THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT - RETURN OF HMS HERMES TO PORTSMOUTH

Margaret Thatcher comes aboard, helicopter & Swordfish fly past. Captain M Middleton interviewed. Royal Marines THANKS TO BBC & ITV POOL NEWS

[@Sparkypinkfloydfan]

This was 30 years ago today. Very emotional watching, as my Mum, Dad and Gran were all there to welcome me home. They are all gone now, having just buried my dad 3 days ago. Still, wonderful memories of an incredible day!

[@edwardcorry9598]

Thank you for your service! I hope life is treating you well

[@aljack1979]

I'm sure that your old man was very proud of you!

[@MRMK24]

I bet your Dad stood with tears in his eyes watching you come back home again. It's a given for your Mum and Gran, because they're your Mum and Gran lol. But your Dad would have been bursting with pride that day. May he rest in peace and may you find it💙

[@lukebell2683]

Thank you for your service

[@miguelpreza2364]

Love never goes away your love ones Will be whit You always

[@OliverWoodphotography]

Is it just me or were people so much more polite and dignified then?

[@Ardass486]

And patriotic,now known as fascism.

[@Ks-zv6js]

Definitely there was no entitled rappers walking about with knives tucked in thier puffer jacket

[@Ks-zv6js]

pbr streetgang no I’d rather go to war fight for my country and give back what it’s given

[@mac22011964]

I am afraid to say the U.K. was a different place then.....not sure what we have become now.

[@DarrenJCalvert]

Spot on. It sure what happened. Easy to blame social media, liberal society and the way it’s forced upon us, of course the fault ultimately lies with governments, they created a world framework for humans to live in, and like most government systems it creates now a harder world which only benefits rich, the lower clases are exposed to crime, poverty, and a very basic poor lifestyle, all by design I’m afraid.

[@duncanbull959]

May God bless the Royal Navy, The RAF , The Army , The Royal Marines and Mrs Thatcher. They restored pride to our nation .

[@piscola]

God save the Royal Marines, the 3 Commando Brigade and the 5 Infantry Brigade, greetings from Chile...

[@scooby1992]

and thanks to Chile as well who were the only nation nearby and probably at some risk of attack by your neighbours in South America who helped the British by providing logistical support .

[@clivemason4227]

Also 29 RA

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Chile owes a lot to the British, also.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Falklands islands is a safe place to dwell because the inhabitants are British by blood and education.Imagine their houses looted by SouthAmerican bums.No!!!it must never happen.

[@larrylaayre5841]

@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 okay then don't get mad when Muslims already legally live in your Europe and your Britain and your America. It's either your respect our lands or your fucked, your fucked either way you just want to kick up dust for a couple decades make yourself look tough. Tomorrow they will be hopping on those ship in a retreat to the Falklands.

[@steverhodes3886]

Mrs Thatcher, hero of the nation, makes you feel proud to be British. Mrs Thatcher you were a legend.

[@karenblackadder9446]

Thank all the gods we had a PM with some balls. A true daughter of Boudicea.

[@chrisfranklinguitar7105]

Thatcher was an enemy of the working class brit. She used the Falklands to save her government in times of national strive and strikes. She offered the falklands to Argentina TWICE before the war and removed the Antarctic reserach/military vessel around the islands, emboldening the argies to invade

[@tee2899]

​@@chrisfranklinguitar7105HMS Endurance was at the Falkland Islands before the conflict. You're welcome.

[@crumpetgamer]

​@chrisfranklinguitar7105 how's that guitar career going pal

[@ifyouseekay1000]

definitely one of the most impressive military operations, not just in the 20th century, but of all time. The logistics alone were insane. Operating an army that's over 10,000km away. Having to walk across an island because your helicopters got destroyed, and still having the energy to fight and defeat a force much larger than their own. I wonder if they could do it now? while I'm inclined to say no that's exactly what they said back in 1982 and here we are.

[@garyscully2417]

Watched the Conveyer being hit... dark times and so glad when it all ended 36 years ago today

[@adm1360]

The brits probably could. The Royal Marines are much better trained and disciplined than Argentine conscripts.

[@bruensal7182]

@@adm1360 Argentina does not have conscripts any longer. Nevertheless they dont stand a chance

[@higfny]

@@adm1360 Great question when you asked a few years ago. But with the QEs with their F-35s and the D-class destroyers Argentina wouldn't stand a chance now. Much more unequal now than it was then.

