I was an 18 year old crewman on the Canberra, as the air raids started all the watertight doors and fire doors were shut. My emergency station was at water level, we had one stairway up, the thinking was if a bomb hit, it would only take out 1 - 2 compartments. We were then to use fire hoses to stop any fire from spreading. During the raids Royal Navy Captain Burns( I think)was giving us a running commentary (9.12) it was quite surreal sitting in the corridor with life jacket and a bag of dry cloths, for if we ended up getting ashore. Captain Burns gave an amazing commentary (that really helped the sanity ) in a calm almost radio documentary style. It's funny but I still remember so much of his voice and that day 40 years later
I was a Gunners Mate USN, 84 -90. We learned alot from what the RN endured especially with the loss of the Shetfield. Those aluminum superstructure sucked, and we also learned a hard lesson in 1986 when the Stark got hit by the excoite missiles. They were nasty especially when the fuel ignited the aluminum. The DC crews had a hell of a time putting out the fires. I was on a Frigate same class as the Stark. by the mid 90s the Navy started decommissioning the Perry class and Spruce class and replaced them with the Burk class destroyers. But we have to give credit for those sailors trying to save their ship.
This was never a War. We as country were never at war with Argentina. It was a diplomatic conflict. The government of the day didn’t declare war or form a cross party war cabinet.
I did 27yrs Infantry.. 8yrs AD, and 19 in NG. Mostly Airborne, Light or Mountain Infantry. Loved it, despite the things that go along with it. My cousins,, I wish I could have helped. With the balls of steel you have, and honor, you guys chose to go it alone. Just a bonehead here and 59 with a face that only a mother could love. I would come to help you guys i f need be. My respect and I got to work with a lot of UKs types after my Army. Salute.
Why is this not taught in British schools today. Such an important part of British history. I'm not saying this because it was a British victory, I'm saying it because it's a very recent and very relevant piece of history. Even today it still leaves its mark on British psyche.
I remember that War like it was yesterday. My most enduring memory is the broadcast by the late Brian Hanrahan, where he said this: "I'm not allowed to say how many aircraft took part in the mission, but I counted them all out, and I counted them all back". Brings me up in goosebumps even now. Also the Black Buck raids where they used the Vulcan in action for the first time, and the amazing planning it took to achieve what was, at the time, the longest bombing mission in history.
Rick Jolly received a medal from the Argentine's after the war and his field hospital only lost 3 out of 580 patients and those 3 were not under his care, his staff and care basically had 100% survival rate in a converted cow shed.
I have his book next to me here, "Doctor for friend or Foe" Humanity always will be present in death and bloodshed. Turns out the British are renowned for the treatment of war-prisoners
It's hilarious that the British are portrayed as being inhumane.. yet when there's trouble we are asked first to help.. there's only one country that gives more than us to global help. The American's we both don't deserve the slander we receive.. if it was up to me I would STOP the unbelievable contribution to irogant arrogant bastards of this world
I was 12 years old living in New York City with my parents when the Falklands war broke out. .my deepest respect and admiration to all Falklands War veterans. Argentinos and British.
I like to read even-handed comments like this. I'm British, with a forces family (never served myself), and I've never met a veteran who had anything but respect for the Argentinians. Their soldiers were mostly conscripted teenagers, superior in number alone. Facing the British Army in open, equal combat meant almost certain death, but they fought anyway. War is stupid and evil but the people fighting it rarely are.
Learned more about this war from this channel and I’m English. Nobody seems to talk about it anymore which is a shame to the memories of all of both sides
War is like that. As the years pass people move on to the next war. The ones who remember most as the people who were there. Ask most young ones today about wars and most don't know anything. Pity because it means people don't learn. Wars the only ones who win are those who make weapons.
I just join the U.S Marine Corps. I was in Camp Pendleton , Calif for infantry training. One night at the Enlisted Mens Club the P A system stated "Members of the British Army please report to the front of the Club". There was a lull in the club, then suddenly one big HURRAH CRIED OUT. Showing Respect for our brothers in Arms. Semper Fidelas !!!
un "latino" apoyando y defendiendo a los piratas usurpadores ingleses contra un pais Hispanoamericano q clase de flia tenes q te llevo a tener esos "razonamientos" TAN NEFASTOS...
20.00 how many normal looking guys like this do you see in the supermarket etc any day of the week , respect these men, you never know, you might be standing next to a real life hero👍🙏
During a tragic incident aboard the HM Submarine Astute a Royal Navy crewmember which who was armed with a automatic rifle which who had killed the Astute's Weapon Engineering Officer one of the visitors which who was a Falkland veteran which who had decked the miscreant and disarmed the damn' fool which who was now at the King's Pleasure ie the hoosegow for a very long time at HM Prison
God bless these men who served for our country im young and very proud of these people. It’s a real shame people don’t care for the country and our freedom as they used to. These men and the men before and after that served our country deserve us to treat there country with the up most respect
I'm 48 so was very young when this was going on, but I remember it. You see the Juke of York in a different light to how the press see him now. Very brave man with all his colleagues.
Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly is such a hero, he saves two men from the water (definitely not in his job description!) and countless wounded in the operating theatre, yet says "At least I did something right in my life" (or similar) ! What a man !
Aye, he was such a decent man too and a credit to our country. I’m from the north of Scotland and was 4 when the Argentinian mob invaded and I’ve read so many books and watched a lot of programmes about the war and Cmdr Jolly always stuck in my head. I went on to train as a nurse back in 2001 and knowing how hard our 12 hour shifts can be when it’s weekend and a full moon, it sinks in just how brave and strong the medics down there were. They treated injured Argentines with dignity too and I’m very proud of the way our troops and civilians came through such a horrible time.
