Falklands War From Argentina's Perspective | Animated History 

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When my Argentinian grandfather found out that the British took back the islands, he started having ww2 flashbacks. I think he was an electrician or something, since he had this helmet with 2 lightning bolts on it.

There is a legend that while planning this invasion, a respected retired Admiral was brought in to review the operation. He read it thoroughly, then looked up and said, "This is a marvellous plan, but it is missing a bit." The other officers asked, "what is missing?" He replied, "the plan to invade London, which is the only way you will win."

Fun fact: Argentina was shockingly close to invading Chile. On 22 December 1978, their troops actually entered Chile, but after a few hours of mountainous terrain, the attack was called off due to extreme weather, and the Argentines retreated back into their borders with Chile not even knowing it happened until later on.

Fun fact: when the BBC broadcasted the news of the British landing point, the Argentinian commanders thought it do outlandish to have a state media company broadcast plans of military operations that they completely ignored it and failed to adequately re-in force the beachhead.

Many of the Argentinian soldiers were teenagers between 16 and 20 forced into the war by a lottery-like system that functioned based on your National Identity Number (DNI in spanish). Many of the veterans, including one of my high-school teachers say that surrendering and being captured by the British was the best thing that they could do, because many of their officers would treat them with violence, while the British would take care of them as POWs. Even more, many of the on-ground soldiers had to hunt sheep in an effort to get any food, since the Military Junta barely sent supplies to the islands

RANDOM FACT The ARA General Belgrano was actually a US-built and commissioned Brooklyn-class cruiser given to the Argentine Navy. Her name was the USS Phoenix (CL-46), and she was a Pearl Harbor survivor.

"Despite this utter betrayal by the producers of Wallace & Gromit..." - Is a truly amazing line for a history documentary. Excellent work whoever came up with that.

You may not know an almost lost move on our (Argentine) side: before the conflict we used the flag without the sun (Sol de Mayo, Sun of May) on most civilian occasions. Displaying the flag with the sun was a military tradition as it is understood it means war. Well, since 1982 the flag has always been displayed with the Sol de Mayo thoroughly depicted. Greetings from Hudson, Argentina to my beloved British foes.

I've heard some intersting perspectives from other South American countries like Chile and Brazil about the Falkland War. Basically, many of them were supportive of Argentina's claim to the island but going to war with the British was a stupid move (even Chile supported the British with a place to land their planes).

There is only one victory worth celebrating when the guns fall silent; the fact you are still alive. To all those British and Argentinan lads whom lost their lives, God bless and Godspeed 🇬🇧 🇦🇷 Never again.

13:38 "Chileans are traitors!" "Why did chile not back-up Argentina during the falkland war? 😭😭😭" Literally Argentina and Chile being on the verge of war at the time.

I remember hearing an RAF fighter pilot praise the skills of the Argentine Air Force. He compared them with F1 drivers and pointed out they were fantasic race drivers seemingly undeterred by risks, and they flew the same way.

One of the ironies of the war is that the population on the Falklands was declining prior to the conflict, and within a few years would have been deemed unsustainable by the British government, who would then have been open to discussing a transfer of sovereignty. However, largely due to the conflict, the population has since increased to a sustainable level.

The Falklands War: Also known as "That time a Junta couldn't had misread a situation on the ground even more!" _OR_ "How to destroy your dictatorship in 3 Easy Steps?"

The Belgrano was formerly the USS Phoenix. It was sold to Argentina after WW2. It actually was in port during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor and took damage.

My parents `British` said that when they visited Argentina in the 2000s the Argentinian people were really friendly and looked after them very well. Thank you and best wishes from the UK.💌

Gromit came out unscathed. As he was vigilant. Though the same couldn’t be said for innocent little Wallace. The war changed him. He no longer smiles outside the presence of cheese…

It's an interesting conflict, one of the last ones that was fought over a long distance and using naval forces.

I think is a major mistake not to talk about the geopolitical situation of the cold war in south America, the aid of the USA to all the countries including Chile and Argentina military regimes. The strong hate among Chileans and Argentinians, and the big international scene where diplomatic pressure from UK could bend a private corporation to not comply with a contract to supply Argentina with the Exocet missile for their SE Aircrafts. Uruguay didn't vote with Argentina and remained neutral because some minor dispute over an island in the river plate that belongs to Uruguay but as today keeps a military garrison from Argentina. Peru did help Argentina because they always saw Chile as an enemy, they always wanted the regions chile won in war, the same war that took the Bolivian path to the Pacific ocean. No one expected the British to form a task force to retake those islands, plain and simple. But the islands still had an strategic value.

