ABC Australia News - Falklands War 1982

ABC Australia News - Falklands War 1982
Port Stanley, Goose Green, Coventry Cathedral, Prince Charles, Destroyer HMS Sheffield, Excorcet Missile, Bright side of life

[@topshagger3615]

The fact they they sung ‘always look on the bright side of life’ from life of Brian is so British. When everything’s gone to shit, you have a laugh. Brilliant

[@manuel_winde]

I was in the Caribbean 15 years ago and the staff at the hotel loved the British, I asked why? -and was told that when they’d been a recent hurricane, and while the Americans and other tourists cried and prayed in the corner… the brits played the piano, sang and had a competition to see who could keep their head out of the window for the longest 😄😄😄😄 it didn’t even seem far fetched as she told me I was like “yeah I get that”, imagining I would have joined in had I been there. She also mentioned seeing the 7/7 bombings in London and seeing footage of everyone outside pubs laughing as the city was locked down. As a side note- my favourite bit was that the prize for sticking your head out the window for the longest in a hurricane was a free drink (in an all inclusive hotel 😂)

[@derekrichardson6515]

@@manuel_winde class story.lol🤣🤣🤣

[@ajs41]

Excellent footage, thanks.

[@Jarooosa]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidcockayne3381]

I am stunned. Is this from the days when TV channels and their reporters actually reported stuff, rather than wave their virtue signals for all to see? I could get used to it.

[@chris5634C3PO]

Well said.

[@davidcockayne3381]

@@chris5634C3PO Cheers, mate.

[@bungusgaming]

It's the ABC, usually pretty plain with their reporting, unlike 7, 9, 10 and Sky

[@topbanana4013]

Hope not back the the bbc reporters was sadly telling the Argentina where the troops was .if I remember Margaret Thatcher accused BBC of treason and warned them

[@Jimmyboy1674]

@@topbanana4013 should've stopped the bbc's funding back then!

[@28pbtkh23]

Very good news reporting. This was how the BBC used to be. Nowadays there's always a political slant, or a concentration on how people "feel."

[@Daveyengland]

Yeah, it’s just propaganda now.

[@qasimmir7117]

‘Don’t ask me what I feel, ask me what I think.’ - Margaret Thatcher

[@jamietobin4161]

@@qasimmir7117 I love Maggie she wouldn’t put up with the shit going on today

[@krashd]

@@jamietobin4161 Maggie is arguably the worst PM this country has ever had, she initiated the drive for privatisation of all of our industries. Our car industry (British Leyland>Rover>BAe) privatised in 1988 under Thatcher and bought by Germany's BMW in 1994 because they could. Our steel industry (British Steel) privatised in 1988 under thatcher and bought by India's TATA in 2007 because they could. Our nuclear industry (British Electric) privatised in 1996 under Major and bought by France's EDF in 2009 because they could. That's just three off the top of my head, it doesn't include the Tyneside shipyards, the Welsh coal mines or our entire fucking rail network. These inbred Daily Mail reading cunts are so fucking gullible and easy to control that they actually idolise the people who sold the crown jewels of this country down the Thames. In fact I've even came across people who try to parrot the nonsense that it was the EU that took all of our industries and factories and manufacturers. It was the fucking Tories you simpleton dolts! Everything can so easily be fucking fact checked just by Googling. Here's the hilarious irony. Germany, France, Italy and Spain still have a very strong manufacturing base, even the mid-sized members like Denmark, Portugal and Poland have a very strong manufacturing base, isn't it weird how we're the one country that doesn't and we just so happen to blame the giant trading bloc whose purpose it was to nurture and advance our manufacturing base? Yeah, it's not lost on me either.

[@jamietobin4161]

@@krashd Falklands enough said

[@philjamieson5572]

Top notch reporting, I think. Thanks for putting this on here.

[@shaunmarrs269]

The Falklands are British through and through. God bless you Kelpers

[@gatolocoverga152]

I think They prefer call themselves "islanders" instead of "kelpers".

