Having served in the Falkands, the weather was atrocious.
@ThePilot4ever5 жыл бұрын
With your info-diggings skills you could probably find Atlantis in two weeks
@villiestephanov9845 жыл бұрын
Peace of cake. No doubt.
@ronaldmcdonald39655 жыл бұрын
clever
@annoyed7075 жыл бұрын
He already has. If you want to know where, it'll cost ya...
@rat_king-5 жыл бұрын
Dude its already been done mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/09/researcher-says-the-mysterious-eye-of-the-sahara-could-be-the-ruins-of-atlantis/
@paulfrantizek1025 жыл бұрын
Regardless of what you think of the politics, those Argie pilots had some serious stones, making those wavetop attacks in those Scooters. Some real ace stick-and-rudder work.
@Jones78545 жыл бұрын
France suspended deliveries when Argentina invaded the Falklands. Now imagine if Argentina had invaded the Falklands AFTER taking full delivery of the Super Etandards and the Exocet missiles!
@yashtee-v50845 жыл бұрын
This channel is better than history channel thanks mark felton!! Thanks for 400 likes hahaha History channel is crap now aliens mysteries etc no lore history in it.
@u.h.forum.5 жыл бұрын
Rip the good old days
@robertfrench28075 жыл бұрын
Bring back the military channel! I could watch that all day, even the repeats
@aestradarespeto5 жыл бұрын
Mr Felton does a historygraphycal work that simply History Channel do not consider take a worth. Good job, Sir.
@dusty44595 жыл бұрын
Watching my kettle boil is better than watching the history channel!
@erlandnettum66805 жыл бұрын
History channel today is nothing but pseudo science. Total garbage.
@Kayaz484 жыл бұрын
I felt so guilty after watching your videos so often, I just sent a small payment via PayPal. You are one of the best video producers on KZfaq, and whether you know it or not are making a MAJOR contribution to history with this. Deep respect.
@_Matsimus_5 жыл бұрын
Amazing work as usual!! 👍👍
@snook12495 жыл бұрын
I was a RAF technician supporting the aircraft that joined the fleet, the aircraft that bombed the runway and various 'other aircraft' during the Falklands conflict. I've never seen the footage you are showing. Thank you.
@MarkFeltonProductions5 жыл бұрын
A pleasure
@lennarthumpf80315 жыл бұрын
Once a respected foe now a respected ally Greetings and respect from Germany to our British friends
@maxmullen63375 жыл бұрын
Lennart Humpf. And thank you for all the help and support you Germans give to the British who simply want to be free of the EU. I don’t think. And thank you for refusing to do your share of protecting Europe from the Soviets, leaving it mostly to the Americans in NATO (with a little help from the British) while you make yourselves rich on a low value Euro while crippling weaker countries like Greece. A thousand years of history can’t be wrong. Continental Europe is more likely an enemy than a friend.
@slick44015 жыл бұрын
I know the Rio Grande base area well and let me tell you: It would have been extremely difficult for unsupported raiders to make it out of the landing strip. They might have caused some considerable damage because they were the SAS and who dares wins and all that, but on the whole they would have come out of the affair with quite a collection of holes each. For one thing, the landing strip itself was watched as much as the outlaying zone. A hostile landing inside the base had been considered a possibility, for obvious reasons, and there were literally dozens of bunkers and mutually supporting positions that looked both in and out. The Rio Grande base wasn't an improvised landing strip in the Libyan desert watched over by poorly led, poorly armed Italians. The area had been in fact a war zone during the entire seventies because of the leftist insurgency that had ravaged the country back then and constantly tried to assault military bases to steal weapons, kill soldiers and for propaganda purposes. So the place was not stranger to war. The perimeter of the base, which held critically sensitive materiel, was therefore quite beefed up, heavily mined and watched over by four battalions of Marines, perhaps the toughest soldiers we have outside the "Buzos Tácticos". Some of their commanders had in fact undergone training in the UK with the SBS and knew what to expect from the daring British. Also, unlike our starved, half-frozen conscripts in the islands, the Marines manning the defenses were well fed, well equipped and had decent bunkers and material support. The SAS brass was perfectly right when they called it a suicide mission. It would have been one more tragedy in an already tragic and unnecessary conflict.
