commando, or in the case if the army, the regiment.
Unfortunately wrong terminology. An officer in command of a British rifle company is called the OC or Officer Commanding, L Company. There is only one CO in a battalion/regiment/commando and that is the Lt Colonel who is the Commanding Officer. Your series is an excellent idea, but please check your military terms as mistakes with basics undermine your credibility.
Brave men who fought and died for our country,, the freedom we cherish, comes from the sacrifice of many before and after these warriors,, great debt is owed to our service personnel,,. Rest in peace,, ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Kudos to the Royal Marines, executing a difficult mission. That said, they should have brought the Gurkha unit with them. The rebels would have lost control of their bowels at the sight of those guys flashing their curved knives.
Thank you for this, fantastic to learn about this. Not to Monday morning QB, but are there any reasons for not infiltrating the target area via the woodland to the east of the station and hospital? Seems obvious that the river approach and landing would be compromised early in the raid.
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Thanks PRD. Do you have any background info about this incident? I looked up the map of the area and it looked like they could have approached from the east, a 2 km tab. Don’t know how dense but looks possible in a few hours. Was there a time limit or just the difficulty of the terrain?
@@PersonalityMalfunction the rebels were about to start killing hostages iirc, a 2km yomp through dense jungle would have taken hours so by the time they'd have arrived, no more hostages
I agree - the cover painting of the raid is by the great artist Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), chiefly known perhaps for his railway/military paintings. ‘Terry’ and my father were good friends. I met him several times. He had so many wonderful stories of his adventures fulfilling commissions all over the world...
Were I ever taken hostage and in need of rescue, I would hope that my rescuers were Israeli or British forces! That apart, I had never heard of this battle, and am surprised at the British casualty figures, which indicate the level of resistance encountered!
Marine Jennings was a personal friend of mine and we had joined up in 1960 as sixteen year old Boys. My outstanding memory is of him singing 'Runaway' by Del Shannon in a Pub in Exmouth. I never dreamt that just over a year after we finished Training he would be killed. I often think about him and how his life would have panned out.
I will see him at the final RV.
Excellent content as always!
My uncle Dave was a Sgt in the Highlanders during this, he later fought 8 years in the Rhodesian Bush War after retiring from the British Army and moving to Rhodesia...he passed away in South Africa in 1995 from cancer, the nicest, most generous but hardest man I ever met, R.I.P Uncle Dave..gone but definitely not forgotten!
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I love watching all the ol'Rhodesian action vids on YT, alot of them are young lads having a "rare ol'time", it might interest you??
Look up in YT Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner watch the video posted by Dylan C
Oh hey I had an uncle Dave too,he fought in Korea and came home and became a drunk..he was on a battleship
@@westpointsnell4167 my name is is Dave came back from Beruit and Grenada you never get over it
My father was at Limbang.
Fortunately, he wasn't in the initial assault, but with the HQ Signals (Signals Sgt.) who followed up. He was in radio contact during the fighting... Not much fun listening to your oppos being shot at.
Most of the casualties were from a rebel with a Bren gun.... Ironic.
He was very proud when his old company CO led the Falklands landings.
Thank you for sharing 🇬🇧❤
Falklands is not british
@@HoxMeister "is not"? There's a lot more than one of them lol
The History, Flag, AirBase, Military detachment, Naval presence, The British Government, British people and (above all) *the people who live there* all disagree with you but carry on 😂😂😂
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Wow. Semper Fi
@@unbearifiedbear1885
The lad needs to understand two crucial things about the Falklands;
1) They watch Coronation Street
2) They have six pubs
Therefore they are most definitely _British_ 🇬🇧
And to think Jeremy Moore RM went on to lead an even bigger amphibious landing on the Falklands. Top bloke. Another fantastic video and Professionally put together. Keep it up mate.
Knew i recognised him!
Yes General Sir Jeremy Moore was in charge of all the land forces I believe.
Best in the business
I'm an Ungrateful Colonialist and thought the Falklands CO may have been a junior or unrelated to this operator. Really neat to see the same people in history.
