The Falklands War *OverSimplified Reaction*Mini Wars #1 Reaction Video

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[@chiezasex]

"It's a small island so far away from England, what do you want with it?".......... casually looks up how the Americans reacted to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941

[@CanadiansReact]

Yeah we got the point. Although were not american :) - Adam

[@kieranlindsay9480]

@@CanadiansReact England didn't go to war with anyone pal.

[@Robertz1986]

@@joshmaunsell1079 Maybe they mean the fact that the UK didn't declare war on Argentina, they simply sent down their navy and removed some Argentine squatters from the island who had illegally attacked them and taken possession. Or maybe they're objecting to England being used in place of Britain or the UK (though this is actually quite common internationally and has been since England really was a separate power).

[@oak8667]

Why does someone want a port and resupply for their ships thousands of miles away? Doesn't that question answer itself?

[@Robertz1986]

@@oak8667 There are all sorts of good reasons for wanting such ports, which can include humanitarian, defensive, offensive, counter terrorism, naval rescue, and commercial. Since it is on their own sovereign territory, who cares? The fact that it is strategic doesn't make it inappropriate in any way, shape, or form.

[@krognak]

I understand the typical perspective is 'just let them have it', but the residents are overwhelmingly in favour of British sovereignty, and have been for generations. The fact that a fascist ruler in Argentina suddenly decided to cause trouble; Britain would have had to voluntarily cooperate with/permit the seizure of the islands and allow the people to be placed under his rule. If we're talking about 'claims' for land - for them to just wander into the Islands knowing they're under British control, and designate them and their people as Argentinian property is an act of pure aggression. The islands are stupidly close to South America vs the UK, and I get that. But the simple fact remains that they're ours. That's how it's been for hundreds of years, and that's how it should remain. As a ridiculously trivial example, if you buy a storage unit miles away from your home and it's full of your stuff, then someone comes along and decides it's their stuff because they live closer to it, you'd act on it. This pales in comparison to the responsibility Britain has to ensuring that the people on the island themselves can continue living peacefully, without their Crown throwing them overboard and being complicit in a hostile takeover from a nearby country, just because it's 'easier not to bother'. The loss of life is horrible, but again, Britain is known as the sleeping lion for a reason. At least it was, I don't see much of a spine in our country these days. Nonetheless, I love Canadians and Canada so I always enjoy your videos and perspective. But the Falklands is a sensitive subject for British and Argentinians alike.

[@luistorres9201]

leo dormido ya quisiera siempre han sido unos carroñeros y tienes la idea de comparar un producto con un territorio robado jajaja y obvio si así era podíamos matar a cualquiera ahí después de todo eso hicieron con los residentes originarios o acaso crees que ustedes descubrieron la isla pues claro sigue teniendo la idea que américa también como todo gira alrededor de su isla

[@nonautomaton6230]

@@luistorres9201 No moon-speak, please.

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@luistorres9201 sorry no speak surrender

[@1IbramGaunt]

Couldn't agree more Mr Rob

[@BRADSKI]

OI! It wasn't overwhelming! Three whole people voted against British rule!

[@MattDW45]

Imagine if Papua New Guinea invaded American Samoa... would America back down? No way! And the British don’t back down either.

[@JohnMacbeth]

British citizens living there, that's why. We protect our own.

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

Yeah that's totally why...

[@luistorres9201]

si claro como siempre llega a un lugar mata y roban hogares para luego decir protegemos a los nuestros

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@jeanlouisleonsanchez974 oh and I suppose you lot invaded them to "liberate" those people and the oil had nothing to do with it in your case at all? 😂

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

@@1IbramGaunt it didn't have to do anything with oil lol but to distract people from a crisis in argentina. I'm not here to protect argentina but to speak the truth even if that hurts your english sentiments.

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

@C A sure, like your previous colonies in the middle eastern. You were also protecting your own there. Fools.

[@carpathianhussar8553]

"We will stand on pricipal, or we won't stand at all."

[@shinjig]

the principle of taking over land that isn't theirs.

[@brilobox2]

@@shinjig the principle of realizing that commiting genocide today (cough SeeSeePee) is not excused by something, ANYTHING, that happened a century ago.

[@Thomas_Wedderburn]

Your right, the islands are small and very very far away from the UK, but what you didnt take into account is that the thousands of people living there are British and all identify as being British, remember the referendum the video mentioned. It would be unforgivable for any country to abandon it's people to an invader, regardless of the location. No country would allow such an event to happen without resistance.

[@Guess_The_Number]

So true. I doubt America would stand for some country invading Hawaii!

[@azzifyy5988]

@Füćk Yôůtubè Nobody was the bad guy, they both invaded, they're as bad as each other

[@Thomas_Wedderburn]

@Füćk Yôůtubè that's an opinion, and one the UN would very much disagree with lol

[@davidmarwood775]

Wrong. Colonialism is bad when there are native people that are affected. Guess what? The Falkland Islands has no natives so the English settlers are the natives as they are the first people to inhabit the islands.