Thanks for this upload, such a good documentary, can't really explain, but the narration, background music, the scenes, the rare footage, the story, all just great like it was it the 80-90's. Today the edit and content is less attractive to watch.
small point the aircraft shown in the thumbnail is a Harrier GR7 which was not in service during the Falklands war, the Sea Harrier and Harrier GR3 however were there to very great effect.
Wow!! What a great call by Col Keeble, to call for the Argentine surrender at goose green, and then treated the soldiers with dignity…which ultimately gave Britain that political win they desperately needed…Bravo sir Bravo 👏👏
I guess because I’m not British I never really learned much about this war but I’ve learned quite a bit just from 2 parts of your 3 part series and I really didn’t know they lost so many ships and the Argentine army gave them so much hell🤯🤯
The Royal Navy learned about the danger of airpower in WWII in the Pacific This mission was a pretty insane endeavor to pull off in the age of the jet fighter and modern missiles A few more of those Exocets could easily have won the war for Argentina before any Marines even got close to the islands Can see why the Marines and Paras would have been favorites in land combat - but actually getting the troops there was proper daredevil stuff
@@jaydowling213it is the job of the Royal Navy to protect the merchant ships and assault ships and the troops ashore. There was nobody else to protect them from the Argentine Air Force. Almost exactly the same thing happened in Crete 40 years earlier. We knew that. The tragedy is that the loss of ships means you lose sailors lives. There were more men lost at sea on both sides, than on land in the Falklands. That most warlike group, the cooks and stewards of the Royal Navy lost more lives at sea than the “fighting” specialisations of the Royal Navy.
It was stupid and sloppy. The British were very lucky bc they should've been wiped out due to their poor planning and execution. U.S. forces would've steamrolled Argentina.
I heard that with the Royal Navy , there was a supply ship named HMS HongKong . With most of her crews were recruited from the then British HongKong . 🇬🇧🇺🇸
A lot of the comments below state the lack of people talking about Op Corporate, but it was 42 years ago. I am a Falklands vet, but the younger generation have never heard of it or what we did. C'est la guerre!
I have heard the ‘ Troops Out’ and ‘Go’ story a few times and always scratch my head that doing a beach landing in a landing craft you hit the beach the ramp goes down someone yells Troops out and highly trained soldiers just stand there until a CSM Yells go??
I agree, surely you would react to ANY spoken command at a critical time like that! I know for sure I would not wait for the correct word or syntax at such a critical time! Duh!
How absolutely shattering it must have been for the parents and family of the RN Rating who was killed on his 18th birthday on HMS Argonaut. RIP all those men on both sides who lost their lives in that terrible conflict.
I remember as a kid watching this war on the television and it was like watching it in green night vision, i think they changed it color now seeing the battles in ukraine ,and this documentary says it in more detail now.
Muchos veteranos de ambos bandos terminaron con problemas mentales. Cuando se han encontrado argentinos y britanicos han mejorado Escuchar al qe ha sido tu enemigo arregla mucho y te das cuenta qe los 2 han sufrido. En las guerras no gana nadie
Andy, you are a credit to Royal Family. No matter what others may think. You made a major contribution to the retaking of the Falklands Island. England salutes you.
The SBS and SAS had ben landed on the Falklands by submarine, weeks before the main invasion force arrived from the UK. Their role was primarily to supply coded information regarding enemy strength, positions etc, back to the UK.
War is always a sordid state to be in it. At least it was 'conducted' in the most humanly way which was possible, with at least some decent respect for each 'side' ...
I've always wondered if Argentina had won this war would the British simply have sent in more troops, planes and warships to fight until they finally won. And not forgetting military help from America and commonwealth countries?
a) I was just overseeing the ferrying of supplies.... b) then.... the pilot signaled me i would have to do it again....(after being Gabriel once.... the pilot signaled "Fly down again" possibly the words were scripted, but no doubt , they were there.... Really appreciate this production.
1982, the year I did my military service in Sweden, was also a more "sharp" situation for us, with foreign submarines in our archipelago. The year before, a Russian submarine had grounded in Sweden.
Several squadrons of USAF F-105 fighter/bombers in Vietnam had pilot loss rates of more than 50%. One squadron lost more than 100% of its aircraft. Yet they fought on for 7 years under the most insane rules of engagement in history. Imagine a civilian leadership instituting rules of engagement that favored the enemy. Lyndon Johnson and Robert MacNamera were directly responsible for the death and imprisonment of hundreds of American pilots.
I had just gotten transferred to Fort Polk LA in the US. Argentina invaded the Falklands, we thought this would be over in a week. The British would handle this relatively quickly. Then we started to hear about British ships being sunk, We could not believe this. Would they be sunk by jets? How did these jets get close enough to sank British ships? We were sure that we would be called to assist our long-time ally.
The reason we had stayed out of it was because we had close ties with both the U.K. and Argentina. Shit, we trained and equipped half of their military.
They lost 2 ships (1 a picket destroyer and 1 a cargo ship) to French made Aerospatiale Exocet long range anti ship missiles fired from French made Dassault aircraft. Back then, no country had an adequate defence to shoot down these types of sea skimming missiles, 15 feet from the sea they flew at. 30 Argentine planes were shot down attacking the fleet The French government had officially banned weapons sales and technical expertise to Argentina as a result of the invasion but did nothing to prevent the Aerospatiale technicians in Argentina from getting the missiles ready for combat. It has been a sore point in Anglo French relations ever since. It's something the UK has not forgotten about and won't drop. In 1987 an Iraqi air force French built Mirage jet hit the American frigate USS Stark with 2 air launched Exocet missile, killing 37 US sailors. Like I said, defence against these missiles was very difficult for many years before naval technology caught up with them.
