The Falklands War, Oversimplified (MiniWars #1, Reaction)

The Falklands War, as explained by Oversimplified. My thoughts, commentary on autodidactic learning, learning resources & a literary recommendation.
Original video:
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Learning Resources:
-Yale Free Courses: oyc.yale.edu/courses
-Kahn Academy: www.khanacademy.org/
(Kahn Academy has a free app)
-Coursera, Global History from 1760 to 1910: www.classcentral.com/course/m...
-edX has courses from Berkley, Harvard, Penn, etc where most of the classes are free but one must pay IF they want a certificate: www.edx.org/search?tab=course
MIT FREE courses: ocw.mit.edu/
Literary Recommendation:
Ficciones (Fictions) by Jorge Luís Borges: amzn.to/3Z26pN4
KZbin Channels:
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: / @dancarlinpodcaster
Crash Course: / @crashcourse
Some documentaries/films on Falklands:
-No Tan Nuestras
-The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands
Drop any others that come to your mind!
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[@benwatson5787]

I'm from the Falklands and was a child during the war. If any British veterans see this, thank you we will never forget your sacrifice to save us.

[@Lysirell]

I'm an Argentinian, i'm sorry this war happened. To be fair, i think the Falklands should belong to the British people that have lived there for decades, but many in my country are ignorant to the fact that this war was only a distraction from the horrors of the Argentinian dictatorship. Unexperienced children were sent to fight and die for a war that's actually been against our own goverment this whole time, not against anyone else.

[@notoriousdip5495]

God bless you and your folk. Love from 2nd princess of Wales royal regiment. Xxx

[@yaqui4994]

1806: First British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1807: Second British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1845 - 1850: War of Parana Criolla Victory !!! ........ .... .

[@ezequielb.5245]

@@Lysirell aquí vemos el clásico ejemplo de un "Apatrida".

[@Lysirell]

@@ezequielb.5245 ??? xd eso qué

[@chimporila]

The Pope line thing was the Treaty of Tordesillas

[@TheCsel]

While it was often portrayed as United Kingdom being on its own in this war, Chile was secretly helping them by basing UK intelligence operations and helping track Argentinian aircraft. But much of this wasn't revealed until fairly recently.

[@KissMyFatAxe]

Yes. The Chileans are good allies. We'd do the same for them 🇨🇱🇬🇧

[@jamesgornall5731]

@@KissMyFatAxe was run by a delightful man named Pinochet whom the USA had helped to install as dictator, overthrowing the elected government. Because freedom, democracy, murica

[@fall-from-grace1008]

as an Argentinian, we took the Patagonia from them, so i guess we had it coming lmao

[@paulbromley6687]

No one commenting on the sidewinders supplied to UK by our ally US to help with the war plus plenty of intel from our US ally who may have appreciated the bigger picture ie the Soviet threat at the time and the need to win

[@TheCsel]

@@paulbromley6687 well the video did show the US say "here take some weapons". I think the US would have preferred the UK to give up the islands because they wanted a stable dictator instead of a communist uprising in Argentina. But once the UK made it clear they were committed they couldn't afford to have the UK not do well, and wanted to get it over with as soon as possible.

[@pershorefoodbanktrusselltr3632]

The idea that the UK is cold wet and miserable is absolute nonsense! Our Spring and summers are mild and warm and the countryside is a lush green with beautiful flowers and scenery! If the UK were a US state it be only the 28th wettest state, New York for example has twice the amount of rain as London.

[@georgeanthony7282]

Hey... hey now... don't rain on our parade, sir... as Americans we're on your side-even us New Yorkers... lol

[@davidcavan637]

That's if you're from the south, up in scotland it's colder and wetter and even more miserable

[@yaqui4994]

1806: First British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1807: Second British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1845 - 1850: War of Parana Criolla Victory !!! ........ .... .

[@rzrshrk7883]

The negative opinions a lot of people have towards Thatcher are entirely unrelated to the Falklands War. She broke Britain’s labor unions, including overseeing brutal battles between striking miners and police. She infamously changed the law on free milk for school kids so it was only given to those under 5 instead of under 12. And she introduced the poll tax, which started riots in many areas. Undoubtedly a strong prime minister, but depending on whether or not she destroyed the livelihoods of half your town, Brits either look back at her with admiration or unadulterated hatred.

[@bobbyuk5866]

That's not entirely factually correct. It's far more complicated than that,and if I remember correctly, she was only a minister and was against the cut in milk in schools. I almost certain that the previous Labour government stopped milk in secondary schools.

[@bobbyuk5866]

Ps, Labour also closed more mines than Thatcher. As I said, it's complicated.

[@thetalantonx]

Tiocfaidh ár lá. She was one of the few people I was glad to see dead, a truly evil woman.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

Thatcher democratised the unions by introducing secret ballots before industrial action and outlawing flying pickets. She took the unions out of the hands of their bosses and gave them back to their members, and also saved the UK from communist-fascism, with its attendant terror, torture, famine, and mass murder.

