A-4 Skyhawk model used for this reenactment is not historically correct. Argentine flights used A-4B while DCS World only has the late E model with the hump. Also, BRP parachute bombs are represented by similar SAMP 250s. Historically, Skyhawks carried three on the centerline rack while in the simulation, only two SAMPs can be carried this way. Blowpipe missiles, unavailable in DCS are represented here by Stingers. These are not mistakes but approximations and there's no need to 'correct' them. Thank you for your understanding.
You go Girl! The plane was cheap but could Multi-role. Wana bet a Harrier C could accelerate stop in mid air drop 1500 feet then turn for a lock on with a sidewinder? That was the "FUN" part of a VTOL. Stops in mid flight as you blow past then "Tone" fire and RTB.
Many years after the war, Argentina get the A-4E of the video as "A-4AR".... The photo at 10.03 is not in Malvinas....is in the Georgian Islands, the argentinian is Captain Astiz.....when the democracy return, the guy have serious problems for human right violations...
@@alejandrocasalegno1657 No one goes to their Grave without regrets. Here is what I know. The British Harrier AV-8 took on French American and Spanish Aircraft and kick ass. Who stops and drops 15 hundred feet as you blow past me only to be target locked? Then goes right back to 750 Knots? The Malvenas are British Territory. Want to bet? Again?
As a family member of British people who were there and were terrorized by sadistic invaders I say, F those pilots. AND, those pilots were combat ineffective more often than not because they flew too damn low for their bombs to detonate. My grandad fought in the Battle of Britain. He watched. He thought they sure could fly, but he was unimpressed with them overall b/c of this.
I have not. And I never suggested I had. However, 3 of my elders, including my grandad…with whom I was very close…were combat vets. My grandfather said “There was no chivalry. These German bastards were coming to kill our people and take our country. I wanted to kill every one I saw.” So yeah, I get respect for an enemy. But I also get hating the invader…especially when they are unrepentant, unlike modern Germans. Do you understand that? Never mind, you cannot.
Despite being the last days of war of the Malvinas my hats off to the entire Fuerzas Armadas Argentina and their bravery and courage. Thank you and greetings to showtime 112. Salutations from Tijuana Bc Mexico.
@@javierbertero5879your land 😂 the British occupied that land before Argentina was a country. And you never physically kicked anyone off the Falklands 😂..
The Canadian "Top aces" company has currently got the contract to fly target simulation AAMS "Zieldarstellung" here in Wittmund, Germany. They fly seven a4 n (Israeli derivatve) and four alpha jets in that role.
We still have some operational in the Argentina Air Force!! Awesome little nimble aircraft! I know from another US Marine Pilot who flew them in Vietnam that they still love them!
Argentinian. Yesterday, I took an Uber ride with a Falklands War soldier who fought at Mount Longdon (the last battle before reaching Port Stanley). From what he told me, they were in a firefight for 14 hours until they surrendered, not so much due to physical exhaustion but because they ran out of ammunition. He ended up without firearms, fighting in the open field with a knife against a Gurkha who slashed his stomach and let him live. My respects to the combatants on both sides.
The Skyhawk always reminds me that Israeli pilot who went to do the Operational Conversion to A-4 in Pensacola NAS. Just arrived and still holding his suitcase, he watched as a couple of A-4s departed in close formation. Suddenly, a tire in one of the Skyhawks blew up and the aircraft was thrown against the other. Both departed the runway entangled, caught fire and exploded. No one ejected. Sure was a nice welcome! 😰 _[Israeli Skyhawk units at war, Osprey Publishing]_
As a 21 yr old Brit at the time, I watched the constant news footage on the BBC. Despite feeling a little conflicted at the time, ultimately I wanted the UK to prevail, with minimal casualties for both sides. The sight of British warships being bombed and sometimes blowing up was shocking. But I also remember thinking the wall of AAA those Argentinians flew through in the bays that the UK ships were anchored, made those pilots pretty brave guys too…
As a 25 yr old Briton I was not in the slightest little bit conflicted. I respected the Falklanders self determination and right to be British. We all wanted the Bastards kicked out. The equivalent population of five times of the Falklands was "disappeared" in Argentina every twelve months under Galtieri's regime. No confliction for me.
