How the UK recaptured the Falkland Islands in 1982 

Absolutely broke my heart when Major Gen Thompson openly blamed himself for making a decision that may have been the wrong one. Sir, you made the decision you thought was right at the time. This man has an integrity thats so lacking these days.

Credits should also be given to the Gurkhas who fought alongside the British troops. They're simply fearless

Kudos to the Brits. I was 12 years old when this happened and was glued to the news. Great documentary and God bless the British who died there

The Chinook he mentioned only come out of service and is now in a RAF museum. It served in every conflict from the Falklands to the present day.

I was on Sir Galahad, 8 June. The images of burning men is something I will never forget.

Those Argentinians awoke a sleeping lion and got the hiding of their lives.

What the Paras did in that war was simply incredible! Hats off to my Brothers from another mother, from a US Para! AATW!

The professionalism of the British soldier, won that war, not to mention the other services and of course the Gurkhas. My experience with the British Army was thro the TA, where I worked with regular NCOs, who were our instructors, they had my utmost respect.

Brave soldiers, each and every one. God bless them all.

It’s an awful place to fight, cold, wet, windy, mostly flat and open terrain without much cover. Kudos to the British military for winning the war so far away with so few fighter aircraft and helicopters

With greatful thanks to ALL who have served our country. You are a different class.

Heart ❤️ of steel all involved. Words can't describe how brave you all was. Hat off to ya lads!❤👏👍

RIP all the brave men.

I was in the British Army during the Falkland war, but didn't go there as I was in the heavy artillery

Saw someone on Reddit argue that the islands should belong to Argentina because they're closest to Argentina. Which would mean the UK belongs to France.

If anyone wants the perspective of a grunt during this conflict, read "Excursion to Hell: Mount Longdon, a Universal Story of Battle" by Vincent Bramley. How he describes being on the receiving end of enemy air and artillery strikes makes the prospect of modern war frightening.

Well done Boy's hats off to all of you.

Having visited the Falklands during the laying up of the colours for 2d battalion, the Parachute Regiment in 2001, the terrain is among the worst to fight in where most of the key battles occurred. For example, when you see the open grasslands in the video, open grassland is exactly where much of 2 Para we’re when the sun rose in the midst of the assault on Goose Green. Exactly where you do not want to be. On Mount Longdon, there are exposed granite shelves emerging from the earth of a level over 15 meters above ground running parallel in lines across the top. A series of perfect kill zones designed for a defender. Very eye opening trip. I treasure all of it including our engine flame out on or takeoff heading home and our extended delay on our return home to England. As a US service member, I can never be more grateful for going on that rip and the lessons I learned then and throughout that extended time with the Parachute Regiment no doubt benefited me and saved my life, but also saved the lives of countless fellow US paratroopers given the master’s course in counter insurgency I received over those years alongside my British brothers. Every Man an Emperor!

I was 15 at the time, at 17 I was a fully winged up in battalion

These guys were young once too. Bless them.

thanks for keeping this story alive.

This was my childhood. These are my Heroes - Thank You.

Fantastic programme. Captured the history beautifully, with the legends of the conflict.

i was only six at the time so wasnt able to join up , but my Action man was ready for deployment and was just waiting for Maggie to call him up, sadly the call never came but we spent every day training , on the stairs, under the table, in the garden and parachuting out of the bedroom window in to the long grass in the back garden.

The British army will always take away the lessons learnt in war. Which they did from the Falklands. Adapt and be flexible in their approach.

The Argentinians keep screaming that the Falklands belongs to them, yet haven't made a move for them since. So either they don't really believe the Falklands belongs to them, or they're not willing to assert their claim.

thank you so much Chile for your service from a British friend ❤

The speed that the task force was put together and set in motion is mind blowing.The logistics involved which enabled the war to be fought is even taught over in the U.S. Putting a military force together in order to prosecute a war some 8,000 miles away without any land base to operate from was impressive to say the least.

It’s a testament to British command and training that this war was resolved so quickly and with relatively few killed in action. They faced a logistical nightmare that was further complicated by the loss of most of their heavy lift Chinook helicopters when the Atlantic Conveyor was attacked and sunk. How the Brits managed to adapt and overcome the multitude of obstacles they faced is truly remarkable. Not enough attention is given to the strategy , tactics and sheer will that made victory possible. I salute all for their sacrifice.

