"Cars were made to drive on the right" Now this is where Brits draw the line.

I was on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CV-64 in 1982. We one of our Port of Call was Mombasa Africa in March. The Sheffield happened to be in port in Mombassa and met some British Sailors out in town and they brought onboard the Sheffield and gave us tour of her and gave us a inside look what a what sailor life was like on her. Little did we know on what would happen to her in the near future. She was a beautiful ship.

Mike, Many thanks for posting what looks to be an excellent documentary series on the Falklands War. Some great footage and very insightful interviews with key protagonists on both sides. Brings back many memories for me of this time and the tensions it brought. Congratulations and many thanks for your own personal military service and your literary achievements-and not least for your marvellous KZfaq channel!

The effect those photos of the marines lying down had cannot be overstated. It made people’s blood boil.

This would be Prince Andrew’s first, but certainly not last, minor engagement.

Thanks for uploading these. Back when the History Channel was good!

Thanks Mike ! , The Falklands War is an interesting conflict to learn about. I will be looking forward to the next episode.

Thank you for uploading this, incredibly good content

The Argies did NOT only have 3 Exocets left. France were supplying more via South Africa. I was a friend of a Captain in the SADF who saw them being delivered and shipped out to Brazil. The Argies problem was that the French Engineers who could fit and arm the missiles CHOSE to leave the Argies. Salute to those French

This is a fine documentary about one of the topics of war I've always been intrigued about. I still believe though, that the war would've never happened if Britain hadn't decommissioned the old Ark Royal....with it's fast, long reach F4 Phantoms and Buccaneer fighter bombers. Those aircraft would've been a menacing deterrent for Argentina.

this is one of the best war doco series ever

watched a bit about the Falklands conflict never new anything of the gearbox coupling issue untill now. thanks for the upload.

Thank you to all the British forces who went there, we thank you as a nation. Thank you for your service. Every day is poppy day

My dad was there, he was with the Royal Artillery. He left the army once he got home, he did his 10yrs. He came back a different dad and eventually got over it, well that's what he told us. Respect to all who serve to protect us from evil in the world.🤟

Argentina started a fight. The British finished it.

Excellent documentary. I have been listening to loads of these over the past few weeks and each contains a really interesting fact not in the others 👍

This war has fascinated me for years. This is one of the best documentaries although I can’t imagine why not mention operation black buck?

Love these war videos.

I like that one major importance "Cars were made to drive on the right side" ... the humility to the british way of life :D

Respect to all our boys that did the job over there and to those that gave their lives for this conflict. 🙏🙏

It's cool that it has interviews from actual trigger pullers from both sides.

They didn't think we had the Bottle to go down there and Take em Back !

British pilots have always had superior trading and talent. They got the most out of those harrier jets outclassing better planes . The harrier became a legend!

Thanks so much for the information

This war destroyed my father he never recovered and sadly has died.

Will you post The Rest? I hope so. At any rate THUMBS UP!

Holy hell. The sound editing!!!

the empire strike back , , , , , , , ,

So this began on April 2nd..if it had happened just 1 day earlier I wonder how many would have initially thought it was an April fools joke? 🤔

Great vid on the battle. Never saw this one. Interesting the Duke goes from hero to zero.

Having to rely on a Navy that sailed 8,000 miles from Britain for all of their logistics needs, the ground forces were indeed fighting a tough war on the ground, with little reinforcements.

Excellent documentary, although i wonder why Op Black Buck was not even mentioned in passing

Maggie, Rejoice! 🇬🇧

No mention of the Vulcan bomber mission?

As an argentinian i just want to say, that war never resolve any problem. Rest in peace all the soldiers from my country and the uk.

17:10 "Cars were made to drive on the right." - Worth it.

Imagine if Bomber Harris was in charge of the RAF during the Falklands War. RIP Buenos Aires.

All wars are fought with young men blood. I wanted to be soldier and and be deployed from age of 18 to my early 30’s. I learned so much about war since then and now think there is nothing worse. I thank God I never needed or decided to go to war. War is nothing else than tragedy, human blood , sweat and tears. Every act of heroism I’m aware of are when soldiers fight for each other or their own home city’s

Thank you

When did this vid come out ?

I'm currently build models of a sea harrier FRS 1 (Royal Navy) and an A4Q skyhawk (Argentine Navy) , both from Airfix in 1/72 scale.

Every man who died in that conflict was one too many, irrespective of nationality. I hope their families found solace, that those who died RIP and the wounded recovery.