That intro was beautiful and masterfully put together

I don’t know how to explain it but this video feels much better animated than any video before, like it was already really good but this one just feels even BETTER. Hope someone in the animation/drawing team sees this, you guys are doing a wonderful job. Can’t believe this is all accessible for free

I see the Falkland’s I click. Such a interesting conflict that doesn’t get covered as much as it should.

Excellent, well produced programme and so interesting to learn about the war through Argentines eyes and how they went about it. So good to watch these programs, they are all well done and very educational.

Great video, and it’s good to see things from the Argentinian side. I’m British but it was a bloody battle, and frankly I have huge respect for the forces on both sides. God Bless all those who lost their lives.

As an argentine... thank you. Many people fail to see just how badly argentina was in this period. I have a teacher that assisted the war and told me how terrifying the night was. See, at that point, the british had night vision technology, while we didn't. They also had the communication advantage. Politics dominated the military. I love that little note at the end, that 2021 diplomatic talks only started because the president had low approval ratings, hinting that absolutely nothing has changed. You're goddamn right.

The friend of a teacher I had in High School is a veteran from the war... It was awful, not only he was just a conscript (When you were 18 you could be selected in a lotery for 1 year of military service... he "won") from a zone that is hot and dry as Texas/Australia... with barely any supplies he was sent to an island closer to the end of the world than home. Also a fun trivia fact... the democratic elected presisent after the fall of the Junta (R. Alfonsin) caused an economic calamity that ended with hyperinflation... Argentina can't get a break

Whoa! I've been meaning to check out your channel for a while now, just always seeming to miss the opportunity. Anyway, I recently found your USSR and WWII videos, And I just wanted to say that I really admire your storytelling skills, script writing and artwork. I'm not sure if you do it all yourself or you have help, but it's very well made. You have a new subscriber.

Your comments regarding the British pilfering From the islands interested me. My understanding is that the Falklands are barren rocky crags only suitable for raising farm animals. What did they actually steal ??

Defeat is sometimes the best thing that can happen in a war. Argentina missed out on some penguin inhabited rocks settled by some English speaking sheep farmers but instead it got its democracy back.

Shout out to the quality of these videos only getting better! Your team is doing an amazing job!

Great video 👍 and animation and info on point

As someone who's lived there for more than 4 years with my family, you've done a good job at explaining the Argie's perspective. However, we will be keeping the islands.

Nice to see your doing this. I barely see anyone else talk about the Falklands war.

I am 26 years old now, and my mother was only 12 years old when the war broke out here in Argentina. At her school, a campaign was raised in order to supply our soldiers with chocolates and other goods that they wouldn't get otherwise. I remember my mom telling me how she even wrote letters to these unknown soldiers, some of which where just 6 or 7 years older than her. I've recently heard that those supplies never reached the soldiers, because they were stolen by some corrupt argentinian officials on their way to the islands. I don't know if my mom knows this, but what I know is that I she will never hear it from me.

Argentina: *gets taken over by a dictatorship that murders and tortures thousands of its own civilians UN: “I sleep” U.K.: *starts extracting resources from its own territory UN: “ *Real Shi* “

it's also important to mention that during that time, argentina was under martial law and few soldiers were older than 20

Being as the last military Junta was essentially placed, supported and partially trained as a US effort against the chance of a south american red uprising, the fact it ended in a fluke of a conflict against a NATO partner essentially makes this a preview of what would later happen with the Taliban.

this war spawned the best newspaper headline ever: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, superimposed over a British carrier sailing full-speed to war.