[@yakamon123]

Ah yes “God bless” the kelpers. The same Kelpers that had always been accepted and recognised as Argentine citizens and could travel freely between Argentina and Las Malvinas before they were even recognised as British. God bless them indeed.

[@adrianh332]

​@@yakamon123The islands were British before Argentina even existed.

[@user-et8xw7dj7v]

​@@adrianh332vete a leer un libro de historia argentina. Se nota que hablas por hablar😂

[@jenniferpierno6108]

Apart from any issues about the war, how lovely to hear English spoken so well by the newsreaders. There are few readers today of the quality of Mr Evans of Melbourne.

[@fattwat1]

The way the news was once like in the UK sadly no longer

[@ExiledBulldawg]

Only because the British forgot Britain is theirs and they ought not feel bad about it.

[@darrenmonks4532]

Archival footage - awesome!

[@Teasehirt]

Thank You!

[@airzulu2733]

We we had a similar news set up in South Africa . Well presented

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

I remember this as though it was yesterday. RIP those brave people who lost their lives in the fight for freedom.

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

@@Josh_728 stolen from who? Argentina itself is a country settled by Europeans so is that a country stolen from the native Indians? The Falklands has been British for a couple of hundred years and the population wanted it to stay that way. What gave the Argies the right to go and change that by force? The Channel Islands are nearer to France than the UK so would the French have the right to take them? Would the USA give Alaska back to Russia or Texas back to Mexico?

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

@@Josh_728 touched a nerve there, God save the Queen.

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

@@Josh_728 not one of mine though.

[@jansix4287]

Let’s fight to death over an island neither of us wants to life on!

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

@@jansix4287 The Falkland Islanders want to live there, the Argentinian junta wanted something to make them popular.

[@Chris-kz7us]

Can we go back to this class of news reporting? If this was today the reporter would tell us Britain has no business reclaiming the islands.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

I doubt any Aussie could say that with a straight face, even today. Look where THEY live?

[@mharg6408]

If someone on the news says that, for sure he will say THE TRUTH

[@willbee7925]

Great victory, we fhucking smashed it.

[@garethwilliams5809]

You did. I was still at school at the time studying for my I levels

[@andrewsmith754]

The best part was HMC Conqueror raising the Jolly Roger when returning to port to signal a kill. It was done in secret (i.e. just for the bases eyes) but some git captured and leaked it to the media where there was controversy lol. What they should have done for the home coming parade is had the Harriers perform a bow to Her Majesty over Buckingham Palace. That would have been sick

[@misterasterisco5217]

Too bad the sailors from the sheffield or the coventry cannot say the same, they did have to swim off their burning boats

[@andrewsmith754]

@@misterasterisco5217 Nah the Coventry was not sunk outright like the Belgrano. The sailors onboard Sheffield had days to get off. The Belgrano sunk within an hour accounting for almost half of Argentina's war casualties

[@misterasterisco5217]

@@andrewsmith754 how old was the Belgrano battle cruiser? and how old was the T-42 HMS SHeffield? oh, the sheffield was the newest one on the fleet and yet got dispatched by the Argentine air force boom!

[@phmwu7368]

4:04 Royal Navy " Always look on the bright side of life "

[@michaelharvey7254]

The Argentinians are still suffering the loss to this day with their economy and currency. The military junta really messed up Argentina by declaring war on the UK - a formerly major ally.

[@yakamon123]

Support? It was just British imperialism and expansion.

[@theant9821]

@@yakamon123 it was support to help reduce the risk of communist revolution. Argentina had British destroyers, a British aircraft carrier, several other British British ships and various other armaments too. In hindsight the reality is, the Junta did Argentina a favour, by humiliating itself and Argentina this increased civil unrest further which would topple the Junta and luckily restore democracy and not lead to communism instead. The Falklands is just a scapegoating tool for Argentine politicians to appeal to nationalists for support. Hence why their completely illegitimate claim to the islands has not been dropped.