@@paulgeraghty1448 Si llevo Argentinos a vivir a una isla inglesa, ellos también querrán ser argentinos, y sus descendientes también. No aplica la autodeterminación de un pueblo que es implantado producto de una situación ilegal. No sea ignorante
@@paulgeraghty1448the english is the enemy. The english invaded Malvinas in 1833. The english has to go back to his little cold Island in the north hemisphere. The people living in Malvinas do not have any rights on the islands. One day british will run away from Malvinas like they did from HK.
@@paulgeraghty1448 those numbers you mention were made up by left terrorists that were bombing out the country (trained and supported by Castro's regime). The author of those numbers confessed years later to be lying about it because it became a legal industry against tax payers money, for political reasons and to get international funds. He confessed that on live television. Apart from that, you had invaded the islands in 1833 and kicked out the argentinian population entirely. Self determination??? yeah, sure... tell me another one. But that was only after failing to invade two times Buenos Aires, in 1806 and 1807, with thousands of soldiers. And by the way, you stole the whole Buenos Aires treasure on 1806 and paraded it through the streets of London. You were not the good guys around the world and nobody had called you on these lands to bring armies and steal like that. Malvinas was the leftover you could keep of your southern military pillage adventures. Argentina did never recognize you the right you naturally do not have... and now you pretend to play the oposite role for Ucraine.
This was the last daytime attack, since in the early hours of June 14 the Canberras B Mk62 made the last attack of the war (night attack) being shot down one of the Canberra and killing the navigator: Captain Casado when he could not eject, while the pilot: Captain Pastrán was able to eject and survived.
_Casado_ means "married", in Spanish or Portuguese... ☹ I'm not sure if a Camberra Navigator had an ejection seat. Several British aircraft designers back then were adept at always provide an ejection seat for the pilot but make little or no effort to do likewise for other crewman. "Here, try to open this little hatch if you reach it in time..." 😬
@@duartesimoes508 Casado is the last name. And the Argentine Canberras did have 2 ejection seats. According to the pilot Captain Pastran, Captain Casado informed him that his ejection seat did not work.
It's nice to see something different about how things went then. I like how you take your time telling the story. I've previously only seen the older documentary films and was still a school boy when it was live on the News.
The UK forces would have pressed on even if their commanding general would have been taken out, their Colonels, Lt Colonels and even Majors are very capable officers and any of them would have had no problem taking over all command and leading the forces for the final push on Port Stanley. I'm happy to see that this attack was pretty much ineffectual and that all the Argentine pilots were able to make it back home alive. This is a war that should have never have had happen.
to ease the pain of that weird war, the argentines and british have fought on the same side after 1982, in the gulf war (different roles) and in the balkan wars, sadly not many peapole know about it
You're right, although the UK general mentioned, Jeremy Moore, said the 1982 campaign was a "close run thing". (Which is not to say the UK would not have sent reinforcements.) Their main problem was the Argentines had air superiority, right up to the surrender. One major consequence was that when _Atlantic Conveyor_ was hit by an Exocet, the British Army and Royal Marines lost almost all of their helicopters. Since vehicles were limited in number, it meant most of the ground forces had to walk overland long distances before engaging the Argentines and prolonged the campaign. Secondly, the fighter wing of the "Corporate" task force was the equivalent of two squadrons of Harriers (~25 aircraft). Not only were they seriously outnumbered by Mirages and Skyhawks, the Argentine aircraft always flew >1500 km from the mainland, and 90% of the time were in a light attack/fighter bomber role. If even five or six Mirages/Daggers and an A4 squadron had been based on the islands, then UK air support for ground forces would have become almost impossible; the Harrier pilots would have been busy defending the ships and themselves.