18:41 yoooo, the American Navy was like “hey guys, we’ve got like 50 of these carriers sitting mothballed from the Big Show left, you need one?”

I remember the Falklands I worked in a factory with lots of Italians in Spanish. I was a bit jingoistic but I bitterly regret

Congratulation to brave british army and British people I adore their history

My dad was in the falklands Roland Owen thomas aka roly would love to talk to anybody who knew my dad a royal welch fusilier he was

This was a case of "Fk around & find out."

Those of us who were notified prior to the general recall….we thought it was

The Argentine Navy should hang their heads in shame, their Ships fled from the Belgrano and her Sailors were left to perish in a minus twelve degrees Sea, being wary of British Submarines is one thing, but to abandon their Sailors is inexcusable.

Thanks for posting this. When episode 2?

Smashing mate, good show

"take the same risks as anybody else" said Prince Andrew the most protected man of all fleet.

I think that the falklands showed how much the UK's military might had decayed to the point they did not even have the transport ships to project power beyond their corner of the world. Hopefully it has gotten better but i hear it is not by much

This was first war I remember in my life.

A rematch now could be twice as exciting.

I watched a documentary about Simon West visiting the Armada Pilot who unleashed the Exocet. They both agreed that it was Politics and Politicians that pitted all these brave people against each other. Sad.

British always had a great military force

I was 12 years old at the time of the conflict and was able to follow the news in real time: there was great concern that the conflict would enter the South American continent, which fortunately did not happen. Here in Brazil, the memory I have is of a division over who would be right in the demands. The subject currently causes little interest among the population.

Very Interesting

I often wonder about the boys who were there, Where they are today, and would like to wish them well, and would like to see a catch-up type program to see how they are today. Real heroes in a modern world

I recall scoffing to myself when I saw a company of British soldiers on a wharf at Portsmouth receiving the order from their RSM "To the Falkland Islands, quiiiick...march!" My first though was how pathetic a response it looked. Little did I know how well trained these men were and what a fight they'd put up. That said however, it was later acknowledged that had the war gone on for 4 or 5 weeks longer, the campaign may have been lost owing to the distance of the supply lines.

I've worked with a guy that's ex D squadron (22Reg) and whilst I didn't know him personally before his Falklands deployment, all of his friends in the regiment that I have spoken to, have said that the conflict changed my friend, I recently found out that my friend lost his brother in the conflict. Sadly in war, there are only ever losers.

an incredibly eerie affair.

The interesting thing is Although the the Royal navy is even weaker now than 1982 in destroyers and frigates we've got 2 proper aircraft carriers know which can carry 60 fighter jet's whereas as invincible could only carry 12 harriers.

When the Duke of York was 'the Spare' he didn't whinge about it at all he proved himself worthy of the job. 😁

I thought the vulcans did that to the airport? Theres a whole doco on it. Doesnt make sense this? Anyone help?

A historian once said that the Falklands War was the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb.

The Sheffield captain managed to get over it and he does have a lovely house. Which is nice. Of course, the naval ratings that were burnt so nobody wanted them anymore did not have quite such a lovely house to live in. Nor are they interviewed. That is a shame. I am sure they must have tales to tell. I wonder where they are.

Why did the Shefield need to shut down radar to talk to London? There job is the picket line. Let the carriers do the talking to london. Any info on this?

They are all folks, man. Walked out of a cinema april 2 second 1982. They told us war broken out on the Falklands. (movie we saw at Tuschinkie's in Amsterdam was: Les uns et les autres).

An outstanding military victory for British only they could do this amazing victory ✌️

I had a friend who did triathlon so he was seriously fit af but he couldnt fathom how anyone can run across boggy ground in the dark with a rifle and 70lb pack without being fcked within 300 yards. We could ten win world cups on the trot and thats still NOTHING compared with what our wonderful lads achieved out there.

Does this video include the help from Chile?

Andrew would go on to thoroughly embarass the monarchy again and again. Brave lad.

I had sons (now deceased) who fought on opposing sides of this. I was quite the cocksman in my youth, and sired two boys 17 months apart in Argentina and GB. It was sad to read both their letters and knowing they were on a path of death.

In the interest of fairness for all those watching in Argentina the Falkland Islands are pronounced THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

So this was the 80s..imagine how decayed and difficult it will be for them today!

Number one Sea harrier

Remember the the banned song”Six months on a leaky boat”.

Such a sad loss of life on both sides 😢

Fair play to our closest ally and brother.The U.S. boys knew we were chancing it with our carrier power and were willing to lend us one of theirs.