[@jarazy1232]

@@Thomas_Wedderburn by the UN, u mean British allies.

[@nepok1062]

It may seem unnecessary on the surface, like a lot of wars do tbh, but british citizens live in the Falklands and when Argentina invaded they faced the prospect of being forced to live under a Fascist regime. Britain fought to get the islands back before discovering the large amount of oil surrounding the islands because even if the islands didn't seem like they're worth much, it was still a matter of protecting the British population there and not letting a fascist dictatorship country walk all over you.

[@luistorres9201]

puro cuento inglés te metiste en la cabeza para darte una razón como siempre se hace las víctimas pero que esperar de un ingles si lo hace desde su existir

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@luistorres9201 talk English if you want English people to understand you

[@zddxddyddw]

They weren't considered British citizens back then.

[@samuel10125]

@@zddxddyddw Yes they where if that was the case Britain would have said fuck it takes but no even the British government at the time considered them citizens.

[@skxlter5747]

Still belongs to aouth America they never should've been there in the first place

[@ajes3987]

because there are hundreds of British citizens there and it would show other countries that they might get away with invading us too

[@zddxddyddw]

They weren't considered British citizens back then.

[@lemonade_011]

@@zddxddyddw they literally were forward.

[@maccapaccabrump9731]

@@leo_martinez8330 then come get them

[@Robertz1986]

As someone who half my ongoing arguments on KZbin are against the British, the reality is that the British were completely and unequivocally correct on the issue of the Falklands. The Argentines simply have no legitimate claim, the British were there from the beginning, they are the original inhabitants of the islands, there was no native population, they aren't bullying anyone, they were there first, and the Argentines really have no role in this.

[@gavsch5690]

Actually the French were there first

[@Robertz1986]

@@gavsch5690 The British were the first to write down that they had discovered the island. They settled the western island a year after the French settled the eastern island, but both colonies were unknown to each other. The French, however, only had a brief presence on the island. The British have been there from the beginning and have always maintained their claims to the islands from the very beginning. There is no native population of the island, it is all colonists, overwhelmingly the British who were among the first to ever inhabit the island, and the British have maintained their claims to the islands for nearly 300 years. Argentina wasn't even a country when Britain discovered, colonized, or took possession of the islands.

[@raulcurrasperez7507]

@@Robertz1986 Spanish were there for a long time

[@Robertz1986]

@@raulcurrasperez7507 The British and French were both in the Falklands long before Spain.

[@greeny_119]

So if some country just declares war on Canada for a small island, populated by only 2000 Canadians, thousands of miles away from mainland Canada you'd just not bother? That is crazy to me. What makes any piece of land rightfully anybody's...the people living there, they have the right to be governed by whom they choose, geography has nothing to do with it. How grand it must be to be Canadian...

[@CanadiansReact]

Fair point! I think my point was I don’t like war. I just want people to get along lol -Adam

[@guerrillaentrepreneur5999]

@@CanadiansReact Even soldiers, ex-soldiers (myself included) do not desire war, but it is naive and simplistic to boil it down to "I don't like war", "war is bad", "I just want people to get along". In perfect world there would be no wars unfortunately where humans are concerned conflicts are inevitable like a war with China which is a case of When, not If. You two are funny keep pumping out those videos.

[@mrk8050]