[@deborahriley2037]

Its still like this ( ignore all the lefty news bullshit ) we are still here 🇬🇧👍

[@burstcity3832]

We are indeed.

[@rusrus29]

Just to NOTE as a specialist myself These countries that work amazingly well side by side, are Canada Australia and NZ The UK highly respects these and they respect the UK too! They are highly professional fighting forces and competent in getting the jobs done.. The best in the world! (India to join the famous 5 Eye's Too ! ) Canada/India /UK/US/NZ/AUS (Without doubt, a force to not be messed with! )

[@rusrus29]

@@rayjennings3637 Absolutely!! I

[@kaifraust2434]

@@rusrus29 personally I am not so sure about having the indians, while they are a good partner, they don't use english as a first language, and are quite close to the russians, so while I would support my government sharing everything military with the other anglosphere countries including ireland and maybe south africa, India, in my biased opinion may not be the best, and has a different military structure

[@christianbuczko1481]

The ships had polyethelene insulation on cables which burned through bulkheads spreading the fire, they now use cross linked polyethelene which isnt as flamable.

[@MrTangolizard]

Lots of lessons were learnt because of the falklands possible saving lives in the future

[@jansix4287]

@@MrTangolizard Well, the Falklands War didn’t save lives in the past that much is for sure!

[@MrTangolizard]

@@jansix4287 well done genius

[@jansix4287]

@@MrTangolizard Come back to me when the Falklands has saved the first live!

[@MrTangolizard]

@@jansix4287 so lessons learnt from the falklands in ship building and what not to do haven’t saved lives oh ok melt if you say so

[@rohanmarkjay]

When you think about it hell of a military operation to assemble a long distance strike force like that. The British might not be great at field sports but when it comes to war they are the undisputed world champions. I guess thats why all other nations are desperate to beat them at sport because they know thats the only way they can even the ledger from losing a war at some point in their history with the British. You see this in for example in Argentina vs England football rivalry. Where Maradona says the Hand of God is because Argentina was beaten by Britain over the Falklands.

[@williammorley2401]

hey fella, we're no at all bad at knocking you aussies out of the Rugby union world cup!

[@paulmcdonough1093]

10,000 argies v 6000 brits soldiers factand they surrendered lost every land battle the argies ,held all the high ground ,no proper air cover for the brits 8000 miles from uk,incredible victory ,never been done in history belgrano torpedoed there navy stayed in port entire war,

[@richardshowers]

Many of the Argentinian forces were teenage conscripts, poorly equipped and supplied. A shame that Britain supported the murderous Argentinian Junta before that.

[@markrichards636]

@@richardshowers Thought that was the USA?

[@richardshowers]

@@markrichards636 We always follow them.

[@misterasterisco5217]

HAHAHAHAHA You really were brainwashed in the UK werent you? thinking that you defeated a "formidable" enemy on hostile lands... jesus christ, you guys were ready to fight against USSR and had the latest technology NATO could provide you with. Argentina, a 3rd world country, on the other hand, under the dictatorship of a USA imposed dictator ship had viet nam era A-4s and 500p bombs to drop... AAANDDD sent just young unexperienced untrained conscripts down there and left their best guarding the border with Chile. They did not even use their navy cause you had fucking nuclear subs, this wasnt a fair fight. Mistake made by the Argies, yes, but dont come with tha bullshit that the honorable pirates fought a superior force. The Brits now own the islands only because they are the bully with the bigger gun, not by right. Everyone here in latinamerica know that Malvinas belong to Argentina.

[@steveforster9764]

@@misterasterisco5217 Conscripted troops can pull trigger .

[@alanlane3670]

The newsreader lived the same apartment building as me....

[@evo5349]

No mention of the HMS Glamorgan who was hit bi the Exocet missile and saved the ship.