[@jaydef7970]

the battle of Schrute Farms was way more impressive

[@beekay5731]

Was on the deck of the USS Charles F Adams representing the United States in our NATO Fleet when the HMS Hermes returned. We spent 30 days in Portsmouth for our 1st port of call on our 6 month NATO Cruise. We Americans had and have great respect for the Royal Navy.

[@oldgitsknowstuff]

And that for this old fart Brit...means that he can do whatever he likes ! Respects.

[@nicole-louisastevens7885]

My uncle was on here. I was a vety young child. We lost him to cancer last April 2022. R.I.P Umcle Brian It brings a lot of emotions to the surface . He Fought in the Falkland war. And was commissioned by princess Anne to petit officer. ❤ Love and miss you Uncle Brian. ( Brian Bath)

[@canihazburgers]

Incredible that Hermes was only decommissioned last year by India. What a ship!

[@azazelzel6954]

I was a child then, but I still remember watching these events live as if it was only yesterday. Our economy then was in ruins, we were a divided nation, it took this war to bring us altogether. Still brings a tear to my eye watching this great event. The Falklands war brought an end to decades of decline.

[@andrewwww7684]

good for you watching a TV in Pakistan back in 1982, well done!

[@Revival1969]

Makes me PROUD, PROUD TO BE BRITISH!!!!!

[@brendancoul]

Hermes was my first ship in 79 then went to small ships for the conflict lots of happy memories on it very proud of the superb contribution that the fleet air arm did to protect us little ones

[@tee2899]

I was on Hermes then, I joined her in 77 until 80 then 81 until 83

[@Chrispy1976]

Loved watching Hermes return from the Gosport side of the harbour, my dad was out at the Falklands on board the Lusty with his helicopter squadron at the time, when they came home in 83' that was memorable to, but when the Hermes was due back, our class at school all did drawings of aircraft carriers and we all went down to the harbour to wave flags and cheer, a wonderful time.

[@davidbrooks187]

Absolutely Wonderful 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌️

[@stephenking6112]

On this day I joined a spare crew and took the off duty gosport ferry out to meet the Hermès in the Solent. I sat on the large emergency Norwegian fog horn and blew the horn long and loud to greet this magnificent ship and her crew. Amazing day, memories of a lifetime.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Fantastic views, I was on D57 (the hospital launch) for this one. I was out on the water for the very recent departure of our latest carrier. HMS Queen Elizabeth has a 250 meter exclusion zone all round and more police than you’ll ever see in a city acting as deterrent for the ne’er do wells. You can’t fail to have your heart lifted every time you come in and out of Portsmouth Harbour knowing the depth of history in that narrow harbour mouth is about two and a half times the length of the existence of the United States. That’s proper history…..

[@KentDonaldson]

"The Argentinians surrendered on his birthday" Now that's one hell of a birthday celebration!

[@mooncatklubba]

I remember watching this as a little boy of 9 yrs old. Twelve years later, i joined up myself serving in the warfare dept as an above water warfare specialist.

[@kirked007]

What a fantastic home coming reception for the Task Force as they arrive safely back to Britain. What a very brave group of military personnel. Well done Margaret Thatcher.

[@flaggnerd]

Then HMS Hermes, now INS Viraat was decommissioned from the Indian Navy at 6th March 2017.

[@karenblackadder9446]

Might be an idea to buy her back in. The way things are going, she might have to return to the South Atlantic.

[@rusrus29]

No other country does it quite like the good old British -superb home coming..

[@aldoromero3921]

😥 lamentable por todos los jóvenes que murieron! De ambos lados🇦🇷🇬🇧

[@agohelliwell6755]

@@aldoromero3921 what did you say ? In English ...

[@philipisaacs9995]

@@agohelliwell6755 He said that it was terrible that all those young people died on both sides, British and Argentinian.

[@philipisaacs9995]

@@aldoromero3921 La verdad es que fue muy triste. La guerra no trae nada bueno. Aquellas familias que perdieron a alguien en el conflicto sigue sufriendo casi cuarenta años después. Una amiga de mi família perdió a su hermano en el Coventry. Su hermano tenía 25 años. O sea, practicamente un chaval. Ella no guarda rencor a los pilotos que le mataron ni a los argentinos en general, pero no pasa ni un día sin pensar en él. Hay que fijarse en lo que tenemos en común, que son un sinfín de cosas. Por desgracia los politicos siguen con lo suyo y no quieren el entendimiento entre nuestras naciones.