My Father was a Senior Officer in Her Majesty's Royal Marine Commandos from 1940 till 1981, before that in 1938 he had joined up and become an Anti Aircraft gun loader, he was lucky and escaped from Dunkirk. Before he knew it he was sent to Scotland and joined what was then just called Commandos. He retired in 1981 after Serving at NATO H.Q. in Brussels, Belgium. Two weeks after he retired he co-signed my paperwork for me to follow in the family tradition by joining Her Majesty's Royal Marine Commandos on my 17th birthday. Making me the youngest of his son's to join the RMC, and my older sister who had joined Royal Military Medical Corp as a ‎Trauma and General Surgeon who operated on me three times in my career. After 32 weeks of basic training, 16 weeks of Arctic and Survival training I was sent with the rest of my Regiment 42 Commando, to the Falkland Islands in 1982, when Argentina invaded the Falklands and other British territories in the South Atlantic. On the 21st of May at 1am we landed at Fanning Head, about 1 to 2 miles from San Carlos in company strength, we had rowed our rubber landing boats to keep the element surprise on our side. After organising in pitch black conditions, we quietly spread out to cover the main landing force from counter attack, and to take out any enemy lookouts. After the main landing force had achieved a successful base of Operations we were relieved. We kitted up at about 4pm, we were carrying about 120lbs per man plus our weapons and ammunition, about 30 more pounds, and we started the 'yomp' (march) to find the enemy. The reason we had to move on foot was because the vast majority of our transport helicopters were lost when the Atlantic Conveyor was sunk, we only had 1 Chinook. After several small engagements, mainly hastily arranged enemy traps or Farm buildings, we joined up with the Gurkha's just south of Mt. Kent. There we had our first hot meal since our insertion. I never knew you could be that exhausted, all of our feet were rotting and split from the thick boggy terrain we had been through in freezing weather, but we had covered between 55 to 60 miles. After a 12 hour rest on freezing rocks, we attacked the south of Mt. Harriet while the Gurkha's launched a fierce attack howling at the Argentinian positions. Oh yeah, so they don't throw a hissy fit, 45 Commando attacked Two Sisters Ridge too apparently. After a few more hours we moved west with the Gurkha's and gave cover support to the Scots Guards attacked the enemy on Mt. Tumbledown, after a vicious gun and hand to hand battle the last of the Argentinian forces retreated to their last defensive positions. Along with the Scots, Gurkha's and some Paras, we then set ourselves ready just south of Sapper Hill and waited for the order to come to finish off the enemy outside Stanley. We could almost taste the relief when they surrendered on the 14th of June after 5 days of exchanges, some very intense. I sat on a pavement in Stanley having my feet treated by a medic while a young girl (about 12) talked my ears off about her favourite books while eating any chocolate I had on me. When 3 of my brothers came and sat beside me. One of my brothers jabbed me in the ribs as we smoked, I felt a sharp pain, the medic checked my ribs and discovered I had been lucky and only received a graze from an enemy bullet. My brother started laughing, and told me I'd finally lost my virginity. After returning back in the U.K. we stayed at our Parents and spent at least a week drinking before re-joining our Regiments. I served in the Royal Marine Commandos and other more specialised groups until 2015 before having my active career ended in Afghanistan. I was retired in 2017 on medical reasons. I now am nearly completely dependant on a wheelchair, but life is still good. I have PTSD and depression. But to make up for it, I have been married to my wife for 38 years, and in love with her since I was 15. We have 4 children and 7 grand children. So life is better than I deserve. As a fighting force and National Military, we had achieved something that no other Western Armed Forces could have under the same extreme operational conditions. By the way, the U.S.A. did not give us any weapons or kind of aid.

[@pipercharms7374]

In UK the Falklands war is well known and looked on in pride, after all the people who live in Falklands still wanted to remain british so most brits including me our glad we defended them. Though Politically if you look at this in a more cold logic, given the circimstances if we'd just let them have the islands it also likely would be seen as a weakness by other countries, considering the ex empire and the cutting militarty costs thing, so our goverment likely also went to get the Falklands back to basically still show the world that we could still defend ourselves.

[@shinjig]

you mean still steal land that isn't yours.

[@Aagggyy]

@@shinjig Stay salty

[@shinjig]

@@Aagggyy I literally have zero connection her, no reason to be salty. But the UK throughout history has a habit of taking over land that isn't theirs to support their empire. Even now that the empire has collapsed, they still refuse to give back land to the people that they stole it from. They aren't even actively using it.

[@maccapaccabrump9731]

@UCZIIpOFhbEw2XEUIBKMI7og we didn’t steal nothing from Argentina, as explained in the video, we was here first with the french and the french sold it to Spain and then we just refused to let Spain have it. All country’s have stole territory of other countries , and if you don’t know that your a fucking idiot 😂

[@system3008]

@@shinjig the more land you have the harder it is to defend.

[@AutoAlligator]

Imagine Argentina decided they were closer to Hawaii...

[@CanadiansReact]

Yeah except we’re Canadian so I can’t relate to your example 😂 -Adam

[@AutoAlligator]

@@CanadiansReact So being Canadian means you are incapable of understanding the comparison? Explains a lot.

[@CanadiansReact]

Ouch bro. 😂 - Adam

[@AutoAlligator]

Ikr. My apologies.

[@CanadiansReact]

All good man, we have gotten a lot of the same perspective from others on comments and we don't disagree with you. This was the first time we really heard anything about this story so we didn't really have much to go off of. Looking back I wish I had more context before opening my mouth. But hey we learn :) - Adam

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

There are basic rules involved. One rule is that the Falklands were a democracy and they were invaded by a dictatorship. If the U.K. gave in the theory was it would justify more invasions. The vast majority of the people wished to remain British as in Gibraltar .On the surface it could be said that a country should not own another country thousands of miles away from its shores ,in which case the U.K. America, Spain, France, Portugal and a few other countries should give them up today. The world does not work that way it is very complex. Many wars were without a just cause and the whole concept is pure insanity which means that we are still light years from actually being civilized. Few wars could be said to be justified and WW2 is the only one i can think of now that could be said was justified,though there is the theory that says if the world had one dictatorial leader ie: Adolf Hitler there would be no more war ...cant really see that. So there is a basic choice to become slaves of one country or fight back often with the aid of other countries hence so far the latter has been option no 1. The conclusion is that wars are inevitable and with the invention of nuclear weapons those wars will be considered "small wars" but M.A.D can happen due to the fact that it is possible.

[@splodge561]

"just let them have it". 🤣 Yeah right.

[@marthahanley6650]

I've always called this one: Damn bloody Queen wants ALL land and their lucre too!