Thanks good info keep it up :)

One of my colleagues was on the prison ship that returned the Argentinian soldiers after the end of hostilities. They were taking the POWs up onto the open deck in small groups so that they could stretch their legs, have a cigarette etc. Before returning them below. One man asked him as they were led up "Is this it?". My friend was puzzled "is it what?". The guy replied "Last cigarette and over the side". Some of them genuinely thought we'd shoot them and dump them in the South Atlantic. I'm sure many are familiar with the story of the Argentine pilot who was shot down, Found himself in British military medical care and was surprised to discover he was treated in accordance to his injuries and not his nationality. Which put him higher up the queue than many of the British troops in the facility. it makes me wonder what the treatment of British troops would have been if the situation had been reversed. The state of Moody Brooks barracks gives us a clue. It was shot to bits and had evidence of hand grenades being set off in the barrack rooms. The Royal Marine contingent was supposed to be asleep in those barracks when the Argentines invaded. That they weren't is probably why none of them were killed. Also, Rex Hunt called for a cease fire because they were holed up in a wooden building and the Royal Marines had no intention of surrendering. He didn't want those young men to die pointlessly, as he saw it. It would have been nice if that had been shown in the video.

Godspeed to those who perished in the cold waters and the land of the Falkland Islands. Que en paz descansen los muertos. 🇦🇷🇫🇰🇬🇧

There is a small mistake, the Argentinian soldiers that invadede the Falklands, were not just conscripts, or poor second hand units, but the elite and very motivated Argentinian Marines. They were replaced by the conscripts after the taking of the islands. This actually matters, because the professional soldiers were much better (in part due to better officers) at upholding order, and making sure the civilians were not at risk, something conscripts units have a much harder time doing.

Interesting video, I find some similarities within the follies of the Argentinian military to that of some other incidents in our time. Also find it interesting that the dispute has been brought to the table by Argentina as recently as just last year, troubling indeed. In these times we cant count anything out on the world stage anymore... many are emboldened as of late

You are a great teacher thank you for your service of teaching

You missed a HUGE detail, Argentina REFUSED to abide by the 1978 arbitration award with Chile and threatened to INVADE but had to back down when Chile prepared for war. They vowed to try again and went in an uncontrolled military shopping spree, until deteriorating local conditions made invading the Falklands look like a good idea, sicne the UK looked like an easier target than Chile. THAT is the reason why there was trouble with Chile

My uncle was a sailor on HMS Endurance when the war broke out, the only Royal Navy ship for thousands of miles, as an Antarctic survey ship she had very few weapons, she had to evade the Argentine navy for weeks whilst they hunted the Endurance, alone and defenceless hiding from radar alongside icebergs, she would have been a massive propaganda coup for the Argentines had they sunk her,, he listened in as the Santa Fe an Argentine submarine was attacked by Endurance's helo and was there with the SAS on board before and after retaking South Georgia

My dad was doing his obligatory military service in Mendoza when war broke out, and if the war had lasted longer, he might have been sent there. Thankfully, that never happened, and its just an anecdote

I really apreciate your effort for looking wich was the perspective of the argentinians in that moment. As one of them, I thank you.

US Gov during the conflict: "Could you not just give them these islands, it;s not as if they're near you or strategic?" UK Gov: "Like Hawaii is to you? The answers No" US Gov: "Fine... want some guns?"

Just the amount of details that the graphics team put into this is insane! Even the typical 70's milico moustaches on the officers, very well done you guys!

Superb presentation.

I went as a medic aboard the Canberra and wrote a best selling book about it called 'The Band That Went To War'. I also came back from the war with an unusual souvenir, a signed 'thank you card' from the enemy!

I actually never heard of this war until I saw the film “blessed by fire”, a pretty good film about the Falkland’s war. It’s a pretty interesting war

After reading and learning about "The Dirty War" I'm unfortunately glad that this war happened. Severely undermind the military junta of Argentina and gave the people the final drive to demand democratization.

This obsession regarding remote islands that have never really been a part of Argentina, nor have ever had a sedentary Argentine population, amazes me. The only thing that comes to my mind, it is yet another way to deflect people's attention from the inability to solve problems at home.

Man you guys should totally turn some of your thumbnails into posters cause they're really well done this one is definitely one of the best ones you've made so far

In regards to Piaggis surrender, given his intelligence and that he was uncertain as of whether we had artillary, the decision to save the town and his men is admirable, of not commendable

4:00 lol love the streetfighter analogy

That torpedo launch at 16:15 hurt me a bit Though makes sense cause you can't really do a long visual cut with torp going into the water and hitting the sub.

