Falklands War | Life after the Falklands War | Falkland Islanders | 1983

With the conflict over, British troops that have been sent to the islands settle in and the local population try and resume a resemblance of normality. Thames TV's 'TV Eye' was one of the first Televisions companies permitted to film there after the conflict.
First Shown: 03/02/1983
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[@malcolmanon4762]

The mines were finally cleared this year, 38 years after the war ended

[@davidbrown9093]

Have we sent the bill to Argentina?

[@tomsoki5738]

@@davidbrown9093 The Argies can’t afford to have an active Air Force let alone pay for mine clearance. They are bankrupt and will be for a long time. Truly a joke of a country

[@victormanuelgonzaleznavarr7363]

Sour words

[@pit_stop77]

@@tomsoki5738 bit like we're becoming?

[@mrjasonsamuel23]

How are you all coping with the new threats , from the argies?

[@brendancoul]

Having been in the Royal Navy and been back twice since most recent 2017 the islands are a thriving modern community with all the comforts you would get in a small town ,hospital prison easy to get around a tribute to the hard work of the islanders who have diversified to makea modern living enviroment

[@brendancoul]

@Ru22eLL yes a fully fledged prison which was having n extension built i believe the Prisoners come from surrounding territories as well but more serious categories are usually flown back to the UK.

[@clonecommanderbly7408]

Isn't there oil there aswell?

[@Doug1885]

@@clonecommanderbly7408 …..That’s the reason the Argentinians are trying to claim it.

[@richlisola1]

Lot’s of Chileans moving there too, and they love the islands, just as they are, in British hands, settled by British people.

[@jackwhitehead5233]

@@richlisola1 🇬🇧❤🇨🇱

[@gooner6942]

Was down the islands for a visit as a returning Veteran last week and Tony Anderson took us out in his 4 x 4 around the battlefield memorials. He is doing well and is a top man.

[@AndySmallbone]

Would love to see an update program on how those interviewed or family members are doing now.

[@lukebell2683]

Andy Smallbone all be dead

[@topbanana4013]

@@lukebell2683 millionaires

[@robraver]

might be able to help you, have lived here in the Islands since '79

[@trxl3515]

robraver Woah

[@robraver]

@@trxl3515 I know. Well some of them are dead now, one of them just passed away a couple months or so back.

[@mntsam1930]

I’d love to visit the Falklands, looks like such a peaceful, calm way of life.

[@sandgrownun66]

and tough.

[@LordHughfusJarted]

Oh How I miss the Thames TV intro.

[@Defender-Guy]

Anyone else expecting the Rainbow theme to start right after it?

[@Mogsey1972]

@@Defender-Guy Hahahaha!!!!!!!!! ye!

[@arnoldsanders6878]

It is CLASSIC.

[@robhoward9614]

@@Defender-Guy no, I'm expecting Danger Mouse lol

[@mustangsally5426]

@@Defender-Guy Arm chair thriller

[@guestandsons]

Thanks for posting this.

[@alessandrobartoloni2871]

Eccellente video documento,Thames Tv,grazie!

[@BengalLancer]

That corporal teaching the kids is a very lovable sight.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Corporal: “color grandad blue” Kid: confused *but grandad isn’t blue

[@danielmarshall4587]

These programs are fantastic, and saddening at the same time, maybe the future will see a return to this quality of programing.

[@vanessarobinson1080]

My husband was a Royal Irish Ranger and travelled there 40 years ago today...just 10 days after we were married for 6 months.

[@greg_4201]

6 months?

[@jessieeagle2585]

Falkland island accent is very similar to a New Zealand one

[@rpm1796]

Not too far distant off a Newfoundland brogue as well.

[@williamevans7454]

they speak English possibly there is kiwis over there

[@williamevans7454]

from🇬🇧

[@alexcarter8807]

That one sheep shearer's so hairy himself, he looks like maybe he ought to have one of the other shearers give him a trim.

[@dusanpantic792]

Lol,true...

[@michaelobrien9285]

Aaah, that's why they sent me to Saunders in 86. Gazelles and a Scout, what a trip down memory lane!

[@13141Scott]

Argentina fought for the islands. Great Britain fought for the islanders

[@andresmino1860]

sorry but Argentina fought for the islands. OTAN fought for the Thatcher´s reelection...

[@13141Scott]

@@andresmino1860 yes. Argentina fought for the islands and lost. Great Britain fought for the islanders and won

[@zin0v]

@@13141Scott ...

[@mattharrison9621]

@@andresmino1860 This was not a NATO action. The UK never invoked the articles of collective defence (articles 4 and 5) of the North Atlantic Treaty and the Falkland Islands lie outside of the NATO 'area of responsibility' under article 6 of the treaty. Only the UK forces participated in the conflict. In any case why would NATO leaders (many of whom were Thatcher's political opponents) want to boost her chances of re-election? Your argument is demonstrably untrue and illogical...

[@LuisGax76]

@@13141Scott If UK had really fought for the islanders, would not have shelled them (only civilian casualties were caused because of the Brits). BTW, I did not know that natural resources and oil were now called "islanders". UK "fought"? Yeah, with Sidewinders supplied by the USA plus information and logistics supplied by the Chileans...3 against 1 is nothing to be proud about. Fighting 1 to 1 and winning is something to be proud about, not 3 against 1. And now that I am at it: chingas a tu madre.