@@samrodian919 He was a genuinely nice, if somewhat ruthless, leader of 3 Bde, Royal Marine Commandos, and as a lowly 1Lt. of 42 Cdo, Juliet Company from 1978 on, I was honoured to meet him on a number of occasions.
Gotta say; The British Cold War aesthetic is incredibly sharp. L1A1s, berets and one colour, simple uniforms really bring it all together.
Well if you're gunna die, rather die looking dapper than looking crap.
The rifles are ugly as hell but their fits are very nice
@@Bigfatfrog83 beautiful as fuck you mean
@@Bigfatfrog83
>SLR
>Ugly
Not even possible to use them in the same sentance, the fal family is one of the best looking rifles ever
The SLR was only ugly if you were staring down the business end of one !
As a man born in Limbang division, working under Limbang Resident Office Administration, and an avid fan of your channel, this to me, is a gold mine. It’s like this video is tailored made, just for me. I can’t thank you enough for your time and effort of producing this video.
Finally we can hear the British side of the raid, with accurate historical military tactics and manoeuvres. Thank you so much.
When did the British land om
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I remember meeting several District Officers, they were all wearing the jungle green uniform of Lieutenant Colonels in the Royal Artillery
Can you give a short-form of the Brunei side view-point of this period/battle?
An 89 man assault against the 300 man strong garrison. Brave men indeed.
Who Dares Wins
@@bryansmith1920 i think you mean By Sea, By Land ...they aren't SAS
@@bryansmith1920 pretty sure that’s not their motto
It was 42 commando RM
From HMS Bulwark
RIP those Royal Marines brave men who gave their lives.
One of the landing craft was still on the bank of the Limbang river in the early 1980’s. Full of holes and damage. Another was being used as a car ferry on the Beliat river at Kuala Beliat.
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How time flies. On seeing Capt. Jeremy Moore's picture I thought that can't be right, but it is. Only 20 years between this incident and the Falklands, and that was 40 years ago!
That the same Jeremy Moore who commanded British land forces in the Falklands War? RIP the brave fallen RMs. I have nothing but the greatest respect for the British Royal Marines
Yes it was he
I was thinking the same thing.
@@SD78 The CO of the minesweeping sqd that provided the crews for the lighters was J.J Black. CO of Invincible in Falklands War. It's a very small world.
Yep certainly was Him
My Dad was a very proud Father the Royal Marine Commando and its him [7:05]
reciting with attitude, determination & valor.
Actions like this are often overlooked against the background of larger campaigns. However, they require an equal measure of planning, dash, and bravery.
I'm Bruneian and I have never clicked on a video this fast before. Thanks for the amazing video.
Limbang was the last British combat use of the Vickers Mk.1 machine gun, that had entered service only fifty short years before in 1912. Back then the MOD knew how to get value for money.
We are still using the GPMG some 63 years after it’s first use. I did not know about the Vickers though. Thanks for the info.
A well presented video, thanks. As a former RM I had the opportunity to visit Limbang in 1991 and polish the plaque on the then titling memorial and pay my respects. As of then, the Police station and Hospital were very much the same as shown in the photos.
Great video where I learned about an operation that I’d never heard about in a campaign I’d never heard of, even though this was during my life.
Balls to the walls on a travel map and their wits. Impressive account of the Royal Marines 👍
Lovely that you keep the memory of men, who sacrificed their lives alive
Rip to those 5 men. Gave their own lives to save others. Respect.
RIP my brother Marines. Once a Royal always a Royal until the day you pass.
Wow.. what a challenging mission.. incredible
RIP Marines 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks for the post. Robert (Bob) Rawlinson was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and distinguished service at Limbang. Bob was my very good friend. I had the honour of giving the eulogy at his funeral. Serving Royal Marines and his former colleagues attended the funeral with a Royal Marine bugler sounding the last post at his graveside. A fitting end for a remarkable man.
My dad knew him well. A familiar name from his stories. My dad departed with the bugler playing "Sunset" which he always preferred.