[@tectorama]

I also remember it well, as well as the return of the Canberra. Just a minor point, that was a Victor doing the flypast not a Vulcan.

[@RJM1011]

+tectorama You can hear them tell him in the back ground it's a Victor. LOL

[@KangoV]

I remember watching this live on television. Brings back memories.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I have just spent this morning weeping for the fallen 😢41 years 🇬🇧

[@RJM1011]

Thank you for putting this on KZbin it is great to see.

[@paolotognini5230]

falklands are british forever. .rule britannia GOD SAVE THE QUEEN i m proud britain. ..God save Royal navy Raf and army. .I m proud served my country in paras. ..

[@happyguyx1]

im in glasgow n i was crying with pride----- lost a mate n another faught on a ship to shoot em down------god im proud

[@pagongtagi6124]

+happyguyx1 I wish HMS has been converted into a museum ship.

[@kennyhfc71]

Thank you Chile.

[@rachel37g]

My father was on this, brings back a lot of memories...quite emotional!

[@edurocha05]

Goosebumps! Long live to the Royal Armed Forces!

[@happyguyx1]

to the ones that didnt make--------those heroes------rember them #

[@abbamanic]

NATO seems very selective in which members to support and when..thankfully the UK had the skills and courage to do it without them.

[@scooby1992]

NATO ( the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organisation ) was formed to counteract the Warsaw pact during the Cold War . The Falklands War was a war involving another country outside NATO and the Warsaw Pact and was about a straight forward invasion by a foreign power of British Sovereign Territory ( albeit disputed by Argentina ) . NATO countries kept out of it as France supplied much of the munitions to Argentina's military and Spain sided with Argentina as it was an old Spanish Colonial country . The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do . Reagan , despite being a strong ally of UK PM Thatcher was in a difficult situation and was reluctant to get involved and take sides as considered Argentina's right wing military Junta as useful allies against Communism in South America .I can still remember news on TV showing demonstrations in Spain of people chanting ' MALVINAS ( the Argentine name for the Falklands ) Argentina , Gibraltar Espan '

[@scooby1992]

I know we live in a very dangerous world and always have , but I do wonder what was the pint of NATO once the Warsaw Pact collapsed .I am no fan of Putin , but in fairness to them is there any wonder Russia gets worried and offended when NATO carry out exercises in their back yard in Latvia and Estonia when if it was the other way around NATO countries would go nuts ?

[@gagamba9198]

@@scooby1992 "The USA gave strong back up to the UK but only after the US Secretary of State George Shultz told President Reagan that he should do." I think it was Caspar Weinberger who was more instrumental. He was awarded a knighthood (honorary Knight Grand Cross) because of his advocacy on our behalf. Schultz was appointed Secretary of State on 16 July 1982, which was a bit more than a month after Argentine forces surrendered and a ceasefire declared.

[@scooby1992]

@@soulsphere9242thank You I stand corrected

[@scooby1992]

@@gagamba9198 I wasn't sure when Shultz was appointed , but knew it was in 1982 , I think the guy before him in post was Alexander Haig .

[@rogermoar8471]

She really was a beautiful ship such pride and such a glorious career a true testament to her builders

[@aljack1979]

Built by some of the best ship builders of their time in Barrow in Furness!

[@adammagill930]

cant wait for the navy to get the new carriers, will do something to restore some lost national pride.

[@farmerned6]

Shame they are under powered white elephants , that can only use undeperforming problem riddled F35B's No point having a deployable army without carrier's, No point having /carrier unless they can deploy an Air wing capable of establish Air superiority , the QE's cant

[@garthtomlinson2570]

Farmer ned 6 you're just wrong in so many ways

[@topbanana8438]

said by a 10 yr old

[@j.boylan3343]

@@farmerned6 you are full of shit .

[@jaydef7970]

f35 is junk, cant dogfight for shit, has high wing loading means it cant make tight turns

[@AlbionofAvalon]

Thanks for the upload.

[@rachelhavlin5558]

My grandad served on HMS Hermes, and supposedly my mum was christend on it as well.

[@Brecconable]

I am glad someone pointed out to the journo that that air tanker was a Victor.

[@user-ko5gc9os4w]

Back when being a patriot wasn’t known as being racist

[@michaeldale8004]

I was on there and just like SparkeyR below this message my whole family even my old dear of a nanna came down from the North East to see us back home. When my grandson visits he wants to see my medal, Im sure when gets older he will want to join up. He loves to hear about my days in the forces. A bit different now from back then in the 80s I suspect .