[@generaladvance5812]

There are plenty of perfectly valid reasons for British action here. It gives Britain a strategic foothold in South America and gives British forces a safe place to rest and resupply. Losing those islands was a national humiliation that couldn't be allowed to go unanswered. The islands were discovered by the British first and thus their claim is legitimate. Far more important than every reason I have stated is that the people there consider themselves British and were being subjugated by a foreign power, this can not be tolerated. The people living there have the right to decide how they want to live and who they want to associate with, not the UN, not Argentina or anybody else. Today the Falkland islands have a booming economy and zero national debt. In fact they have cash reserves, something not many places can boast. They are entirely autonomous apart from foreign policy and defence & have no interest in Argentina playing any role in future governance of their islands. I know from an outside perspective it looks at first glance to just be a petty colonial dispute, but in reality this is a jumped up 3rd rate power trying to divert it's peoples attention from their problems at home by stealing islands that were settled before their nation even existed.

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

Having a foothold over south america.. lol such a British and us thing to say. That's a must for these kind of countries 😅

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

@C A and who the hell is talking about that?? Lmao

[@baylessnow]

The last of the mine fields was cleared last month, Nov 2020. No more exploding Penguins! My late step father was in the merchant navy and made a couple of trips there shortly after the war and he told me that a line of Penguins would be walking through a field, there would be a loud bang resulting in a few missing penguins. The others would look around for a moment and then continue their walk to wherever they were going. Also, they were fascinated with helicopters. They would look up at a passing chopper then fall on their backs as it went overhead!

[@mitulshah667]

it would be like if Denmark annexed Baffin Island or Ellesmere Island because Greenland is near there. it has a low population but a big impact

[@apiem]

The citizens were British, and all but 3 votes wanted to remain British, thats why it was defended

[@GlobalWarring]

The population are British citizens and want to remain so. It's the responsibility of the UK Government to protect its citizens. That is every governments primary function.

[@CanadiansReact]

Yeah for sure - we get that

[@hachwarwickshire1718]

Small island ? It is 60 miles from the landing point to Port Stanley. On the East Island. There are two islands.

[@chrisklitou7573]

It's the same if Denmark using Greenland invaded Newfoundland Canada wouldn't let that stand

[@CanadiansReact]

Fair enough!

[@LC-gs6qv]

The occupants of the islands were mainly British (I've served there and spoken to many locals) hence why the task force was deployed to defend the occupants. The occupants wanted to remain there and wanted the islands to remain British.

[@geofffd1]

Last month the Falkland Islands were cleared of all landmines, as to the Uk's reaction to the invasion against the wishes of the inhabitants. Look up British Protectorates and consider the name....

[@sentinal2337]

Imagine Royal marines, Gurkas and Paras coming at you? its no wonder the Argies gave up..

[@charlesharper2357]

The Argentine army was good at murdering unarmed civilians...but useless against a professional army.

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

@@charlesharper2357 and that's why english officers said that if all the bombs that impacted their ships would have actually blow (mostly didn't) they would have lost the war.

[@charlesharper2357]

@@jeanlouisleonsanchez974 Even if that was true, it's another sign of Argentine incompetence.

[@jeanlouisleonsanchez974]

@@charlesharper2357 Right cause those missiles were made by argentinians.. lol

[@charlesharper2357]

@@jeanlouisleonsanchez974 Make your mind up...are you talking bombs or missiles? Argentina made neither...they can barely can corned beef.

[@Heegaherger]

There is a reason there was a push to stop the production and use of land mines. Once planted, they are like Mr. Grenade after the pin is pulled - not your friend. The 2000 in north Africa (Algeria I think), a Baja Rally crew members were killed when they drove over a German mine left over from WW II after 57 years in the ground. As a Canadian parallel (though, it is a poor one I admit), I don think people would take kindly if France suddenly landed troops on the Magdalen Islands to reclaim them, because they owned them 235 some odd years ago.

[@paulmccormick3745]

It was a barren land with no indigenous life untill settled by the British and have remained loyal to their heritage and we'll always be proud to be British

[@crunkyboii7917]

Tbh it’s like asking American why they what Hawaii

[@joshuaclaywilliams6141]

As frame of reference for the younger generation, The Faulklands to the British was like what desert storm was to the United States

[@luistorres9201]

ni de cerca ingles bien que volvieron traumados

[@YannickoYT]

@@luistorres9201 At least they got to go home.

[@damedusa5107]

? The British where also in operation Desert storm.

[@graham7176]

My friends, may I point something out you probably missed. Yes, the Falkland Islands are small (so are we), But the majority of the people living on the islands are British Citizens who were invaded against their will and freedom. Things like that make the Brits wake up. I'm sure Americans would do exactly the same, given the same circumstances.

[@mr_butterball_yt7520]

I enjoy this

[@astraboots]

As the Great British comedian Al Murray said we got to keep match fit somehow. Britain hasn't lost a war in 1000 years that's a fact. Check out Al Murray name a country we've defeated them. He's really funny and a great historian.