[@philm3509]

Just a question, if sheep continually grow wool, what if you loose one? Also did they evolve from goats or something so it produced wool. I'm confused as to how they came became sort of domesticated and needing humans to sheer them in order for them to live normal lives? Sorry to sound so American.

[@elias-jm9ho]

Domestic sheep are descended from wild sheep. Wild sheep naturally shed their winter coats, but humans selectively bred the ones that produced more (and shed less) wool, while culling the ones that didn't. So sheep that produced lots of wool and didn't shed passed on those genetics, creating distinct breeds of domestic sheep. Sheep began to be domesticated a very long time ago (around 10,000BC) so their exact line of descent/ancestors are unclear. So domestic sheep today do not shed their coats, and produce more wool than they need, and need to be regularly shorn. If they are not shorn, they can suffer from health problems like infections, restricted movement, and overheating, which could potentially lead to death. This is quite rare though, especially on small islands like the Falklands! hope this helped a bit :)

[@phmwu7368]

The Falkland islands ... a remote place of natural beauty which unfortunately became the scene of a modern Air-Sea-Land battle in 1982 ! Epic moment when Major Bill Dawson, 2nd in command 7th Gurkha Rifles, announced what he just heard on the radio: "there's a white flag flying over Stanley... Bloody marvellous" 🧐 14 June 1982

[@EErail26]

Was there any land reform in the end?

[@greedycapitalist8590]

Yes. The FIG bought the large farms, divided them up and sold them on favourable terms to the locals. The process had already started before the war, and accelerated afterwards. Rex Hunt talks about it quite a bit in his book "My Falkland Days".

[@hans2406]

@@greedycapitalist8590 Great!

[@dave4059]

Was hoping to see my dad in this,he was over there with the RCT 👍

[@eurogael]

Its 30 years on, is there any kind of follow up doc on life now?

[@grahambamford9073]

Almost 40 years.....

[@eurogael]

@@grahambamford9073 Oh jesus now i feel really old

[@danielw5850]

Indiscriminate and unmarked mine fields - Argentina's shameful legacy.

[@maurogranapadano3927]

and the legacy of England is to have left countries of Africa in total ruin, death, hunger and conflicts between ethnic groups, that is much worse than a couple of mined fields on small islands, look at the beam in your eye before seeing the straw in the foreign eye

[@danielw5850]

@@maurogranapadano3927 kzbin.info?search_query=prager+university+british+empire

[@dacosta0656]

@@maurogranapadano3927 tough shit🇺🇸

[@benwilson6145]

@@maurogranapadano3927 W anchor

[@VanlifewithAlan]

@@maurogranapadano3927 The comment is nothing to do with the countries of Africa but relates to the minefields. Try sticking to the point.

[@mrjasonsamuel23]

Decades later and Argentina still with this childish behaviour

[@javiermartinmehdi1914]

si a vos te robaran tu casa ( eso son las Islas Malvinas para Argentina...) hasta cuando la seguirias reclamando...???

[@mrjasonsamuel23]

@@javiermartinmehdi1914 , speak English l

[@javiermartinmehdi1914]

@@mrjasonsamuel23 hablas vos en castellano!!!

[@littleshep5502]

@@mrjasonsamuel23 hes trying to compare it to a house being robbed

[@littleshep5502]

@@javiermartinmehdi1914 If it was argentinian why did britain own them from 1594 whereas argentina came into existance 1816?

[@MauricioPorcel]

Una pregunta. Quien es el que está en la moto?

[@TF-km2ls]

Mauricio Porcel Nobita Nobi

[@GH-oi2jf]

The Falklands are more accessible now, because there is a new airport. This has allowed a tourist industry to flourish.

[@Stickleback]

I want to visit The Falklands, to me it`s like it drifted away from the North East of GB and ended up where it is, it`s a very Scottish /English country, i love it.

[@uzoma112]

I was born a few months after the Falklands war. I had an opportunity to go there to work for an oil exploration company in 2015 but the oil price collapse ruined it.

[@Fernandwinnie]

If they had known that, Thatcher wouldn’t have invaded these islands.

[@neilmarshall3071]

@@Fernandwinnie that doesn’t make much sense mate

[@luciano2003.]

Now do you have 40?

[@jonbritland8389]

I would love to go there. It looks beautiful. More British than British 8000 miles away. Very strange 8000 miles away and it doesn't look like it.

[@voiceofreason162]

First time I've seen this. I didn't watch anything about the Falklands; not until this year. 40 years. It's been a breath.

[@johngonzalez624]

For a split second, I thought The Benny Hill Show was about to start!

[@Ardass486]

It's fake

[@scipioafricanus2285]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chriswilde7246]

I was posted there end 1985, it was only a 12 week posting, luckily the airfield just been completed so that they could land jumbo jets, otherwise it would have been another 2 weeks there and back by ship, screw that! I would have really been pissed off! At least it was Falklands Summer Time too! Not much else to say about it really...

[@Otacatapetl]

Not much of a sailor, then?

[@chriswilde7246]

@@Otacatapetl.. Nope!! Hence serving in the British Army, yet my identical twin brother served in the Royal Marine Commandos, I thought he was nuts!! Lol..