[@rzrshrk7883]

@@drahcirnevarc9152 I was going to reply to this seriously until I got to the ridiculous bit about communism. Now I’m just gonna shake my head and laugh wryly.

[@TheGabrielPT]

Treaty of Tordesillas, the name of the treaty

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks Gabriel!

[@TheCsel]

Fun fact, the Argentinian ship General Belgrano was formerly the USS Phoenix during WW2, but after the war was sold to Argentina. The sinking outside the exclusion zone was really only controversial in the media. The Chilean and British intelligence intercepted communications that the Belgrano was going to turn and engage, so they sank it preemptively. And the Argentinian captain later said it was justified in his eyes.

[@knottyeti]

I always found it strange that it was considered controversial but the attacks on and sinking of British ships within the exclusion zone was accepted as perfectly legitimate parts of the conflict.

[@jamietaylor5570]

There's also the fact that the war wasn't limited to the exclusion zone, it was "anything in this zone is deemed hostile" not "anything outside the zone is safe".

[@robertyou9030]

Absolutely spot on

[@rzrshrk7883]

@Rómulo Astegher if people died when you conceded a goal, it would be the right thing to do and you wouldn’t hesitate. If the stakes aren’t that high then there’s no fair comparison between football and war.

[@rzrshrk7883]

@Rómulo Astegher clearly hit a nerve. Keep making moronic comparisons between sport and war then. I’ll go talk to the grown-ups 😘

[@Highice007]

In an interview, after the war, the Captian of the heavy battle cruiser, Belgrano, stated he was waiting to attack the British fleet. The Belgrano was heading to shallow water, which would have made it harder to track by sonar, and it was a part of one half of a pincers movement, approaching the Royal Navy fleet.

[@haraldisdead]

The "pope demarcation line" was the Treaty of Tordesillas. Glad I'm in unimaginable debt for majoring in history.

[@mina_en_suiza]

The treaty between Spain and Portugal is called the treaty of Tordesillas.

[@IanDarley]

Operation Black Buck, about how they flew the Vulcan bombers from the UK to the Falklands to destroy the runway (nearly 16,000 mile round trip) is an amazing story with a nail-biting ending.

[@ljr1998]

One of these Avro Vulcan bombers had to make a forcing landing here in Brazil 🇧🇷, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The British 🇬🇧 bomber was escorted by Brazilian Air Force jet fighters, after reporting a fuel problem.

[@lestermay5878]

One of the least important and certainly least successful operations of 1982. A feat of flying and aviation organisation to be sure but naval operations were put on hold for each raid and that was absurd. The best part of RAF ops in the war was support flights UK to Ascension Island. Fewer than 200 of over 25,000 South Atlantic Medals (with rosette) awarded went to RAF personnel - and some of those were for service at sea with the Royal Navy.

[@applecider7307]

Black buck was from Ascension Island not all the way from the UK.

[@jokuz9133]

Your dad created something great Much Respect

[@erikjrn4080]

_An Ungentlemanly Act_ (1992) is a move about the Falklands War, shot on location, with most of the locals playing themselves. It's focused on the civilians, and based on individual accounts. Supposedly, the military details are lacking in accuracy, but the experiences of the civilians are well portrayed. It also has a generous dose of dark, British humor. An anecdote from the Falklands War (not in the film) is about a unit of Royal Marines crawling up a slope, when they're struck by an artillery grenade. The Corporal shouts "Damn it! I lost my hand!" Immediately, someone responds from far down the line "Nah, corp! It's right here!" What a relief that must've been!

[@compuguy24]

I love reading and history but seeing that human interaction and how people reacted to those times are what I find especially interesting. It’s easy to forget the human aspect and emotion when reading in history.

[@davefm5559]

British attitudes to Thatcher are dominated by the very bitter disputes she had with coal miners, Thatcher is basically accused of wrecking British coal mining (regardless of the reality that cheaper coal imports were undercutting UK coal) by closing most of its collieries as a cost cutting measure. She is admired by many for how she handled the Falklands crisis but as I said the coal disputes are a lasting stain on her image in the UK.

[@tomtom21194]

Fun fact. One of the ships they requisitioned to take to the Falklands as a supply ship was later bought and still serves after a few refits as the biggest ship in the RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet. RFA Argus. It might be getting close to retirement though.

[@MrCejw]

I love your logic and enthusiasm. You are truly inspirational as I think young people show themselves as so unwilling to learn.

[@rf4569]

It wasn't that the Dictator wanted to only avoid talking about the economic crisis, Madres de Plaza de Mayo and the media started asking about the missing people. Thousands of young men and women (some pregnant) went missing after a police/military visit to their homes. I spoke with two UK vets, who said seeing the Argentinian soldiers was a shock and, as far as I know, it's the reason behind the song "Brothers in Arms". They were 18 years old with maybe months of training, little basic resources, and weapons. They did what they could. La Guerra de Malvinas is a great example of why democracy and the separation of powers should be protected.