When starting a war to gain popular support completely backfires

The British have only just cleared the Argentine land mines from the beaches that had become penguin sanctuaries as a result. The birds were too light to set them off.

15:30 love the reference to "Empire strikes back" !

Its neat seeing my close friend's thumbnails on such big videos

I'm an Argentenian-American and I love this video. I feel as if the war isn't talked about much, and when it is talked about, the legacy is often left in the dark. It was this war that raised a dictator's approval rating, and it was this war that led to the Junta being overthrown. I visited the country last year in November and I saw firsthand how the low-approval government in the middle of an economic crisis is trying to get the country back to a patriotic Falklands state of mind: in Ushuaia, Rosario, and Buenos Aires, it's not uncommon to find flags, memorials, billboards, and even bills with the islands - but even isolated cities in the middle of nowhere have this. I love my country, yet I don't want people to think that all Argentines supported the war or people to think that the war doesn't live on. Argentina is a great country, yet it has its own flaws.

The biggest irony is that the airforce of Argentina who weren't that enamoured at the idea of invading the Falklands fought heroically .

bearing in mind that the falkland islanids were settled by british people under british jurisdiction before agentina came into existence, it has always puzzled me how argentina feels justified in laying claim to anything. i think the referendum showing 99% support for remaining under british sovereignty caries some weight too.

Stellar work. Waiting for part 2 when this is seen from the British POV

The production quality on these videos is getting so good that it's amazing that you're putting in so much detail both in your narrative and also into the visuals.

The Falklands will probably be disputed forever. Great video. It's always nice to see a different perspective on a war.

very nice! I was expecting to see more about Argentina's Air force Achievements

One of the things that always frustrates me whenever people talk about this period of history is the framing of it as some nation rising up against colonialism and people just assume that Argentina must be in the right because Britain evil empire. The Falklands never had a native population to be displaced by colonists, and the Argentinian's only claim to the island is an inhereted claim from the Kingdom of Spain. In this situation, the Argentinians ARE the colonial power.

Lesson: Never steal Britain’s rock collection.

Several inaccuracies, most minor, but stating "The Argentine Airforce outnumbered the RAF 3 to 1" is completely wrong. The Argentines fighters outnumbered those of the 1982 Naval Task Force by 3-1 not the RAF. BIG difference. No country that engages in war is innocent of warcrimes. To only point the finger at the British is narrow-sighted at best.

The claim that there was only one argentine casualty during the initial invasion is laughable and merely Argentine propaganda. Informing the viewer that Rex Hunt "realised the futility of the situation" without making any reference at all to the Royal Marines and members of the Falkland Island defence force who gave the Argentine invasion force a proper spanking before they surrendered is an exclusion that beggars belief.

El Historiador de sillon!! Loved it!

You claim that the MoD "verified" execution of Argentine PoWs... but that's not strictly true. The investigation into those allegations didn't find evidence and the claims appear to have been mistaken or outright false. The MoD certainly didn't "verify" them. Quite disappointing you'd put such a contentious claim in a literal footnote.

Hello, I am from Perú and yes my country supported Argentina in the war but many thinks that it wasn't a good idea because we were with our own internal problems to support with a war that wouldn't gave us something in return

It would be awesome to have a dedicated discord server of the war with both nations represented, as an Argentinian it would be interesting to know what a regular British citizen knows about the war and the point of view. Moreover there are a lot of stories about people that are still looking for soldiers from the other side because they end up being friends

Speaking as a Yorkshireman, Maggie's response to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands was one of, if not the best thing she ever did during her Premiership

Why is it always you make a video that I needed in my life, but didn't know I needed in my life. Fantastic work, been watching y'all for years now. Keep up the amazing work!

There is an Argentine TV series, *Combatientes* (Fighters in English) that was made in 2013 and was billed as Argentina's version of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which I think is worth a watch if one wants to see the Falklands War / Guerra de las Malvinas from the Argentine perspective. It narrates the experiences of a few young Argentine conscript soldiers and an officer during their time in the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas. Language is in Spanish though and I haven't been able to find English subtitles for this unfortunately.

Four years before this war, Argentina threatened Chile with an invasion over the "Beagle" dispute.