@TheGrant65 there are many instances that changed the war. Argentine pilots had hit around 10 ships without doing any damage, because the bombs had failed to explode. Remember the Argentine planes flew at maximum distance. And could not even make evasive maneuvers to evade the Harriers. Or they would not have any fuel left to return home. There where indeed planes on the islands, but the brittish bombed or assaulted the airways early in the war.
Por siempre Islas Malvinas es Argentina. Gloria y honor a los héroes de Malvinas. Mis respetos a los caídos ingleses en la Guerra Excelente documental ✌️🇦🇷✌️
@@Chilly_Billy Primero que están a 13.000 kms de casa, uds pertenecen al Atlántico Norte. Usuroarun la isla recién en 1883 bajo amenaza de cañón y desalojaron a la población Argentina sin que mediara estado de guerra. La usuroarun al mejor estilo pirata. Y aclaro que los kelpers son población británica implantada y por eso no tienen derecho a Autodeterminación. Además, UK no reconoce ese derecho a Autodeterminación ya que se los niega a las poblaciones de Crimea y el Donbass de Ucrania que optan por ser Rusos. Malvinas son y serán eternamente argentinas. El Atlántico Sur es argentino. Pirates go to Home
@@Chilly_Billyno son britanicos estan en la franca austral del continente argentino .y ademas es tan grosero y descarado de parte britanico que estan a 12.000 kilometros de las islas no te parese descomunalmente exsagerado la distancia para desir o afirmar que la islas les pertenesen ?? Y no son las unicas islas que se an apropiado o adueñado saves lo que son los britanicos unos intrusos ladrones pero ba ser cuando argentina se potencie en armamentos ya que tienen unos pilotos de aviones de los mejores del mundo y vamos a ver si se ban de las islas la guerra del 82 argentina estuvo a poco de ganarselas la proxima ba ser otra la historia.
@@Chilly_Billyclaro que nunca van a querer cambiar de nacionalidad, si le obligaron a sus abuelos y bisabuelos vivir hay, tendrían que estar en Inglaterra pero como los obligaron ir a una tierra distante hay quedaron.
Excellent story and video about the courage of these argentine pilots who had fight until the end. The british planification was to take Port Stanley with helicopters. Unfortunatly the Atlantic Conveyor wich carried these helicopters was sunk by an Exocet missile fired by an argentine SUPER ETENDARD. So the british had to cross the island by foot with light materials, it's the reason of the localisation of this operationnal center made buy camping tent on the middle of no way. For the argentine, to shell this command camp had a great strategic interest.
Salut Jeanne. Avec cette perte, ce fut 3 Chinook et 3 Wessex perdu. Heureusement le 4e Chinook était en vol. C'est lui seul qui assura "L intérim"🤔 jusqu'à arrive de renforts. Je crois que le bateau a pris 2 exocet
@@dominiqueroudier9401 Je sais que le pilote argentin du SUPER ETENDARD avait verrouillé un navire de guerre britannique qui escortait le convoi maritime. C'était leur priorité, couler tout ce qui est militaire en priorité. Mais l'EXOCET n'a pas accroché la cible, il est passé à côté du navire visé puis il a verrouillé une autre cible avec son radar, c'était l'ATLANTIC CONVEYOR qui a sombré avec les hélicoptères à bord à cause d'un incendie gigantesque qui s'est déclaré à bord. C'est un logique si c'était le plus imposant du convoi, l'écho radar était plus important, le missile l'a accroché plus aisément. Je ne sais pas s'il y a eu deux missiles, sachant que le SUPER ETENDARD ne peut en emporter qu'un seul à la fois sous son aile, de l'autre côté c'est un bidon qui équilibre. Toujours est-il que ces hélicoptères de transport de troupes étaient prévus pour déposer des troupes d'assaut britanniques sur conquérir Port Stanley. Par conséquent, les troupes d'assaut britanniques ont dû traverser l'île à pied et à découvert de surcroit dans une terre tourbeuse voire marécageuse. Heureusement, que le rayon d'action des avions argentins de l'époque était au maximum sinon il y aurait plus de pertes du côté de l'infanterie britannique, un peu comme dans le scénario mortifère du HMS Sir Galahad.