@qaskew24, a week!?. It took 3 weeks for the ships to sail down there, from the UK!. War is never easy, as you Americans found out in Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Joke (noun) There's always some stick up the butt that has to take everything literally. Try lightening up a bit, you'll find that life can be quite fun.
@@williamanthony9090 Of course... but... had you count them, it would have been a quicker task than it was at departure, for sure. You just take proper note that the outcome you've achieved, by such a little difference, was againsta country that didn't want a war and hadn't prepared properly for that but that's matter for other chapter of this story, the diplomatic one. If you're interested, you could learn some about it, just for enlarge your knowledge and reducing your baseless proud. Greetings
RN anti-aircraft did as well as could be expected with what they had, but the technological capability was found seriously wanting. Seacat and Sea Dart missile systems had problems engaging airborne targets among the rugged and varied Falklands coastline. (Seaslug was a non event). RN anti-aircraft doctrine and capability was based solely on engaging Warsaw Pact aircraft over the open sea. Most RN vessels had very small quantities of guns as dedicated close in weapons, (in fact Seacat had directly replaced gun armament). Dedicated gun armament as part of a layered defence against aircraft may well have proved far more effective in the confines of the Falklands coastline. Hi-tech and low-tech close-in gun armament has now been standard fit on RN warships for years. Perhaps the biggest lesson the Falklands war taught is this. If you think you know who your enemy is, where your enemy is, and how your enemy will fight, you are being complacent. Think on politicians. RIP to all who lost their lives in this conflict.
Too much was asked of our soldiers…but they STOOD UP to the task..!! HEROES man..!!! When the call to fix bayonets came you know what kind of battle Goose Green was..!!
Excellent! found compelling the words of Col Chris Keeble 2nd i/c 2nd Parachute Battalion @ around 47.00 Killing is not something we do. a battlefield is a highly immoral environment. as an officer(soldier) i am responsible for trying to make violence, killing, justified , legitimate, i have to have some rationale that sustain the legitimacy of what i am doing....
I believe the UK is one of the few countries whose military and soldiers think this way. (When you see how the Russians are in the Ukraine at the moment).
I was 12 when the Falklands were invaded. Every day I was eager for the newspaper and the television news, hoping the British would win. It was not a stupid boys thing because I realized the atrocities of war. It made a pretty big impression on the small Dutch boy I was then.
The lack of a proper carrier with cats/traps and the ability to fly fixed wing AEW and have buccaneers on hand to buddy refuel left the RN massively exposed on this landing. Had the FAA been able to fly continuous are cover during these landings the Argentine air force may not have been able to get near to the expedition force.
Even though Britain won - I'd say that the lesson taken from the conflict for the Royal Navy would have been to not do anything as foolhardy ever again in the future Luck is the wrong word - but it was one hell of a gamble seeing as Argentina had modern fighter jets, missiles and well trained and brave pilots
Because the task Force had no early warning capability. All the British early warning Aircraft needed to be flown from airports on mainland Britain in any war, and so couldn't reach the falklands 8000miles away
The Harriers shot down 11 Argentinian aircraft in two days.After that the Argentinas put radar on Falklands and they kept away from Harriers after that.Argentian aircraft were sitting ducks for Harriers.
Politics mucker, Royal Navy command, didn't want to bring the carriers close inshore to fly "CAP" over the landings for long periods, hence the FRS-1 was limited in range and time on station.
Maybe its a stupid question, but how is it possible to have landing troops without helmets, they had barets only Green barets, i thought that soldiers Gotta have helmets, like mandatory all of them....?
The argentine commanders they interview are so aloof and proud considering how embarrassingly they were humbled, they were utterly, utterly defeated and act as though they won
There is a video story alone on the vulcan raid on the Falklands runway !!! There was probably quite a few things they did not cover !!! As the documentary is in several episodes this is (2) ...
I traveled the world back in the early 1960s. Sowed my seed in a lot of women if you catch my drift. It was a different time…. Come later, I found out that I had sired sons in both Argentina and GB! It never really was an issue while they were growing up….. However this war broke my heart. As both my boys went off to war, each for their own country. I had spent time with each of them…. Teaching them to be men. Taught them how to shoot. They were both snipers. To make a long story short, they went against one another. Died in each others arms
If you want to take land from us, regardless of how long it's been ours - Negotiate, ask, communicate. We are a nation of people who would fight to the last human alive.
I'm watching this AGAIN and I'm taking in things I missed first time around but this will cause outrage no doubt but I'm thinking what on earth is this all about ? Was it actually worth ALL those lost lives on BOTH sides ? I know this has gone on since the Big Bang but I can't help but feel just utter despair for all those who never went home. I did 5 years in the 70s when times in the Royal Navy were pretty cool and we toured the world on HMS TIGER C20 with 4 sea king helicopters with 826 squadron and we had surface to air Seacat Missiles, 3 inch and 6 inch guns and about 925 crew but we just toured in the best decade EVER for just everything. I left in 75 and was living in London when the Falklands took place. It was all pretty surreal hearing about it and I've absolutely no idea how it felt but listening to accounts of everything I still wonder what it was all about, all those lost lives. No disrespect to those fallen souls but I guess with age you kinda question the sanity of everything. Could understand it more if it was the Isle of Wight but I just can't help but think of all those lost souls and all those who were seriously injured.
"Was it actually worth ALL those lost lives on BOTH sides ?" The British lives were lost in defense of the liberties and freedom of the inhabitants of the islands. So, yes. It was worth it.