[@averagejoe8358]

The Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. Therefore, Argentina should not own something it has no right to own and has never owned. The UK is the lawful Original Sovereign of the Falklands, and claimed them first, in 1594, 222 years before Argentina existed. In 1825 Argentina submitted a full description of all of its lands, islands, latitudes and longitudes claimed, to the UK, in order to be recognised in the Treaty of Friendship: this did not include the Falklands, and Argentina was accepted as such. In 1829 Argentina tried to clandestinely seize the Falklands and ignored a British Formal Diplomatic Protest, and a second in 1832 when they tried to install a governor. In 1833 a British warship asked a trespassing Argentine warship to leave the area which it duly did. The British flag was hoisted and British Sovereignty resumed. Argentina protested intermittently until 1849 when it gave up its claim in the Convention of Settlement, after which, Argentina issued not one Formal Diplomatic Protest for 97 years until 1946, nor were the Falklands mentioned once in the Argentine Congress from ratification of the Convention in 1850 until 91 years later in 1941. Since then, using a settled dispute as a pretext for a fictitious new one, aimed at uniting the people behind a common cause, Argentina has harassed and bullied the Falkland Islanders, denied their human rights, campaigned against their existence, attacked, invaded and annexed their country, covered the place in land mines and dead bodies, and in the present day, bullies their stallholders at trade shows and even their girls badminton team. No country on earth actually has less right to the Falklands than Argentina after its shambolic abuses, and in 2013 the Falkland Islanders, the only people who can determine the sovereignty and political future of the Falkland Islands, voted by 99.8% for UK Sovereignty. The matter is settled.

[@hanoitripper1809]

How long did the garrison stay there

[@Ubique2927]

Hanoi Tripper .. Still there.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

It's a permanent garrison

[@thadtuiol1717]

It's interesting how the Falklanders' accent sounds slightly West Country.

[@floralwallpaperenthusiast6631]

That place is a shrine to the greatness and bravery of the British military. If anyone, anyone ever gives that over to the invaders they should be imprisoned for life for Treason

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Lol we are literally giving away our homeland. Because of comfort and words.

[@IITJII95]

@@bushwhackeddos.2703 Sadly true

[@garrymiller6745]

They playing Blondie at 4:58 lol

[@duncanedwards7840]

Heart of Glass.

[@marckcarbonelloifveteran410]

Can I visit those islands?

[@chrisnelmes7180]

Anyone know if those Pucarra hulks are still there?

[@seanpassant3174]

Yes, there is a lot of war wreckage still spread across the islands but they are also developing fast, fishing and oil has brought in capital investment & there is a growing tourist industry too.

[@sbad8612]

One is at RAF Cosford, in the museum.

[@chrisnelmes9220]

Thank you gentlemen....

[@anthonymorgan6255]

They have an accent very close to South Island NZ.

[@khadrtrudeau1662]

In the States, I remember rumblings about fighting this war for a few corporations. Glad the government bought them out and redistributed the land. Argentina would have done the same, but only a few Generals and politicians would have gotten the wealth.

[@0penminds]

Don't talk nonsense.

[@khadrtrudeau1662]

@@0penminds Argentina nut cases just won office again. Time for a "All are problems are because we don't control The Falklands" just watch.

[@0penminds]

@@khadrtrudeau1662 After your first comment, i'll find anything you say hard to believe.

[@khadrtrudeau1662]

@@0penminds Yet your handle is Openminds. Maybe your a Peronist. Steal what you can, well you can. for the people.

[@0penminds]

@@khadrtrudeau1662 How you come to that conclusion simply boggles the mind.....Continue making shit to sound intelligent.

[@nickmcmahon623]

Fascinating

[@googleisshittoss]

Wonder what happened about these 'landlords?'...Do the people now own the land?

[@seanpassant3174]

Yes, there was a significant land redistribution carried out with local tenant farmers able to buy the divided up estate farms on good terms. I have visited the islands twice for work and they are thriving with a pretty decent standard of living these days.

[@Ocinneade345]

@@seanpassant3174 funny how that works

[@Ok-551]

“Heavily armed goons”. Yep

[@stevetaylor5933]

For some very good mates, there is no after the war, 🇬🇧

[@westpointsnell4167]

Not sure what you mean matey

[@matthewfranklin9796]

Steve Taylor 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧♓️♊️🥂👍🙏

[@greenghost6691]

@@westpointsnell4167 He means they died in the war.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Are there any soldiers still on the island..??

[@Brian-om2hh]

Yes..

[@iktomi5]

wow once upon a time!

[@rockfishmiller]

Perhaps Britain should have invaded Argentina and established a South American Gibralter? Why didn't they, teach them a bloody good lesson.

[@joman563]

If Argentina had been truly humiliated, as Germany had been during the 2nd World War, Argentinians today would have a more reasonable and mature attitude, in the same way that today’s Germans don’t keep banging on about their lost territories nor displaying German flags when they go to Poland. The prevailing stance before and during the war was that Argentina shouldn’t be humiliated (eg Dennis Thatcher advised his wife Margaret Thatcher to follow this stance), so it would be easier to work with them after the war. It didn’t work out like that, unfortunately.

[@jackmorgan1677]

The Argentinians should have been so lucky. A British takeover of their country would have meant a better administration, a higher standard of living, better social services, etc, etc. it would have likely propelled them into a second world country, just like the Empire did some really good things for particular colonies.