[@JayM409]

Democracies rarely go to war with one another.

[@DonSalotti]

The oil findings out there are game changing... for anyone who happens to already live there. These islands are in a rising bubble, likely still with room to grow. People are seeing some rewards, but as always the allocation of profits is... with looking at

[@hennywortman228]

If you are interested, take a look about an iconic airplane, the Avro Vulcan, how they used it in the Falklands war, verry special. You've got some nice subjects, complements 🤔👍

[@Werrf1]

4:45 - Margaret Thatcher is a very polarising figure in Britain due to her domestic and economic policies; however, her action to retake the Falklands receives nearly universal approval.

[@numberstation]

Her prior defence cuts and the proposed decommissioning of HMS Endurance (who patrolled the islands) strengthened the Argentinian’s belief that the UK would not take military action to oppose them. It’s also worth mentioning that the war bolstered her then very unpopular government. She did very well out of it.

[@JoanieAdamms]

I dare and say - I've enjoyed your reaction more than any other.

[@SimonJM]

I'm fairly sure I have read a couple of the books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and seem to recall liking the first one but not quite so struck with the second. For a book about the Falkalnds War there is one called Vulcan 607 which goes into the (fascinating in my humble opinion) hows and whys of managing to get a single Vulcan bomber over the runway at Port Stanley, plus a bit of background about the planes and the pilots.

[@jeff0125]

I read some of Borges in a Latin American Lit class in college. It was a collection of short stories called Labyrinths, which I think was an English publication that included some of the stories from Ficciones. It's been a few decades but I remember finding it interesting reading.

[@simonradowitzky4837]

Haha, yes... Borges is a big deal. Love Labyrinths. Las Malvinas Son Argentinas.

[@kronosbot5]

The Operations Room is a good channel for moment by moment accounts of historical military operations.

[@spoonunit03]

I saw the launch of HMS Conqueror (the sub that sank the Belgrano) in 1968 at Birkenhead. Never thought it would actually sink a warship. Weird.

[@IAmHoTSHoTzz]

"These mist covered mountains..."

[@dzzope]

Thatcher was controversial before the falklands.. How she handled NI, the economy, the devastation of the heavy industry (mining, steel, ships) Her actions stripped half the UK's blue collar families of their income and she left nothing to take it's place. I personally think she had to stop subsidising those industries.. But put something in-place to build from. I think she was a very powerful individual and perhaps if she was a little more willing to compromise, would have been much better remembered by far more people.. Though then, with that said, maybe she wouldn't have been PM if she were so inclined..

[@sjhhej]

British sentiment on Thatcher? "For all she did, and all she said, we all rejoice now Thatcher's dead". I will go to MY grave with an enduring hatred for that vicious, foul woman who visited such detriments on the people of this once-great nation. For all the brutal detail of the things she did and the fascism she used to do it, the core of her offence was that she wilfully destroyed the Post-war Concensus that built a stong and stable society in Britain. She and the Tory spivs that cheered her on must never be forgiven for the dustruction they have wrought.

[@wessexdruid7598]

You ignore the huge part the Labour Party played, both before and after Thatcher. Strong and stable? The late 60s? 1970s?? Some of us were around to witness them.

[@bruno5336]

The treaty signed by Spain and Portugal dividing the New World between them was called the Treaty of Tordesillas

[@GloryCarrier22]

When asked would she "give up the islands?", Thatcher reportedly said to the US negotiator, "Would you relinquish the Hawaiian Islands?" to which the answer was "No, of course not...."; then discussion went to the US providing upgraded Sidewinder AM2A1 missiles for the RN Sea Harriers!

[@justinroantree6703]

Another great video from yourself. I love your channel.

[@gavinpaice8008]

The UK is not always cold wet and miserable, during the summer it's beautiful and even very hot.

[@marksudlow5083]

You can day that again, I was in london last year and it was 44°.. it was like being in an oven...

[@sarahnadeofpoetry]

@@marksudlow5083 To be fair, that sort of thing used to be quite rare. It did get hot historically, but it's only got worse in recent years due to climate change.

[@Boodieman72]

Thatcher was called the Iron Lady for a reason.

[@Philcoxon]

Also, i think because of her friendship with Pres. Reagan, they were known as the Plutonium Blonde and Ray Gun in the UK.

[@estoy1001]

"Brezhnev took Afghanistan, Begin took Beirut; Galtieri took the Union Jack- And Maggie, over lunch one day, Took a cruiser with all hands. Apparently, to make him give it back." - Pink Floyd "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"

[@generaladvance5812]

5:47 It's not controversial at all. The exclusion zone was to designate that any ship found in the area would be fired upon. Nobody said anything about Argentine ships being safe wherever they were in the world at the time.

