I was an 18 year old crewman on the Canberra, as the air raids started all the watertight doors and fire doors were shut. My emergency station was at water level, we had one stairway up, the thinking was if a bomb hit, it would only take out 1 - 2 compartments. We were then to use fire hoses to stop any fire from spreading. During the raids Royal Navy Captain Burns( I think)was giving us a running commentary (9.12) it was quite surreal sitting in the corridor with life jacket and a bag of dry cloths, for if we ended up getting ashore. Captain Burns gave an amazing commentary (that really helped the sanity ) in a calm almost radio documentary style. It's funny but I still remember so much of his voice and that day 40 years later

I did 27yrs Infantry.. 8yrs AD, and 19 in NG. Mostly Airborne, Light or Mountain Infantry. Loved it, despite the things that go along with it. My cousins,, I wish I could have helped. With the balls of steel you have, and honor, you guys chose to go it alone. Just a bonehead here and 59 with a face that only a mother could love. I would come to help you guys i f need be. My respect and I got to work with a lot of UKs types after my Army. Salute.

Why is this not taught in British schools today. Such an important part of British history. I'm not saying this because it was a British victory, I'm saying it because it's a very recent and very relevant piece of history. Even today it still leaves its mark on British psyche.

Learned more about this war from this channel and I’m English. Nobody seems to talk about it anymore which is a shame to the memories of all of both sides

I was 12 years old living in New York City with my parents when the Falklands war broke out. .my deepest respect and admiration to all Falklands War veterans. Argentinos and British.

I remember that War like it was yesterday. My most enduring memory is the broadcast by the late Brian Hanrahan, where he said this: "I'm not allowed to say how many aircraft took part in the mission, but I counted them all out, and I counted them all back". Brings me up in goosebumps even now. Also the Black Buck raids where they used the Vulcan in action for the first time, and the amazing planning it took to achieve what was, at the time, the longest bombing mission in history.

Just amazing "footage!". Thanks for posting. Royal Navy & Royal Marines Task Group got underway in 3 days. Just incredible!

Rick Jolly received a medal from the Argentine's after the war and his field hospital only lost 3 out of 580 patients and those 3 were not under his care, his staff and care basically had 100% survival rate in a converted cow shed.

I just join the U.S Marine Corps. I was in Camp Pendleton , Calif for infantry training. One night at the Enlisted Mens Club the P A system stated "Members of the British Army please report to the front of the Club". There was a lull in the club, then suddenly one big HURRAH CRIED OUT. Showing Respect for our brothers in Arms. Semper Fidelas !!!

I'm 48 so was very young when this was going on, but I remember it. You see the Juke of York in a different light to how the press see him now. Very brave man with all his colleagues.

20.00 how many normal looking guys like this do you see in the supermarket etc any day of the week , respect these men, you never know, you might be standing next to a real life hero👍🙏

Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly is such a hero, he saves two men from the water (definitely not in his job description!) and countless wounded in the operating theatre, yet says "At least I did something right in my life" (or similar) ! What a man !

God bless these men who served for our country im young and very proud of these people. It’s a real shame people don’t care for the country and our freedom as they used to. These men and the men before and after that served our country deserve us to treat there country with the up most respect

Another excellent video. I saw some interesting footage I hadn't seen before from this conflict. Thanks MG !

Col Keeble was not only a fine officer but a diplomat, gentleman and faithful Christian. May God Bless him.

Brave man... but you are wrong... its the Falkland Islands... and shame on the EU for recognising the term Malvinas

The people have spoken, and Mike has delivered!

Thanks for this upload, such a good documentary, can't really explain, but the narration, background music, the scenes, the rare footage, the story, all just great like it was it the 80-90's. Today the edit and content is less attractive to watch.

Wow!! What a great call by Col Keeble, to call for the Argentine surrender at goose green, and then treated the soldiers with dignity…which ultimately gave Britain that political win they desperately needed…Bravo sir Bravo 👏👏

small point the aircraft shown in the thumbnail is a Harrier GR7 which was not in service during the Falklands war, the Sea Harrier and Harrier GR3 however were there to very great effect.

Thank you for this.

Excellent doc. Thanks

Thank you for a very moving, honest, and terrible portrayal of a horrible but necessary war. What a brave Godly man was that 2nd in charge.

France made out like bandits selling Exocets after that war. It was the best advertising campaign Aerospatiale could have dreamed of!

Great Britain thanks all of the guys there for their service Well done lads you are the owed by the whole nation Every day is poppy day

A lot of the comments below state the lack of people talking about Op Corporate, but it was 42 years ago. I am a Falklands vet, but the younger generation have never heard of it or what we did. C'est la guerre!