[@burstcity3832]

I thought that was either earlier or later, this was a daily report rather than a rear view piece.

[@wiztom201116]

Weird how English some aussies sounded back then. Or is he just “posh”

[@rodgeyd6728]

Not really, it's just called " Queens English " .

[@thedave7760]

He has a very good education and learnt how to speak properly.

[@warrenmilford1329]

The ABC trained all their radio and TV presenters to speak that way. When it was first set up, the ABC managers, some from the BBC and quite conservative, thought that the Australian accent was too coarse and harsh too the ears, so staff were trained to reproduce a kind of BBC accent. They started to drop this concept in Oz by the eighties, and encouraged Aussie accents to be used. The presenter and reporter in this story, would have got started at the ABC in this earlier period, hence the more English sounding accents.

[@rodgeyd6728]

@Robert Maxwell Eh! I'nah

[@nottmjas]

To this Englishman, the newscaster still sounds like an Aussie, a posh and well spoken one though....

[@dazza9326]

What were the Argies thinking, going to war with one of the best Armys in the world............. Just stupid.

[@bertsrig6153]

The good old days when the ABC was a respected news service before they became a woke leftie proper gander machine.

[@marksudlow5083]

Can't have been that respected, since when was there tanks in the Falklands war??

[@brightonjp9173]

@@marksudlow5083 a quick Google search says light tanks were used

[@marksudlow5083]

@@brightonjp9173 light tanks were not used... small armoured vehicles yes!!

[@brightonjp9173]

@@marksudlow5083ok,I'm just going by the tank encyclopedia ,which says the fv 101 scorpion is a light tank.

[@dulls8475]

@@marksudlow5083 CVRT scorpion which is classed as a light Tank or could be.

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

04.10 you are forced to look on the bright side of life...what did this reported mean exactly when he said these words particularly given the images 🤔 😊

[@olderwiser8347]

Have you seen "The Life of Brian"? " Always look on the bright side of life" is the title of the final song in the film. Watch it and all will be revealed.

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

@@olderwiser8347 never watched it stored as a `too ridiculous to watch` perhaps should bring it out the archive and give it a watch. thanks for the ad vice 😊

[@gregmccartney5780]

Certainly has changed. Fairly mainstream and conservative back then. Now they are far left radicals.

[@kenthomson9562]

Sky News Australia is better balanced though.

[@rjk69]

That depends on your view point. If you are left of center you claim all press is right wing, if you are right of center you will claim all press is left wing. Nobody ever thinks the press is balanced and is skewed against them.

[@bighands69]

@@rjk69 It has nothing to do with your point of view. The media are far left today there is no getting around that fact. In the past you never knew the political position of the media.

[@rjk69]

@@bighands69 And yet the Labour party are convinced they get a poor deal.

[@Themanyfacesofego]

The Americans helped us.🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@grahamlowe7388]

tanks in support?

[@mark-1rc502]

I didn’t think we had tanks the marines had to Shanks pony it .

[@jonsouth1545]

Due to how boggy the terrain was the UK's Tanks and APCs of the era couldn't operate as they were too heavy although ironically a WW2 Era tank would have been in it's element as they were light enough to not sink and due to the lack of heavy equipment on both sides they would have been disproportionately effective

[@michaelprobert4014]

@@jonsouth1545 I suspect they meant the Scimitar whose light aluminium body might just well have overcome the problems you raised .

[@jonsouth1545]

@@michaelprobert4014 apart from the whole lesson of the Falklands the Royal Navy learnt being don't use aluminium as it burns like crazy and poisons everyone inside as it was the mass use of Aluminium ladders and fittings that doomed the Sheffield this was also a major concern in the early model Bradleys

[@maxflight777]

Blues and ~Royals...

[@jakobbrown3291]

The intro is so violently a 80’s stereotype😂

[@user-bo8yt4uc8b]

When will the Argentinians get punished for what they did in Falklands? Back then they were only thrown away, but nothing bad came to them.