[@yaqui4994]

1806: First British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1807: Second British invasion of Buenos Aires Criolla Victory !!! 1845 - 1850: War of Parana Criolla Victory !!! ........ .... .

[@ubiozmiec]

The papal bull issued by Pople Alexander VI is know as the "Inter caetera" initially, but later it was tweeked by some other treaty.

[@Oxley016]

Treaty of Tordesillas

[@aazo5]

The Treaty of Tordesillas is what you were talking about! It was devised by Pope Alexander VI as a way to keep the peace between the two largest colonial powers at the time, Portugal and Castile

[@mikza29_]

Hey beautiful video as always! Could I ask you what kind of gaming chair? Thank you (:

[@gringopablo]

Most brits didn't like Thatcher or her goverment, and as an Argentinian, we did not like Galtieri, his goverment or the dictatorship using this war as populist strategy (they loved to washed people's brains in dark times). We didn't want and we didn't need that war (in fact both countries didn't, but both goverments did). Specially against the second most important member of NATO and the largest naval fleet at the time. But still, our heart is in the islands for those young patriots and soldiers (not the dumb and coward high commanders or generals). And that's what brits value and admire till this day: the argentinians young troops and pilots' courage. Also because both followed the international combat rules, in the field and after surrender.

[@lestermay5878]

Not true. Thatcher won three elections!

[@DaChaGee]

Why is the guy saying England, when he means Britain??

[@davidstewart2]

Because people get mixed up when they see the Union Jack, they think it’s the English flag

[@uwotm8]

The English discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592. James I of England and James VI of Scotland was the heir to both thrones, hence the two countries became unofficially united in 1603. This slowly led to the the establishment of Great Britain with the Acts of Union in 1707. This is when the "English overseas possessions" became "The British Empire". The UK didn't come into existence until 1801 with the Act of Union that created the United Kingdom. It's full name was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (now only Northern Ireland).

[@icantthinkofname1244]

@@davidstewart2 no it wasn’t Britain yet

[@davidstewart2]

@@icantthinkofname1244 yes but people still think the Union Jack is English.

[@icantthinkofname1244]

@@davidstewart2 but that’s not why oversimplified said it was English flag

[@jtpgog3533]

thank you for sharing that

[@luisf2793]

PS if you want to piss of Argentinos remind them of the BRITISH Falklands During the World Cup match Argentina vs Mexico, us Mexicans taunted them by saying “en las Malvinas hablan ingles” translated to “in the Falklands they speak English” which they do it’s the official language

[@yeeticus7206]

I haven’t seen too many long form reaction on your channel, however, one of the first things I ALWAYS recommend to channels who enjoy history is Jeremy Clarksons 2 documentaries on KZbin. ‘The Victoria Cross: Britains Highest Award for Valor’ and ‘The Greatest Raid of All Time’. Easily my favourite documentaries, if you’re not interested in making such long reaction videos (however they would be well received if you did I’m sure) I highly recommend you enjoy them in your own time if you prefer.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Clarkson is a consummate teller of stories.

[@yeeticus7206]

@@wessexdruid7598 was a quite a surprise, from a causal top gear watcher, to see him approach a topic with such respect, formality and passion. Hope he makes more serious documentaries in his older age

[@billbliss1518]

Treaty of Tordesillas - papal demarcation line

[@chrisholland7367]

There are some good british dramas made after the Falklands campaign. 1.An Ungentlemanly Act .The defence of Port Stanley during the opening hours of the invasion by around 80 Royal Marines. Tumble Down (Mount Tumble Down) a fact based drama on Lt Robert Lawrence (Scots Guards)this tells his story on his compays assault on Mount Tumble Down and his recovery after being shot . I live in the port city of Plymouth here in the UK and during 1982, a lot of men and material, i.e., Royal Navy ships and Royal Marines left the city as part of the British task force.

[@McKavian]

Some of my favorite stories from the Falklands was of the Brit pilots trolling the penguins. (I can't remember if this was debunked or not, but it would still be funny.)

[@MrBizteck]

I was told that story by a ex RAF helicopter pilot. Im inclined to believe them.

[@benwatson5787]

It was more Falkland Islanders trolling the RAF, we started a rumour that the fall over backwards if you fly over them. It kind of got out of hand.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

11:50 I'd like to take you up on your invitation to suggest a couple of works of historical fiction, both by Charles Dickens: Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge, relating respectively to the French Revolutionary Reign of Terror in the early 1790's, and the British anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780. Also, I'm presently reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (in the original French - I'm a subfluent speaker). While MB doesn't count as historical fiction, another of Flaubert's works, A Sentimental Education apparently relates to the second French Revolution of 1848, although I must confess to not having read it yet. Finally, I'll take this opportunity to thank you for your excellent channel, and this video in particular. I'm an Anglo-Canadian dual national, and have spent most of my life in the UK. I was 18 years old when the Falklands War happened, so it's very much part of my personal history. To view it from an intelligent outsider perspective has been most illuminating.

