Britain's Incredible Recapture of South Georgia - Falklands War Documentary

Falklands War series:
[1] Invasion of the Falklands • Argentina’s Shocking I...
[2] Recapture of South Georgia • Britain's Incredible R...
[3] Sinking of General Belgrano • Sinking of the General...
[4] Attack on HMS Sheffield • Exocet Attack on HMS S...
[5] Raid on Pebble island • Daring SAS Raid on Arg...
[6] Battle for San Carlos - • Argentina's Aerial Ons...
[7] Battle for Stanley - • Britain's Final Assaul...
In just three weeks after the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland islands, Britain threw together a task force out of thin air, sailed it 8000 miles around the world and started taking its territory back. This is how it happened.
Falklands War series:
[1] Invasion of the Falklands • Argentina’s Shocking I...
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Sources for the Falklands War Series (so far):
Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins, Battle for the Falklands
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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 • The Falklands War, 198...
Arthur Gavshon, The sinking of the belgrano archive.org/details/sinkingof...
Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air
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Hansard- api.parliament.uk/historic-ha...
Recording of Thatcher's statement to the commons is from • Falklands Invasion
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[@historigraph]

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[@nemo6686]

Nice video. Minor quibble though: you were a bit imprecise on the geography of Grytviken - it's actually the settlement at the head of the bay, and that's where the photo shows the Santa Fe stranded. King Edward Point is the land jutting out at the mouth of the bay, where the BAS staff and RM garrison lived. The narrow strip of land between the two was the scene of intense fire during the Argentine capture of the island. And it might amuse you to know that the requisitioning of merchant vessels you mentioned was known by the appropriate acronym - for Atlantic Conveyor at least - of STUFT: Ships Taken-Up From Trade.

[@RuSomeKindaIdiot]

Put the brakes on watching this video 30 Seconds into it. Why you wonder? For the simple reason the creator showed his hand in that timeframe that he thinks everyone watching is ignorant or stupid enough to watch his sloppy research to the end, give it a like, & subscribe to his channel for a second or third bite of his shit-sandwitches. Sailing 8 thousand miles from the UK to the Faulklans is only a fraction of the distance of it takes to 'Sail Around the Globe' as you praise the British Navy of doing mate! I wouldn't be surprised to find a video in your offerings suggesting the earth is flat followed up with another explanation of why the earth is hollow! You have proven you're as credible as a wolf guarding a hen house...

[@thepilgrim1581]

You mention the Royal Marines and the SAS and the Royal Navy task force but what you have failed to acknowledge is the true hidden warriors of the Falklands war. THE GHURKAS. They were the First to land and fought with the Argentinian soldiers first to clear a path for the rest to land. The true unsung heroes of the Falklands War.

[@historigraph]

@@thepilgrim1581 I’m afraid I don’t think that’s true. The Gurkha battalion didn’t arrive until the end of May, well after the initial landings

[@thepilgrim1581]

@@historigraph You need to research more.

[@maxkennedy8075]

Never underestimate the ability of the UK to Wallace and Gromit their way out of a situation

[@leecutler1527]

if it works...it works

[@MyHentaiGirlNeko]

Aye i love Wallace and Gromit

[@neilwilson5785]

We wore the RIGHT trousers in the falklands.

[@dynamo1796]

The Royal Navy wasn't the world's preeminent maritime power for centuries for lack of ingenuity.

[@tomjones7184]

@@glocksmith226 Britain was already broke before the war

[@yaki_ebiko]

People only care about the shots and bangs of a conflict but the first 5 minutes of this video is FAR more interesting of how logistics and traditions built during centuries of naval-ing the seas that enable the empire to materialize a fleet out of absolute nothing, fascinating video.

[@farrela3620]

Same as the DDay operation. Mainstream media would likely cover only the fighting while the interesting parts is about the planning of the logistics. Amateurs talk about tactics, Professionals talk about logistics

[@wilsonlisan5002]

​@@farrela3620 Yes, absolutely true. Operation Overlord is a massive feat of SHAEF logistic management. Imagine to transport over 1 million soldiers from 13 countries (including the US troops which is far far away from Europe soil) into France together with their logistics to run the continuous wars until 1945. We don't even talk about US and UK alone used different type of weapons - small arms, cannons, bullets, vehicles, etc so they had to differentiate the supply chain, number, and distribution. It is just mind-blowing how SHAEF managed to do such feat.

[@tomriley5790]

@@wilsonlisan5002 my grandad said even as they were walking off the beach having cleared the bunkers people were already starting to fill in craters and lay decking up the beach.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Yep, nothing of that part of the story has been well covered over the years. That's a crime, it's incredible what they managed.