[@ismaelassassin]

As if Britain could have done that. It was a hardfought war, not a walk in the park, for neither side. Respect the vets!

[@rockfishmiller]

@@ismaelassassin If Britain wanted to they could have. I never said it was a walk in the park for either side nor did i disrespect the vets.

[@ismaelassassin]

@@rockfishmiller because you are assuming they could have as if the argie mainland forces were not a threat, ignoring how much the Royal forces suffered and lost during the war. an invasion of mainland argentina would have pushed the argies to the limit, and you dont corner your enemy when he has fight still in him, even some basic conscripts were able to put fierce resistance at times during the falklands

[@royfr8136]

Before T.V thought it needed to be interesting and entertaining

[@OldSkoolUncleChris]

I wonder whatever happened to Tony Anderson and family

[@davidkennedy8702]

Good 👍 on them keep it going god bless 🙏 all

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Off shore oil

[@Ubique2927]

If you know where it is please tell.

[@Ubique2927]

If you know where it is please tell.

[@Ubique2927]

If you know where it is please tell.

[@harryf1ashman]

Modern-day Argentina consists of land stolen by colonists from the Indigenous people of South America but they lay claim to the Falklands as a birthright. It's a weird sense of entitlement but it's not difficult to see when the imported population of the Falklands wants no part of the imported colonial legacy that is Argentina.

[@Nightdiver20]

You own what you can defend. Simple as that.

[@patriciabidone3131]

No podés opinar sobre mi país, sino conoces su historia .

[@devorah935]

Must have been very frightening for the residents

[@littleshep5502]

Especially considering Argentine forces booby trapped their houses

[@reservafederal5525]

I am from Perú I had the Racso and T-Rex atomic bomb user I used to watch videos of military themes The Peruvian government, the armed forces of Peru and the Peruvian people must pressure Pedro Castillo to apologize to England for saying in the UN that the Malvinas are Argentine Peru must be neutral and never again get involved in the Malvinas conflict, because I will tell you this that surprised everyone the Englishman Martin George Guisse was born in Gloucestershire England, a family of the local nobility was the son of Lady Elizabeth Wright and Sir John Guisse first baronet, the Englishman Martin George Guisse was the first founder of the Peruvian Navy and, in December 1821, he was decorated by San Martín with the brand new Order of the Sun, along with other Englishmen such as Guillermo Miller, Robert Forster and Diego Paroissien, the English Guisse rose through the ranks to officer in the British Royal Navy, where he served during the Napoleonic wars, once the war in Europe was over, he resigned from the British navy and bought his own ship to depart for Latin America and take part in the wars of independence, Guisse's great-grandson is the Peruvian aviator hero Jorge Chavez, After having settled in our national territory, San Martín appointed him rear admiral of the newly created Peruvian navy and he participated in the blockade of the port of Callao, until it was interrupted by a Spanish naval expedition, after this confrontation was unfinished he decided to go to Guayaquil where, after the war broke out with Gran Colombia, he fought and took the port of Guayaquil, but at the price of his life. He died in Guayaquil one night on November 23, 1828, his body was taken to Callao in Peru, in case of war England against some other country the Peruvian government and Peruvian president must support England and deliver heavy war material, give fighter jets and send Peruvian soldiers to the English armed forces in gratitude to England because England financed the independence and liberation of Peru, the British also helped the Argentine José de San Martín, the English founded everything in Peru cities, companies, banks , freemasonry, inka kola drink, they made soccer popular in Peru, schools, and many more things, etc. the Peruvian people must apologize to England and to the English people we are in time to strengthen the economic and military alliance, without England Peru would not exist and neither would the Peruvians exist, without the English we are nothing, without England Peru would continue to be a colony of Spain, thank you England for financing and liberating Peru in its independence, England, English people, José de San Martín Argentine people will continue to be the liberators of Peru today and always Greetings from Perú Lima

[@simpl3simon806]

The pucara ground attack aircraft were not destroyed by harriers . They were destroyed by the SAS in a night raid

[@cideryeti7957]

Only on Pebble island, Not else where on the islands.

[@andypandy9013]

I reckon that when "Sharky" Ward RN shot one down he was in a Harrier. 🤣🤣🤣

[@redjacc7581]

so..............why were the argies not mabe to clear up the mine fields? they layed them, should have given them a bloody shovel and told................not repatriation until this stuff is cleared!.

[@studinthemaking]

Right on.

[@commanderdon4300]

This actual suggestion was on the table for clearing the minefields before the p.o.w's were sent back but it would constitute a war crime. I don't really want some working class conscript who has no explosives training whatsoever dying in a minefield that his evil superiors are responsible for.

[@redjacc7581]

@Blanik L-13 there's no accounting for weakness. so should laying them.

[@oscarbosio9881]

Pregunto. alguna ves Gran Bretaña reparó los daños materiales, morales, las vidas que se llevaron en casi todos los territorios que ocupó? Les dieron un guante ensangrentado para hacerlo? Repararon lavida de los 326 marinos argentinos muertos en el Belgrano fuera de la zona de exclusión cuando navegaba rumbo al continente y no representaba peligro alguno? Es fácil hacerse el patriota detras de una computadora.

[@redjacc7581]

@@oscarbosio9881 great, to scared to answer so you ask a question. Argie government killed thousands of it's own people to stay in power......no blood on your hands? of course not.