@@TomFynn I've seen a lot of posts from you here answering people and just wondered, with respect, whether you were in the forces at that time or had family that were involved with everything Falklands or perhaps government ? I would imagine those that served over there at that time would have passionate views about the event.
@@StephSanciaNot really. The Falkland War was always a bit of a hobby of mine, nothing more. But when the Argy mob chucked rocks at the blokes from my favorite show, it became...personal.
Of all the the things covered in this documentary, the thing that stuck with me was that poor 18 year old kid getting fucking killed on his 18th birthday. I know all deaths are tragic, but damn... To hell with war!!!
Any thoughts how you'd move a 500 pound bomb from deep within a ship, to the point where you can toss it into the sea? The ship's crew are gone remember, as they've been evacuated. You've got a couple of bomb disposal guys to shift 500 pounds....
I worked with 2 Para and royal marines in the early 1980s excellent soldiers, not someone you wish to come up against. I served in the Danish royal guard back then and we often integrated with these guys in Nato exercise.
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I was an 18 year old crewman on the Canberra, as the air raids started all the watertight doors and fire doors were shut. My emergency station was at water level, we had one stairway up, the thinking was if a bomb hit, it would only take out 1 - 2 compartments. We were then to use fire hoses to stop any fire from spreading.
During the raids Royal Navy Captain Burns( I think)was giving us a running commentary (9.12) it was quite surreal sitting in the corridor with life jacket and a bag of dry cloths, for if we ended up getting ashore. Captain Burns gave an amazing commentary (that really helped the sanity ) in a calm almost radio documentary style. It's funny but I still remember so much of his voice and that day 40 years later
Thanks for your service. I can only imagine the panic you would have felt without the cricket comms :)
Fascinating account. Thank you for sharing your real life experience on the scene.
Wow, really interesting. I think many of these commanders, they're made of steel. They manage to stay calm and focused at times when most of us panic.
I was a Gunners Mate USN, 84 -90. We learned alot from what the RN endured especially with the loss of the Shetfield. Those aluminum superstructure sucked, and we also learned a hard lesson in 1986 when the Stark got hit by the excoite missiles. They were nasty especially when the fuel ignited the aluminum. The DC crews had a hell of a time putting out the fires. I was on a Frigate same class as the Stark. by the mid 90s the Navy started decommissioning the Perry class and Spruce class and replaced them with the Burk class destroyers. But we have to give credit for those sailors trying to save their ship.
This was never a War. We as country were never at war with Argentina. It was a diplomatic conflict. The government of the day didn’t declare war or form a cross party war cabinet.
I did 27yrs Infantry.. 8yrs AD, and 19 in NG. Mostly Airborne, Light or Mountain Infantry. Loved it, despite the things that go along with it. My cousins,, I wish I could have helped. With the balls of steel you have, and honor, you guys chose to go it alone. Just a bonehead here and 59 with a face that only a mother could love. I would come to help you guys i f need be. My respect and I got to work with a lot of UKs types after my Army. Salute.
Why is this not taught in British schools today. Such an important part of British history. I'm not saying this because it was a British victory, I'm saying it because it's a very recent and very relevant piece of history. Even today it still leaves its mark on British psyche.
Because Labour runs the curriculum
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@@ToddDunningAre you brainwashed or something?
I remember that War like it was yesterday. My most enduring memory is the broadcast by the late Brian Hanrahan, where he said this: "I'm not allowed to say how many aircraft took part in the mission, but I counted them all out, and I counted them all back". Brings me up in goosebumps even now. Also the Black Buck raids where they used the Vulcan in action for the first time, and the amazing planning it took to achieve what was, at the time, the longest bombing mission in history.
Hanrahan o hanra ha 😅
I watched a program about the Vulcan mission last night. Incredible.
Another excellent video. I saw some interesting footage I hadn't seen before from this conflict. Thanks MG !
Rick Jolly received a medal from the Argentine's after the war and his field hospital only lost 3 out of 580 patients and those 3 were not under his care, his staff and care basically had 100% survival rate in a converted cow shed.
I have his book next to me here, "Doctor for friend or Foe"
Humanity always will be present in death and bloodshed. Turns out the British are renowned for the treatment of war-prisoners
Absolutely amazing man and his medical staff
It's hilarious that the British are portrayed as being inhumane.. yet when there's trouble we are asked first to help.. there's only one country that gives more than us to global help. The American's we both don't deserve the slander we receive.. if it was up to me I would STOP the unbelievable contribution to irogant arrogant bastards of this world
What a superb human being, I will always remember him,RIP commander Jolly.
@@tbrowniscooljust ask the afghanis
I was 12 years old living in New York City with my parents when the Falklands war broke out. .my deepest respect and admiration to all Falklands War veterans. Argentinos and British.
I like to read even-handed comments like this. I'm British, with a forces family (never served myself), and I've never met a veteran who had anything but respect for the Argentinians. Their soldiers were mostly conscripted teenagers, superior in number alone. Facing the British Army in open, equal combat meant almost certain death, but they fought anyway. War is stupid and evil but the people fighting it rarely are.
Just amazing "footage!". Thanks for posting. Royal Navy & Royal Marines Task Group got underway in 3 days. Just incredible!
conscripts, professionals soldiers, amazing what spirit of duty can make men, young men, endure.
I was there, HMS Hermes
Learned more about this war from this channel and I’m English. Nobody seems to talk about it anymore which is a shame to the memories of all of both sides
War is like that. As the years pass people move on to the next war. The ones who remember most as the people who were there. Ask most young ones today about wars and most don't know anything. Pity because it means people don't learn. Wars the only ones who win are those who make weapons.