Very brave pilots. I know some of them. They had no experience at war, but managed oto inflict severe damage to british forces. Maybe the last war of gentlemen.
@@sandgrownun66 some damage ? Atlantic Conveyor.. (lost most of the transport helicopters) ..Sir Galahad, Sheffield ... What it was, the brits had trained in the UK for hiking across wet cold mountain ranges... And in the north sea ..where just the weather can be the battle... On paper, numerically, UK was inferior and should lose... The damage taken was "well that could be foreseen.. no sign of unexpectedly fierce resistance.." .. .. what the brits didn't know was how useless the argies were,generally.. unable to bomb ships.. unable to launch air craft from carrier .. unable to track submarines, unable to respond to a few Para units. They put the inexperienced out in the trenches andvleft them there... Most of the career soldiers retreated to Stanley....
@@isilder Nobody isn't going to have no losses, if the other side is also using modern weapons it bought, because it can't make it's own. Also, I think I got a warning for using the slang term for the Argentines/ Argentinians, which you've just used. I have removed that term, from all my replies, and replaced it with the full word. Of course, the use of "Brits", isn't seen as offensive. So almost a double standard there.
@@sandgrownun66 As usual? What is that supposed to mean? At least in South America, the British have far more defeats than victories. The one they achieved in 1982 was really an exception to the rule: Brits lose wars in the Americas.
You make a very good entertaining and historical presentation, including insight and technical explanstions with maps! So many channels using simulators to personalize historical battles, forget the maps! Even books are often stingy on maps. So good job and thanks!
@@bigblue6917my Great Grandfather was sunk in a Portuguese Navy Patrol Boat by the German U-Boot U-139 less than one month before WW I ended. He survived, but the Captain and many others didn't. 🙁
No fue en vano y seguro hubo bajas. Los británicos siempre fueron sorprendidos por los pilotos argentinos. Que llegarán y bombardearan con tanta facilidad su puesto de mando no les causó mucha gracia. Jeremy Moore declaró luego que se salvó de milagro. Ataque rasante estilo último film de top gun
Interesting video, which raises an important question ---- How did the Argentinians know of the meeting time & location of the British 3rd Commando leaders ?
I thought about that too. I suspect that it was signal intelligence. Chatter on hand held radios that seemed innocuous to the British was pieced together by Argentine intel.
@@showtime112 Perhaps I am reading too much into the strike - ----- but the rapid movement of the front line forces (esp the Commandos) - means the odds are stacked against it being a lucky find.
Wondering the same! Have to dissent though, regarding the "lucky find" as they went there as if they had a huge GPS w/Google Maps indicating the meeting place. They weren't looking for targets of opportunity and sent nothing less than 2 flights with the aproppriate ordnance at that location. Some Intel was definitely used here, they knew where they were, but didn't know what to hit, so they had the loc and time (was an unexpected last minute change what made the officers not be there), but didn't know the visual details of the targets. Like a fellow said above, radio chatter must've done it... just a LOT of radio chatter for something that was still not over, even if for at least a day.
Excellent work and presentation by Showtime 112! Thanks for bringing these details of this conflict which does have much media coverage such as this last attacks/battles of the Falklands conflict. Will you cover the sinking of the HMS Coventry? Thanks for all you do! ♠️🎩🎯🎱🇺🇸🏁🇮🇱🇺🇦🔱🌻🏵️💮🌸🏴☠️🏹
Thanks again. Coventry and some other anti-ship strikes are on the to do list. Sadly, we don't have some of those ship models and I would have to use the same frigates as stand-ins.