[@robiagacitei5487]

That has nothing to do with tradition...... 💀

[@fhlostonparaphrase]

I'm an avid reader on the Falklands War and I couldn't find a flaw in this, a lot of details and angles covered, plus the excellent animation; jolly good show! (Only one nitpick; the Royal Marines on the Falklands didn't surrender, they were ordered to stand down by the governor ;)

[@clausetrofobia]

Special stand down operation

[@davidpnewton]

One quibble: you don't know what the word "surrender" means. They gave up the fight and were made prisoners by the Argentines. The word used to describe that, strangely enough, is surrender.

[@totallyawesomemusic3841]

Well yeah but in the end they did surrender to invading force..

[@doug6500]

@@davidpnewton Well... the fact that they surrendered and didn't die needlessly in some pointless shoot out is fantastic, given the British won the conflict anyway and restored their honour and prestige completely.

[@Steamthrower1]

@@davidpnewton I think what he's trying to say is that the Royal Marines themselves didn't offer or want to surrender but were made to by their superior.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The crews provided Harriers ready for ops every single time a pilot needed one. Heroic doesn't do them justice, this was miraculous, stunning.

[@joelgalvan8358]

Team work.

[@matty6848]

The Argentinian airforce lost that many aircraft during the war, they nicknamed the Harriers and the R.A.F “The Black Death”

[@patrickpowers5995]

And in the later light of events we should give credit to Prince Andrew who was one of the Harrier pilots.

[@claymore2k1T10]

@@patrickpowers5995 I never knew Prince Andrew was a Harrier pilot🤣😂, I always thought he was a helicopter pilot.

[@xvo7271]

@@claymore2k1T10 i think that was harry

[@Blueboy0316]

Nothing controversial about it. They are at war. The belgrano was a warship, not a cruise liner. She was fair game, no matter which direction she was sailing.

[@CC-2062]

Shhhhh no spoilers

[@Blueboy0316]

@@CC-2062 SINK IT

[@sicfaciuntomnes5604]

Right? The "exclusion zone" was in place to protect civilian and neutral naval shipping. Not to protect the Argentine navy. It was well understood by both sides that all of their war ships in theatre (the entire south atlantic) were legitimate targets. The Captain of the Belgrano even admitted in later life that there was nothing controversial about it. he was under orders to attack the Royal Navy.

[@copter2000]

All's fair in love and war.

[@cookiecraze1310]

While I agree with the sentiment, the Belgrano's captain admitted they were heading for the exclusion zone, the UK and Argentina were never actually at war. No countries declare war nowadays, since it makes things too complicated. An example would be Spain. It would have been seen as a belligerent to the UK had way been declared.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Now I’m sensing the finale will be called, “Return of the British”.

[@historigraph]

3 or 4 videos left in the series yet

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

@@historigraph You’re giving us A New Hope. :)

[@viina5936]

@@historigraph 3 OR 4 more? already loving the first two parts!

[@POPE_FRANC1S]

The empire strikes back

[@nicholasofthetube4557]

@@historigraph 4 pls

[@tommcclelland119]

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. GB as, for 100’s of years, been a magnificent fighting force. I’m an old Veteran, and I’ve had the privilege of serving with a few of their military service members. This was many years ago. They very very professional, polite, and extremely capable men. Not only was I proud to call then our Allie’s but also my friends. 🇺🇸

[@moonramshaw1982]

As a Brit I appreciate your comment. The UK and US will always have that special bond and relationship. We both want the same thing at the end of the day. My uncle served in the Falklands and he told me a story about the SAS in the Falklands. When we targeted where we were going to land our ground troops to advance to Goose Green and the capital Port Stanley the SAS infiltrated the Argentine Stronghold of Pebble Beach to make their jets and infrastructure inoperable. The story goes that before they set their devices off they crept into a bunch of sleeping Argentinian soldiers and left notes under their pillows saying "Whilst you were sleeping you were visited by the SAS". When all the explosions happened and they found their notes I bet they sh#t themselves. Once the ground troops entered it was over in days. As my uncle sadly said "It was men against boys"

[@benjiinjail204]

in Battle of Surabaja, facing unarmed fighters who seek independence from Dutch, coward Brit soldiers placed gurkha as life shield and yet your two general died.

[@tommcclelland119]

@@benjiinjail204 I understand, but I beleive the great Ggurkha soilders are all VOLUNTEERS

[@jason21jburg]

@@benjiinjail204 the Gurkhas are treated very well by the uk thank you very much

[@gailbirchall2163]

For as long as history has been written, the British armed forces have always fought well, determined, even in the face of overwhelming odds. It is just that their leaders tend to be a bunch of buffoons, as well illustrated in the Black Adder series

[@EG-cs1wl]

Great video, greetings from Chile! 🇨🇱🇬🇧

[@johnnytolengo742]

Chileno traidor olekulo de la reina

[@samuel10125]

The Belgranos sinking is no longer controversial its captain confirmed that they where indeed going to attack the fleet outside the zone and that he would have done the same thing.

[@mkgaming5823]

Tell that to any Argie, they will still pull a fit over it.