To this day, the more I see and read about the Falklands conflict it really hits home that It was an absolutely amazing achievement by the very skilled, British military. Also, and not many seem to have commented on this thread; the skill and bravery of those Argentinian pilots, who made it extremely difficult for the Task Force.

That was the spirit of Wolfe at Quebec and Chard at Rorke's Drift etc, etc. British Armed Forces 10+

One the only things we can be proud of is our military, the fight n win with one hand behind there back over n over 🫡🇬🇧🫡🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️ warriors always

I remember at primary skool,we had a map of the world on the wall in real detail (Bumpy mountains type) Heard about the war on telly...i was shocked to see how far we had to go to the Falklands! I still remember seeing that map and what i mentioned to myself. R.I.P to you all and all who served 💖👏

Skills and drills lads

I loved watching the Falklands War documentaries by British Army Documentaries made many years ago. And to see Major Gen Brigadier Thompson again in this documentary is good.

Respect to all. Lest We Forget 🇬🇧🌺

Simply an awesome job ..!! 😎👍🏽

God bless all the Heroes 💯💯🙏🙏

It's an honor knowing the tenacity of the British Fighters. So much dedication. I was never a fan of the then British Prime Minister, due to her stand on South Africa Apartheid system, but what a courageous service She provided to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Island Falkland islands population and people and especially to Great Britain. Listening to these men moving from Britain to Southern AMERICA Falkland islands removed all doubts about the capabilities of the Royal Majesty Forces. Well done. Although Gabriella of Argentina that I was seeing in the 1990s was not fun of England, I have to wait for more advise before making it part of my lands Kole Williams Arije MBA-LAW UK United Kingdom Territories.

It makes me so proud. God bless them all................

Ewen Southby-Tailyour still looks like he could fight a bear. I remember him in his aran sweater lol. Cheers for the vid.

Why is the RN the Billie Holliday service? The “difficult”, we do right now. “Impossible” just takes a little while.

General Thomson a gentleman

If anyone wants the Argie perspective of the ground war, read 'Argentinian 10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in the Falklands War', an elite mechanized formation (minus the APCs that were left behind) that very nearly fought 3 Commando Brigade to a standstill outside Port Stanley.

So proud of all our forces, bless them all.. 🙏🇬🇧

God bless them all

We were so lucky to win this War - much respect to all the brave soldiers on both sides.

Previously, the falklands had ~70 soldiers and whatever ships were nearby. No additional defences Now they have personnel that number over 1000, involving 3 RADAR sites, a. SAM battery , a group of typhoons and (correct me if im wrong) 2 RN ships Argentina can't afford fighting that anymore

could have just sent ronnie pickering

Congrats Brits

2 para. 5th airborne 😢 miss them

Wow amazing

good video guys

1982 fue plantar la semilla para una próxima recuperación. Saludos desde Buenos Aires. Todos los ex combatientes argentinos heridos fueron atendidos por médicos ingléses y los ingleses por médicos argentinos. Una guerra horrible como todas, pero de caballeros.

A hell of a thing🌹🌹🌹🌹

The same sort of reports should be made about the other major conflicts fought by British Forces: Kuwait,Bosnia,Sierra Leone,Kosovo,Macedonia,East Timor,Afghanistan,Iraq and so on.

The men are a credit to their uniforms.

Wonderful. Thank God for the British.

If the Argentina really wanted the islands, why did they not fight to the last man? Why did some 11,400 Argentine soldiers surrender at the end of the war? All of whom were released afterwards by the way. If Argentines felt so strongly, why surrender?

I recall an article which stated that Britain was on the point of acceding to Argentine's demands, but when the Argies 'jumped the gun', there was only one UK response.. Defending Mother England's territory against those bally Argie bounders..

1st, respect to everyone involved

WHY WASN'T THIS ON BRITISH TV ????? On the news for 46 seconds while Ukraine 3 minutes - what on earth has happened to my country (UK)

0:35 they needed to be like Krusty the Clown who just happened to have a map of The Falkland Islands at the ready

I hate when people talk stupid about war in history like it was ever any different. Since the beginning of humans their has been war and just because people don't like it doesn't mean it will stop. The only way humans will not fight each other in wars is for humans to be extinct. SAD but true

very good video but why that hideous background music ,if music it is

TRUE BRITS. BEST OF THE BEST.