[@siliconjim2554]

I believe that they were punished enough.

[@Ollie-dh9it]

I think they fact that Galtieri’s junta fell quickly after the argie embarrassment and is punishment enough

[@user-bo8yt4uc8b]

@@Ollie-dh9it I can understand that argument, but it doesn’t convince me. The people of Argentina haven’t repented for what they did (support the criminal acts of their government which led to deaths of multiple Brittons). After WW2 there was Nüremberg trials with one objective among others to show the Germans what horrible people they had been in supporting their leaders and to never do anything like that again. There was nothing similar after the Falklands and unlike in Nazi Germany, the Argentinian mainland was left totally untouched by the war.

[@sshep86]

Pressure from the Yanks. If it was upto the USA we should have just let the Argentines have the islands. I wish I was joking.

[@davidcockayne3381]

@@user-bo8yt4uc8b I supported our war to liberate the Falklands, of course; but you really can't compare the actions of the Argentinians, in relation to the Falklands at least, with the Nazis. Also, one of the greatest causes of resentment in Germany post WWI, was our insistence, in the Versailles Treaty, that the Germans take responsibility for that war; the war guilt clause.

[@harryf1ashman]

Is it the camera angle of is this guy head too big for his body

[@davidsmall2944]

These were also the last days of reasonable sized forces in the UK !! I DONT THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO. THIS AGAIN !!

[@d-rob5513]

@davidsmall obviously you don’t know the capability of the British Military and how far it’s moved on 🤫

[@davidsmall2944]

@@d-rob5513 mate I am one of those Veterans from 78 to 93, I know more than you know, so don't just assume !!

[@d-rob5513]

@@davidsmall2944 👍good chat yeah and I served from 89 until 2012 so what ? So you should know that they could and would do it again if they had too !

[@davidsmall2944]

So what ships would got as half the fleet is sat in harbour and broken down ?? We had over 30 frigates 20 destroyers and struggled ??? Dream on !!

[@d-rob5513]

@@davidsmall2944 fuck me are you joking have you seen the capability of the Argentines now and also there’s a thing called technology??! It’s all relative ! Changed a lot since 1993 when you served

[@georgemacpherson1992]

What is Porto Argentina? It’s only name is Port Stanley.

[@misterasterisco5217]

Puerto Argentino is the name of the main town in the island that were invaded by the Brits in 1833

[@jamesmcleesh2688]

And we STILL HAVE NOT FORGIVEN THE FROGGIES .

[@topbanana4013]

the ships was full of plastic. did they not learn from ww2 when the amricans removed all flammable parts from HMS victorious on loan to the us pacific fleet named uss robin

[@Pablo-wf6ev]

🌊Royal Mcdonald Navy Bohemia Rapsody⚓ * Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZofIn4iJisyYoaM

[@thehandoftheking3314]

Deeply enjoying the rambling "now it's just lefty woke" brigade

[@andrewsmith754]

What they should have done for the home coming parade is have the Harries hover in front of Buckingham Palace and perform a bow to Her Majesty and in front of the worlds cameras. That would have been the icing on the cake

[@grahamlait1969]

Great reporting?... Don't think so... AP apparently reported that 'thousands of British marines and paratroops were moving towards the island's capital, Port Stanley, supported by tanks and artillery.' Sorry, no tanks used by the Brits in the Falklands; indeed, no armour at all.... and the artillery consisted of a few batteries of 105mm. light guns. The hard slogging was done by the PBI (poor bloody infantry), as usual.

[@zaynevanday142]

With drainage ditches oh thank god for that important detail 😂 we can all rest easy 😂

[@fasfas8999]

Charles Princeps of What ?????

[@nigelsheppard625]

Wales

[@Hatemoth]

ENGLAND PREVAILS

[@mryamaha2986]

Welsh people died in that war too .