[@martinjenkins6467]

They started the bloody Conflict no use blaming Maggie for it. Gutless wonders Think that's tough. Churchill Sunk the french fleet when They surrendered to Hitler. That's called war leadership, We don't pay pussies to run Wars.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@mkgaming5823 Not even Iraqis get this mad even when George Bush admitted the war was bs Argentine on some stupid shit bruh. Like how them mfs chased out Top Gear hosts for simply being BRITISH.

[@HankD13]

@@mkgaming5823 Then they should listen to what the Belgrano's own Captain had to say on the matter. He thought it was fine and would have done the same thing himself.

[@jonathonblacker299]

who gives a F? you decided to go to war, you go to war, the Angie's are lucking that the mainland was hit hard, which could have been easily done.

[@gregorycharles2610]

‘The Royal Navy created a task force out of thin air, sailed it 8000 miles around the world and begun the task of taking its territory back’ Ah, the bloody brilliant British.

[@Xrayflames]

Something else that is remarkable is that several commonwealth nations offered to cover the UKs naval deployments, garrisons, and materials. Sticking together for queen and country

[@makeasylumsgreatagain864]

@@Franfran2424 what island would that be?

[@cyanoticspore6785]

@@Franfran2424 what island did the US offer? We already have Ascension Island on the way there

[@cyanoticspore6785]

@@Franfran2424 no it wasn't 'champ'. Ascension is a British territory and has been since 1815

[@cyanoticspore6785]

@@Franfran2424 wrong. It is joint operated by the RAF and USAF but given it is on a British Overseas Territory that gives the British control over it. It was the British that allowed the Americans to build it.

[@simonbird1973]

When Al Hague said to Thatcher. ‘It’s just a few rocks!’ To which she replied, ‘like Hawaii.’ 😂

[@martinjenkins6467]

He was a useless prick. I love how Nancy got Ronnie To fire him out of respect for Maggie.

[@markmahabir6342]

She really was a stupid old cow! There is No comparison, Hawaii is a beautiful holiday destination. The Flaklands are a miserable wind swept few rocks.

[@anthonyhassett]

@@markmahabir6342 You have no understanding of the the Falklands or what is coming. The Falklands will be some of the most important land for the next 10,000 years.

[@robogamer5384]

​@@anthonyhassett

[@mellon4251]

I appreciate the fact that while this war took place in 1982 there are only black and white photographies of Admiral Leach as if he was some WWI leader

[@DOI_ARTS]

Because the Black and white photos were sturdier and last longer than the colorised ones, still funny comment ha ha ha

[@mellon4251]

@@DOI_ARTS Thanks, guess you learn something new every day :)

[@onlyme219]

The speed at Britain moved on this was very, very impressive

[@ElsinoreRacer]

I was in daily contact with 2 Argentine flight students during and after the Falklands War. They were convinced the Brits had lost a CV. They had "inside information" and were not fooled when both carriers returned to port afterward. It was kind of amazing, really. They were otherwise fairly reasonable people.

[@dogsnads5634]

They're still convinced to this day that HMS Invincible was sunk...despite the fact she returned to the UK and that all 3 Invincible Class were photographed together in 1984 (plus HMS Invincible was photographed with HMS Illustrious when she sailed south to relieve Invincible). They actually think the UK managed to build another carrier and replace the Invincible in secret...thats how far gone they are...

[@henrik3291]

This is very interesting, a similar thing is happening in Russia today.

[@ElsinoreRacer]

@@henrik3291 Heck of a connection. Don't want to deal with cognitive dissonance? Live in an alternate reality.

[@henrik3291]

@@ElsinoreRacer I read i som philosophy and epistomology in university, there are those that belive that knowledge is just a complicated form of circle argumentation. Well I will never be the same since those courses.

[@ElsinoreRacer]

@@henrik3291 Yea. I read Kafka and Orwell too young. The PTSD is real.

[@BennettsShed]

I do so appreciate how you say “Leftenant” and “Lieutenant” correctly in the the correct context. Hats off to you and Operations Room.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

The feat of logistical planning and execution enabling the British to fight a conflict 8 thousand miles away at short notice was impressive to say the least.

[@kawagonzo6951]

Lehman: British Would Have Lost Falklands War Without U.S. Support May 29, 1988 LONDON (AP) _ Britain would not have recaptured the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 without U.S. military assistance, former U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted Sunday as saying. In a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview to be broadcast Wednesday night, Lehman also says U.S. involvement in the Falklands war led indirectly to the Irangate scandal, the Observer newspaper reported. The weekly said Lehman’s interview will be included in the latest episode of ″An Ocean Apart,″ a BBC documentary series on British-American relations. ADVERTISEMENT ″Britain would have had to have withdraw from the Falklands″ if the Reagan administration withheld support, it quoted Lehman as saying. U.S. military aid in the 74-day war, in which Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago from invading Argentine forces, has been a closely guarded secret, the Observer said. ″Lehman is the first senior U.S. official to claim that the Pentagon’s supplies of intelligence and material were so great as to have been decisive,″ it said.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@kawagonzo6951 My original comment still stands.