I just join the U.S Marine Corps. I was in Camp Pendleton , Calif for infantry training. One night at the Enlisted Mens Club the P A system stated "Members of the British Army please report to the front of the Club". There was a lull in the club, then suddenly one big HURRAH CRIED OUT. Showing Respect for our brothers in Arms. Semper Fidelas !!!
un "latino" apoyando y defendiendo a los piratas usurpadores ingleses contra un pais Hispanoamericano q clase de flia tenes q te llevo a tener esos "razonamientos" TAN NEFASTOS...
@@javiermartinmehdi1914 sois descendientes de la misma España
@@chandlerM1999 Si ves mi apellido soy descendiente de arabe siriolibanes osea yo de español ( gracias a Dios...) solo el idioma...
Was at the same place ,Camp San Onofre ITS back in 82getting ready to graduate. Ooooh Rah !!!!
@@javiermartinmehdi1914: Argentina kept back their best troops to invade Chile next. South Americans colonising each other.
20.00 how many normal looking guys like this do you see in the supermarket etc any day of the week , respect these men, you never know, you might be standing next to a real life hero👍🙏
And where would we be without these heroes who saved the island. Without it, UK would be in ruins. Likely nuclear war in the late 1980s.
During a tragic incident aboard the HM Submarine Astute a Royal Navy crewmember which who was armed with a automatic rifle which who had killed the Astute's Weapon Engineering Officer one of the visitors which who was a Falkland veteran which who had decked the miscreant and disarmed the damn' fool which who was now at the King's Pleasure ie the hoosegow for a very long time at HM Prison
God bless these men who served for our country im young and very proud of these people. It’s a real shame people don’t care for the country and our freedom as they used to.
These men and the men before and after that served our country deserve us to treat there country with the up most respect
I'm 48 so was very young when this was going on, but I remember it. You see the Juke of York in a different light to how the press see him now. Very brave man with all his colleagues.
Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly is such a hero, he saves two men from the water (definitely not in his job description!) and countless wounded in the operating theatre, yet says "At least I did something right in my life" (or similar) ! What a man !
Aye, he was such a decent man too and a credit to our country. I’m from the north of Scotland and was 4 when the Argentinian mob invaded and I’ve read so many books and watched a lot of programmes about the war and Cmdr Jolly always stuck in my head. I went on to train as a nurse back in 2001 and knowing how hard our 12 hour shifts can be when it’s weekend and a full moon, it sinks in just how brave and strong the medics down there were. They treated injured Argentines with dignity too and I’m very proud of the way our troops and civilians came through such a horrible time.
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Very well said and thank you for your service and dedication. 🏴🏴
It definitely is in his job description, real leaders lead by example! Lots of officers are not leaders!
He was so good that both the UK and Argentina gave him medals.
Brave man... but you are wrong... its the Falkland Islands... and shame on the EU for recognising the term Malvinas
It did bother me.. but now it doesn't.. just let the French and Germans keep digging their way to animosity.. we don't have to mediate anymore
Thanks for this upload, such a good documentary, can't really explain, but the narration, background music, the scenes, the rare footage, the story, all just great like it was it the 80-90's.
Today the edit and content is less attractive to watch.
Col Keeble was not only a fine officer but a diplomat, gentleman and faithful Christian. May God Bless him.
Excellent doc. Thanks
Thank you for this.
The people have spoken, and Mike has delivered!
small point the aircraft shown in the thumbnail is a Harrier GR7 which was not in service during the Falklands war, the Sea Harrier and Harrier GR3 however were there to very great effect.
Wow!! What a great call by Col Keeble, to call for the Argentine surrender at goose green, and then treated the soldiers with dignity…which ultimately gave Britain that political win they desperately needed…Bravo sir Bravo 👏👏
Great Britain thanks all of the guys there for their service
Well done lads you are the owed by the whole nation
Every day is poppy day
RESPECT and Thankyou
France made out like bandits selling Exocets after that war. It was the best advertising campaign Aerospatiale could have dreamed of!
Thank you
I guess because I’m not British I never really learned much about this war but I’ve learned quite a bit just from 2 parts of your 3 part series and I really didn’t know they lost so many ships and the Argentine army gave them so much hell🤯🤯
Thank you for a very moving, honest, and terrible portrayal of a horrible but necessary war. What a brave Godly man was that 2nd in charge.
most of the footage is taken from the Falkland's war untold story documentary
The Royal Navy learned about the danger of airpower in WWII in the Pacific
This mission was a pretty insane endeavor to pull off in the age of the jet fighter and modern missiles
A few more of those Exocets could easily have won the war for Argentina before any Marines even got close to the islands
Can see why the Marines and Paras would have been favorites in land combat - but actually getting the troops there was proper daredevil stuff
The way they threw away ships was just asinine.
@@jaydowling213 American leadership must be rubbing off on them
@@jaydowling213it is the job of the Royal Navy to protect the merchant ships and assault ships and the troops ashore. There was nobody else to protect them from the Argentine Air Force. Almost exactly the same thing happened in Crete 40 years earlier. We knew that. The tragedy is that the loss of ships means you lose sailors lives. There were more men lost at sea on both sides, than on land in the Falklands. That most warlike group, the cooks and stewards of the Royal Navy lost more lives at sea than the “fighting” specialisations of the Royal Navy.
Had they had more Exocets the strategy of the British would have changed to accomodate that. The result was always inevitable.
It was stupid and sloppy. The British were very lucky bc they should've been wiped out due to their poor planning and execution. U.S. forces would've steamrolled Argentina.