@tonkerdog15 жыл бұрын
My mums first boyfriend flew the remaining Chinook off the Atlantic Conveyor. Ironically he survived the war but died in the Falklands on exercise some years later, because of water contamination!
@kevken32934 жыл бұрын
Jabber 1974, You do a disservice to the French, they kept stalling on delivery of previously ordered Exocets until the war was over. The Exocets used were old stock delivered when Argentina was still a British ally. Britain and Argentina were close friends until this incident.
@germanpuricelli89585 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thanks. I have read in the Argentine mass media articles that the "Seaking" helicopter was first detected (heard) by an Argentine oil extraction tower ignored by the SAS. The employees of this tower had reported the contact to the military authorities of Tierra del Fuego who alerted the coast guards about the incursion. There is another report of an Argentine patrol vessel detecting a small boat approaching the Argentine coast very close to Rio Grande. Apparently, the ship opened fire "blindly" following the radar "mark" at what, the boat (presumably British), noticing that it had been discovered, salied away. The Argentine Navy knew that the Super Etendards were important military targets and, every day, they took the airplanes out of the base and hid them among the houses of the city. Obviously, every day the place where each plane was hidden was changed. The "sensitive" sites of Tierra del Fuego (Argentine side of the island) and the border with Chile was guarded by, whatever was considered, the best troops of the Argentine Navy. The fear of a direct intervention of Chilean troops on the Argentine side of the Island of Tierra del Fuego caused that, neglecting the participation of these troops in the conflict, (there were many command groups of the Argentine Navy), any military attack on the Argentine side of the Island was very difficult. I have a couple of Argentine books about "mikado operation" seen with "Argentine eyes" but, saddly, I haven't had the time to read them yet. I promise to do that soon !!!
@richardk52465 жыл бұрын
The tension in these videos is amazing, even though I knew Argentina had never sunk an aircraft carrier I was still on the edge of my seat. Thank you, great channel.
@oveidasinclair9825 жыл бұрын
That would have been one hell of a SAS assault on that Arge air field, most definitely would have went down into the history books.
@Lisandro-ym1sc5 жыл бұрын
Only if succeded, otherwise will be «classified» too...
@MrPhantom4535 жыл бұрын
White flags would have been popping up all over Argentina :-)
@MattGhii5 жыл бұрын
@@MrPhantom453 Why? The last time the British invaded Argentina with superior armament and troops (1806-1807) they where the ones to surrender lol, Argentinian people could be very dangerous tbh, they might not have the best weapons, but you should never underestimate an enemy
@Rudizel5 жыл бұрын
It would have had a high chance of failure, they were right to push against it.
@Lisandro-ym1sc5 жыл бұрын
@@MrPhantom453 Argentina is not México, you need to learn more about Geography...
@kanagaway5 жыл бұрын
Coming home from work and excited to finally watch another excellent episode of Mark Felton's history documentaries!
@AirsoftReviewArgentina5 жыл бұрын
Very good description on Operation Mikado. The Falklands/Malvinas War is such a short conflict that if any small incident was changed it could define a different aftermath. Respect from Argentina
@stirpsromanica5 жыл бұрын
@@nosnowflakezone3608 Malvinas is just the name they have in spanish. And you won them in the war, that's right.
@CarricksGaming5 жыл бұрын
Loving the Falklands videos, keep up the good work!
@ArenBerberian5 жыл бұрын
C4rr1ck I love Falklands war history, it’s super interesting but also super underrated
@kidslovef11555 жыл бұрын
Why do all history KZfaqrs have such good voices?