[@sdprz7893]

@@mryamaha2986 He should’ve said British yes

[@airzulu2733]

And if the Argies tried their luck again. The British would be back .

[@burants89]

Scots played a major role too so it was all home nations not just England mate

[@Hatemoth]

@@burants89 I know, I’m just quoting a movie 🇬🇧.

[@BMH1965]

Looking at this report, whom were this TV supporting?

[@hilarymiseroy3251]

They were being neutral as they should. Now things are done very differently.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@hilarymiseroy3251 They shouldn't be neutral.

[@hilarymiseroy3251]

@@lyndoncmp5751 I disagree with you completely. Most Australians and indeed Americans were not neutral at the time. There were many WW2 veterans still around 40 years ago that remembered fighting alongside British forces. But governments and a responsible media need to be above popular opinion and retain a degree of neutrality.

[@padijeff5675]

Australia should have been fighting along side us, like we have historically!😼

[@jonhoughton372]

No need, the United Kingdom had everything it needed.

[@johnhealy7803]

@@jonhoughton372 go fight your own war then again ye were busy in northern Ireland killing innocent Irish men ye had no business in rather country

[@jonhoughton372]

And you were busy trying to kill thousands of your national bird.

[@misterasterisco5217]

Aussies are just a puppet of a distant crown that own your ass

[@padijeff5675]

Countries that fight and die together have an indelible Bond!😕

[@justinwellington6448]

As a 10 yr old Aussie at the time I remember the federal govt ruling out fighting which seems strange now. And joking about Argie pilots and water proof watch testing 😁

[@Jonno2020]

I was 12 years old at the time. Australia offered support but the brits wanted to do it on their own.

[@Hertfordshire247]

2 words>>>>>>>Thatcher>>>>>>>>>>>Belgrano

[@Roh-c8e]

The British could have saved the Sheffield; towed it in a cove or harbor and turned it into a memorial museum.

[@JamiePBenson]

Mf was sinking and on fire, think at the time it was more about getting our lads out...

[@roadend78]

If it was not for us English the rest of the World and Europe wood have spoke Argie . God save are Queen 🇬🇧

[@burstcity3832]

Nice twist on an old arguement! I'd go for British and peoples from the UK though.

[@balla3987]

Thanks for all your help Australia!!! Sarcasm mode disengage. The only commonwealth partner that helped out was new Zealand. So a big thanks to them. Now look, little Britain is helping to keep the Chinese away from Australia.

[@ytfvuftctfytfh6054]

Not entirely sure we really needed help. I’m pretty sure Thatcher said it was a “British problem” ( I don’t have a source but it seems like something she would say), so I doubt she’d accept much help anyway ( other than logistical)

[@balla3987]

@@ytfvuftctfytfh6054 assistance from all commonwealth countries was asked from the British government. The only country to stand up and help was New Zealand. Because their vessels weren't as capable as ours, the New Zealand navy took up duties mainly in the Caribbean so to release royal navy destroyers and frigates for the operation. I wish I could say different, but the Australian government refused assistance. And now the Royal navy is fending off China from Australian shores. "Swings and roundabouts" my arse.

[@andrew.dolan890]

@@ytfvuftctfytfh6054 yes she said it in an interview on 5th April 1982. There is footage on youtube

[@andrew.dolan890]

@@balla3987 Australian government agreed to allow Britain to pull out of the deal to sell Invincible to them with no penalties which they'd be entitled to. Yes it's not the same as sending a ship but it is still help of one form

[@balla3987]

@Noah Deamer I know they did. Even though they asked Thatcher to give them up first. Im not debating that. Im talking about our commonwealth alliance with Australia. Along with the US,the Royal navy saved Australia from Japan. Now we're going to do the same again with China. An extra 6.5bln cash injection for new military equipment i.e 3 types of frigets, to stop China taking over Australia, but during the Falklands, Australia didn't lift a finger when approached by the UK government.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

No tanks.