[@kawagonzo6951]

@@Anglo_Saxon1 np!...but never forget that the truth was very different that your gov telling you

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@kawagonzo6951 Ok if you say so.

[@ignacioorona3458]

With a little huge help from the Americans :--)

[@FuneFox]

If one saw what they did to the Falklanders or heard the stories old Falklanders have to tell of this war, they'd immediately understand why Britain intervened.

[@lilboy3102]

What did they do ?

[@davefloyd9443]

Abused the civilians, looted and trashed their properties.

[@lilboy3102]

@@davefloyd9443 Oh

[@davefloyd9443]

Google. 'Argentinian occupation of Falkland Islands' and find the Wiki.

[@fluffly3606]

Anyone who isn't a radical pacifist should understand immediately upon learning that the Argentinians were the aggressors

[@anzaca1]

3:00 The Falklands War really proved how effective the Harrier was. It remains one of only a handful of fighter aircraft to never be shot down.

[@rambo2751]

Britaish idiots got there ship sunk with all the eggs in one basket🤡🤡 great military command 😂😂😂

[@JostVanWair]

Well, 2 harriers were shot down as a result of ground fire, though none were lost to air fire.

[@AndresRamirez-rl9xq]

Los Harrier solamente fueron buenos por los Misiles Estadounidenses ,Los Argentinos tenían aviones viejos los A4 Y Mirage y otros de Entrenamiento y los usaron Cómo Bombarderos y Anti buques y si hubieran tenido los mismos Misiles el resultado sería totalmente diferente

[@tommyle7376]

As useful as it was I think they wished they hadn't gotten rid of the Invincible class carriers and its Phantom and Bucc. This was proved that they still sorely need carriers

[@kennztube]

There was no real controversy regarding Belgrano, she was steaming toward the task force when sunk. Even if she was not, no military commander would allow an enemy ship, especially of her size to remain unmolested. It boils down to a simple question, our chaps or theirs.

[@stevenwilding5311]

Even Argentinian command agreed and did not complain.

[@Paul-yc5dc]

It was a legal act of war but the General Belgrano was not heading towards the task forced they were repositioning away from it as an attack had been cancelled

[@lordbonney9779]

@@Paul-yc5dc so what. That literally makes zero difference as it went into the zone twice. The zone didn’t even need to be there as well. They could’ve just gone around and sunk every ship they saw but instead the Brits created the exclusion zone to stop more needless death.

[@Paul-yc5dc]

@@lordbonney9779 are you on drugs?

[@marvinc9994]

@@Paul-yc5dc "they were repositioning away" As certain butt-hurt Labour MPs kept reminding us at the time, as though the ship had no ability to change course again. And how it must have wounded Argentinian _machismo_ to be defeated by a nation led by a woman !

[@chipsthedog1]

The harrier was a remarkable aircraft, it's amazes me that more planes aren't built with the ability to land and take off with no runway.

[@historigraph]

My man have you heard of the F35

[@chipsthedog1]

@@historigraph Yes! An amazing plane and I guess the cost of one answers my previous question as to why there are not more aircraft designed this way. The F35 is a thing of beauty but it is still amazing to think that harriers were doing that 40 years ago.

[@historigraph]

@@chipsthedog1 yeah the harrier was pretty ahead of it’s time

[@heywoodjerbloume]

Only the UK could have pulled this off.Well done.

[@banedon8087]

My dad was in the Falklands war aboard HMS Bristol (the flag ship for a time) in the ops room. I was, and will always be, very proud of him. He passed away in 2019. He was a very reserved man and one of the few times that I saw him properly lose his cool was when the politians came on TV to tell the nation that it had been a conflict, not a war. I think he saw it as them down playing the situation, but I can't be sure. Oh, and he developed a life long loathing of corn beef hash. He told me that it's mostly what was served onboard ship for months on end. Can't say I blame him.

[@curtisjohnson9910]

He was a hero. I salute him

[@metalmick]

God bless your dad, mate.

[@sausage4mash]

that's funny my Grandad was in the 2nd world war and he refused to eat corn beef after the war

[@gravemindpenis]

Unrelated but the title of "The Empire Strikes Back" is probably one of the best newlines, war related or not, ever thought of. Even if it wasn't a movie reference it still rolls of the tongue really well

[@MasterTheSwag]

I've been following this channel for a while now and I am astonished that you don't have a million subscribers yet. The quality is amazing, the narrative is riveting, well done.

[@modac744]

This is an absolutely brilliant series!

[@Hollows1997]

An excellent operation from our lads, an excellent video from Historigraph. Keep up the great work, am thoroughly enjoying this series as all of your previous uploads. Well done.