Also let me point out that the period of Argentina in the 70s was a much more complicated case. The former president and general Juan Domingo Perón, had returned to the country in 1973 after a long exile in which he was received by crowds of different currents. Before his return, he sponsored militant groups to destabilize the anti-Peronist governments that had expelled him back in 1955. Among these groups emerged the so-called "Montoneros", a revolutionary group with a Guevarist bent but which supported the return of Perón and advocated a “nationalistic socialism”. Los Montoneros, got public support thanks to the kidnapping they carried out with General Pedro Aramburu and their subsequent execution. The victim had already gained a lot of hatred among the population due to his role in the military coup that overthrew Perón in 1955. However, the support would not last, because a series of murders, kidnappings, robberies and bombings it created a climate of counterproductive terror on the part of the guerrillas. Between 1969 and 1975, almost 700 people were murdered, including Army officers, industrialists, trade unionists, priests and foreign diplomats. With the death of Perón in 1974, the chaos and disorder did nothing but harm the government of his wife Isabel Perón, who would end up being overthrown in a coup on March 24, 1976. As a result, a government was created from a Military Junta directed by Jorge Rafael Videla, who would become president from 1976 to 1978, supported by the admiral of the fleet Emilio Eduardo Massera and the chief of aviation, Ornaldo Ramón Agosti. The Junta began the so-called National Reorganization Process, which consisted of monitoring or purging everything that was linked to guerrilla subversion, including an intense campaign of persecution and kidnapping of leftist militants until 1979.

Absolutely love your work, it's very important to look from the perspectives of both cambatants to take a clear picture, and you have been doing a excellent work in that regard. Love from India

Interesting that the Argentines call the Falkland Islanders "colonists" when most of their nation is descended from Italians that weren't there almost 200 years ago, unlike the Falkland Islanders

The people of the Falklands have made their decision, and Argentinian aggression has made sure the islands will be forever defended.

Finally, thank you for this video. So many people seem to downplay or just ignore the dictatorship's role in the conflict, and the diplomacy that came before it. This is a welcome change of pace. Argentine Independence War and the Paraguay war are also interesting subjects to cover for a future video, assuming Europe runs out of wars eventually.

Been watching your videos since 2018 my friend!! Love all of your videos and one of the best history channels on youtube. Keep up the good work!!!

Exelente video, saludos desde Argentina

This was an excellent video and, as a Briton, I found it compelling to see the conflict from the Argentinian perspective. I've read over the various claims so I know how these things can be so hotly disputed. I'd just like to say that it's sad that so many men lost their lives, essentially as a PR exercise.

As an Argentinian i really apreciate this kind of content, such a great job you did here!!

Está bastante bueno el video. Muchas gracias por poner nuestra perspectiva de la guerra, pocas veces se hace.

Unfortunately, the argentinian education system omits the fact that the argentines who were there in 1830 were under permission to do commercial activities from the British consulate in Buenos Aires, which was NOT a permission to establish sovereignty. Most argentinians don't know this, they just start the story with "we had a successful colony and we were expelled", period.

Sounds similar to Japan’s approach to The Laincourt Rocks known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea. As to what will be to also Tsushima and Daemado conflict is also in the case with the Sea of Japan. To say King Charles III have talks with the president of South Korea in a talks of the Unification of Korea that it is something of interest.

10:49 Chile had neither the capabilities nor the intention of invading Argentina. It was actually the other way around. The Junta led by Pinochet decided to support the british precisely because they thought that if the argentinian invasion of the Falklands was succesful, then military actions for the annexation of the chilean islands on the Beagle would come next. There were even demonstrations where argentinians chanted "today it's the turn of the british, tomorrow the chilean's" in allusion to the eventual argentinian invasion of Chile after the Falklands thing was over (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-13OQI_I82NM.html).

Would love to see one of these types of videos on the boxer rebellion from the Quing’s perspective.

6:20 that guy seems pretty excited about the junta…………..oh

Argentina gained independence in 1816 Britain settled the uninhabited islands in the mid 17th century. Whether Argentina recognizes it as its territory or not is irrelevant, you can’t claim foreign territory that existed before your country as always being a part of your country.

Great video! I find the Falklands War to be one of the most fascinating topics, I just read a great book I'd recommend by one of the Harrier pilots called 'Hostile Skies'. If done correctly it could be the perfect topic for a Christopher Nolan film 🧐