[@mattyallen3396]

I wonder how many islanders grabbed a FN FAL?

[@MauricioPorcel]

Sería bueno que pasen las ovejas por eich.

[@tomcrell]

Don't fuck with the UK

[@m4rs12]

Send the bills to argies and make them pay

[@adamatch9624]

mzone12 we kinda did after we won we destroyed ALOT of there equipment if it was not something we wanted we did it so causes them money issues

[@xiamaramu1538]

@@adamatch9624 all equipment destroyed is equipment they cannot use to invade. it takes time to replace that stuff and time is what the UK needed to really settle in their army.

[@lordvader282]

Will the Argies try again? After that thrashing?

[@winchestershaw7000]

12:15 minutes ..... Hello Sir !

[@anourtine6204]

He can guard my airfield any time.

[@theveryfirst]

Falklands are British and staying British.

[@LuisGax76]

Malvinas are Argentinian, and are currently usurped by the Brits. Just correcting your b.s. statement.

[@theveryfirst]

Argentina has had claim to them once. UK have claimed them 5 times. Read this in wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute?wprov=sfla1

[@theveryfirst]

Just because they are closer to argentina than UK does not imply ownership. So it is your statement that is bs.

[@theveryfirst]

@@LuisGax76 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nom2eqCni5p8pdU

[@EdgyDabs47]

@@LuisGax76 your mad dictator tried to invade British territory. Get a fucking grip mate.

[@rayjay5836]

Argentinians should PAY!

[@scorpion2546]

Operation Corporate. Was it coined? My family raises beef in Alberta Canada, n mutton in a Arizona US. I'd go start a new operation there. Importantly a new life.

[@garwhittaker3743]

Now with Eurofighters and Land Ceptor .

[@omarocampo4704]

@Peter provaremos con la atomica que dices?

[@alexanderlawson1649]

Brilliant, lets have Falklands War 2.0, we are definitly going to win this time and maybe after that we can invade Argentina and rebuid the Empire.

[@ey7290]

4 Gladiators defended Malta from the Italian Air Force, 4 typhoons are stationed at Mount Pleasant. Enough said

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@ey7290 And 4 Typhoons are more than capable of dealing with anything they're likely to send over.....

[@allandavis8201]

Order from CBFFI, stop calling the Falkland islanders “Bennys” (after Benny the handyman in Crossroads, a tv drama from the era, he always wore a bobble hat and spoke with a slow cadence), so we stopped calling them “Bennys” and called the “stills”, translated = “Still Bennys”, it wasn’t really derogatory but obviously somebody somewhere down the line took offence, but it really didn’t stop us. It might sound strange but the 4 months I spent there were very enjoyable, it was after MPA opened so the living conditions were totally different from the days of the Coastells, a huge bonus for everyone detached down there. The best thing about the tour was the islands themselves, rugged, and in my opinion a step back in time, I would say untouched by human hands, but for obvious reasons it was tainted by us humans, what a waste. The Argentinians don’t want the Falklands for any other reason other than the oil and mineral reserves and a gateway to the Antarctic, but they will never get them.

[@SuperJuiceman11]

Really though you need to call it a war?.....

[@greedycapitalist8590]

What else would you call it?

[@JC-il6ps]

There was casualties on both sides, what was it if it wasn't a war?

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

It was the a war bigger than any war America has fought without allies

[@cideryeti7957]

That's the newspapers calling it a war. War was never declared by either side. So it was a conflict. Then again "War" in the headlines sold newspapers, There was no internet or easily avaliable information. So the newspapers were it.

[@NickMusselle]

in 1982 who do you think owned the Falkland island Company, and pulled his name just after the war? Dennis Thatcher

[@NickMusselle]

@Justin Time Again i have people who have no profile, no pictures, not seeing the truth of the matter. the FIC owned most of the Falklands and some others that are not British owners at the time of the war. you can believe what you want but through knowing the history and human greed for territory and wealth, this was for Thatcher's own reasons not the Falkland island people.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

Incorrect. Dennis Thatcher was a shareholder in Coalite, which had acquired the Falkland Islands Company as a result of a merger with another company several years previously.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@Justin Time No. The UK government's response to the invasion was the only correct one. I was replying directly to Nick Musselle.

[@oscarbosio9881]

@Justin Time Que decis? Aprende historia, no fue una invasión extranjera, fue una operación de un ejército que quería recuperar su territorio usurpado desde 1833.

[@oscarbosio9881]

@Justin Time Me parece que estas mezclando las cosas para justificar lo injustificable. Aparte si queres lo hacemos el día que los ingleses se retiren de todas las colonias que aún tienen en el mundo y pidan perdon por el genocidio que han hecho en todos lados. No voy a entrar en tu juego, es imposible de comparar ,de hacer una similitud de hechos.Aparte decis bien territorios ocupados por los colonialistas europeos, que se los pidan a ellos no a nosotros.Para terminar, de que pais sos? Me resulta sospechoso semejante defensa al imperio pirata o será que tenes algún tipo de resentimiento, odio o lo que sea para Argentina, si no es así no entiendo tu postura.

[@williamanthony9090]

Even though the current islanders consider themselves British, if Argentina had never foolishly invaded, they might have gotten the islands back by now. Yet they DID invade, and they'll be paying for that stunt for a long, long, time. The British will easily be in the Falklands for another two hundred years!