[@MrBoodyx]

Presenting the surrender as something the brits did earlyer was a true gentleman move. Cheers for that my friend, true class.

[@martinwarne7183]

The Royal Marine Commandos did not surrender they were told to stand down. Big difference.

[@agentcoxack7368]

“If it’s easy, call the French. If it’s hard, call the Americans. If it’s impossible, call the British.”

[@jacobthrym7552]

As an Englishmen you do a large disservice to the French, I could throw endless examples from history and even the Americans copied the French in the early days. However I'll boil it down to this, do not fuck with the French because if you do, not only will you find out they will give you a twelve point program on why not to do it again.

[@Prodelem]

@@jacobthrym7552 Historical France should be respected, not modern France. Are you forgetting the six week surrender in ww2...

[@jacobthrym7552]

​@@Prodelem Far from it, who ever could for get it. However what you seem to be forgetting is the German Blitzkrieg demolished everything that stood in it's way in the opening phase of the war. The flanking manoeuvre by the German armoured divisions that caused the collapse of the French front has gone down in history along side other famous military manoeuvres that performed a coup de grâce and is still studied today. The three things that saved the UK were that we were an island nation, we were sat on the largest empire in history with vast resources and an economic swing so powerful we could miniplate entire grain markets to ensure rationing could be met and the extensive aid (that we paid for) that was supplied by the Americans. Even despite all that the UK was still pushed to it's limits, had we been a nation on the continent we undoubtedly would have fallen in weeks alongside the French. You also seem to be forgetting about the Free French troops and their actions in the war and the endless partisan actions from the French resistance. As far as modern France goes look to the Great War and their actions there most famously Verdun where the German military's aim was to bleed France dry, those were the actual words of Erich von Falkenhayn. Then you have their performance in what was then called French Indochina, They absolutely lost but they faired much better than most in that region which has shown time and again to be almost impossible to take and keep hold of. They also have been and are prolifically active around the world in conflicts that have been ongoing mainly in Africa and the Middle East so feel free to choose any of those examples to read up on and realise the French aren't the pushovers most of the Anglosphere seems to think they are.

[@MCD10000]

@@jacobthrym7552 or they will give you a white flag

[@MCD10000]

@@Prodelem they surrendered to Britain and they had the Scots as allies at that point in time

[@zali13]

Bravo, well done! It's amazing how fast the RN commandeered and converted the liners!

[@stevenda22]

Great video as usual Josh. Looking forward to seeing the remaining videos on this conflict.

[@PM-tm7bp]

This is excellent.The amount of detail, the graphics and the narration are better than most accounts of the Falklands I've seen on TV. I remember the war going on when i was a kid at school but didn't know half of this stuff

[@Riverbed_Dreaming]

This feels like the naval equivalent of grommit placing the railway tracks down in front of the train he’s sitting on, and it working perfectly.

[@avengermkii7872]

Man those animations and the detailed ships are top notch. I love it.

[@jona.scholt4362]

I couldn't wait for the next video in the Falklands series so I was very excited to see this in my recommendations today. Can't wait for more; Historigraph is one of the best, if not the best, in the group of "battle map" video makers.

[@ArenBerberian]

Excellent vid and graphics, very much look forward to the rest!

[@jamesjohnson-lb4vx]

Excellent coverage that included many points that are usually only given a sentence or two in most other documentaries. Amazing animation and your voice is easily engaging. Just subscribed to your chanel keep up good work :) 👏 👏

[@ExplodingPiggy]

"The SAS were sent ahead of the task force to retake South Georgia. Swimming the last 2000 miles completely naked, they would later craft all the equipment they would need from sticks and mushrooms with the assistance of the local Penquin flock, the island was recaptured in 20 minutes"

[@nemo6686]

How about begin your op on a glacier in a blizzard, require a risky extraction and achieve nothing but the destruction of two very valuable helicopters? Who Dares Wins!

[@ExplodingPiggy]

@@nemo6686 i think i'll stick with the obvious joke 🫡

[@martinwarne7183]

What does that mean

[@Player-rv8ph]

The SAS is always elite and badass.

[@YouTubestolemylife]

Solid snake was there

[@ebrim5013]

This was very well done, thanks!

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Excellent video, with superb graphics - thank you.

[@benwilson6145]

Couple of points, Suez may have been a disaster politically, but was a success for the military. The ships "As fast as there diesel engine can carry them" is not completely correctly, many were steam powered ships.

[@honkhonk8009]

Im neither canadian or british, but im glad atleast the Americans somewhat controlled Suez, and later allowed the Egyptians to controll it. Egyptians do a good job properly managing it though. If China or Russia were to controll Suez, we all know how that would play out.

[@benwilson6145]

@@honkhonk8009 America controlled Suez?????

[@exosine]

I recently was at my local airfield and a chap from Yeovilton landed the Wasp XT420 in front of me and gave me a tour of it, he said he uses it like a Land Rover and parks it at his house regularly, I was very jealous!