Hitting the runway with a bomber designed to fly at 57,000ft and drop Nukes on Russia is amazing and a little lucky.

Robin Williams describing how a New Yorker would talk about the location of the Falkland islands :"Yeah, da Fucken Islands, dere ova dere sumwhere, past Staten Island dere"....

I don’t think we actually hit the runway. Because I remember my dad tell me that How the Argentinians kept on resupplying. he fought in the Falklands war so had firsthand knowledge

Brig Thompson is an honest man to claim responsibly for Goose Green. Maj Southby Tailyor was invaluable.

British pulled off the greatest raid of all times at St-Nazaire and people still worried ? 😅

Oppressive, dictator who had made many of his countrymen ‘disappear’ then makes a desperate attempt at regaining popularity by sending young untrained boys into an unnecessary conflict that they could not win; that really is something to be proud of.

Why didn’t British ships initially wait for more British air support from, say, South Africa, New Zealand, and its Caribbean outposts?

not enough operational Rapier

Heroes

Makes you proud to be british

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I believe a worthy waging of War Asset, would be the provision of safe POW camp infrastructures’ run by foreign NGOs,’ such as the Red Crescent, to expedite Enemy surrender. When you look at the sheer numbers of surrendering Argentine Soldiers’ at the time, it could had been much larger if they knew that they would be taken to a better Facility to wait-out the Conflict, & be safely repatriated.

I knew where the Faulklands were

Go Figure Mr Argentine. Wake up smell the coffee as the Americans say. The Falklands do not want you Argentina. Would you take Uruguay in the same vane?

18:43

Hurrah!

Actually the 4th (Jungle) Regiment gave 42 Commando & 45 Commando some major headaches & despite not being properly entrenched, still held firm for nearly 12 days on Harriet & Two Sisters against strong British Commando raids with 42 CDO's Recce Troop forced to abandon all their gear on Mt Wall in a clash involving some 30 conscripts on 3 June. Among the abandoned equipment was a Ferranti laser-target marker that was supposed to have marked for destruction with Paveway LGBs several of the Argie positions, causing a complete collapse in morale in the Regiment & resulting in bloodless victory for the Royal Marines in the first week of June. The Gurkhas had to even abort a devastating platoon sized Kukri machete raid on Harriet that would've made world headlines in the major newspapers against the platoon of conscripts under 2d Lt Jiménez-Corbalán that was planned for the night of 9/10 June but that had to be cancelled at the last moment for the Scots Guards Recce Platoon had earlier on abandoned their hide in Port Harriet along with most of their gear & maps after coming under mortar & machinegun fire from the Harriet defenders & observing some 30 Argies rapidly closing in on their position around dusk.

The Falkland islands are so far away from Britain Argentina thought Britain wouldn't bother going all the way to try to recapture them.

My Dad was wwII.

Mijn collega's als marinier nl ,sta ik achter mijn collega's mijn familie

might be good idea to look at this war from the argentinian side ?

The countries that invaded the america's/south america didn't speak russian.

I’ve heard the SBS dressed in sheepskins and black leggings crept up on the Argentine position,used loud “baaa signals” to overcome the positions

*If Maggie were PM rt now, Russia would not have been an issue, today, July 23 2022.*

The British learn why CIWS is a thing. (Also AEW…)

if i was a betting man..i would have put my money on Argentina being so close to the war zone and more aircraft. if i was a military betting man i would have put my money on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ieland to pull this one out of the bag due to sheer experience of warfare. nuff said!

Imperialism is a hell of a drug

BURGLAR QUEEN!!!

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It might have been "mission impossible" if the Brits were up against a competent army. But this is Argentina we're talking about...

Lionhearts

Watch the movie F$ckland! Great movie about this!

Not that impressive. Neil Burnside could have done it with only 2 Sandbaggers! Unfortunately Peele wouldn’t sign off on the travel, had a cup of tea and went home.

Good point bro 😂!