[@no_just_relax]

Finally some oversimplified

[@dickyt1318]

the British forces are professionals and used only the force necessary, overwelming as it may have been mainly against constripts, it was & not pursued in a wanton manner.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Thatcher's premiership came at a time when Britain and (most of Europe really) was deindustrialising as the global economy was changing/evolving. Britain could no longer compete globally in manufacturing, and instead focused its niche in financial services (primarily in London). To this day about 1/3 or at least 1/4 of the UK's nominal GDP is made up by London alone. As a Brit I can safely say she's despised with quite an intense passion throughout most of the country, particularly the North of England, Wales and Scotland (but also throughout Ireland). Interestingly, even in what you might consider to be the Conservative parts of the country she's still very unpopular, with only a minority of Conservative-types that openly admire her. One thing you've got to give her though is she was a no-nonsense lady in a time when Parliament/Government was still very much patriarchal. She was however cold and ruthless, and not in a good way. I wasn't around when she was PM so can't comment, as I'm a '94 baby, but it seems to me that she made necessary changes to the UK economy but probably deserves the dislike from the general public that remains to this day. History might remember her more fondly further down the line as she was the first female PM, and truthfully she was spot on with her decision to sink the Belgrano. She had more balls than most of the men - she was just a b!tch

[@davidmacey5422]

You should look at the Harrying of The North in 1069-70 England. Not really a battle, more of an uprising against William I which the Normans quashed. Really interesting and a dark time in history.

[@rsfllw]

interesting that he left out the rest of the stats from the wikipedia page, the soldiers captured and aircraft lost figures skew quite a bit more than the killed / injured also I believe that the heavy mining has made a lot of the islands unsafe for people to walk on, but the penguins mentioned early in the video aren't heavy enough to set them off, so it created a kind of unintentional nature reserve for them!

[@howieshaw8422]

The mines have now all been cleared. But only as recently as 2020

[@rsfllw]

@@howieshaw8422 oh well RIP penguins

[@howieshaw8422]

@@rsfllw luckily for the penguins they were not heavy enough to set the mines off.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

How have I only just seen this

[@dajuice4200]

I love the PBS Spacetime channel. Matt Dowd is a great science educator. For a more general science channel, I recommend Anton Petrov' s channel. He posts everyday and is usually interesting and current.

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

this is like the weirdest thing I've said to anyone on KZbin but you give off serious big brain vibes just by the way you speak in the first couple minutes of this. I have no idea what I'm picking up on but if you were a Mensa member or something it wouldn't surprise me. If I had to guess you're an academic or someone with a lot of educational achievement. Anyway make of that what you will 😂

[@ianjardine7324]

The most worrying thing is the current Argentinian government still refuses to accept the overwhelming result of the referendum. Their schools and museum's still teach that the islands are theirs. Despite the fact the only Argentinians to ever live on the island only did so for a few years with British permission until they tried to claim them and started attacking American ships. The people who currently live their consider themselves British citizens and have done for generation's. The British have owned the islands since before Argentina existed as a country there was never an indigenous population 99.9999% of people who've ever lived there and 100% of people born there are British.

[@Vrealita]

Actually, it's a mandate of the Argentine Constitution. No government can back down the sovereignity claim over Malvinas.

[@generaladvance5812]

@@Vrealita Wow, that's kind of pathetic.

[@jamie_d0g978]

That's what populist needs to do. Find an enemy to keep the masses in check. Argentina it's a fuckin failed society

[@johnbenson2919]

As far as the majority of the UK at the time were concerned, it was a simple case of a Crown Dependency being attacked and the islanders wishing to remain British subjects, rather than Argentinian, so Margaret Thatcher did the right thing and went to war. At a time when public support for her was failing, it also boosted her standing and was probably the main reason she went on to win the next election. A couple of my school friends were killed at the battle for Goose Green btw. You will find Margaret Thatcher a very polarising figure in British Politics, her handling of the miners strike, the introduction of the Poll Tax and it's riots etc but certainly up to The Falklands War her stint as Prime Minister wasn't all bad, even if she did lose the plot in the end.

[@pauls.arts.and.craft.]

I think that's it! In the end she had illusions of grandeur, where she thought she could do no wrong. But the poll tax was the final nail in the coffin of her political career.

[@mikedignum1868]

Britain was in the process of leaving the Islands undefended with the withdrawal of the last icebreaker ship. If Argentina had waited say six months they would have taken and kept the Islands. At the time UK MOD was in the process of selling off one of its aircraft carriers.

[@denismorgan9742]

Margaret Thatcher also helped invent soft ice cream for ice cream vans. So many miner's that lost their job's could at least get a soft ice cream from out of the their redundancies.

[@williambranch4283]

I met a Scotsman online who was in this war as a soldier. He regretted it, went back to school, became a doctor and joined Doctors Without Borders. A very impressive man.

[@michaelmoore8]

That's a supremely badass response to a presumably traumatic experience in war.