I'm from South America. Falklands war is the closest war for me, both in time and geographically (excluding narco wars, of course). I appreciate so much your mini documentary! ❤
I repeated the attack scene multiple times and used various bits (including the take where the missile misses). Btw, did you get my earlier reply? YT has just happily informed me that my comment was removed because it classifies as 'hate speech'. Not sure which one they meant 😁
The war was such an odd mix of low and high technology, warships sunk by stand off Exocets and then low level attacks with dumb bombs like this. What was the next conflict that was absolutely fought with all modern weapons?
Si las fuerzas armadas argentinas hubiese sabido que la guerra se terminaba al otro dia, no hubiesen arriesgado sus vidas, no te parece? En esta guerra caia el que lo soplaran primero
@@paulgeraghty1448 yeah the US was working hard behind the scenes to make sure Argentina didn't embarrass the UK and ruin the "deterrent" quality of the NATO alliance. There's a lot of declassified info about the Pentagon's role in the war out there.
I watched this video very very drunk at like 3 in the morning but I have to watch it again because I don't remember much. I know it's gonna be good second time around.
Excellent pronunciation. Congrats. It was the last air raid but,Nonetheless, that wasn't the last mission for the Argentine Air Force. They were such badasses that they even flew on the last day of the war.
Thank you very much! Yes, I believe Canberras flew another mission after this one. I've wanted to cover the involvement of Argentine Canberras in the war. It seems like War Thunder might get the map of the islands soon and there will be a way to do it.
Great video as usual. You show but did not mention El Tordillo, a grey Skyhawk coded C 222 that wasn't painted in usual three tone colors because it was underground deep maintenance, and had only its grey prime grey on. It is actually preserved somewhere in Argentina as a war heritage. Useless to say that the argentine claimed more british losses than they actually did, anyway it was a daring raid. The last one.
Thank you. Yes, I didn't go into the details about the grey A-4 to keep the video lenght under control. But I knew somebody would bring it up in the comments 😁
Great Video, too realistic !, Congratulations. The sound, your voice and the grafics are exelents. Un Abrazo Grande desde Argentina y Muchas Gracias !. Malvinas Argentinas!
Hello, an argentine here, not including the name Malvinas in the title is not wrong, it is a video in english and Falklands it's the english name of the islands, plus, you included the spanish name in the beggining of the video, wich is a good thing. The people calling you out for this are very patriotic people from here, they are used to the fact that if someone calls the islands by their English name in a Spanish-speaking place, it is to insult us and undermine our veterans, so they see this in the title of the video and they attack you, but they don't stop to think that It's an english title for a video in english... I love your content, keep up the good work lad.
Imagine how the command felt hearing a red alert for aerial attack having all the defense systems you can ask for, with logistical and technological upperhand.
Many pilots loved their A4s and called them the Corvettes of fighters, due to their size and attributes. My company was doing mods on them in the 70s for different countries it was cool being up close to them & the F-104s.
@@johnvanzoest4532 Just some additional pieces of information: His full name is Guillermo Alberto Dellepiane and he was only 24 years old on the day of the attack. That day two FAA officers did not comply with the orders of their superiors: Vice Commodore Litrenta, in charge of the KC-130 (FAA number TC-69), that left his planned location and approached Dellepiane's A4 saving the plane and his life (C-130 FAA number TC-63 had already been shoot down so they know the risk they were exposed) and another official who (in an non-authorized flight) left the continent with his rescue helicopter and try to get as close as possible in case Dellepiane need help. As far as I know, both were symbolically sanctioned for these actions (this last must be verified. I'm not 100% sure) after the war. The full and actual audio of this actions (with Dellepiane voice asking for KC-130 assistance) can be found in youtube but, of course, it is in Spanish. There is also a picture taken with Dellepiane's A4 being linked to the KC-130 were the trail of fuel from the A4 is quite visible.