Being in mainland Malaysia (Johore) at the time I remember this well. The Rebels had captured police bren guns and One was fired into the assaulting marines as they came of their craft, which I understood at the time were landing craft style local ferries. Each one had a Vickers mmg for armament. Also I knew a retired British school teacher who had been a teacher at Limbang until he retired and moved to Johore with his Malay wife and daughter. He told me he had contacted British HQ in Singapore offering to act as a Guide to approach Limbang from the jungle after landing down stream from the town. His info and offer were not taken up!
At the outbreak of the Confrontation, I was on HMS Blackpool anti-submarine Frigate, which was in Fremantle West Australia for the Empire Games. We had to leave and sail for Singapore arriving in December 62. we took on board some Gurkhas and dropped them off at Awat Awat, Sarawak. We had heard about Limbang and the success of the Royal Marines. Royal Navy men,[Naval Party Alpha], were also doing patrols in Sarawak due to a shortage of Soldiers/marines. I as Diving Store keeper had to be picked up by an LCA, {landing craft attack] with 2 sets of dive equipt. then transferred to a long boat with 2 SBS marines, and taken through the Jungle rivers to 'Sundar Bazaar,' where I was ordered to search for a lost rifle by 'Gilly Howe' the SBS sergeant., search only took 7 minutes, Gilly said 'did you see the Salt Water Crocs, and the Booties burst out laughing. Great to work with them, but had to return to the ship!
Excellent as ever. My first unit when I joined the Corps was 42 Cdo and the troop Colour Sgt was a Limbang vet!
Sarawakian here, it's rare to hear about military operations in my homeland in 1960's especially on this platform. Sarawak's border later become a battlefield during the Confrontation.
What are the people's opinions of the British, there?
@@unbearifiedbear1885 rather positive I should say, the white rajahs or Brookes were held in high regard in Sarawak
@@UnclePards89 many thanks - warmest regards ❤
@@unbearifiedbear1885 mostly positive though I think opinion may be divided according to ethnic lines. The Chinese and Dayaks may generally see the Brits in a good light but the Malays maybe a bit iffy
@@aerithofmyore ❤👍
Thank you for your service.
you know i love channels like ops room motemayor and all of them but i feel like this channel deserves a lot more eyes on it he does such a good job explaining and animating the situation maybe not as fancy as ops room but hey with some more eyes imagine what would be possible.
Well done lads, proud of you all, brothers from another Mother
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget!
89 against 300, normally you need a 3 to 1 advantage to assault a dug in enemy, not the other way round, and to go in with no intel and wing-it like that shows a considerable amount of resolve and fighting spirit. Hats off to them, their legacy and their memory.
Thanks as always for bringing these lesser known fights to light. Great content as always
Finally! My home Island Borneo is mentioned for this content.
I remember Tom Harrison, Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Lady MOUNTBATTEN died in Jessleton, I remember Kota Belud and the Valerie HODSON steps, I remember the OIL FIELDS at SIERRA BRUNEI, Kuching's Semengo Camp and the first COMET airliner landing at Kuching Airport, I remember Kampong Ayer in BRUNEI, some happy memories, some not so happy
RIP guys, it’s a heavy toll losing 5 men & im sure if it was the yanks then a “Blackhawk down” type film would of been made. But being British we just get on with it n stif upper lip etc…… from an ex serving British Army JTAC to the boot necks well done guys, may the lost guys be forever remembered & thanks for keeping old ops fro years ago fresh in our minds, plz keep up the great work putting out these videos 👍🇬🇧🙏
Amazing content. Really live up to your channel's name by keeping these men and their battles in our memories.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Thanks from your cousins across the pond 🇺🇸!
Stay calm and carry on 👑🇬🇧, 🥂 Cheers from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇸🍺.
Another top class video, liveth for evermore!
Thank you. An outstanding video, with accuracy, respect and clarity. This is one of the very best military history channels on you tube. It must take a lot of careful planning and time to create this. It’s good that you have created such a fine digital memory of the event and of the brave marines.