[@maozedong8370]

@@michaelmoore8 Trauma is a strong word. Only weaklings who shouldn't be in wars in the first place experience such a thing.

[@tuuguu_fx2]

​@@maozedong8370 Sure, "tough guy". You're so cool for having this opinion

[@thetalantonx]

@@tuuguu_fx2 It's Chairman Mao. Don't feed the low effort troll. XD Though I do give credit for the roleplaying: the picture, name, and comment all work together.

[@IanDarley]

A guy from my old shooting club was shot by a sniper in the Falklands. The bullet entered his left arse cheek and exited near his shoulder blade. The scarring and muscle loss was horrific (3" wide concave indentation right up his back), but the guy had typical ex military humility and was able to laugh about it. It gave me the creeps thinking about it. He said he didn't feel an impact just like somebody had taken a blowtorch to his back.

[@shanenolan5625]

In my opinion. You can't understand the present if you don't understand the past and can't predict the future. ( What is passed is prologue) . It defines the present. ( those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it ) .

[@carringbushpet]

I've always been completely fascinated by The Falklands War. Dogfights with 'modern' Fighter Jets was absolutely crazy to see. Up until the invasion of Ukraine it was truly a war between two industrialised nations and was so interesting to see modern military vehicles and munitions in action. Not disregarding the tragedy of the loss of life that incurred, it was such a bizarre blip in the greater cold war era and really showcased to the rest of the world how a smaller professional fighting force can dominate a bunch of young and confused conscripts. You can draw parallels to the Mobiks of Ruzzia in Ukraine right now fighting against a smaller but better trained force who are treated better and who know their purpose. I'm loving your channel :) Thank you

[@wessexdruid7598]

That 'smaller but better trained force' was trained from 2014-2022 by the descendants of that same 'smaller professional fighting force'. :-)

[@TylerMusgrave9]

The Treaty of Tordesillas was the treaty between Spain and Portugal that gave Spain largely uncontested colonization rights in the New World. It was signed in 1494, and if you're wondering why Portugal would agree to that, I would like to remind you that Africa had gold and Asia had spices, and Portugal wanted to capitalize on that.

[@Philcoxon]

Al Murray, yes the pub landlord, made a tv series about WW2 for the BBC i think, not to long ago, maybe you might be able/want to take a look.

[@clarenceflam]

I think overall many of us Brits have no real idea about the reasons behind the war apart from that our territory was considered invaded. As a Welshman, we have a fond connection to British Soldier called Simon Weston who was severely burned due to the bomb attack on the ship Sir Galahad. He became a celebrity in Wales and the UK due to his survival but I do believe that many British people really do not understand the conflict and in particular Simon Weston's position on the War. He became friends with the Argentinian pilot who dropped the bomb on Sir Galahad which I feel that many British people are unaware of. The ones who are aware deeply criticised Westons friendship. War & the Brits is a very complicated matter that's entrenched into our unconscious bias. You may be interested in the Operation Black Buck which involved the famous Avro Vulcan Bomber. This aircraft was the successor to the Avro Lancaster, which seems unbelievable considering how different these aircraft are. This conflict was the only time the incredible Vulcan bomber was used for a War mission. The Vulcan itself is worthy of a reaction...

[@JayM409]

Your territory was invaded.

[@Aoiichi]

Have you heard of : The Gutenberg project ?

[@CaddyJim]

Check out *20th Century Battlefields* they did great shows on the 20th century wars including the *Falklands*

[@mina_en_suiza]

I love my Argentinean family and friends, but the Malvinas/Falkland issue is something, we seem never to be able to agree on: Whilst there might have been some legitimacy to the original Argentinean claim to the islands, I believe that if you start a war and lose it, you have to eat it up, all the more, if the population of the area in question is against you. Almost none of the people in Argentina, I know, accepts that. It's always: "The English (sic! - never "British") stole the islands from us, they have to give them back! They are pirates!" I hate Margaret Thatcher with all my heart for all the damage she has done to the fabric of British Society, but the decision not to leave the islanders in the hand of Argentina's brutal dictatorship of the time, was the right one.

[@SweetBrazyN]

Been loving these history reactions keep them up💯👌 You should react To ‘World war One’ by Epic history TV, one of the best History Channels on KZbin, he has a great 10/15 min video on each year of the war I’m sure you’ll enjoy with great commentary and animations!

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

“Gauchos, cooler but Spanisher”🖖🏼

[@brentandvuk]

Thanks!

[@brentandvuk]

Here is a good channel, a lot of WWII, but many videos that fit your criteria and on other subjects. youtube.com/@HistoryHustle

[@kevinpolito1529]

Hour by hour coverage of the Falklands War launched Cable News Network (CNN). Broadcast networks only had news a few times a day. Cable news could update at any time, day or night.

[@colincampbell4261]

An interesting point is that UK never called it the Falkland War, they called it a Conflict.