[@HatredOfMephisto]

awesome content as always lad!

[@whywarthog]

Been waiting for this one!

[@jammydodger1449]

The detail you've went into is astounding. I'd wager there's few documentaries that surpass your works depth, especially when you factor in the animations.

[@historigraph]

Thanks a bunch! I particularly enjoyed looking up all the tail numbers for the specific aircraft involved in the battle

[@jammydodger1449]

@@historigraph oh wow very impressive mate, keep up the good work

[@marcokwan1377]

BE PLEASED TO INFORM HER MAJESTY THAT THE WHITE ENSIGN FLIES ALONGSIDE THE UNION JACK IN SOUTH GEORGIA. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

[@dynamo1796]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK BABY!!

[@jonathanreed7891]

America in the background... 🥸👋 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@Snaketide0]

Gotta fight over an island that has 30 people on it max

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

@@jonathanreed7891 whats america got to do with it?

[@marcokwan1377]

@@Ukraineaissance2014 Probably only cares about islands if they're Pearl Harbour

[@arjandosanj6131]

Great video as always

[@rhodridavies9426]

Keep up the great work. Just with these vids would be a bit sooner in arriving! ;-P

[@1vespa]

Absolutely outstanding what what the British have done since the Falkland invasion till the taskforce departure from UK. Good old methods never forget ;-)

[@oldnite3414]

Well done brits. Proud to call you allies

[@pandoraefretum]

fabulous narration and fresh presentation.. appreciated thx

[@SW18_103]

I wrote two dissertations on the Falklands conflict in 2013/14 whilst studying in the Kings College War Dept - really enjoying this Falkland's series, excellent work!

[@yungcaco1443]

This was really good 👍🏻 thanks mate. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@billhanna2148]

Eleven out of ten smashing video 👍💪💪👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Lord_Lambert]

This may be one of my favourite vidoes of yours yet.

[@aretardridesmotard6128]

Excellent video, looking forward to next

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Argentina: "we've taken the islands, and nothing will stop us!" UK: "I'll beat you so hard that your own people overthrow you. Will be quite sad innit..."

[@martingiovanelli3809]

Uk: *gets the worst naval damage in is history after WWII*

[@doug6500]

@@martingiovanelli3809 And the British won the war DECISIVELY, taking 12,000 prisoners and winning massive military prestige on the world stage. U mad?!

[@xXcrizZx]

@@doug6500 12,000 prisoners = 12,000 poor boys from northern Argentina, most of whom I assure you had lost family and friends at the hands of the dictatorship. Seriously, they gave up for a reason: they didn't want the military junta to remain in power

[@martingiovanelli3809]

@@doug6500 nah, i just love how the winnes hides how much suffer they had

[@kawagonzo6951]

Lehman: British Would Have Lost Falklands War Without U.S. Support May 29, 1988 LONDON (AP) _ Britain would not have recaptured the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 without U.S. military assistance, former U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted Sunday as saying. In a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview to be broadcast Wednesday night, Lehman also says U.S. involvement in the Falklands war led indirectly to the Irangate scandal, the Observer newspaper reported. The weekly said Lehman’s interview will be included in the latest episode of ″An Ocean Apart,″ a BBC documentary series on British-American relations. ADVERTISEMENT ″Britain would have had to have withdraw from the Falklands″ if the Reagan administration withheld support, it quoted Lehman as saying. U.S. military aid in the 74-day war, in which Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago from invading Argentine forces, has been a closely guarded secret, the Observer said. ″Lehman is the first senior U.S. official to claim that the Pentagon’s supplies of intelligence and material were so great as to have been decisive,″ it said.

[@IndigenousRealGuy]

“Guys Britain is a fading sun, their empire won’t last so we should grab something when we ca-“ *Britain proceeding to travel across two oceans to save a few rocks*

[@tetraxis3011]

A six day war that lasted 2 months and proved the Royal Navy could not adequately defend from air attacks…

[@tetraxis3011]

@@deathrattle5869 the only modern ships in the Argentine navy were 3 A69 cotvettes(MEKO 360s had not been delivered yet), 2 Type 209 submarines of which only 1 was in service and 2 Type 42 destroyers of which 1 couldnt reach top speed due to damage while it was being built. And later in the war it would be proven that Type 42s arent adequately defender. Britian had almost every advantage. And the only truly modern aircraft in Argentine posession were 5 super etendards

[@williammorley2401]

@@tetraxis3011 , the war didn't last 2 months, it took more than 3 weeks for all the ships to get down there!.

[@williammorley2401]

@@tetraxis3011 , we couldn't properly defend from air attacks because we lacked CAP (Combat air patrols), and the rapier surface to air missile system was malfunctioning!

[@lloydnaylor6113]

@@tetraxis3011 except we won!

[@mad2477]

fantastic video again. keep it up

[@coyote4237]

Thank you for the great content.