@@johnvanzoest4532 Years later Dellepiane become the military attache of the argentine Embassy at London. He attended several RN and RAF meetings and even meet the pilot of the british helicopter he shoot down.("'Lucky I didn't kill you.'" Dellepiane told him).
@@johnvanzoest4532 Just some additional pieces of information: His full name is Guillermo Alberto Dellepiane and he was only 24 years old on the day of the attack. That day two officers did not comply with the orders of their superiors: Vice Commodore Litrenta, in charge of the KC-130 (FAA number TC-69), that left his planned location and approached Dellepiane's A4 saving the plane and his life (C-130 FAA number TC-63 had already been shoot down so they know the risk they were exposed) and another official who (in an non-authorized flight) left the continent wit his rescue helicopter and try to get as close as possible in case Dellepiane need help. As far as I know both were symbolically sanctioned for these actions (this last must be verified. I'm not 100% sure). The full and actual audio of this actions (with Dellepiane voice asking for KC-130 assistance) can be found in youtube but, of course, it is in Spanish. There is also a picture taken with Dellepiane's A4 being linked to the KC-130 were the trail of fuel from the A4 is quite visible.
My pleasure. Did you know that during the Falklands War, Pierre Clostermann, the Free French who ended the war with about 27 kills as RAF Wing Commander flying Tempests publicly praised the courage and boldness of the Argentinian pilots and was rabidly reprehended by _The Sun,_ as if he was some traitor? A Man who had crossed half world via Brasil and USA to Britain to fight the Germans although no one forced him to do so... Unbelievable.
@@duartesimoes508 And which country freed the French from the Germans? It certainly wasn't Argentina. After the war, they were also too busy giving war criminals a place to live. In the case of Eichmann. Israel had to resort to kidnap to bring him to justice.
It was the Russians that pinpointed the location of Brigadier Julian Thompson´s 3rd Commando Brigade in the second week of June 1982 and ofcourse the British air HMS Invincible in late May.
They are called the Falkland Islands The first recorded landing on the Falkland Islands was by an English Captain John Strong in 1690. He named the sound between the two main islands after Viscount Falkland, a British naval official. The name was later applied to the whole island group.
"No walk in the Park" is the title of the book by Brigadier Julian Thompson. And I wasn't even aware that he had been _personally_ bombed! This must have given him the idea for the title... 😰😰 Indeed it was not. So many fine and valiant people killed from both sides, at least not in vain among the British but so needlessly nevertheless, among both Forces. 😢 I remember it well, such a stupid war and the British had no choice but to deploy, Thatcher or no Thatcher. Greetings from 🇵🇹. (No, not Buenos Aires altough I certainly respect them too 👏👏)
The A4s shown are a newer version than the ones that Argentina used. My father’s squadron of A4s were based out of El Toro Marine Air Station and perhaps at Los Alamitos Air Station when he retired as the base commander in ‘67. Years later he told me that his planes were sold to Argentina, and I found out they were apparently stripped down of the critical avionics. He was worried about the British because he knew the capabilities of the A4 . My father taught air combat at China Lake during the Vietnam period having flown combat missions during WW2 and Korea as well.
Muy buena recreacion, los britanicos se pensaban que hiban a un picnic y se llevaron una gran sorpresa, la valentia de los pilotos Argentinos fue extraordinaria.
@@bigblue6917 Not sure I agree. The Argentines refused to move... It isn't that complex. Same in Israel at the moment. Israel had no choice. All pacifists say war is pointless until someone is punching them in the face. Oddly I think WW2 could have been avoided if the situation regarding the Versailles Treaty had not been so draconian. AH was popular because he achieved most of his objectives without firing a shot.
@@jorgitopbenny5689 Because of the war the Argentinians have lost any chance of ever getting it back without fighting for it as now the British have a grudge about it I agree that it should have been Argentinian a long time ago Greetings from Scotland 👍🏴
In general, I'm not crazy about American weaponry design (from a purely aesthetic POV, your mileage may vary, and that's okay), but man, there are always exceptions. In the air, I LOVE the A-4 Skyhawk and the F-4 Phantom. Both SOOOO cool.