[@TheMajorActual]

You should check out The Historigraph channel -- his Falklands War series is awesome

[@clivel3966]

It’s difficult to cover any subject to everyone’s satisfaction, having said that, not bad. If anyone wants to get a better understanding of why the actual invasion came about, why the Junta thought the British establishment wouldn’t initiate a practical / naval response, look up information on the South Sandwich Island group, also part of British Antarctic Territories.

[@guym2222]

How do the British feel about Thatcher? Very, very similar to the US and Reagan. Although Reagan is almost a Commie (!) compared to his party now; The Conservatives in the UK haven't changed nearly as much.

[@fall-from-grace1008]

My uncle went to the war when he was 17, my dad didn't go because he was 15 at the time. The media here was portraying the war as if we were winning, it was crazy, Galtieri knew we could't win against the british yet he started the whole thing anyway.

[@jamesgornall5731]

It was an intelligence failure on both sides. Our government (UK) was told by military intelligence that reducing the Navy's capability to conduct overseas operations (which was marginal already) would suggest to Argentina that we would concede the Malvinas. The government failed to heed the analysis abd carried on slashing away Naval capability. At the start of the conflict if the Argentinian air force had hit a couple more critical ships particularly troop carriers i think they could have swung the conflict.

[@mattsmith5421]

I saw a video on it where they said the public didn't like galtieri and wanted him out and him taking the Falklands was an attempt to win public favour but Argentinians didn't want him to go and try and size them. Is any of that true.

[@fall-from-grace1008]

@@mattsmith5421 if you come to argentina and talk to the people who were there at the time, all but the oldest of them will tell you that they didn't want the war, nor for galtieri to be in power, remember, he was a fascist dictator, not a president that anyone choose, he was part of the "junta militar" the group that started the coup on the gobernment and dissaperead 30 thousand people, no one liked galtieri except the fascists.

[@ralphraffles1394]

@@fall-from-grace1008 I am British and remember as a young guy befriending a young Argentinian guy in Brazil, who only 19 years old escaped his country with just the coat on his back. He described the terror of living there, under a dictatorship.

[@fall-from-grace1008]

@@ralphraffles1394 i'm only 24 so i didn't live the dictatorship, but i have a lot of stories from my parents and grandparents. It was horrible, people were dissapearing left and right, anyone who ever voiced their disaproval of the junta militar was a target. The place where i'm currently studying (Campo de Mayo) had to be closed last year, they were digging in the basement and found buried human remains from the time of the military dictatorship, they're still finding bodies even today.

[@jacksprat9172]

It was British territory and had British people living on the islands since before Argentina existed as a country and the people there wanted to be British subjects before, during and after the invasion. Our many 'allies' around the world didn't lift a finger, including NATO where an attack on one country is an attack on all. That was conveniently forgotten about. Chile did help with intelligence and I think New Zealand offered a ship but instead took over some patrol duties thus freeing up some RN resources. Initially the US were dead set against a UK task force, preferring a non-communist military junta even though it was busy 'disappearing' its own population. This may be urban legend but apparently when the US was applying pressure not to attempt retaking the Falklands as they were thousands of miles away so what was the point? Margaret Thatcher coughed and it sounded like Hawaii......

[@martynhill3479]

NATO's charter states that only attacks in Europe or North America will activate article 5. This was put in specifically to avoid NATO being dragged into war to defend colonial possessions, bear in mind that in 1948 most of Africa and South Asia were still part of European empires.

[@jamie_d0g978]

Didn't you understand what the NA meant in NATO?

[@thomasparis3961]

When I was serving in the British army I went out there in 2018 and it's still treated like A-war zone Go out with live ammunition British fighters go up everyday fully armed ready to fight And you said malvenus the malvenus doesn't exist it's not a thing

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

The funny (odd) thing about The Falklands episode is that at the time in the U.K. it was known as 'The Falklands Conflict' not 'The Falklands War' which it's known as now. This is a good video about 'The Falklands': kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIa8oWaNpt9jZqM it's well worth checking out.

[@lestermay5878]

For those of us who served 'Down South' it was a war!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@lestermay5878 I served too and was there, which service were you in?

[@silverado5306]

Treaty of Tordesillas

[@leandromiguel4481]

There is a good video explaining the Treaty of Tordesillas by Kings and Generals, go check it out :)

[@Aity7]

There is 3 episodes documentary with testimonials and archives footages. Here is the link to the first episode : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXjRaal6nMeEntk

[@iamBlackGambit]

You should watch pursuit of wonder videos!!!

[@charliefoxtrott1048]

To be the 1776th "like" on a video about a British victory to an American KZbinr while beeing German: Nothing to see here, keep going (please)!