[@mattyocat7308]

Falklands are used as a forwarding post has big military Base on it and is considered important to the British for access to this part of the world and to help move troops in case of future conflict in the area with out it we wouldn't have as strong a chance of victory without some where to refuel on route

[@kayzeaza]

It’s clear after the people have spoken, Argentina is in the wrong

[@billnoel]

Lol when I heard your comments against the British point of view I just thought "the comments must have gone ape shit" 😄 Must admit surprised to see our Canadian brothers not side with us on this one. All well Canzuk baby!

[@CanadiansReact]

Lol yeah....hahaha aw well -Adam

[@barrymiller3385]

Hmmmm..... so if Australia invaded Hawaii and occupied it do you think the USA should just say "Meh, they're just some islands in the middle of the ocean - we should just let them have it"? Or do you perhaps think they might say "How dare Australia invade and occupy American territory. This cannot be allowed. Let's go get it back." (I'm pretty sure I know what your answer would be!) Does this explain why the UK expended so much effort re-taking the Falklands?

[@CanadiansReact]

Yeah fair enough -Adam

[@martingregory9881]

If the UK just gave away the Falklands the Spanish then might decide to just march into Gibralter and China might have just decided to march into HongKong , although now HongKong is under Chinese control because the UK only had it on lease. If countries see a weakness they will exploit it . Anyway the war helped bring the downfall of the then facist Argentine government which ruled by fear and worse .

[@safeysmith6720]

There are over 3000 people in the Falklands. Almost every single one of them are of British origin, and consider themselves British to this day. Not a single one of them are Argentines, and Argentinians have never established a permanent settlement upon them. The Islands belonged to Britain before Argentina ever existed. It is not the distance, but the culture that matters. The people of the Falklands are 100% British and Argentina has nothing to do with it. THIS is why Britain cares. The Falklands are literally British soil. No human habitation on the islands existed before the French, followed closely by the British... And the French sold their claim. The British are truly the indigenous people of the Falklands. It is literally British soil!!!! This is why Britain will shed blood for the Falklands to this day!!

[@robertburr2212]

What if Japan had taken Huawei from America..its the same.

[@CanadiansReact]

Yeah we understand now

[@James-rc6qq]

I think the referendum tells you all you need to know about why we wouldn't let Argentina just take the islands.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

"it's so far, can't you just let them have it?" - No. Because Britain does not abandon 1000+ of their own from an invading dictatorship and does not allow such a precedent of aggression and capitulation to go unchallenged. Maybe Canada and the Justin Trudeau types would. But not the UK.

[@CanadiansReact]

fair enough - Adam

[@drfye]

🍺🤣 hey fair enough, but then again when you vote 99% to stay under English rule in a referendum........

[@alanandconnielast]

lol, nice reaction

[@garthrogers2269]

Why does France have a island off the coast of Canada? Or in the Caribbean? Or the Indian Ocean? Or the South Pacific? Why does the US have American Samoa? Guam? Wake Island? Several rocks & shoals? Or its Caribbean islands?

[@CanadiansReact]

All very good points! - Adam

[@joshsheff7189]

We staked our claim hundreds of years ago, when like you say, everyone was claiming land. We did that. And then hundreds of years later they were invaded. So we defend them. That's why!

[@peeshooterttyuj6959]

We found it first tho and nowone lived there 😂

[@MissBlu3B3aR]

Eh , how far away are American Samoa (6000 odd miles) and Guam (7000 odd miles) . What does the US want with them ?

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

The war was a little before my time so I cannot really comment too much on the motivation behind the war. But Thatcher was not a PM to be pushed around. I like to think it was about protecting the sovereignty of the islands population who wanted to be part of Britain. But realistically it was probably pride. And I suppose the best way of looking at it is imagine you have a lovely house with a nice big garden. There is a shed at the end of the garden. Its old, is like a mile from your house and has nothing of value in it. But its your shed on your land. Someone (a stranger) decides to start living in your shed, at the end of your garden on your private land. Do you say, oh well, I wasn't using it, I'm ok with someone else using my shed on my land? Or do you say get the hell out of MY shed and get off of MY land? And at the end of the day, you are entitled to defend your property if it is unlawfully taken from you. Its also worth mentioning that it took a good while for the British to reach the islands and the whole time they were travelling, Thatcher tried diplomatically to get the Argentines off her islands. Britain did try to get them back without violence.

[@proudyorkshireman7708]

“Just let them have it” how would you react if someone came into your home and said this is mine now? The islanders were under house arrest and some of them taken away and locked in barns. And the streets and post office was used as a toilet.

[@guntahnotarealname8817]

I see plenty of comments pointing this out, but I want to throw my own voice in. Here's an Australian's few reasons the Brits absolultely shouldn't have "Let them have the island". 1) The Argies were a military dictatorship that made thousands of their own citizens disapear to maintain power, including 500+ (!) of their own soldiers after the war to try and cover up just how badly they lost. 2) The islanders have the right to self determination and they chose (repeatedly) to remain British. and 3) Any country that can't protect its citizens and territory from foreign despots simply doesn't deserve to exist. Your government exists to protect you, and if it can't even do that than you need to make a new one. Also, the Brits victory wasn't actually as certain as you might think. The strategic challenges of operating so far from home gave the Argies and incredible advantage which they squandered largely through incompetence. If they Argies had held out for just a few days longer the Brits would have run out of fuel and ammo and had no choice but to return home empty handed. Calling it Mike Tyson picking on a twelve year old is not an accurate analogy. It's a bit more like Mike Tyson dashing across a busy four lane highway in the middle of the night to defend a small child from a crackhead with a knife after an exhausting day of training. As an Australian, I think the Brits acted heroically.