[@colonelturmeric558]

You cant have something back if it was never yours!

[@williamanthony9090]

@@colonelturmeric558Whatever

[@jason4275]

It seems that the people will stay in poverty, since Falkland Islands Company owned 70% of the land using the population as a low paid workers, and the company is not paying for any upgrades .

[@garrymiller6745]

jason4275 Slaves to the system!!!

[@greedycapitalist8590]

The Falklands is a lot more prosperous now than it was then. There's been a lot of land reform, and new revenue coming in from tourism and fishing rights. Plus more money likely to be coming in from oil drilling.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

No crowds, little to no unemployment, hardly any crime. I could handle living in the Falklands.

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

Greedy Capitalist move there then

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@i_know_youre_right_but Thank you for the suggestion, I might do that in a few years. Nice to have the option.

[@rastenborg]

Well one thing I liked about the War was the sheep. English got there 2nd though.

[@kyorkdabbagh7759]

no after they breaded them English sheep

[@Ubique2927]

Oh so wrong.

[@andypandy9013]

"English"? Try "British" mate!

[@babyelian77]

Basically, in these islands there are more sheeps than people, and this is the unfortunate reason why this battle has been fought

[@matrimcauthon7937]

Well, to be fair, argentina was broke and desperately needed the income from the sheep farms (roughly 2x argentina's gdp) to prop up their government. It's a mad mad world.

[@misterasterisco5217]

Did you know Argentina has a lot of similar farms and sheep on their side of Patagonia? they didnt invade for the sheep lol, you gotta be Argentine to understand the feeling they have about the Malvinas, since they are born they are taught the islands were taken from them. The 1982 adventure was a big mistake, yes, but in their minds the islands still belong to them. Unfortunately for them, UK will never let them have it as there is oil nearby and it is an entrance to Antarctica, the future cake to be disputed. I am not Argentine, but here in latinamerica we all share the feeling: brits do not own the islands now by right, just because they are the bully with the bigger guns.

[@NoName-jq7tj]

@@misterasterisco5217 Agree 100%. Once that oil is discovered another conflict will start. The kind you have the Middle East over oil. The Brits are arrogant as usual. Nothing new here.

[@drewgibbons5464]

@@misterasterisco5217 So if Argentina had bigger guns they would have a right of way? Asterix wouldn't put up that.

[@MauricioPorcel]

jaja 4:05 hipies faseros.

[@simonbird1973]

Free the Incas, Argentinians should return to motherland Germany!!

[@estebancorvalan2830]

Bayansen d ai eso noes un suelo ingle es argentino sud mericano

[@raquelalvarez356]

Soberanía Británica

[@leonidesdoes8935]

@@raquelalvarez356 😂😂😂

[@StarshipTrooper32]

When I see the beginning intro, I always think it's time for the Benny Hill Show.

[@alantoon5708]

Or Monty Python.

[@Boric78]

Good old Rex Hunt, I am sure the Argies will change the first letter. But a stand up dude.

[@Clausmiran1837]

Argentina should have been made to pay war reparations

[@oscarbosio9881]

Y Gran Bretaña a devolver las Malvinas ya que la ocuparon y usurparon por la fuerza en 1833.

[@Clausmiran1837]

@@oscarbosio9881 y Argentinos a devolver todo "su pais" a quien se lo robaron.

[@oscarbosio9881]

@@Clausmiran1837 Por lo resentido me imagino de que pais sos. Callate la boca con traidores no comento.

[@Ok-551]

We should have bombed mainland Argentina. We should still be, just for practice.

[@oscarbosio9881]

@@Clausmiran1837 Que pavadas estas diciendo? De que pais sos, aunque por la envidia y resentimiento lo sospecho (seguramente vas a contestar todo o contrario pero no engañas a nadie, te come el sentimiento de inferioridad),

[@magnah5581]

The army protected the Falklands from invasion, However the homelands have been overrun.

[@calif1mc]

Anti-Immigrant? That ugly, Nazi theme is rearing it's ugly head, here in the US under Trumpski, and in Europe, instead of looking in the mirror and facing your problems, it's easier to blame others. Immigrants made America, my own ancestors came from England, Wales, Ireland, Germany and France, our diversity makes us strong. Russia and the terrorists sit back and love it, watching the west destroy itself.

[@magnah5581]

Who is a Nazi ? You I would suggest you attack anyone who has a different opinion to you. That sounds like the left wing agenda attacking in the name of what ? Freedom of what exactly your own speech and not others.

[@marshallsimmons56]

Mag nah dam right, its because there was a oppertunity to control and dominate the communications market,

[@bradley2427]

@@calif1mc immigrants might have made America but it didn't make Europe, especially the so called (male dominant)refugees

[@duncanedwards7840]

@@calif1mc Yes, being destroyed by mass immigration of people that have a different culture and mindset and whom will not integrate. If you can't see the problem with that, that's your problem. Have a stroll around London or Luton, & even Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels. Then come back and tell me your view point! Until you've done that, & taken it in. SHUT THE FK UP.

[@michaelsnoddy2698]

That last comment hahaha they lost because they used bags of wool as sandbags against the British hahaha... They'd never get away with saying that now lol

[@motocastex8053]

Volveremos !!!