The Royal Navy learned about the danger of airpower in WWII in the Pacific This mission was a pretty insane endeavor to pull off in the age of the jet fighter and modern missiles A few more of those Exocets could easily have won the war for Argentina before any Marines even got close to the islands Can see why the Marines and Paras would have been favorites in land combat - but actually getting the troops there was proper daredevil stuff

RESPECT and Thankyou

Muchos veteranos de ambos bandos terminaron con problemas mentales. Cuando se han encontrado argentinos y britanicos han mejorado Escuchar al qe ha sido tu enemigo arregla mucho y te das cuenta qe los 2 han sufrido. En las guerras no gana nadie

I have heard the ‘ Troops Out’ and ‘Go’ story a few times and always scratch my head that doing a beach landing in a landing craft you hit the beach the ramp goes down someone yells Troops out and highly trained soldiers just stand there until a CSM Yells go??

Wow,just wow.....words cannot...😢

Thank you

I guess because I’m not British I never really learned much about this war but I’ve learned quite a bit just from 2 parts of your 3 part series and I really didn’t know they lost so many ships and the Argentine army gave them so much hell🤯🤯

How absolutely shattering it must have been for the parents and family of the RN Rating who was killed on his 18th birthday on HMS Argonaut. RIP all those men on both sides who lost their lives in that terrible conflict.

Andy, you are a credit to Royal Family. No matter what others may think. You made a major contribution to the retaking of the Falklands Island. England salutes you.

I heard that with the Royal Navy , there was a supply ship named HMS HongKong . With most of her crews were recruited from the then British HongKong . 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Incredible courage from both sides 🙏♥️

Col Keeble took a calculated risk by asking the enemy to surrender.

I remember as a kid watching this war on the television and it was like watching it in green night vision, i think they changed it color now seeing the battles in ukraine ,and this documentary says it in more detail now.

Someday this will repeat itself in the future

"he looked up and saw the archangel Gabriel" 😂

yeah this is the best epidode of this doco

15:14 what a piece of footage

He was so thankful he'd done something useful in his life. Amen

War is always a sordid state to be in it. At least it was 'conducted' in the most humanly way which was possible, with at least some decent respect for each 'side' ...

Chile and great britain always good allies

Brave men . Recpect you all. And may you all rest in peace ❤❤❤

Is the narrator Michael Palin ?

Excellent! found compelling the words of Col Chris Keeble 2nd i/c 2nd Parachute Battalion @ around 47.00 Killing is not something we do. a battlefield is a highly immoral environment. as an officer(soldier) i am responsible for trying to make violence, killing, justified , legitimate, i have to have some rationale that sustain the legitimacy of what i am doing....

I had just gotten transferred to Fort Polk LA in the US. Argentina invaded the Falklands, we thought this would be over in a week. The British would handle this relatively quickly. Then we started to hear about British ships being sunk, We could not believe this. Would they be sunk by jets? How did these jets get close enough to sank British ships? We were sure that we would be called to assist our long-time ally.

I saw a documentary where a Vulcan bomber had dropped a bomb and messed up the air strip, but no mention of that here!

By the painting behind him, I assume Col. Keeble is catholic right?

This is one time a song, should have been called ," don't phuck with me Argentina," it would have been a hit

Julian Thompson was OC of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines NOT 3 Brigade !

Too much was asked of our soldiers…but they STOOD UP to the task..!! HEROES man..!!! When the call to fix bayonets came you know what kind of battle Goose Green was..!!

Commanding Officer (R I P)🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

WOW!

I had just join the Air Force and did hear talk we might be ask to deploy after basic to help the British

There was no mention of the Vulcan bomber raids.

I wonder why the SBS didn't give a signal prior to landing at San Carlos. It didn't say.

Several squadrons of USAF F-105 fighter/bombers in Vietnam had pilot loss rates of more than 50%. One squadron lost more than 100% of its aircraft. Yet they fought on for 7 years under the most insane rules of engagement in history. Imagine a civilian leadership instituting rules of engagement that favored the enemy. Lyndon Johnson and Robert MacNamera were directly responsible for the death and imprisonment of hundreds of American pilots.

Why did the Hawker Harriers from the aircraft carriers not engage the mirages and skyhawks before they arrived at San Carlos bay ?

Even though Britain won - I'd say that the lesson taken from the conflict for the Royal Navy would have been to not do anything as foolhardy ever again in the future Luck is the wrong word - but it was one hell of a gamble seeing as Argentina had modern fighter jets, missiles and well trained and brave pilots

Where the hell was the air cover??

1982, the year I did my military service in Sweden, was also a more "sharp" situation for us, with foreign submarines in our archipelago. The year before, a Russian submarine had grounded in Sweden.

Unfortunately, cutting in that Panavia Tornado dropping cluster bombs made the whole footage dubious.

RN anti-aircraft did as well as could be expected with what they had, but the technological capability was found seriously wanting. Seacat and Sea Dart missile systems had problems engaging airborne targets among the rugged and varied Falklands coastline. (Seaslug was a non event). RN anti-aircraft doctrine and capability was based solely on engaging Warsaw Pact aircraft over the open sea. Most RN vessels had very small quantities of guns as dedicated close in weapons, (in fact Seacat had directly replaced gun armament). Dedicated gun armament as part of a layered defence against aircraft may well have proved far more effective in the confines of the Falklands coastline. Hi-tech and low-tech close-in gun armament has now been standard fit on RN warships for years. Perhaps the biggest lesson the Falklands war taught is this. If you think you know who your enemy is, where your enemy is, and how your enemy will fight, you are being complacent. Think on politicians. RIP to all who lost their lives in this conflict.