Wow,just wow.....words cannot...😢
I heard that with the Royal Navy , there was a supply ship named HMS HongKong . With most of her crews were recruited from the then British HongKong . 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Since the HMS Hong Kong (K858) was sunk as a block ship in 1956, that is impossible.
A lot of the comments below state the lack of people talking about Op Corporate, but it was 42 years ago. I am a Falklands vet, but the younger generation have never heard of it or what we did. C'est la guerre!
Incredible courage from both sides 🙏♥️
Col Keeble took a calculated risk by asking the enemy to surrender.
Not at all he was handing all the risk to the Argentinian side...
Someday this will repeat itself in the future
I have heard the ‘ Troops Out’ and ‘Go’ story a few times and always scratch my head that doing a beach landing in a landing craft you hit the beach the ramp goes down someone yells Troops out and highly trained soldiers just stand there until a CSM Yells go??
It's "out troops",used by Royal Marine coxswains.
It means out troops to marines,which is an order to evacuate the vessel,quickly,if possible.
I agree, surely you would react to ANY spoken command at a critical time like that!
I know for sure I would not wait for the correct word or syntax at such a critical time!
Duh!
How absolutely shattering it must have been for the parents and family of the RN Rating who was killed on his 18th birthday on HMS Argonaut. RIP all those men on both sides who lost their lives in that terrible conflict.
yeah this is the best epidode of this doco
I remember as a kid watching this war on the television and it was like watching it in green night vision, i think they changed it color now seeing the battles in ukraine ,and this documentary says it in more detail now.
15:14 what a piece of footage
He was so thankful he'd done something useful in his life. Amen
Muchos veteranos de ambos bandos terminaron con problemas mentales. Cuando se han encontrado argentinos y britanicos han mejorado
Escuchar al qe ha sido tu enemigo arregla mucho y te das cuenta qe los 2 han sufrido. En las guerras no gana nadie
La verdad amigo
So true.
Andy, you are a credit to Royal Family. No matter what others may think. You made a major contribution to the retaking of the Falklands Island. England salutes you.
Correct 🇬🇧
He’s a pederast
I saw a documentary where a Vulcan bomber had dropped a bomb and messed up the air strip, but no mention of that here!
Mentioned in part one
The 2 PARA Battlegroup was more than 600. The Argentine garrison was 1,087, of which less than 300 men of the 12th and 25th Regiments actually fought.
Brave men . Recpect you all. And may you all rest in peace ❤❤❤
I wonder why the SBS didn't give a signal prior to landing at San Carlos. It didn't say.
The SBS and SAS had ben landed on the Falklands by submarine, weeks before the main invasion force arrived from the UK. Their role was primarily to supply coded information regarding enemy strength, positions etc, back to the UK.
Julian Thompson was OC of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines NOT 3 Brigade !
War is always a sordid state to be in it. At least it was 'conducted' in the most humanly way which was possible, with at least some decent respect for each 'side' ...
By the painting behind him, I assume Col. Keeble is catholic right?
I had just join the Air Force and did hear talk we might be ask to deploy after basic to help the British
Is the narrator Michael Palin ?
No, pretty sure it isn't
I've always wondered if Argentina had won this war would the British simply have sent in more troops, planes and warships to fight until they finally won. And not forgetting military help from America and commonwealth countries?
"he looked up and saw the archangel Gabriel" 😂
a) I was just overseeing the ferrying of supplies....
b) then.... the pilot signaled me i would have to do it again....(after being Gabriel once.... the pilot signaled "Fly down again"
possibly the words were scripted, but no doubt , they were there....
Really appreciate this production.
1982, the year I did my military service in Sweden, was also a more "sharp" situation for us, with foreign submarines in our archipelago. The year before, a Russian submarine had grounded in Sweden.
Unfortunately, cutting in that Panavia Tornado dropping cluster bombs made the whole footage dubious.
Where the hell was the air cover??
24 harriers idle on the carriers,kids fireing machine guns aircraft doing 600 mph mad.
Several squadrons of USAF F-105 fighter/bombers in Vietnam had pilot loss rates of more than 50%. One squadron lost more than 100% of its aircraft. Yet they fought on for 7 years under the most insane rules of engagement in history. Imagine a civilian leadership instituting rules of engagement that favored the enemy. Lyndon Johnson and Robert MacNamera were directly responsible for the death and imprisonment of hundreds of American pilots.
WOW!
I had just gotten transferred to Fort Polk LA in the US. Argentina invaded the Falklands, we thought this would be over in a week. The British would handle this relatively quickly. Then we started to hear about British ships being sunk, We could not believe this. Would they be sunk by jets? How did these jets get close enough to sank British ships? We were sure that we would be called to assist our long-time ally.
The reason we had stayed out of it was because we had close ties with both the U.K. and Argentina. Shit, we trained and equipped half of their military.
Dont need you lot in at last as per usual
They lost 2 ships (1 a picket destroyer and 1 a cargo ship) to French made Aerospatiale Exocet long range anti ship missiles fired from French made Dassault aircraft. Back then, no country had an adequate defence to shoot down these types of sea skimming missiles, 15 feet from the sea they flew at.
30 Argentine planes were shot down attacking the fleet
The French government had officially banned weapons sales and technical expertise to Argentina as a result of the invasion but did nothing to prevent the Aerospatiale technicians in Argentina from getting the missiles ready for combat. It has been a sore point in Anglo French relations ever since. It's something the UK has not forgotten about and won't drop.
In 1987 an Iraqi air force French built Mirage jet hit the American frigate USS Stark with 2 air launched Exocet missile, killing 37 US sailors. Like I said, defence against these missiles was very difficult for many years before naval technology caught up with them.