[@maccapaccabrump9731]

I still love how the USA hates us for colonising them (even though they were the colonisers) but I have so much respect for Argentina for keeping close ties to Britain. We will remain family no matter what, and I hope you support canzuk 😂🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@austinlfc]

Protect any British citizens no matter the cost

[@samuel10125]

It's a matter of principle if we let the Argentines push us about then other's can too it's also good to note that the Falklands put Britain as a military power on notice and showed the world we wouldn't be pushed about and not to be messed with it's also helps when we the primary reason was defending our countrymen. Also stop referring to it as England going to war it's UK Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland the UK military isn't made up of just English people.

[@Jay92925]

If a country invaded Hawaii which is thousands of miles from the US mainland would your government just go yeah take it go ahead 🧐

[@brianwilson3952]

What does America want with all those little islands in the Pacific?

[@CanadiansReact]

Not sure you would have to ask an American haha 😂

[@brianwilson3952]

@@CanadiansReact Yeah. I'm fully aware that ur Canadian. It was rhetorical.

[@CanadiansReact]

Sorry

[@JonsTunes]

If I stole your car would you be pissed?

[@MathiasGmail86]

The Falklands are British. Argentina at the time was a right-wing nightmarish place to live in - any opposition to the government was met with a bullet. The Argentinians should be glad the UK didn't escalate and land on the mainland. The UK came down, said "Yeah, this is ours, now sod off", then stopped it at that. Imagine it was the Americans instead of the British lol.

[@AlexKidwell1]

Do Henry VIII next! That's my favorite one.

[@TheSpacemannspiff]

Before the war the relationship between England and Argentina really wasn't existent. They didn't really care about each other after the war and the hand of God by Maradonna during the world cup the relationship between a bit rocky.

[@jacklomas7773]

You don't get it lads.

[@stecrooks1646]

Just like hawaii

[@dday9189]

The argentine ship that was blown away outside our zone was heavily armed and was moving with another ship on the other side of the island's waters and were planning a pincer attacker so they deserved it we had nothing we were an island we made an empire to prove ourselves and then gave it up but don't mess with us British because we can easily make another one just because we are small doesn't mean anything we have the most skilled soldeirs on the face of the planet and we are the smartest country during warfare.. we think outside the box to get our toops across nomans land in ww1 we invented the world's first tank

[@pipercharms7374]

I mean imagine if one of your islands was a lot smaller and further away from you, maybe Prince Edward Islands? And had a smaller population who considered themselves Canadians, if a forigion force decided to invade and take over, despite the people wanting to be Canadians, you guys and your goverment would be fine with that then? and just "let them have the islands?" somehow I doubt that, so I think from that you can see our position here. though great video all the same :)

[@CanadiansReact]

Fair enough! -Adam

[@europa8292]

As a British person I find it sad how much people insult Argentina for the war, firstly it was a military dictatorship that invaded to keep Argentinians away from thinking about the crimes of their government and most of the Argentinian troops were 18-19 conscripts with very little training who probably didn’t want to be there, but yh if Britain didn’t send a reaction force then the British citizens of the islands would be force under the brutal regime of the dictatorship

[@philipmilner9638]

Falklands thousands of miles away from Great Britain, but still part of Britain. If a foreign power took over a bunch of small island ie Hawaii would America mind? Or would they just say errr take them? What if it were Alaska would America defend them?

[@sonofeast11]

Imagine someone invades Guam. Would America do anything? Who cares it's miles away!

[@JVNFM]

So what did you go to war for when Japan attacked Hawaii?

[@CanadiansReact]

We are Canadian so we had already been fighting for 2 years lol but I totally get your point 👍

[@thomasdrysdale4240]

8:26 Like Hawai?

[@markbell4982]

The thing you said that I agree with most is "I don't know". Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but an opinion without information is just showing ignorance. First the British did not start the war. Secondly it was a British territory. You are suggesting that a country should give up part of their land to another country because that country wants it? I'm from the US. We would like Canada's west coast to connect us with Alaska. I'm sure your government won't mind and will just give it to us without a fight.

[@CanadiansReact]

I appreciate your comment and understand your position on the subject. I will admit that my comments were ignorant but I meant them in the nicest way possible. I was just saying why can’t we all just get along. You have to remember also that we watch these videos for the first time and usually don’t have any back story of the subject we’re learning about. Anyway I just wanted to say sorry for being ignorant to a countries issues without fully understanding them. Thanks for watching with us :) -Adam

[@markbell4982]

@@CanadiansReact I appreciate that and I apologize for being so harsh. You caught me at a bad time. On two of the last three videos I had watched, the reactors were making some of the worst comments I had heard and I just popped a cork on your video. "Can't we all get along" is a beautiful sentiment, but it is an unobtainable dream. It goes totally against human nature, and while civilization has tamed most of us, there will always be cruel, evil people in the world. Envy, greed, and imagined grievances have caused more strife than even evil, cruel people. I wish you peace. I will remain ready for reality. 2020 has revealed too much to my previously blind eyes.

