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Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-12-02 16:41:00)
by F35b
Today i have found a wonderful website that has loads of pictures that i have never seen before. It's the best site i've found for pictures on the conflict. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.a...cyberherita ge/ If anyone else has good sites they know of please add them. Here is a sample of a few of the pictures available. HMS/M Oberon glides silently back to Devonport ...
Started 1 week, 6 days ago (2009-11-28 04:26:00)
by wellsfargo
The 2nd of April 1982. A group of islands in the south Atlantic, to some the Falklands to others the Malvinas, was invaded by Argentina. Was this a political stunt by the Argentine Junta, to bully Britain into conceding sovereignty over the Falklands, a gamble that Britton would go to the UN for peace talks. Did Argentina think with Britain 8000 miles away that no military response could be ...
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2009-11-25 07:12:00)
by Big Wullie
It is a true account of what i remember and my thoughts and feelings at the time and how im suffering now. I am doing this for myself but would like my family to see it in later life. How much would it cost to have it made into a book, a few copies would do.
Started 2 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-21 01:16:00)
by wellsfargo
Request: The Falklands War, April / July 1982. I am unable to find a listing for the Falklands war, where would I find it? There are some interesting threads. In seven weeks a task force of 28,000 men and over 100 ships assembled and sailed 8000 miles. It fought off combat aircraft that out-numbered its own by six to one. It put 10,000 men ashore on a hostile coast and fought several ...
Started 3 weeks ago (2009-11-20 09:34:00)
by BRIAN1956
In this dramatic three part series, we tell the story of the Falklands War through the eyes of the British and Argentine soldiers who battled it out in the South Atlantic. The 2 April 1982 Argentine invasion of the islands unleashed a deadly conflict fought at close quarters. A British task force, which was outnumbered three to one, fought the Argentine soldiers all the way to Port Stanley, ...
Started 1 month ago (2009-11-05 00:00:00)
by anonymous
2009 to be the bloodiest year for British forces since the 1982 Falklands War The British military is preparing for its bloodiest year since 1982, when 255 British soldiers were killed in just two months during the Falklands War against Argentina. Since the War in Afghanistan began in 2001, 224 British soldiers have been killed, more than any other nation other than the United ...
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-15 10:46:00)
by Ba97
I am reading Vangaurd to Trident, which is an excellent book on the post war Royal Navy. It walks through the great debates of the fleet air arm in a way a pedestrian like me can understand. In reading the sections on the Falklands, I get the impression the Argentine Airforce did an outstanding job in many ways and were victims of dud bombs and incorrect fuse settings. The number of times ...
Started 2 months, 2 weeks ago (2009-09-25 07:25:00)
by The Raptor
After the brief Falkland Islands war, back in the UK a British regiment commander was addressing some troops under his command who had heroically performed above and beyond the call of duty. He informed them that the crown was short of medals but Her Majesty's Army had committed to reward each of the three soldiers 100 pounds per inch of distance between two different parts of the man's body. ...
Started 3 days, 7 hours ago (2009-12-08 13:50:00)
by michammer
Quote: Originally Posted by At ease Here is some controversy about the employment of the Harrier force which I was previously unaware of "Thats the legend. Reality is a little more ambiguous. For while the Shars succeeded in killing almost two dozen Argentine aircraft, they let dozens slip past, and these intruders sank three ships...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-03 04:57:00)
by wellsfargo
Quote: Originally Posted by At ease You must have an alternative source to mine. Would you like to refer to it please? I have three sources on the Falklands war. Press Reports TIME 1982 April May, History of the Falklans War Day by Day, Marshall Cavendish Ltd 1983 London. Pluss I have newspapers of the day....
Started 1 day, 9 hours ago (2009-12-10 11:36:00)
by GDB
Quoting DALCA ( Reply 71 ): Alot of the soldiers used by the Argentine Army were conscripts and it is well known that these usually don't have the fighting spirit of regular and well trained soldiers. Such as was the case with the British armed forces. True, however I really meant their lack of rations (for an extended period), the effects of being often neglected or worse, ...
Started 4 days, 9 hours ago (2009-12-07 11:51:00)
by Observer
I had the opportunity to visit Argentina a few years after the Falklands war (or, Malvinas, in Argentina) when meeting with the airlines there. One of the airlines was operated by the Air Force and the CEO wore the Malvinas combat pin. We spent a few minutes talking about the conflict and the Air Force's role in the war. To be sure, his view was colored by his AAF position but it was clear ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-03 11:33:00)
by Flubba
http://www.naval-history.net/FpxAAscension.htm This website was linked to on the Falklands war website but I pulled it from a links folder I had so here we are anyway. It’s an excellent website and is well worth a look if you are interested in the RAF side of things. There is also another website out there about Ascension island which is also excellent but I’ve no idea where to find it again...
Started 22 hours, 23 minutes ago (2009-12-10 22:57:00)
by rabs
Edited on Thu Dec-10-09 11:17 PM by rabs Lt. Alfredo Astiz signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of all Argentine forces at Lieth, on South Georgia Island, on board HMS Plymouth. The guy was very good at torturing helpless Argentine civilians during the "Dirty War," but not so in a real war against British forces. Another example of justice being dealt out in...