[@desertedmindscape6829]

British had some light armour. 8 scorpions of the blues and royals. Even saw some limited action but nothing major or significant so not well known they were there.

[@ottohonkala6861]

Prince Charles in a para-beret is a bit rich......

[@burstcity3832]

Back then he was considered a bit of an action man, he was pretty well trained but really didn't enjoy it.

[@rhytch20]

Typical media

[@burstcity3832]

Of the time, yes. Reporting both sides without mockery despite clearly having a preference.

[@hishonoursirdrinksalot1916]

Prince Charles in 1982: they [the paras] must also know they have our loyal support........[2021] hey lets charge soldiers for our governments follies in Northern Ireland 40 years ago and not take governmental responsibility......

[@warrenmilford1329]

He's from the era of ABC presenters, and probably one of the last, that had a slight BBC, English accent. They were encouraged and taught to speak that way, from the very start of ABC radio, then TV. The early ABC radio ones sounded very English, not Aussie at all. This was because the, at the time, conservative ABC bosses, thought that an Australian accent was too harsh and coarse for radio. It was pathetic really. I think it was in the mid '70's that the newer, younger presenters were encouraged to speak in their normal accent.

[@warrenmilford1329]

@@medler2110 Yea, thats what it's called. I saw an interview recently with an ex-ABC radio fella, now in his eighties, who had started to train in the '50's, in his late teens, in the received pronunciation thing, to lose his broad country accent. It was a humorous story about how strict they were, with seemingly endless practice and a constant barrage of correcting him etc, and stressing how coarse he sounded, till he eventually sounded like some upper class BBC type. Apparently his main voice coach and the strictest, most obsessive teacher, was something like, a Miss Smith, an elderly Australian spinster, who sounded like the Queen.

[@dulls8475]

Not completely true. They were taught to speak that way as it carried better over the air waves. Made it easier for all to understand. Even in the Army they wanted us to annunciate all our words on the radio for clarity.

[@warrenmilford1329]

dulls- Did they also encourage you to speak in a somewhat, upper class English accent, like the fellas above, when using those radios.

[@michaelmckeown1383]

We didn’t take prisoners ?

[@burstcity3832]

There were prisoners, they were quickly debriefed and sent home, unharmed after the surrender.

[@xandervk2371]

Oh hi, longface.

[@CJB-]

Australia didn't offer help or send troops as they did in Vietnam and they reported the war like it was the cricket score. Shame on them.

[@davidcockayne3381]

It was all over a bit quick, eh mate?

[@peterb8679]

Unnecessary

[@karentodd6938]

Australia offered ships but were declined. Instead they took on patrols and missions replacing RN ships that went to the Falklands.

[@SpeedyCM]

@@karentodd6938 The ignorance displayed by some of the comments on this video is a damning indictment of the British education system.

[@footyfan1248]

That is a crass remark. The Aussies (and the Kiwi's) have stood shoulder to shoulder with us in pretty much every shit hole that we have been in and paid a dear price for it at times. There was no need for additional support but had we asked for it, I know who would have been at the front of the line. I am proud to have served alongside forces from both nations. Top soldiers.

[@combrogi]

Prince Charles, all dressed up as a pretend soldier, sorry officer. His mum will give him some medals to go with his fancy dress. 🤣😫

[@bighands69]

Charles trained and served just like his father did.

[@combrogi]

bighand69 It's all for show, do you think in his privileged position he was actually treated the same as he went from service to service collecting qualifications by just turning up and being there. He wears his medals (none of which are for combat) like if he actually earned them, it belittles veterans in my opinion. It's called being born with a silver spoon in your arse and one day this farse will come to an end and if you want to be a leader you will have to EARN it.

[@bertiewooster3326]

Have you served ?

[@combrogi]

Bertie Wooster Yes and whilst in the army met another idiot called prince Andrew. The only officers that should be allowed to lead should have risen through the ranks and earned their position. Not some Eton bum boy or college graduates that have no clue. Hopefully one day schools like Eton and Harrow will disappear when the gap between the stinking rich and the poor is no more.