[@donttalktome2316]

All these people who think the falklands are Argentinian yet the FIRST HUMAN EVER to step on them was english lmao

[@rickybuhl3176]

More soldiers were killed or wounded fighting for the islands than civilians living on them. Newsweek won the 'Front Cover of the Century' in my book, for their "The Empire Strikes Back" Falklands edition. Don't recall if it's Timeline but there's a damned good British documentary on it, with a good number of interviews from those involved (including US officials) and more of a 'war isn't glorious' approach, rather than any bravado. "Untold Story: What did the Falklands War Actually Achieve" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGmbaKaPmNJ8d8U Edit: Carlos Ruiz Zafón's "Shadow of the Wind" - since *some* can also read it in the native Spanish.. And it's been too long out of my rotation.

[@davidmarsden9800]

The treaty splitting South America between Spain and Portugal is the Treaty of Tordesillas 1494.

[@josephturner7569]

An Ungentlemanly Act. Brilliant movie. Final score by the way, revealed after the 30 year rule. Royal Marines 99- Argies 0.

[@SuperTooboy]

A bit behind the ball on this one, but I just recently listened to a few episodes of a podcast called "The Rest is History" on this subject and it was really fascinating as a deeper dive into more of the personal and political happenings during this event. Probably a bit of British bias, but very interesting nonetheless

[@TheCsel]

It seems like a pretty one sided fight, but there was a lot of concern for Britain that Argentina could sink their aircraft carrier. Britain didnt have total air superiority and British ships were being sunk. The carrier was the center point for the whole operation, and being so far from home would be a big set back if it was damaged or sunk.

[@allanmanaged5285]

Not Chile, Argentina. Britain had 2 aircraft carriers there and Argentina claimed to have sunk one several times but both returned unharmed.

[@TheCsel]

@@allanmanaged5285 oops, mistyped. Yeah, Chile at the time was still getting over hostile relations with Argentina and were providing some assistance to Britain.

[@davidbrown2571]

2 aircraft carriers were in the Falklands.

[@WaywardVet]

The Red and Green Life Machine. It was a slaughterhouse turned hospital. Didn't matter what side you were on. If you made it in the door, you lived.

[@duncantanguay4820]

There's a nice film about argintine and brit vets who make a band can't find it as my IT skills are rubish

[@qwertymklop4857]

The 3 people that voted for to be Argentinan voted for them as a joke

[@wessexdruid7598]

That's how Jeremy Corbyn ended up as leader of the Labour party...

[@richlisola1]

Considering the fact that the Argentines were fighting a defensive war, it’s shocking that they suffered more casualties than the British. Not sure if that’s more a statement on British military skill and bearing, or one about the abysmal state of Argentina’s ground forces-It was said that the only branch of Argentina’s military that the British held in esteem, was the Argentine Air Force. By far the best branch of the Argentine’s military

[@idot3331]

904 people killed over an island with a population of only 1,820 in 1982. I wonder if that's the highest ever proportion of deaths compared to the population of the territory fought over in a war?

[@GaraEkz]

And 'till today they get touchy when people say to them that "En las Malvinas se habla inglés" (English is spoken in the Falklands)

[@Anonlb]

I'm glad you mentioned why you have such an interest in history. Big up to dad for that one ✌️ the great thing about learning history is, for me anyway, that one can see patterns emerge and imagine if we all took the same interest how much of today's problems wouldnt exist. Because we'd see the patterns emerging and move together to prevent repeats. Britain has been no saint at times that's true but also at other times Britain has done what was right and when this has been the case by God did we put our all into it. In the 20th century Britain didn't start any wars but we certainly fought to end them. Stubborn to the core when we believe what were doing is right. This is why slavery was abolished globally and is now considered abhorrent and illegal everywhere as a pose to before the 1800s when slavery of any race was and always had been a normality and just accepted. It's historical fact that from the 1200s after the creation of the magna carta document (the first original declaration of human rights) only one nation on earth had no slaves. Britain. The move against slavery was brought on with the British peoples realisation. Of the merchant classes involvement in slave ownership in the colonies. The wealthy didn't want to let go of it but we forced it and with support from the monarchy staying true to their part in signing of the magna carta we launched our crusade against slavery. Because we had empire at the time and the world's most powerful navy, part of which we put solely to the task of intercepting slave ships in the Atlantic and returning the captives back to Africa. This became the most honourable position saught after in the royal navy to serve on the slave interceptors and we paid in blood (over 2000 sailors killed) and in debt (the debt incrued for our endeavour was finally paid off in the mid 1990s) I mention all of this in the hope of enticing you to do a video on this history. Because there is a deliberate and insidious ongoing agenda to bury this history and replace it with blame and hatred. Remember how knowledge of history prevents it's repeat. Heaven forbid the world forgets and slavery is normalised again.

[@mual4974]

I don't know what a nefarious empire like the United Kingdom is doing on an island that belongs to the continental shelf of Argentina. Luckily the disastrous hegemony of the Anglo-Saxons is ending and soon the nations that were oppressed by those disastrous empires will be the new hegemonic powers and a better world will be achieved under those nations and the good thing is that I am young and I will live. to see.