[@captainscarlett1]

When you're attacked by the SAS, the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy you know it's going to be a bad day.

[@markmahabir6342]

And yet look at the trouble The Argentines gave them, despite being a third world country with an army half made up of child soldiers!

[@burstcity3832]

The Ghurka's didn't make it to the fight before it was over, part of me, the better angels if you will, is quite pleased.

[@69bock69]

Or the paratroopers ...... who do you think makes up most of the sas

[@ELCADAROSA]

Well done! Looking forward to the next chapter.

[@micahistory]

great video, I remember studying this for my own video on the topic

[@lumin0sityruns]

Nice! Loved your videos, incredible!

[@fredlandry6170]

This operation was a tremendous logistical feat , it’s amazing it actually worked.

[@questionmark05]

Very well executed video, brilliant editing and research. Thank you for the extra effort of researching and saying Canberra correctly.

[@SuperMrScience]

The details and diagrams are just awesome. ❤

[@pzpete]

Nice and concise, thank you.

[@MrDanishninja]

Holy hell that premier intro music was incredible

[@pabloalvez915]

Well done, Britain. Much Love from Uruguay 🇺🇾💖🇬🇧 Around 100.000 of us have British ancestry.

[@elvazcoerrecarte6592]

Yoruga pu to

[@jamm811]

Much love back to you and the peoples of Uruguay ❤🎉 🇬🇧

[@martinmercado7577]

PAYASO ....CON QUIEN QUERES QUEDAR BIEN ?

[@galiusargentum9048]

No le hagan caso, este provinciano de Argentina se rebeló, como siempre jajaja

[@fernandolazzari4536]

yoruga puto

[@JohnMGibby]

Really enjoying this series

[@JJ_Khailha]

Superb video!

[@kebabsvein1]

Henry Leach, son of the captain of the battleship Prince of Wales!

[@3vimages471]

God Bless the fabulous Royal Marines and the paras .... and all the other lads of course.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@templar1372]

It’d enough to bring a tear to my eye. Really is impressive that we pulled that one off

[@barrydysert2974]

From here in the US allow me to say, Rule Britannia! Your presentations are always excellent. Today's was most excellent. You may have guessed i'm just a tad bit of an Anglophile !:-) 🙏

[@stalker5299]

A common misconception, but the exclusion zone was for foreign and civilian vessels only, in the telegram sent to Argentina via the swiss embassy it specifically stated this, and that any argentine ship anywhere that could pose a threat would be neutralised.

[@highpath4776]

In fairness the misconception was generated by the British Media, and probably Politicians briefings. I understand the PM probably should have been informed prior to the decision to sink ( retreating ) Battleships (or at least the Defence Sectretary or head of the Navy in London). However the British Local ship commander took the action as he reported in the belief that the Belgrano posed a threat and appeared to be changing course from retreat, and hence took the decision locally without reference to anyone else. His decision was logged and reported. This probably should have been made clearer at the time, but somehow Thatcher's political arse-saving at home led her to generally give an impression this was a full battle decision not opposed by the UK Government, I think that politically was wrong, Britain only needed to show its strength, running rhetoric headlines celebrating the loss I found wrong and unhelpful, and dont link this to the likes of the Atlantic Conveyor and HMS Sheffield, for those again there might have been local decisions that could have better placed and protected them.

[@Volcano-Man]

@@highpath4776 The order to sink Belgrano came from Mrs Thatcher herself. She was advised of it's presence, shown on charts what it was known to have been doing - dipping in and out of the Exusion Zone, what the manoeuvres it was carrying out implied, and she said 'Sink it!' The order was transmitted to HMS Conqueror who carried out the order!

[@highpath4776]

@@Volcano-Man I have a recorded tape somewhere of the ship commander clearly stating that he made the decision, on his own, based on the movements the Belgrano was taking. IF there are records in the PRO which state otherwise please supply reference number for this (presumably under ADM or Cabinet Office reference numbers .

[@Volcano-Man]

@@highpath4776 I will see what I can locate.

[@battlefield_hackers_exposed]

Glad I could discover this, missed it last year

[@chrislea1000]

Didn't know a lot of this, great job

[@herseem]

Having recently visited the museum in Stanley, I found out there that the senior crew of HMS Endurance and ARA Santa Fe knew each other and had dined together before they were at war. When the war started and Endurance knew that Santa Fe was around, they tried to hide close to the coast with the danger of hitting rocks, but knew that the Santa Fe must know where they were and they were awaiting a torpedo hit that never came. After the war the captain of Endurance got an opportunity to ask the captain of the Santa Fe why they hadn't been sunk. The Santa Fe captain said, "We were told not to engage with merchant ships and from your silhouette we thought you were merchant ship". The captain of Endurance knew that what he said couldn't be true and it seems it was the personal relationship between them that had stopped them being attacked. The museum at Stanley is very good actually. But it's a heck of a long flight to get there.