[@garethfarman9540]

It is a democratic principle. The people want to British. Also not England ....the UK. Calling us England is like calling the USA, Texas or Canada, British Colombia.

[@iangreenway5580]

We fought for it because British people lived on the islands. Hawaii is 2,500 miles away from mainland USA so why didn’t you just let the Japanese have it in 1941??? Yeah there you go, that’s why. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@CanadiansReact]

Well that’s because we’re Canadian...lol jokes on you 😛 -Adam

[@iangreenway5580]

@@CanadiansReact Not really a joke. In your video you ask why we would go to war over a few islands, I just explained why and gave an example. Maybe I should of said the same reason we went to war with America when they tried to invade Canada in 1812. Which funnily enough is a war my 5 X great grandfather fought in. I also in 2006 I got to see a little action along side some Canadian troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, bloody good lads. So as you are Canadians we both have the same Queen too then A. 😉

[@JH-ty3ic]

If I find out where you live, I'll move in and then blame you if there's trouble. The British didn't invade the Argentinians did

[@wadewatts6606]

I’m British and hell we ruled the world and let most of our empire go but still need to show we can still kick ass

[@ConnbineHarvester]

You Brits sure showed that virus what you're made of. Happy Brexit Britain!

[@wadewatts6606]

@@ConnbineHarvester lol

[@williammorley2401]

You said 'Let them have it!'. If an Argentine military dictatorship that was murdering thousands of it's own people decided to invade American territory, would you still say, 'let them have it'?. I somehow think not!!!.. Regarding the mines; the last of the mines have now been cleared.

[@winnywin]

Is it true that the Argentina flag is a white cross on a white background?

[@bfcclarets4694]

Oil and us didn’t take it, like they could..

[@elvangulley3210]

well yes we could easily

[@bfcclarets4694]

@@elvangulley3210 they definitely couldn’t, size means nothing

[@elvangulley3210]

@@bfcclarets4694 do you really think the RAF and RMs could beat America i mean come on we aren't Argentina

[@bfcclarets4694]

@@elvangulley3210 you’ll lose millions of soldiers trying to invade Britain, Germany tried when they controlled all of Europe and lost in the Battle of Britain and they’re a 30 minute plane ride away, we could easily improve our defence budget we just don’t need to cause we’re clever

[@elvangulley3210]

@@bfcclarets4694 we have the worlds biggest navy while yours has shank big time our navy has more planes than the entire RAF by itself and they are better than yours we have 11 air craft carriers you have 1 and its not nuclear like ours and it doesnt have plane catapults that makes it possible to launch bigger planes like ours do you dont stand a chance

[@NicoGrind]

Es curioso que se rían de algo ta serio....como se nota que no saben lo que es una guerra por la soberanía de un territorio que por te pertenece

[@stuartturner7672]

Well the people living there are British so as British citizens they have the same freedoms and protections the rest of us do, what would your country do if there were American citizens living somewhere far from America that was invaded by a foreign aggressor

[@glastonbury4304]

The people who live there are British, so you would let your territories with Americans on just got would you?

[@alexwright9253]

Why did you let Mexico have Texas!!

[@alexwright9253]

Sorry was supposed to say why didn’t you let Mexico have Texas!!

[@Earthling..]

You two must be ill informed. You said "So they found oil there and the US didn't take it." Wow. You did hear them in the video say that it's a British island.... Right? Thats why they, the US, didn't or wouldn't try and take it. Surely you can understand that Americans would not want a full out war with a military like UK, a country that also happens to be their oldest and closest ally, simply over a little oil. I'm not even from the West and I even know that USA and UK are both two strong military and both also good friends. I doubt the American government would have the courage to steal British oil because it would lead to conflict. And also, the American citizens like the British citizens too so they would definitely be angry at their own government if it attempted war with Britain over some oil. C'mon gentlemen. Surely you are not that naive. ✌️

[@CanadiansReact]

Hey man thank you very much for your comment. I think we were more making a joke about America taking the oil because its the big brother of the world. But yes you are 100% right. - Adam

[@Denis-Maldonado]

Hi, Argentinean here, the war was caused by an US-sponsored military dictatorship, most people didn't want war, only the military government zealots which were a minority. I think my country don't have any right to claim ownership over the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands like they did from 1904 onwards, but we firmly believe the Malvinas/Falklands Islands were Spanish after they bought it from the French, who were the original colonists, not the British who came a year later. The Spaniard government recognized our ownership of the island as inheritance after independence (uti possedetis iure) from the colonial days (just as the UK recognized the Midwest as US territory after losing the usa war of independence even if it wasn't part of the 13 colonies territory). The UK then in 1833 kick out the Argentinean colonists to "retake" the islands, as they see em as theirs; but for us the history is like i said before France (Sold it) > Spain (Lost it during our war of independence) > Argentina (uti possedetis iure recognize by Spain). The islanders right now are the descendants of the British implanted population of 1833, so of course they will vote in British favor, it would not be the same is the original Spaniards, or the 1833 Malvinas province Argentineans voted the same referendum. It's funny that most of the world its against Russia because they annexed Crimea after a similar referendum, with a demographic of Russians living for generations decide to be Russians instead of Ukrainian. Just as this British islanders decide to be British after kicking the Argentineans out and living in the islands for generations.