Thank you for this video in particular. I hadn't even heard of this action before today.
Thank you for this video, my father was involved in the rescue of the hostages but doesn’t really speak about it.
Great video! I hadn't heard of this operation before so that's pretty interesting stuff.
Other possible LFE ideas: 1976 IDF hostage rescue at Entebbe (July 3-4, 1976), IDF 1981 raid on the Osirak nuclear facility, 2007 Operation Orchard.
Great content and very much appreciate the tone of reverence, as it should be.
The father of an ex-girlfriend was attached to MI in the consequent jungle war with these insurgents, he was liason with the Dayak tribesmen with a "Hearts & Minds campaign to gain their assistance in the war, with some success. Whilst he never went into great detail of any combat, he did give me a fairly good overview of the "Emergency." In 1989 he also took us up the River Sarawak to visit some of the villages whose men stoodwith and with whose aid the British forces may well have lost these Malaysian States. One of the best and toughest holidays I've ever had!
Thank you for archiving the service and sacrifice of thoughs at the center of our alliance.
I have yet to dig into all your videos. I am always looking for Gurkha Royal Rifles accounts. They need the recognition.
👍
Good stuff. I’d like to request the Battle of Plaman Mapu as a next video. The Paras were very active during the Indonesian insurgency but forgotten by time
Battle plaman
Thanks a lot guys, some of us won't forget.
History of my hometown. Great
Jeremy Moore . I have the greatest of respect for my OC from our little problem down South in 1982
The Royal Marines have one of the best fighting pedigrees in the world. There’s a tenuous link to them and Sarawak, on the edge of their Dartmoor training area is the small church of st Leonard’s in Burrator, there’s a red granite tomb in which the remains of sir James Brookes the rajah of Sarawak rests. I served under the command of a troop sergeant in the late 70s who had fought in Brunei a very humble and calm man. The sultans of Brunei and Sarawak have long connections to the British forces. Great informative video.
Excellent video !
Awesome channel, great videos, great narriration.
Thanks for the content 🤗
Royal Marine commandos are an elite group of fighters but also amazing human beings. I have been honoured to know a few in my time.
Well done lads.
We will REmember them.
Yes we will 🙏🇬🇧😊
I believe I read about this episode 40 years ago in 'The Undeclared War: The Story of the Indonesian Confrontation" (by Harold J. James & Denis Sheil-Small, published 1971). My father was serving in the Police Field Force based in Kuching then. He was among the local troops deployed to Limbang for follow-up operations. Dad is retired now in Stass, another border outpost that was hot during the Confrontation. To the fallen Royal Marines, rest in peace.
I’m amazed to see Gen. Moore here in his earlier years, I didn’t know he had this kind of experience
During the Indonesian confrontation
In the 1960s the british picked up a transmission from american units in vietnam telling them to keep off this channel we are fighting a war here
Really the british replied well we are
Winning ours!
Great video. Just a small point, the correct term is „company commander“ not „commanding officer“. It is quite correct that Jeremy Moore was the commanding officer of L company, but the term „commanding officer“ is reserved for the CO, or commanding officer of the commando, or in the case if the army, the regiment.
Unfortunately wrong terminology. An officer in command of a British rifle company is called the OC or Officer Commanding, L Company. There is only one CO in a battalion/regiment/commando and that is the Lt Colonel who is the Commanding Officer. Your series is an excellent idea, but please check your military terms as mistakes with basics undermine your credibility.
my dad was part of this and was in 42 commando L company
Love this channel
Amazing feat of bravery and military skill.
Awesome!
I am Indonesian and I have no idea that our government supported a rebellion in Brunei. That's interesting.
Just finished working with RGR after 4 1/2 years in Brunei
I presume that Capt Jeremy Moore was the later Major General Jeremy Moore, ground commander Falklands 1982.
Brave men who fought and died for our country,, the freedom we cherish, comes from the sacrifice of many before and after these warriors,, great debt is owed to our service personnel,,. Rest in peace,, ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Kudos to the Royal Marines, executing a difficult mission. That said, they should have brought the Gurkha unit with them. The rebels would have lost control of their bowels at the sight of those guys flashing their curved knives.