[@URframed2]

I was on the Endurance when we got back to Chatam it was amazing but I couldnt grasp it, hard to explain I just wanted to get home. Two of us from the Endurance were later picked to march through London for the victory parade but I went home and stayed sick on shore. Now years later I wish I had done things different. God bless all those that didnt return home

[@lonewulf44]

Impressive and glorious sight ... great stuff!

[@KentDonaldson]

Mess with Britain at your peril!

[@henryvagincourt]

Great video.

[@pt45g46]

What ever made the Argies think they could beat the Brits in a naval war? Even the Germans couldn't beat the limeys at sea.

[@MikeItem7]

Incredible!

[@sterrissar]

thanks for posting as I have never seen this even though I was there in the Hermes.I was capstan party and got of then ship after it was all over.

[@atiboyful]

I am a 52 yr old American and I don't ever recall even close to this kind of reception from small private vessels for a US warship coming back to Norfolk or San Diego

[@Xxfancythat79xX]

Maybe that's because you lot weren't part of the Falklands war...

[@azazelzel6954]

Bloop Actually the Americans offered the use of one of their Carriers if we lost ours, so please don't knock them. =)

[@jamesalders896]

Americans offered us the use of their helicopter carriers that harriers would have used. They played a very minor role.

[@Yeager123123]

dave alders We refueled your fleet, provided satellite intel, gave Britain the aim-9 sidewinders they used from their Harriers and also provided sonar equipment. Britain did the fighting and deserves praise for a hard fought victory, but don't begin forgetting history.

[@darkleader5962]

Yeager123123 lol,He's not the average brit. Thanks for your help!

[@Glenn007]

Great video. I feel sorry for all that lost their lives and loved ones, both sides. Maybe certain Asian countries should watch this before they get a bloody nose also. God save our Queen

[@CIMAmotor]

I would say that the Swordfish was more famous for attacks on the Bismark and on Taranto than on the Tirpitz (which was sunk by the Dambusters' Lancaster bomber squadron).

[@transonicbuoy1]

Thanks chief.

[@MrCumbrian]

Never again will the Royal Navy be as strong.Ty for this clip.I was at school during the falklands and joined up as soon as i left.The United kingdom is lost due to politations

[@sailordoc2818]

Hermes has finally been sent to the breaking yard ... a great ship that served two navies well

[@higfny]

I can't help feeling sorry for the captains of Hermes and the tugboats. All is well as long as all goes according to plan, but if something where to happen, it would be a nightmare to correct it and get Hermes safely to port with all the small boats around :P Wonderful footage and Britain as its best :)

[@KaitainCPS]

That's my home town. I was there watching from near The Hard 31 years ago.

[@davidinchester]

And if they live on the Falklands what was the outcome of the referendum to stay British, listen to democracy!

[@voiceofreason162]

Who remembers broccoli and ice cream? The two things we had an abundance of and little all else by the time we docked? That's weird. Just saw myself on a BBC close up...and I'm thin.

[@michaelnixson9099]

What the hell has happened to this country since this proud time in our history. I remember it so well. There's nothing like it since. Just remember our forces now. They need it.

[@phatstrats6015]

+Rob McKay that is a completely unrelated point.

[@user-fd1cp9jt5i]

Phat Strats No it’s not. That is the sole reason why the worlds gone to shit

[@MZhris]

The internet happened.

[@kalapuikko666]

Globalist media has brainwashed almost everyone.

[@Eirinn967]

As a British person, I agree with you :)

[@victorbonilla4634]

The dozens of small vessels remind me of the Dunkirk evacuation..this time victory though...The swan song of the great British navy.

[@harrissteven12358]

Now this is Britain proudness not Constant moaners about the economic situation without these lads and lasses where would we be?

[@johntaylor5605]

I've seen a video here on youtube of an Argentine soldier saying that when he landed on the Falklands he thought he was going there to liberate the population from British imperialism and oppression. Why would he think that ???

[@scooby1992]

Propaganda , pure and simple . It was the lie he had been fed .

[@mrlegkick91]

Wow.. that makes me feel really bad for them.. they were probably force fed that lie by their media and superiors. I can totally imagine them thinking they're fighting for a good cause... Only to be met by a hostile populace and death and destruction from the british military. Such a shame

[@thehandoftheking3314]

Because that is what he was told. The average Argentine civilian, never mind conscript, was not exposed to outside opinions or views at the time.

[@parareflexionar1991]

Hi Steve, do you have any footage of the invincible returning to home? Thanks

[@user-og8zx2fe4n]

Im greek but still makes me proud!