[@lucasbennington2726]

SIII , asi los militares britanicos que viven en las falkland islands les vuelven a romper el orto y a llenarselos de leche como en 1982 jeje.

[@bhbhbhbhbh3]

Quite a left wing bias here, you can even hear it in his voice when talking of evil landlords

[@alexanderlawson1649]

Landlords are evil, for fucks sake, man, wise up.

[@Nico-me8sm]

Malvinas es propiedad de la República Argentina Mar continente Malvinas paralelo 40 Antártida paralelo 60 🇦🇷

[@thir671]

olvidese de ese tango

[@Nico-me8sm]

@@thir671 el tango se baila!! Esto se practica día a día.

[@Nico-me8sm]

@@thir671 sorete cagon🙂

[@omarocampo4704]

@@thir671 y vos de good save the king

[@Tony_7791]

Many of these islanders are starting to sound antipodean in their accents...

[@Bushcamper4Sale]

Many were from New Zealand

[@chrisclarke4541]

Argy soldiers should clear the minefields.

[@dickensdickens3025]

You couldn’t make it up!

[@Clausmiran1837]

no tienen nafta. Pero que proreso...

[@darrenwhitford5167]

we kicked there arse

[@rayjay5836]

Yes you did with limited resources and 8000 miles from home they should ashamed as their president did it for political reasons.

[@alexanderlawson1649]

Its not there, its "their", so thats you're arse kicked.

[@rayjay5836]

@@alexanderlawson1649 get a life.

[@alexanderlawson1649]

@@rayjay5836 I am so sorry for being a stickler for correct spelling and grammer but its a bit of an obsession, every word I type, I have to cross check seeing as there(not their) might be a mistake, somewhere. Someday I maybe able to "get a life", if I do I will let you know. Meanwhile my search for the meaning of life goes on , but it will not be "their" , almost certainly, it will be there.

[@Gary-uy2mr]

@@alexanderlawson1649 you used you're instead of your you great fucking twat

[@user-ts9ug9fu5d]

Where are the black people?

[@MauricioPorcel]

3:23 no sabe hablar el kelpe. El que vive en suelo Argentino.

[@aliciadessironaldochavez8202]

ISAIAH 40:8 - GREETINGS FROM GUATEMALA ! / {FORZA E CORAGGIO}*

[@jennygore9833]

Every soldiers families should sue it's a disgace

[@maurogranapadano3927]

and the legacy of England is to have left countries of Africa in total ruin, death, hunger and conflicts between ethnic groups, that is much worse than a couple of mined fields on small islands, look at the beam in your eye before seeing the straw in the foreign eye

[@deplorabled1695]

Why Jenny? It's not a disgrace. The Falklands are British.

[@deplorabled1695]

@@maurogranapadano3927 Japan was nuked twice in 1945, how long will Africa blame the imperialists for their own corruption and ineptitude?

[@maurogranapadano3927]

@@deplorabled1695 hay que hacerse cargo de mas de un siglo de ocupación y saqueo tanto en India como en África, Argentina será un país de tercer mundo pero tiene la conciencia histórica bastante tranquila. chau pescado.

[@likeitout]

Mauro Are you Argentinian?

[@charleskristiansson1296]

A taste of their own colonialism...

[@andreedowns4561]

THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE SHEEP....THEN ADD PARAS AND A BIG BAR.....BOOZE AND KEBABS....AND NOBODY GOING HOME...WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT DODGERS...????

[@martinmcdermott2872]

Any lands on the Falkland Islands which are beneficial to Argentina should be compulsary purchased by the Falkland Islands.....And rented or sold to the Islanders.....And to say the landowners have put in a claim for war damage......I'm not a lawyer but even I could pick holes in that one......Argentina starts a war , then tries to claim compensation ?????? The mind boggles....DUH...

[@oscarbosio9881]

Se nota que no sos abogado, no entendes nada.

[@martinmcdermott2872]

@@oscarbosio9881 Ja Ja.....Neither are you a lawyer because under British law..This can happen.......Tell this to your children in your schools instead of the garbage you are telling them now.....

[@oscarbosio9881]

@@martinmcdermott2872 Un poco mas de respeto, soy ex combatiente continental, estuve bajo bandera en las fuerzas de reserva durante la guerra, así que vos no me vas a contar la historia, lo viví muy de cerca. En las escuelas se cuenta la verdad, que las Malvinas son Argentinas, que hundieron el Belgrano fuera de la zona de exclusión marcada por Uds. mismos, del valor de la aviación que puso en jaque a toda la armada pirata, del heroismo de nuestros soldaos dicho por los propios oficiales y soldados mercenarios de Gran Bretaña que estuvieron en las islas, también se les explica que el confilcto se dió bajo un gobierno de facto y que toda la junta militar fue juzgada y procesada, que perdimos la guerra, pero que a diferencia de Uds. luchamos solos sin ayuda extra y por algo que nos pertenecía, que las guerras nunca son buenas. De que basura hablas? No se porque discutis si lo que dije anteriormente es verdad, desclasificaron algunos archivos después de 30 años y los mas comprometidos aún siguen congelados, tanto te molesta?. Para terminar te comento que mis hijos son universitarios y a ellos nunca se les ocultó nada, nadie les metió nada en la cabeza, son demasiados inteligentes para dejarse influenciar y investigaron los hechos por si solos, así que no te metas en temas que no conoces. Te guste o no las Malvinas son Argentinas y Uds. siguen practicando el colonialismo pirata.