Kukhris is the traditional curved Nepali blade
Too many troops to bring in in one go
Kukri- curved knives.
@@archstanton6102 Thanks. I couldn't remember the name of the knives while posting.Should have looked it up.
I wish Australia had its own Royal Australian Marines and Gurkhas. 🇦🇺
well made video keep them coming
Btw i love your videos
Give me one Royal against 15 . I know who will come out on top . Capt C Coy 42 RM
Lest We Forget.Onward.
Thank you for this, fantastic to learn about this. Not to Monday morning QB, but are there any reasons for not infiltrating the target area via the woodland to the east of the station and hospital? Seems obvious that the river approach and landing would be compromised early in the raid.
Speed was required to ensure rescue of hostages - wading through grade 1 jungle just ain't a walk in the park!
@@mikewalrus4763 Yet they announced their arrival with a loud hailer? When they would have had all the time in the world to negotiate the jungle?
@@PersonalityMalfunction no they did not have time to negotiate the thick jungle
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Thanks PRD. Do you have any background info about this incident? I looked up the map of the area and it looked like they could have approached from the east, a 2 km tab. Don’t know how dense but looks possible in a few hours. Was there a time limit or just the difficulty of the terrain?
@@PersonalityMalfunction the rebels were about to start killing hostages iirc, a 2km yomp through dense jungle would have taken hours so by the time they'd have arrived, no more hostages
Wish I was a Brit just to serve in their Military....but big up the KDF too
You don’t have to be a Brit, if you’re from a commonwealth nation you can still apply
@@TheOneRealDJ Im too patriotic though
Is KDF Kenyan Defence Forces?
@@ArmaniDaud then join your own army if you’re so patriotic 😂
@@TheOneRealDJ you funny...im past the age...i tried though
This is how orders should be delivered.
This channel is fucking 👍
Faugh a ballagh
December 12, 1962 was my mom’s 30th birthday. Odd coincidence
Jeremy Moore was the commander on the falklands wasnt he?
Yep Commander Land Forces as a Major General
fantastic nice job RIP all
Can you make another one about the siege of the city hall in Karbal Iraq?
Nothing can stop the Royal Marines ,
Lest we forget never
Per Mare Per Terram brothers, see you at the FRV. RIP.
Could you please release your NZSAS video. Love all your videos but that one was my favorite.
Hi,I'm from Limbang.Its many straight at here
FN rifles designed in Belgium were reliable and very effective
I wish you would provide a source for the images and artworks you use.
I agree - the cover painting of the raid is by the great artist Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), chiefly known perhaps for his railway/military paintings. ‘Terry’ and my father were good friends. I met him several times. He had so many wonderful stories of his adventures fulfilling commissions all over the world...
Didn't Jeremy Moore end up as commander of the ground forces in the Falklands?
Can do more from non West Countries? It’s a perspective we rarely get to see. I really like the format of your videos. Keep up the great work
Great video I loved it could you do a piece about the recent 2016 Ukrainian civil war
Were I ever taken hostage and in need of rescue, I would hope that my rescuers were Israeli or British forces!
That apart, I had never heard of this battle, and am surprised at the British casualty figures, which indicate the level of resistance encountered!
You got to admire the Brits, when a country becomes a British protectorate the Brits sure stick its word and protect it
BZ Per Mare Per Terram.
For anyone who doesnt do Latin I believe it's " By Sea ,by Land". ( roughly lol )
“Out here it’s ling bang” - Blood Diamond
I've seen that film a few times but don't recall that line, when was it?
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire that line wasn't in the film.
"You know in America its bling bling, but out here its bling bang"
As far as I am aware this incident was never recorded in any modern history in the U.K.
Cpl Greenbaugh had therefore experienced the tragedy of war other than the enemy at the gate of his own country
sir , can you talk about any indian special forces operation ?
Well done Royal