40 years ago, the United Kingdom and Argentina fought a brief but extraordinary war over the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the south Atlantic. This is its story.
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Falklands War series:
[1] Invasion of the Falklands https://youtu.be/BUYp3Wqz00A
[2] Recapture of South Georgia https://youtu.be/4mCZBpX4pxs
[3] Sinking of General Belgrano https://youtu.be/l7JsD6LtzqQ
[4] Attack on HMS Sheffield https://youtu.be/48oEzRlEB0s
[5] Raid on Pebble island https://youtu.be/1v39msTa5pQ
[6] Battle for San Carlos – https://youtu.be/6ikxzT0Kh2c
[7] Battle for Stanley – https://youtu.be/qe2e0e-ZEpM
0:00 – Introduction
0:59 – The Context: Britain, Argentina and the Falklands pre 1982
7:04 – The South Georgia Crisis: Countdown to War
12:21 – The Argentine Invasion of the Falklands
19:00 – Britain Dispatches a Task Force
24:30 – The Recapture of South Georgia
30:55 – The Sinking of the General Belgrano
41:55 – The Attack on HMS Sheffield
53:11 – SAS Raid on Pebble Island
1:01:45 – Battle of San Carlos
1:10:28 – Land Campaign for the Falklands
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Sources for the Falklands War Series:
Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins, Battle for the Falklands
https://archive.org/details/battleforfalklan00hast_0/page/n9/mode/2up
Martin Middlebrook, Operation Corporate
Martin Middlebrook, Battle for the Malvinas
Mike Norman, The Falklands War There and Back Again: The Story of Naval Party 8901
Kenneth Privratsky, Logistics in the Falklands War
Sandy Woodward, One Hundred Days
Paul Brown, Abandon Ship
Julian Thompson, No Picnic
John Shields, Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
Edward Hampshire, The Falklands Naval Campaign 1982
Hugh McManners, Forgotten Voices of the Falklands
Cedric Delves, Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War
Rowland White, Vulcan 607
Vernon Bogdanor, The Falklands War 1982 lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9bWwF7OqLg
Arthur Gavshon, The sinking of the belgrano https://archive.org/details/sinkingofbelgran0000gavs/page/n7/mode/2up
Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air
http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL1982FALKLANDS.htm
Hansard- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1982/apr/03/falkland-islands
Recording of Thatcher’s statement to the commons is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbhVpyOeMo
Music Credits:
“Rynos Theme” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“Crypto” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“Stay the Course” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound
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Trying something different with a cut of all the Falklands episodes together into one cohesive documentary. Hope you enjoy it!
If the Argentinians had waited a year they would have got away with it…the British wouldn't have had the carriers.
Ngl, that raid on Pebble Island was the most British raid ever, scalpels not knives.
Personally I never understood the outrage regarding the sinking of the Belgrano. Both counties are at war and pretending like one side broke the rules in a football game is pretty ignorant. I think the truth is that the British shot themselves in the foot by declaring an exclusion zone at all. They should have made it clear that all Argentinian military asset were fair game even if a ship was still tied to It's home port dock.
Did Falkland children keep receiving milk or was it taken from them also?
Oh boy, a big video. My favorite kind.
Falklands conflict .
I have watched many documentaries on this war. This had many details the others hadn't covered. Some of the others had interviews with survivors on both sides. Taken all together this is a very well covered war. The Russo -Ukraine war, if and when it ends, will be more difficult due to the staggering amount of information.
loved It !!!! thanks heaps
what happened to the links for your merch? i was wanting to buy a high seas fleet surrender poster but have been unable to do so
I love these, somehow far more evocative than typical footage docs. 👍🇬🇧
5:33 masterful summary of signals Argentina was getting.
Full support to Argentina. We must end modern colonialism
[Angry nationalist's rant here] (🇬🇧/🇦🇷 💪)
40:08 Actually it's not. Britain always acted this way. Demand that all parties play by the rules of engagement but they won't do it themself, later when their enemy adapted to British action, they will do the Pikachu face and declare it as crimes. Rules of warfare are not expected to count for the Royal Navy.
so what the belgrano was an enemy warship.
and what are u doing with enemy warships?
u sink them.
never understand why there was a problem.
Where were our supposed allies in all this? NATO, USA, the European nations which we helped to liberate less than 40 years prior?
''considered it an integral part of their territory'' that's not true at all 🤷🏻♂️ they sent people out to islands all over the place in a period when they had like 14 governments in a little over a year, at which time it was a British naval bas… Buenos Aires sent peole out in all directions checking every former Spanish territory they could think of just to see if they were empty/up for grabs… the guy they sent to the Falklands wasn't even Argentinian lol
He was American.
when he got there, after having gotten lost for a couple of months, his starving crew, some of which were Argentinian, were nursed back to health by the Brits then based on the Islands…. the American brought out a flag and 'claimed it' for Argentina and the Brits were like; 'lol'.
There was a time later when Argrentinians sneakily squatted on it one time nobody was around… they actually starved and fought each other and left without any cintact with Britons and then it was deserted again. Eventually Brits actually built proper settlemants on the islands and cntinued to live and farm there ever since. They're British, simple as that.
The Agentinian claim is no different from China tomorrow saying 'they're ours 'cause we say so' 🤦🏻♂️🤡
You could have mentioned it was a Labour government that bet over like bitches never even saying a word to the Argentinians for their obvious probing.
These same Labour scumbags then ruthlessly mocked Thatcher over it like it was somehow her fault 🤦🏻♂️🤡🤡🤡
Imagine saying it's part of their colonial herritage (like if the US claimed Scotland after the revolution 🤡) and then calling British ownership of it a colonial relic 🤤 🤦🏻♂️
they have no selfawareness and the maturity of goldfish… just scumbag liars who will sau anything anytime 🤬
I say Argentina is a colonial relic…
In the 40 years since the retaking of the Falklands the UK has become immeasurably wealthier. I was 10 at the time and my material existence on an average wage is way above anything my parents could have afforded. I however think the spiritual life of my country has been lost over the time span. If we needed to pull together now to do what we did then I would be suprised if we could. Our politicians of all hues are light weights, our people divided over trivialities. I miss that country and feel sad for the rich young people who will never experience it.Hard time make good people, good people make easy times, easy times make soft people , soft people make hard times indeed.
The Falklands are British I have family on the island and they want to stay British. My great uncle was executed by Argentine commandos because he would not let them in his home
The Falklands are British I have family on the island and they want to stay British. My great uncle was executed by Argentine commandos because he would not let them in his home
Just think, 40 years later they could have stepped out of the same rubber boats at Dover and invaded the mainland and get paid by us for doing it
You go to war and then cry when your ship is detroyed. You are at war. Accep losses Argentine
Amazing documentary!! Very well done.
Would like to see more like this
Outstanding, the best I've seen on the Falklands War….well done!!
I still don’t get the whole “killed without warning” thing… THEY ARE ON A WARSHIP AT WAR
It’s kinda amazing to see exactly how many instances of bad luck and poor decisions had to line up for the Sheffield to be sunk.
Combine that with the skill and technology available to the Argentinian pilots, and you end up with a ship that specializes in Anti-Air getting sunk by two planes.