The irony is that the British military, including the Royal Navy and the RAF was order of magnitude larger and more potent than today. OK, today the Royal Navy has a more powerful aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, but her air wing consist of just a few F-35Bs, less than 24 Harriers that the British task force had to fight the Argentinians in 1982. And the RAF doesn't have a single strategic bomber in its fleet, something similar to Avro Vulcans that prosecuted a successful attack on the Falklands at the beginning of an operation. I wonder and doubt that the GB's military force could execute a similar win against Argentina today. Maybe in 5-7 years when the second aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales becomes operational and both carriers receive a full complement of F-35s ( I think it's around 24 aircraft per ship), GB would once again have the upper hand. On the other hand the Astute class submarines are so advanced that only 2-3 of them could probably sink the entire Argentinian fleet... That being said, I think that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed the strategic environment in Europe so profoundly that I expect a massive rearmament of all Western powers with Germany being the most in your face example. But than again the German military was so neglected and underfunded that even those 100 billion euros of additional investment will only scratch the surface of all the problems that have been compounded in their security policy of the last 20 years.. Beside Germany countries like POland, the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Romania, France and Italy will also significantly boost their military spending.. Great Britain should be no different. Money will roll in at the levels similar to the ones seen during the height of the Cold War..

Don't agree with Thatcher on many things but this was the right thing to do no offence to Argentina.

The Sheffield captain had his radar turned off in the middle of the day, in the middle of a war zone, so his officers could chat with London. Wow. Almost court martial material there.

Total respect to the forces I just wanted thatcher to be on the belgrano

I still remember all of the handwritten letters, that Thatcher personally wrote, by herself and signed by herself in pen and ink, to each of the mothers, and or fathers, of each member of the services, that laid down their life, for their country, during this war.

Totally unnecessary conflict. So many tragic, horrific deaths. And all to bolster Thatcher's waning popularity amongst the her party and the voters. Hateful woman. RIP to all the combatants that lost their lives.

A professional superpower army (UK) , backed by the top superpower (USA), against an almost improvised third world army with obsolete and almost useless weapons (Argentina). It was a miracle it took that long for the brits to win the battle. Respect for the courage and bravery of the argentine soldiers, specially the argentine air force.

Wish we had Maggie here now

I can't believe they switched the radar off so they could make a satellite call.

Should have blitzed Buenos Aries as well .

You blew it Argentina.

No mention of the Black Buck raids with the Vulcan

360p ??

United Kingdom our ally country, greetings from Chile.-

Big mistake, messing with British Naval. The Brits can take care of business on the sea. Some of the very best in the entire world, baned only by the limits of their hardware.

London making tactical decision for these high ranking Naval Officers is a big part of the problem.

As they layed the new sew pipes under the road then it did place the contianments inside the pipes

The Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. Therefore, Argentina should not own something it has no right to own and has never owned. The UK is the lawful Original Sovereign of the Falklands, and claimed them first, in 1594, 222 years before Argentina existed. In 1825 Argentina submitted a full description of all of its lands, islands, latitudes and longitudes claimed, to the UK, in order to be recognised in the Treaty of Friendship: this did not include the Falklands, and Argentina was accepted as such. In 1829 Argentina tried to clandestinely seize the Falklands and ignored a British Formal Diplomatic Protest, and a second in 1832 when they tried to install a governor. In 1833 a British warship asked a trespassing Argentine warship to leave the area which it duly did. The British flag was hoisted and British Sovereignty resumed. Argentina protested intermittently until 1849 when it gave up its claim in the Convention of Settlement, after which, Argentina issued not one Formal Diplomatic Protest for 97 years until 1946, nor were the Falklands mentioned once in the Argentine Congress from ratification of the Convention in 1850 until 91 years later in 1941. Since then, using a settled dispute as a pretext for a fictitious new one, aimed at uniting the people behind a common cause, Argentina has harassed and bullied the Falkland Islanders, denied their human rights, campaigned against their existence, attacked, invaded and annexed their country, covered the place in land mines and dead bodies, and in the present day, bullies their stallholders at trade shows and even their girls badminton team. No country on earth actually has less right to the Falklands than Argentina after its shambolic abuses, and in 2013 the Falkland Islanders, the only people who can determine the sovereignty and political future of the Falkland Islands, voted by 99.8% for UK Sovereignty. The matter is settled.

Reino Unido nuestro país aliado,saludos desde Chile.-