[@martinmcdermott2872]

@@oscarbosio9881 Biggest load of bollocks I've heard in years......This is just your silly childish Argentinian version...You had plenty of help from other countries including most of South America....You should never have lost the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands because you were dug in for many weeks....You had the advantage over the best soldiers in the world...We had a few missiles off the Americans...The rest of the hardware was our own.....You sank an few ships...The Harrier Jet smashed your airforce and your navy....Well..enough said..... You clearly have no genuine idea of the true history of the Falklans Islands......Argentina was not even a country when the British took legal charge of the Islands.....Your people came from Spain and rid the continent of the indigenous people.... And you call the british pirates.......in 1982..You should have sent men to fight your war instead of young lads........The Gurkah's have benn a part of the British army for generations and are very proud men and fighters....So please don't refer to them as mecenaries..and if you want to know how fine your soldiers were....Ask the islanders who suffered whilst being held captive by your big soldiers with guns...Remeber these were civilians ... Women and children held at gunpoint....Your Juntas stupidity cost the lives of over 1000 men and women too....Your troops gloated because they overan our royal marines with superior numbers and Amtracks......You mocked them and humiliated them....One of the last things our marines said "We'll be back"....And true to thier words they did come back....And when they reclaimed the Falkland islands....Your troops were treated with 100% respect by our boys....

[@oscarbosio9881]

@@martinmcdermott2872 PIRATAS, me das lástima, sos un ignorante y no voy a entrar en tu juego que confude todo, típico del que no tiene razón. Las Malvinas son Argentinas, te guste o no y la tomaron por la fuerza como hicieron con todas las colonias en el mundo. Sos un pobre tipo que aún defiende una monarquía corrupta, viven atrasados decenas de años.Dejá de mentir, a los isleños se los trató bien, nadie fue cautivo, siguieron haciendo su vida normal, No me quieras hacer creer historias inventadas, falsas, dejá de fabular. Mostrame algún testimonio de que fueron maltratados al igual que los primeros prisioneros británicos. Decis que no eran mercenarios, y que eran ? Si hasta Gurkas comabtían y todos pagos, ahora parece que los buenos estaban todos de tu lado y los malos acá, deja de joder si son maestros en conquistar por la fuerza territorios y emplear la represión y el terror en todos lados, la historia lo dice, pero parece que esa parte no te la contaron. Chau, me aburris con tus estúpidas afirmaciones, no voy a cambiar mi pensamiento, te repito lo viví de muy cerca, no me lo contaron como a vos. Seguí discutiendo con tus compatriotas y algunos sudamericanos seviles atu pais, así se `pònen todos de acuerdo y son felices. Yo me aparto de esta absurda discusiíon, tengo cosas mas importante que hacer

[@stevemcgill2278]

The Argies want a share of the sheep.

[@alexm7743]

Islanders / Kelpers: If they were born on the Islands... they are Argentinian, right?

[@Nelox2000]

english Population in argentian territory simply like that

[@calendar4403]

@@Nelox2000 Argentinian population.

[@Nelox2000]

@@calendar4403 no, the Population in there is 100% ethnical english

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@Nelox2000 in what way is in Argentinian territory? Territorial waters? Nope. De jure claim? Nope. Argentine population? Nope. Population wants to be apart of Argentina? Nope Accept the fact that nobody's likes your third world country

[@Nelox2000]

@@Alucard-gt1zf i dont want the Population bro they can come back to london and enjoy all the variety of middle east persons u got in there, they dont need to suffer this this third world Country ;) ,the Islands in other hand are our property

[@AlejandroLopez-ru4iv]

Vamos a volver y los vamos a sacar a patadas

[@westpointsnell4167]

Hahahhh... American made phantoms

[@s.waring8364]

No American made Fantoms took part in the war

[@westpointsnell4167]

They are McConnell Douglas made jets from America you idiot,you used an American product in that war so get over the fact that you did

[@westpointsnell4167]

Just like you were supplied American sidewinders as well mate..your welcome

[@westpointsnell4167]

@@s.waring8364 did you know you used American product the 50 caliber machine gun??

[@s.waring8364]

@@westpointsnell4167 they were british made Harriers. The harrier is a British designed and British built aircraft.

[@paulcurry1481]

So what I have learnt from this and never knew is that 200 troops died for the interests of a private company "the Falklands Island company".

[@chrisknight6884]

No, it was for the Islanders, not the companies. I know, I was there, were you?

[@paulcurry1481]

@@chrisknight6884 no I was too young

[@concise707]

@@paulcurry1481 Well STFU then or read some history and stop embarrassing yourself on an international platform.

[@hans2406]

You seem to forget the people?

[@paulcurry1481]

@@concise707 yeah whatever sorry for having an opinion different to yours.

[@michaelsamuel9917]

Still Angry with the Brits for keeping West Indian John Barnes sitting on the bench for most of the game while Maradona used his "hand of God" trick to win the match against the England team in 82, You won the war but lost the World Cup!!!

[@fabioarui596]

Michael Samuel it was WC 1986 in Mexico

[@omarocampo4704]

a ustedes los ingleses los lllaman kelplefers ciudadanos de cuarta okie dokie