[@1111hola]

I am amused then, cheers to you =) have a nice day!

[@alneal100]

The Swordfish was used against the Bismarck (not the Tirpitz). A swordfish jammed Bismarck's rudder with a torpedo. I think that they used Lancasters with tallboy bombs against Tirpitz.

[@MrBubbleJet]

Correct

[@darkleader5962]

Yes a year after they destroyed the dry dock at St nazaire

[@theant9821]

Swordfish were used in several carrier launched attacks on the tirpitz, but only damaged her and failed to sink her.

[@brendancoul]

My first ship in the Royal Navy superb to haave served on her little did i know owould be aside her In the Falklands war on HMS Alacrity brothers In arms

[@brendancoul]

My first Ship was the Hermes brilliant time but was on Alacrity during the Falklands

[@jasonladd6400]

Such an amazing event. Brings a tear of pride.

[@grimlyuk]

A great show of Bitish pride and fully justified with the Hermes return. Just as a footnote though "The Hospital ship,HMS Herald, reached Portsmouth just two hours earlier" there wasn't such a fanfare for her return!!

[@smnk3]

WOAHHH??? Where's the bit where they disembark the ship?????? It cuts off just before??

[@TroyaE117]

So much depended on this utterly vital carrier. Without Invincible we could have gone on, but not without Hermes. Respect to the brave men and women of the carrier force. Respect!

[@ianharvey2537]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, RULE BRITANNIA!!!!!

[@MrBubbleJet]

you forgot an h. Correctly it is "God shave the queen!"

[@hoppobun7]

+MrBubbleJet Piss off

[@MrBubbleJet]

hoppobun7 Sry cant do that.

[@tonyguest1673]

Up Spirits !!

[@TigerStolly]

I doubt the people of the Falklands will ever want to be Argentinian. Any chance of that happening disappeared in 1982.

[@scooby1992]

By invading the Argentinians didn't exactly make themselves popular with the population .

[@aljack1979]

Why would they want to be Argentinian... The country is in turmoil.

[@jongb88]

Beautiful

[@borja1000]

1- the Islands were originally found by the portuguese who never settled them or made any claim otherwise. 2- the Brits were the only ones who made a proper claim and successfully settled them for generations now. 3- the Argentines claim them and the Brits repelled them fair and square against overwhelming odds. That's it. I dont understand why there is any discussion on the matter

[@MrGoneTroppo]

John Craven and a Norman Wisdom impersonator, explain that to the rest of Europe!

[@1gladdis]

Yes true about Thatcher though the previous Labour government had also (inadvertently) sent out the wrong signals regarding the Falklands. Because of the way the war went, it was easy for people to say later it had been an electoral ruse but this is surely far too simplistic. It was a huge gamble. As you say, the logistical, strategic, and operational difficulties were enormous and did account for significant British losses. I also gather that the naval defence systems could have been better

[@1gladdis]

Well, I think that it is most certainly the case that there was a great difference between how the politicians perceived military operations (dimly in most cases) and what was actually possible. Then again, for most of the military, this was the first war they had fought, and as we agree, the type of war they were asked to fight was very different from NATO scenarios which dominated the post-1945 era. Reading the literature one is amazed by how much was achieved by British 'muddling through'

[@RobW581]

Here here.

[@superzamo]

Does anyone know who does the voiceover on this

[@simonpilk]

@brutefusion You are sadly about spot on in what you say. We are a poor country now who cannot manage anything yet the desire so to do lives on.

[@iqraplayz2147]

Best lads going no one can come near your so brace thankyou

[@johnbullock2343]

Those of us who came back on the QE11 and Canberra did not have a lot of choice!

[@atiboyful]

26:45!! Ah! The Fairy Swordfish Antique that got the lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder. The Brit's sure do have the luck of Naval Battle. Except for the Hood of course!

[@LondonLawman]

Or the 3 Battle Cruisers that blew up in the Battle of Jutland. It take 3 years to build a ship 300 years to build a Navel Tradition

[@1chish]

***** hey you with the attitude .. We make our own luck because we are the best...

[@atiboyful]

@LondonLawman-- I thought we were talking about WWII? The fact remains that a Fairy Swordfish got a lucky torpedo hit on the rudder of the Bismarck!