Argentina JAMAS INVADIO MALVINAS xq NADIE INVADE su HOUSE y MALVINAS ( PARA ARGENTINA) ES NUESTRA HOUSU Q LAMENTABLEMENTE ESTA USURPADA DESDE 1833
@qaskew24, a week!?. It took 3 weeks for the ships to sail down there, from the UK!. War is never easy, as you Americans found out in Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Chile and great britain always good allies
Commanding Officer (R I P)🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
British forces fighting for British territory. Not America fighting for someone elses.
territorio argentino pirata ladrón volveremos
@@pablofrediani2348 Falklands are British. Dego prick
@@pablofrediani2348try it 😂
@@pablofrediani2348you guys are all talk, no action. Cowards.
16:45 what a great shot!
Maybe they can edit Epstein's bff out of this video.
@@jonhildahl9982 - why?
Do you often want to rewrite history?
Joke (noun)
There's always some stick up the butt that has to take everything literally.
Try lightening up a bit, you'll find that life can be quite fun.
That's supposed to say 'boot'
This is one time a song, should have been called ," don't phuck with me Argentina," it would have been a hit
Did you count well how many Majesty's ships returned to Portsmouth?
@@sinergiamdp- I didn't count the returning ships, but I took note of who was in charge of the islands when the war ended.
@@williamanthony9090 Of course... but... had you count them, it would have been a quicker task than it was at departure, for sure.
You just take proper note that the outcome you've achieved, by such a little difference, was againsta country that didn't want a war and hadn't prepared properly for that but that's matter for other chapter of this story, the diplomatic one.
If you're interested, you could learn some about it, just for enlarge your knowledge and reducing your baseless proud.
Greetings
@@sinergiamdpnot really but what ever...
@@justinboyan573 Not really what?
RN anti-aircraft did as well as could be expected with what they had, but the technological capability was found seriously wanting. Seacat and Sea Dart missile systems had problems engaging airborne targets among the rugged and varied Falklands coastline. (Seaslug was a non event). RN anti-aircraft doctrine and capability was based solely on engaging Warsaw Pact aircraft over the open sea.
Most RN vessels had very small quantities of guns as dedicated close in weapons, (in fact Seacat had directly replaced gun armament). Dedicated gun armament as part of a layered defence against aircraft may well have proved far more effective in the confines of the Falklands coastline. Hi-tech and low-tech close-in gun armament has now been standard fit on RN warships for years.
Perhaps the biggest lesson the Falklands war taught is this. If you think you know who your enemy is, where your enemy is, and how your enemy will fight, you are being complacent. Think on politicians.
RIP to all who lost their lives in this conflict.
Too much was asked of our soldiers…but they STOOD UP to the task..!! HEROES man..!!! When the call to fix bayonets came you know what kind of battle Goose Green was..!!
Excellent! found compelling the words of Col Chris Keeble 2nd i/c 2nd Parachute Battalion
@ around 47.00
Killing is not something we do.
a battlefield is a highly immoral environment.
as an officer(soldier) i am responsible for trying to make violence, killing, justified , legitimate, i have to have some rationale that sustain the legitimacy of what i am doing....
I believe the UK is one of the few countries whose military and soldiers think this way. (When you see how the Russians are in the Ukraine at the moment).
Great accomplishment by the British army and navy
I was 12 when the Falklands were invaded. Every day I was eager for the newspaper and the television news, hoping the British would win. It was not a stupid boys thing because I realized the atrocities of war. It made a pretty big impression on the small Dutch boy I was then.
The lack of a proper carrier with cats/traps and the ability to fly fixed wing AEW and have buccaneers on hand to buddy refuel left the RN massively exposed on this landing.
Had the FAA been able to fly continuous are cover during these landings the Argentine air force may not have been able to get near to the expedition force.
Even though Britain won - I'd say that the lesson taken from the conflict for the Royal Navy would have been to not do anything as foolhardy ever again in the future
Luck is the wrong word - but it was one hell of a gamble seeing as Argentina had modern fighter jets, missiles and well trained and brave pilots
@@williamanthony9090 well trained enough to sink ships
They only had five Exocet missiles thankfully, imagine if they had had 20
Luck is the wrong word. The UK has the best trained troops in the world. They are still exemplary.
@@claireputtock What does that have to do with avoiding Exocet missiles?
Argentina thankfully only had five of them
viva la aviación argentina volveremos a nuestra tierra
@@pablofrediani2348no you won't!!!!
Why did the Hawker Harriers from the aircraft carriers not engage the mirages and skyhawks before they arrived at San Carlos bay ?
Because the task Force had no early warning capability. All the British early warning Aircraft needed to be flown from airports on mainland Britain in any war, and so couldn't reach the falklands 8000miles away
The Harriers shot down 11 Argentinian aircraft in two days.After that the Argentinas put radar on Falklands and they kept away from Harriers after that.Argentian aircraft were sitting ducks for Harriers.
The British forces put rapier missiles on mainland.But did not work to well .But did manage to shoot down Argentinian aircraft.
Politics mucker, Royal Navy command, didn't want to bring the carriers close inshore to fly "CAP" over the landings for long periods, hence the FRS-1 was limited in range and time on station.
Maybe its a stupid question, but how is it possible to have landing troops without helmets, they had barets only Green barets, i thought that soldiers Gotta have helmets, like mandatory all of them....?
The argentine commanders they interview are so aloof and proud considering how embarrassingly they were humbled, they were utterly, utterly defeated and act as though they won
READY FOR ANYTHING 👊🏼🇬🇧
I’ll guarantee you Colonel Talyour is an ass-kicker.