I'm surprised the Sea King shoot down was not considered a kill based on the narrative here. It's flying, it gets shot, it has to do an emergency landing so as not to crash. Hmmm.
No it wasn't. They were tested by the country which invented the Air Force and lost. They were also using foreign equipment, as they could make their own.
@@sandgrownun66 according to whom? Let me guess, you are English right? Rewrite history to look better than you actually were. Here is some facts for you. The Harrier radar was crap according to THE PILOTS that flew them in combat! The Argentine Pilots and aircraft performance was excellent and skilled according to the Pilots that flew against them. The Argentine soldiers fought hard, according to Paras that fought them. All of this is publicly available from the people who experienced it. Or do you know better than they do?
In late 2001 I crossed the Brazilian-Argentinian border. Near the border checkpoint there was a huge road sign there showing a map of the Falkland Islands which are known as Malvinas in Spanish. The caption on the sign said "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" meaning "The Falkland Islands are Argentinian". As of a few years ago the sign was still there. The conflict is still smoldering. I however was not able to find the sign again on streetview - maybe it finally has been removed.
Why doesn't Argentina just leave the Falkland Islander alone? They want to be British, and that's simply them exercising their right to self-determination.
If you think a road sign between Brazil and Argentina is what determines who owns the islands, then that's the kind of uneducated peasant logic that makes it no wonder you got your butts beat.
@@sandgrownun66 Argentina claims to have inherited the islands from Spain. In 1981 Argentina was governed by a military junta under General Leopoldo Galtieri and his popularity was low after just a few month in office so he tried to nice little war to bump his popularity. Didn't work and in the aftermath of the Falkland war Argentina returned to democracy; Galtieri eventually got court martialed and ended up in prison That's the very brief and simple version.
@@ralfbaechle I'm aware of the history of Argentina. They can claim to have inherited anything they like. Since when did the Spanish ever own the Falklands? They didn't bother about the islands at all. Spain claimed to own all of the Americas, except Brazil, the US and Canada. In reality it owned nothing. It just invaded, colonized, and stripped them bare of any valuables. Spain got so fat on what it looted, that it's Empire collapsed a century and a half before the others did. At least Britain brought something, such as the many new industries wealth creating processes from her Industrial Revolution.
Saw one for sale a few years back. Million and a half in flying condition if memory serves. Didn't have enough pocket change.😂 If I was a millionaire though. I'd have bought it in a heart beat. Will always be my favorite bird to have worked on.
Happy that this war has ended now Falkland is UK owner. And cost a lot of money for maintenance of this island. Airport, troops,RAF typhoon air détachement.... But as i read , argentina have Always a desire of revenge but dont have means to attack again😮
HUMILDEMENTE CREO PILOTOS COMO ESTOS NO CREO HABER VISTO FUERON HASTA FELICITADOS POR LOS INGLESES UN ORGULLO NUNCA MAS SE VIO EN ESTAS NUEVAS GENERACIONES QUE HAGAN ALGO ASÍ
Early in the Falklands war, a British submarine sunk the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano. Since the Argentine navy had no idea what had happened to it or how, they became risk averse and impotent. Then when aircraft flown all the way from Britain bombed the runway and rendered it useless for Argentine fighter jets, the war was lost for the Argentines. The events depicted in this video were of insignificant impact, actual or potential. Britain had plenty of capable officers.
Not exactly, Had Argentina attacked the HMS invincible earlier(they actually found the British fleet before the British found them) they could have easily ensured a victory for Argentina.