[@leryx2665]

No, thats not cool. Malvinas is a remaining of imperialism. Is part of a system were rich countries exploit poor ones.

[@theshrubber3730]

The war was about self determination. 99.8% of people want to be British not Argentinian. That's it. Argentina was being a bully and if you have the capability to stand up to Bullies you should. Britain certainly had that capability. While the majority of Falkland Islanders (who incidentally are British citizens) want to remain British then the Islands should remain British. If at any point the Islanders want to be Argentinian then the island should become Argentinian. It's not that difficult to understand. Standing up to a vicious military dictatorship is not a bad thing, in fact it is a good thing and should be celebrated as such, and not put down as being stupid as you guys have just done. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

[@Swindondruid2]

My favourite summing up of the Falklands War is: “Two bald men fighting over a comb”.

[@stephenhulme6583]

O.K First are you guys American or Canadian ?. If you are American imagine Hawaii being, invaded and then saying its a waste of time.Its so many thousand miles away Let them have it . Its not going to happen is it.

[@stuartwhelan3258]

Only British people lived on the islands. If you were one of them under Argentine occupation I think you would not be so bloody flippant about being invaded now would you. Would you be saying Yeah just give them the islands. I doubt it.

[@davidmarwood775]

“It’s a stupid war” The fact that you think a country defending its sovereign territory and its citizens from a fascist dictatorship is stupid says more about your own stupidity than you think. Maybe stop watching Oversimplified and go do some reading before you make such stupid and insanely offensive comments. From a Falklander and British Citizen.

[@davidmarwood775]

In fact it’s more than offensive it’s insulting and demoralising. “Just let them have the islands” do you think the Argentine Junta was just going to leave us islanders stay and it would be sunshine and rainbows? No they would of kicked us off the island or worse, we would of lost our homes, the places we were raised, the places where our families were born and our parents lived and died. For you to say “just let them have the islands” is insulting not just to us but to the people who have lived and died here. How dare you say that, especially from someone who has probably never had to worry about being displaced from their home or even worse, killed. Thank god the people of the U.K. and Thatcher has more backbone than you and stood up to fascism. I’m usually not one for vulgar language but sincerely, from the bottom of my heart. Fuck You.

[@k4ru220]

It is important to highlight the bravery of the Argentine army with basic military equipment, they did not have a night viewer, they had no food, the Argentine air force used planes without height gauges or guided missiles. On the other hand, the British had the best technology, they had American weapons and they also had the information that Chile gave them. They needed all that help to be able to win a war against a South American country that had nothing. However, the Argentine air force gave them a fight. The Argentine troops knew how to counter the enemy attack. With good technology, any army is good. The challenge is to fight in unequal conditions and still continue standing.

[@paulbarrett5771]

Two clowns.... The islanders voted to be stay British in the 70's there was over the 2000 people on the Island. the over simplification is too simple.

[@CanadiansReact]

🤡 🤡

[@AleahMartin961]

Bias….

[@Tom-bs1em]

Sorry about the British comments complaining. These videos are what you learn and form your opinion on! I think mines only got removed this year but I’m not sure. As you said about France the same is about the uk - is still quite a lot of unexploded ordnance in the UK from the world wars. Interesting to here your views on it. Personally I think you’ll find a lot of British thinking it was the right thing to do because obviously they were British citizens but there are points against that view point. Anyway have a good week - from the UK 🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@gonzalopaganelli4237]

I see a lot of ignorance in the comments. England reveals the casualties you took. You English were about to surrender to the Argentine Republic. LONG LIVE THE COUNTRY CARAJO. LAS MALVINAS ARE ARGENTINE

[@geofffd1]

Your attitude unfortunately is unconsidered and condescendingly insulting, the Falklands are a British Protectorate as long as the population wish to remain as such. If you care to look at the occupation in more detail you will see the treatment the populace could have expected from that particular dictatorship. Any other British Protectorate woild have taken some comfort from the UK's response.....

[@Valkyrie1911]

They found oil and the United States didn't take it? No. The United States: *ahem....Not YET.

[@damedusa5107]

So from your point a view, it’s ok to invade and take over a place, because it’s near your border? Forget about the people who live there and what they want, the referendum alone should make you realise what the people want. You also say Britain being a bully? By defending its people to an invasion? Strange take.

[@gonzalopaganelli4237]

MALVINAS ARGENTINAS