Professional, well spoken life taker if he needs to.
There was no mention of the Vulcan bomber raids.
There is a video story alone on the vulcan raid on the Falklands runway !!! There was probably quite a few things they did not cover !!! As the documentary is in several episodes this is (2) ...
Yes there was!
They were strategically ineffective.
The thumbnail oh the video is a Harrier II... 😮
I traveled the world back in the early 1960s. Sowed my seed in a lot of women if you catch my drift. It was a different time…. Come later, I found out that I had sired sons in both Argentina and GB! It never really was an issue while they were growing up…..
However this war broke my heart. As both my boys went off to war, each for their own country. I had spent time with each of them…. Teaching them to be men. Taught them how to shoot.
They were both snipers.
To make a long story short, they went against one another. Died in each others arms
It all came down to leadership, thank you Maggie you saved our honour and the left wing snivelling little rats would have sold us out
Very strange comment, given the tone of this documentary. Perhaps you didnt process the moral lesson.
Agree 100%, it’s funny how her name isn’t mentioned in this documentary.
Michael Foot and the then labour party were in favour of retaking the islands.
Is this the same Maggie that protected Jimmy saville 🤷♂️
My dad Stephen mcdermott from Manchester was 3 para passed out 1973
If you want to take land from us, regardless of how long it's been ours - Negotiate, ask, communicate. We are a nation of people who would fight to the last human alive.
Ive always noticed that the British had the utmost respect for their Argentine foe.
So im guessing they didn't have SM missiles back then? How does a destroyer not have anti air missiles by the hundreds
Even nowadays you would have at most a few dozen.
The destroyers will probably have had SeaCat, but not many.
And they didn't have a very good reputation unlike the Sea Dart that some of the ships had!
@@DanielsPolitics1
@@DanielsPolitics1 I think the US Arleigh Burke class has 64 launch cells.....
Those mirage are beautiful
General Menéndez, the most coward of all
Why would you say that.
Soldado. De. Escritorio 👎
They said before they set sail we’re going to reclaim the Falklands and teach the Argies a lesson and they did exactly that.
Ganaron si . ¿ Pero a que costo ?
a costa de qe pirata ladrón cuidado qe viene la aviación argentina asesina viva la argentina volveremos
@@philsreef746 viva argentina piratas ladrones volveremos a nuestras tierras
@@zeusseguridad5149not much on the grand scheme of things....
@@pablofrediani2348 get a functioning economy first
I feel like this was a D.S. movement war, not a necessary one.
I'm watching this AGAIN and I'm taking in things I missed first time around but this will cause outrage no doubt but I'm thinking what on earth is this all about ? Was it actually worth ALL those lost lives on BOTH sides ? I know this has gone on since the Big Bang but I can't help but feel just utter despair for all those who never went home. I did 5 years in the 70s when times in the Royal Navy were pretty cool and we toured the world on HMS TIGER C20 with 4 sea king helicopters with 826 squadron and we had surface to air Seacat Missiles, 3 inch and 6 inch guns and about 925 crew but we just toured in the best decade EVER for just everything. I left in 75 and was living in London when the Falklands took place. It was all pretty surreal hearing about it and I've absolutely no idea how it felt but listening to accounts of everything I still wonder what it was all about, all those lost lives. No disrespect to those fallen souls but I guess with age you kinda question the sanity of everything. Could understand it more if it was the Isle of Wight but I just can't help but think of all those lost souls and all those who were seriously injured.
"Was it actually worth ALL those lost lives on BOTH sides ?" The British lives were lost in defense of the liberties and freedom of the inhabitants of the islands. So, yes. It was worth it.
@@TomFynn I've seen a lot of posts from you here answering people and just wondered, with respect, whether you were in the forces at that time or had family that were involved with everything Falklands or perhaps government ? I would imagine those that served over there at that time would have passionate views about the event.
@@StephSanciaNot really. The Falkland War was always a bit of a hobby of mine, nothing more. But when the Argy mob chucked rocks at the blokes from my favorite show, it became...personal.
The Argentines nicknamed the Harrier jump jet "La Muerta Negra” (The black death)
The Bomb squad guys have some huge balls I tell ya
Can someone explain why the marines didn't wear helmets?
Beach landing try wearing a helmet under water
@@rockyfish3115 don't be ridiculous
Yeah, cause they couldn’t keep up with the Paras and missed the fighting……
Because it was not mandatory to wear helmets.
That's a Harrier II GR7/GR9 in the thumbnail, not a Sea Harrier FRS1..those Harrier models weren't even in service in 1982...just sayin' 😜
Of all the the things covered in this documentary, the thing that stuck with me was that poor 18 year old kid getting fucking killed on his 18th birthday. I know all deaths are tragic, but damn... To hell with war!!!
A 150 ship tsskforce. Now we dont even have 100 ships in total
120 ship task force, but only about 50 of them were Royal Navy!!
the warships were targets and replaced every time one went down ! sacrifice so the argies didnt hit the troops and logistics ! war is hell !
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We Shall Protect OUR FLAG and FREEDOM IN UNION 🏴🇨🇮🏴🇬🇧❤️
Why didn't they just throw the unexploded bombs overboard?
UXO and sudden impacts on anything is not a good mix.
Any thoughts how you'd move a 500 pound bomb from deep within a ship, to the point where you can toss it into the sea? The ship's crew are gone remember, as they've been evacuated. You've got a couple of bomb disposal guys to shift 500 pounds....
I worked with 2 Para and royal marines in the early 1980s excellent soldiers, not someone you wish to come up against. I served in the Danish royal guard back then and we often integrated with these guys in Nato exercise.