[@craigseddon4884]

Tbf HMS Endurance does not look like a Navy ship at all, it looks like a research vessal/trawler to the untrained eye, obviously if the crews knew each other but it is plausible.

[@herseem]

@@craigseddon4884 Yes, I agree, but a) the senior officers knew each other and were likely familiar with the outlines of their respective vessels, and b) South Georgia is a very cold, remote and inhospitable part of the earth, and hardly the English channel in terms of the number of ships around. And given the environment and scarcity of vessels, it's likely that most vessels would be aware of each other for safety reasons anyway in case one gets into trouble for some reason

[@avipatable]

The speed of the preparations is outstanding!

[@radioactive9861]

Excellent video dude...👍

[@Connor-vj7vf]

Brilliant series!

[@derrickstorm6976]

The Canberra modifications already on their own are extremely impressive :o You're never taught about, and all other information is so hard to get to, what kind of preparation and on-hand innovation people had to go through to make seemingly (or made to be seen) meaningless events happen

[@derlasercrafterwally4342]

Don't touch Britains Rock collection

[@cookiecraze1310]

Its like breaking and addiction. Smokers use E-Cigs and nicotine patches, the UK goes from the biggest empire in the world to a very fancy rock collection.

[@theoriginaldylangreene]

Just remember, when WW3 kickes off the US will be very happy that Britain has a rock collection that they can use as supply bases, airfields and dockyards.

[@td370]

Calling it a “rock collection” undermines all the British people who live on the Falklands.

[@cookiecraze1310]

@Denise Bond is that meant to be English? Repeat that in a way that I can understand

[@occamraiser]

I had to put a like on this video.....the thumbnail 'The Empire Strikes Back' genuinely made my day :)

[@GunnerHeatFire]

same lol

[@BritishRoyalMapping]

We appreciate the support 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@DaveSCameron]

Fantastic upload and often forgotten due to the larger action on Falklands. 👍

[@williamtraynor-kean7214]

It should be made clear that the British RM defenders of S Georgia did not surrender without firing a shot, they shot down one helicopter and seriously damaged an Argentinian corvette with an AT missile and inflicted further casualties on the invaders.

[@pridefulobserver3807]

As a chilean, the Falklands conflict confirmed our suspicion from the Beagle crisis that if Argentina had initiated Operation: "Soberanía" in full we would have wrecked them.

[@keikoandgilly]

The problem is, Operation Sobrenia, is well and truly alive, in spirit, with each successive Argentine Peronist government. Either by war or Diplomacy, Argentina does not stop territorial ambitions.

[@doug6500]

If you have soldiers that can match British paratroopers, Guardsmen, Marines etc then yeah... you'd have won easy.

[@xXcrizZx]

Chile had no military superiority in any sense over Argentina in that epic

[@pabloser3613]

En 1978 Argentina era la primera potencia militar de Sudamérica, los hubiéramos aplastado a los chilenos.

[@renearias3072]

@@pabloser3613 . Lo mismo dijeron los EEUU de Vietnam y ya sabes el resultado, el primer pais en derrotar a EEUU. Ahora viendo como se RINDIERON en 2 meses a los Ingleses, llego a la conclusion que no son tan bravos como ustedes mismos se pintan..con poco se ponen en 4 patas (rendirse)..

[@admirald2680]

Superb - well done 👏

[@IgirisuGuy]

Never underestimate the uks ability to make a task force out of thin air

[@enebbene123]

What a massive logistical flex of them Brits

[@kawagonzo6951]

Lehman: British Would Have Lost Falklands War Without U.S. Support May 29, 1988 LONDON (AP) _ Britain would not have recaptured the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 without U.S. military assistance, former U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted Sunday as saying. In a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview to be broadcast Wednesday night, Lehman also says U.S. involvement in the Falklands war led indirectly to the Irangate scandal, the Observer newspaper reported. The weekly said Lehman’s interview will be included in the latest episode of ″An Ocean Apart,″ a BBC documentary series on British-American relations. ADVERTISEMENT ″Britain would have had to have withdraw from the Falklands″ if the Reagan administration withheld support, it quoted Lehman as saying. U.S. military aid in the 74-day war, in which Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago from invading Argentine forces, has been a closely guarded secret, the Observer said. ″Lehman is the first senior U.S. official to claim that the Pentagon’s supplies of intelligence and material were so great as to have been decisive,″ it said.

[@barrylucas8679]

Wonderful presentation

[@icecoffee1361]

Great episode 👏🏻

[@Battlemage15]

12:20 USS Phoenix was present for the attack on Pearl Harbor and survived many brushes with the end in World War II. It's not at all ideal for the men aboard, but it was fitting such a ship would never know the indignity of the scrap yard.

[@calvinjohnstone2664]

My dad served at Ascension 🙏🇬🇧 RAF.

[@ianbeacham117]

Mine also

[@supertracker9823]

Great video.

[@chips1889]

Thank you lads.