@@tetraxis3011 I think not. To invade and take control of a large island or island group, you need control of the sea, so you can land ordinance, vehicles, construction equipment, and materials. The sinking of the General Belgrano by means unknown to the Argentines showed them that they did not have control of the sea. Which they didn't - if their navy had remained active, the British nuclear submarine could have simply snuck around and sunk a few more ships. A belligerent could still achieve their aims, without control of the sea, if they could use a airport/runway to base fighter jets and land large transport aircraft. But the British bombed the only runway and prevented its use. Destroying Invincible would not have altered that. Surrender followed very quickly on the loss of runway use, as they had no way to quickly repair ir.
@@keithammleter3824 Let me correct you in one detail. The bombing of the runway by the Vulcan in Operation Black Buck I did not render it useless. Only one bomb hit the runway in the middle. The rest of the 9 ton bomb payload hit some tents, some parked aircraft and one post where 2 soldiers were killed. Black Buck II a few days missed the runway completely, only damaged a few parked aircraft. The runway remained operational until the last day of the war. C-130s, Aermacchis and Pucaras could operate with half the runway length.
@@FMAlchemist2006 I was aware only one bomb hit the actual runway. I did not say it was useless, I said it was useless for fighter jets and large transports. The runway at Port Stanley at the time was 1280 metres long running approximately east-west. The bomb crater meant that only 914 metres was usuable. An empty C-130 (no fuel, no cargo) requires 610 to 762 metres to land, and fully laden it requires 920 to 1100 metres. To take off, a C-130 needs up to 1800 metres; about 1400 metres if half loaded. Thus a C-130 could at a pinch in good wind conditions land, but it could not land with much of a load. It could not take off again unless it had no cargo and was quite low in fuel. The Aeromachi MB-339 used by the Argentine airforce is a low speed training aircraft, of some value in a ground attack role. It needs less than 200 metres od runway but was hardly something that would put British victory at risk. The Puccaras were low speed propellor aircraft, not in any stretch fighters - in any case most were destroyed on the ground. Hence, as it often the case there is a bit of complexity in the detail, but essentially my statement that bombing the runway prevented the Argentines from using it for fighter jets and large transports and thus being a war winning thing is correct.
@@obvious-troll Well, on one hand, it's true, I don't think anyone's planning nor going to do anything even remotely resemblant. It's pretty much in nobody's mind. On the other hand, I believe that other than the intel fellows, most likely everyone in France and the whole World for what it's worth, must've said the same about the Germans in 1936-7.
Just some additional pieces of information about this attack: Argentine pilot's full name is Guillermo Alberto Dellepiane and he was only 24 years old on the day of the attack. That day two officers did not comply with the orders of their superiors: Vice Commodore Litrenta, in charge of the KC-130 (FAA number TC-69), that left his planned location and approached Dellepiane's A4 saving the plane and his life (C-130 FAA number TC-63 had already been shoot down so they know the risk they were exposed) and another official who (in an non-authorized flight) left the continent wit his rescue helicopter and try to get as close as possible in case Dellepiane need help. As far as I know both were symbolically sanctioned for these actions (this last must be verified. I'm not 100% sure) right after the war. The full and actual audio of this actions (with Dellepiane voice asking for KC-130 assistance) can be found in youtube but, of course, it is in Spanish. There is also a picture taken with Dellepiane's A4 being linked to the KC-130 were the trail of fuel from the A4 is quite visible.
Apparently there were no casualties suffered by the British on that attack.. i couldn't find any soruces which stated the commanders tent was shredded either. No helicopters destroyed.
Julian Thompson says in his memoirs that the command tent was full of shrapnel holes. Also, the helicopters were damaged, nobody says they were destroyed.
Soy argentino. Aca en la ciudad de buenos aires vi un a4 en tecnopolis en persona me dio tristeza de verdad verlo parado abandonado como auto viejo en la calle sin que nadie se acerque ni siquiera un cartel... Yo sabiendo de su historia me dolio el alma
IMAGINE a force consisting on a halve of A-4, which are technologically less advanced and the others of F-16's. All painted with radar absorbing paint!
I am Argentine, and if it were up to us, we would still continue fighting and in battle for something that belongs to us, the Malvinas are and will always be Argentinas.