British forces fighting for British territory. Not America fighting for someone elses.

I've always wondered if Argentina had won this war would the British simply have sent in more troops, planes and warships to fight until they finally won. And not forgetting military help from America and commonwealth countries?

16:45 what a great shot!

The argentine commanders they interview are so aloof and proud considering how embarrassingly they were humbled, they were utterly, utterly defeated and act as though they won

Maybe its a stupid question, but how is it possible to have landing troops without helmets, they had barets only Green barets, i thought that soldiers Gotta have helmets, like mandatory all of them....?

It all came down to leadership, thank you Maggie you saved our honour and the left wing snivelling little rats would have sold us out

The lack of a proper carrier with cats/traps and the ability to fly fixed wing AEW and have buccaneers on hand to buddy refuel left the RN massively exposed on this landing. Had the FAA been able to fly continuous are cover during these landings the Argentine air force may not have been able to get near to the expedition force.

Great accomplishment by the British army and navy

They said before they set sail we’re going to reclaim the Falklands and teach the Argies a lesson and they did exactly that.

I was 12 when the Falklands were invaded. Every day I was eager for the newspaper and the television news, hoping the British would win. It was not a stupid boys thing because I realized the atrocities of war. It made a pretty big impression on the small Dutch boy I was then.

General Menéndez, the most coward of all

READY FOR ANYTHING 👊🏼🇬🇧

The thumbnail oh the video is a Harrier II... 😮

Those mirage are beautiful

I’ll guarantee you Colonel Talyour is an ass-kicker. Professional, well spoken life taker if he needs to.

My dad Stephen mcdermott from Manchester was 3 para passed out 1973

If you want to take land from us, regardless of how long it's been ours - Negotiate, ask, communicate. We are a nation of people who would fight to the last human alive.

I traveled the world back in the early 1960s. Sowed my seed in a lot of women if you catch my drift. It was a different time…. Come later, I found out that I had sired sons in both Argentina and GB! It never really was an issue while they were growing up….. However this war broke my heart. As both my boys went off to war, each for their own country. I had spent time with each of them…. Teaching them to be men. Taught them how to shoot. They were both snipers. To make a long story short, they went against one another. Died in each others arms

Ive always noticed that the British had the utmost respect for their Argentine foe.

That's a Harrier II GR7/GR9 in the thumbnail, not a Sea Harrier FRS1..those Harrier models weren't even in service in 1982...just sayin' 😜

I'm watching this AGAIN and I'm taking in things I missed first time around but this will cause outrage no doubt but I'm thinking what on earth is this all about ? Was it actually worth ALL those lost lives on BOTH sides ? I know this has gone on since the Big Bang but I can't help but feel just utter despair for all those who never went home. I did 5 years in the 70s when times in the Royal Navy were pretty cool and we toured the world on HMS TIGER C20 with 4 sea king helicopters with 826 squadron and we had surface to air Seacat Missiles, 3 inch and 6 inch guns and about 925 crew but we just toured in the best decade EVER for just everything. I left in 75 and was living in London when the Falklands took place. It was all pretty surreal hearing about it and I've absolutely no idea how it felt but listening to accounts of everything I still wonder what it was all about, all those lost lives. No disrespect to those fallen souls but I guess with age you kinda question the sanity of everything. Could understand it more if it was the Isle of Wight but I just can't help but think of all those lost souls and all those who were seriously injured.

I worked with 2 Para and royal marines in the early 1980s excellent soldiers, not someone you wish to come up against. I served in the Danish royal guard back then and we often integrated with these guys in Nato exercise.

GEN. MENENDEZ ........ HIS WAR STRATEGIES KNOWLEDGE , WERE WATCHING WW2 MOVIES.

So im guessing they didn't have SM missiles back then? How does a destroyer not have anti air missiles by the hundreds

the warships were targets and replaced every time one went down ! sacrifice so the argies didnt hit the troops and logistics ! war is hell !

The Bomb squad guys have some huge balls I tell ya

43:20 So 1,500 Argentinian soldiers surrendered to how many paras?

In 1982 when this war was Started i was 24 years old i had a radio set daily i was listening the war news and updates, i salute to the bravely of Argentina pilots and hope one day the Argentina will get back Falkland from mother of all evils.

Can someone explain why the marines didn't wear helmets?

RIP the lost men

Of all the the things covered in this documentary, the thing that stuck with me was that poor 18 year old kid getting fucking killed on his 18th birthday. I know all deaths are tragic, but damn... To hell with war!!!

so Prince Andrew, Duke of York did help

what about CIWS on board the British warships??? they still had those WW2 era anti-aircraft guns that could easily take out the incoming Exocet AM40 anti-ship missiles fired by the Dassault Super Etenard Mk2 multi role fighter . . .