[@1chish]

***** Oh dear ... There were more than the one hit by more than one Swordfish. And to achieve that some very very brave pilots did some pretty remarkable flying under a hail of AA fire. Hell Bismarck even fired her main turrets! Plus you forget that the Prince of Wales had hit Bismarck through her bow and caused salt water to get into her fuel system and of course fuel oil to drain out slowing her down and causing her to head for France. Hence why she was found by the RAF Catalinas and the Swordfish were called in. It was a huge team effort. You reduce it to 'luck' and one incident.

[@atiboyful]

Sorry, but you are wrong! One Fairy Swordfish got a lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder which disabled it and the Bismarck then circled around and around until it was wiped out by the British Fleet off of the French coast!

[@johntaylor5605]

88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) .. In 1806 the British drew up plans for a secret attack on Buenos Aires and the 88th’s 1st Battalion was assigned to the invasion force. The battalion was then stuck on board ship for months until its arrival in Buenos Aires in July 1807. Unprepared for the urban warfare which it faced there, it had to surrender and only got back to England in November 1808, in return for British assurances that it would not attack Buenos Aires again.

[@briancline7349]

I’m surprised all those civilian crafts escorting in the warships aren’t considered a safety hazard sailing in that close

[@williammorley2401]

Brian Cline, that was a cruise I won't forget in a while!. Me and my wife asked for a refund, but they refused!.......😂😂

[@clydeferries]

She is still afloat and in service with the Indian Navy in 2011 as the INS Viraat at 52 years old. Maybe she could be back home once her service has ended once and for all.

[@jasenwright1178]

Job done! When Britain had a REAL leader!

[@Happychimp61]

Did it once I,and I would not want our people to do it again. But if we had to.... peace is always best proud to of served FAA 801 (retired)

[@SILVERCLOUD141]

God Save the Queen of the Falklands.

[@Preacherjonson]

So, how much was a tenner in 82?

[@1111hola]

Sorry I said you as the UK, I noticed too late you were not from there. Sorry again.

[@atiboyful]

The announcer mistakenly says the Swordfish attacked the Tirpitz but in fact it got a lucky hit on the Bismarck's rudder

[@Trajanify]

And possibly the fact that 99.7% of the Islanders want to remain a British protectorate (including the Argentinians!).

[@Rhocket]

Is there a way of obtaining a video of Invincible's return? I've tried everywhere, including the BBC without any luck. Having served on her during the Falklands conflict I would dearly love to see it one more time.

[@scooby1992]

There are some very short news clips on KZbin , but the BBC must have archive footage somewhere .

[@matyk9dogtrainer]

Ask the naval aviation of Argentina, they can know

[@matyk9dogtrainer]

@@scooby1992 I kept looking

[@Jeffybonbon]

This was a great day Im sure It makes you think we could not do the same thing today al lot of what is seen here is now gone God Bless Them

[@jamescpalmer]

Yes we could mate, we've got far more naval capability now than we had in the 80s. We were fucking broke in the 80's, half the fleet was kicking about in shops needing repairs. Now we have 2 superclass carriers the only country outside the US to have them, with 80 F35's coming into replace our aging harrier fleet which in the age of supersonic aircraft are flying tombstones against most modern weaponry. The new destroyers in the fleet are little menaces. We could put on twice the operation we could in the 80's now, with half the manpower.

[@jamescpalmer]

Oh lol this comment is 9 years old!!!! :D

[@brutefusion]

it rips my heart out every time i see what we used to be... now we are bankrupt, once again in decline and weak... dont you wish you could turn back the clocks and see Britain as the beast she was, and not as a shadow as she is now... falklands, the last kick of the british empire

[@KaitainCPS]

Exactly. I think there's a kind of ingenious mental block that most Argentines have. Somehow they labour under the delusion that they are a native South American people, that all South American peoples naturally speak Spanish or Portugese. Indeed, I suspect that if the population of the Falklands spoke Spanish, the Argentines would not feel annoyed by or indignant at their presence. The fact that they speak English makes them a bunch of interloping colonists, unlike those native Argentines...

[@triffids1]

we RFA TIDESPRING A75 had to wait out side until all the fanfare had died down , they sneaked us discretely in the next day virtually unnoticed , despite the fact we left well ahead of of hermes before the task force was even put together

[@lestermay5878]

A salute to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary!

[@1111hola]

I have already read and downloaded it, in fact, I'm using it for a thesis. It is offensive to anyone with minimal intellectual capacities. I would have laughed at its ridicule claims werent it so offensive. Also, I'm curious about the fact that it is so well translated to Spanish, I'd really like to know who did the job, and why.