[@bertiewooster3326]

@@combrogi what rank , regiment and specialisation were you in plus how many years did you serve ?

[@guacho30]

The Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands, rightfully belong to Argentina for several reasons. Firstly, before they were under Spanish control, Argentina had already declared its independence from Spain and had fought many years of armed struggle against its armies. As a result, Argentina has the right to claim any possessions that belonged to Spain, since the islands were part of the viceroyalty territory that inherited the United Provinces. Secondly, the Malvinas are an integral part of Argentina's territory and form a fragment of the Tierra del Fuego province. The situation represents a clear example of colonialism, which involves powerful states appropriating territories of weaker or newer nations. Thirdly, the United Kingdom's claim to the Malvinas is illegitimate since it usurped the islands when Argentina was already an independent and sovereign nation with dominion over them. Furthermore, the British cannot argue that the islands were empty or in a legal limbo. Fourthly, the Malvinas are located within the submarine platform of the South Atlantic, in the Argentine Continental Sea, and are a natural extension of Patagonia. This geographical reality further strengthens Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the islands. Fifthly, England accepted the sovereignty of the islands to Argentina in the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1825. This agreement is an unequivocal recognition of Argentina's claim to the Malvinas. Sixthly, no other nation in the world can present better titles than Argentina for its possession and dominion over the islands. Argentina has always claimed the Malvinas and has never accepted their usurpation, and as such, the British are not in possession of any documents proving their dominion or Argentina's renunciation of its claim. Seventhly, England did not protest the acts of possession, national affirmation, and sovereignty fulfilled in the Malvinas by the frigate Heroína in 1820 and by the brig Belgrano in 1825, nor the enactment of the Buenos Aires law on the hunting of amphibious animals on the Patagonian coasts and adjacent islands. Eighthly, England did not oppose the exploitation and fishery contracts signed by the Argentine government with the merchant Jorge Pacheco and his partner Luis Vernet, who became the first governor of the Malvinas. Pacheco signed the contract in 1823, and Vernet in 1828. Ninthly, there are still toponymic and folkloric relics of the ancient Argentine domain in the Malvinas. For example, the Creole names of many places and all the coats and implements of horses. Lastly, the act of surrender of the Argentine Port on June 14, 1982, the agreements debated in Spain as of October 17, 1989, and the declaration (or treaty) of Madrid of February 15, 1990, did not close the debate regarding national sovereignty over the Malvinas. On November 5, 1982, the United Nations declared that the question of sovereignty should be resolved through negotiations and urged the parties to do so. In conclusion, the Malvinas rightfully belong to Argentina, and its claim to sovereignty over the islands is based on solid historical, geographical, and legal grounds.

[@dalebrown8771]

You've been posting the same tripe on every Falklands clip I notice. I'll repeat what I said in the other one - the Falklands are British, accept it.

[@petersellers9219]

Porto Argentino 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😉🤣🤣🤣

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

03.00 Prince Charles is certainly well placed to comment on breed he is after all a dog...literally 😊

[@Professionalcynicalist]

And you have all the signs of a mongrel 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@choughed3072]

Do you know what "literally" means?

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

@@Professionalcynicalist no my wife ancestry does however originate from that region of Asia myself my ancestors are Gales 😊 consider this a strong combination, certainly one that works for us 😊

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

@@choughed3072 yes written down as fact however ones own research must be applied as too the validity in the determination as to the truth ie just like in a court of law where two independent accounts must be obtained to determine as fact 😊

[@headmasterofoldschool2439]

@@choughed3072 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iouxpIZqq6eUrs0 2.00 🤔

[@3072to4170]

Ha! The RWNJ bot farm even piles-on on 38 year old news reports!

[@stevetaylor8698]

Before Aussies were a bunch of quivering .....