@SClerckx5 жыл бұрын
Because the ones that don't don't get popular
@gunner6785 жыл бұрын
@@troo_story extremely well put!
@DirtyHairy15 жыл бұрын
Curiously, Drachnifiel has used TTS in the beginning and was able to build a reputation nevertheless but revealing his voice didn't hurt
@youtoob4life5 жыл бұрын
They don't. I watched one a couple weeks ago, forgot who exactly, but he had a dull and boring voice. I'll try to find him
@iamejify5 жыл бұрын
Kidslovef1 he sounds normal
@firefightergoggie4 жыл бұрын
Well credit where credit is due. The Argentine pilots showed some real guts. Can't deny that.
@bigblue69175 жыл бұрын
Interestingly the destruction of HMS Sheffield was down to fires started by the missiles engine rather then the warhead which did not explode. In fact if it was not for the fact that the sea water fire main was knocked out the ship could well have been saved. In the case of the Atlantic Conveyor there is no conclusive evidence that the warhead exploded and again it is possible the missiles engine caused a fire in the fuel and ammunition aboard the Atlantic Conveyor which burnt the ship out. So it is possible that even if the carriers had been hit, and assuming the fire control worked well, the may not have been knocked out. Argentina did try to obtain more missiles but the British Secret Service did set up a number of fake arms dealers to diverted Argentina from pursuing sources which could genuinely supply a few missiles. France, to its credit, stopped a supply of missiles going to Peru which they thought could have been diverted to Argentina. Though how much that was influenced by the fact that British intelligence knew what was going on would be interesting to know.
@OGPatriot035 жыл бұрын
One might think the French sold purposely defective missiles, but to their credit they incapacitated both ships, I see no reason why the same wouldn't happen to one of their tiny carriers.
@jwenting5 жыл бұрын
Argentina also tried to obtain Harpoon missiles from several sources but US pressure prevented that from happening as well. Initially it was however far from certain the USA would even support the UK, there was talk in Washington of remaining neutral or even siding with Argentina as the strategic importance of retaining Argentina as an ally in South America was deemed very important, more important than the expected damage to UK/US relations by some highly influential figures in the US State Department and congress. It was mostly the friendship between President Reagan and Mrs. Thatcher that meant the US stood firm with the UK.
@markpointer29675 жыл бұрын
Yet again, Dr Felton, a superb production. Interesting, concise, to the point.... if only more history documentaries were made in this style, I think they would receive far more viewers. I recently saw a documentary about Operation Thunderbolt (the Israeli Special Forces operation in Ntebbe, Uganda, in 1976, mentioned in this film). It was 1.5 hours long. So, it must be amazing, right?? Wrong. It was SO full of repetition, padding, re-summarizing the story so far, and so on (this was excluding the endless commercials), that it made me realise just how good the Felton Production films are. It left me longing for a concentrated, 10 - 15 minute version. Awesome job Sir!!!
@MillWheelDad4 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Yes some fairly crazy things were considered during the Falklands conflict. Credit should also go to the Argentinian technical team that repurposed the MM38 ship launched exocet onto a truck, added a radar and successfully hit HMS Glamorgan on Jun 12 killing 14 crew. They had something like 30 missiles available from the navy. A week earlier and this small team of geeks might have changed the outcome of the conflict. Frustratingly I can find very little detail, but as they say victory is written by the victor.
@pendarricrolynd74445 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr Felton, keep up the good work.
@Keplerb-od1lr5 жыл бұрын
That footage at 1:50 of the Argentine jets flying low against the British ships is the hilight
@johnbeckman4925 жыл бұрын
The result of losing the Atlantic Conveyor was that troops landing in the Falklands had no overland helicopter transport and thus had to walk multiple days and fight their way to their target town.
@jeffwalters85525 жыл бұрын
I always wondered why they were marching all over, that would explain it!
@USER3515 жыл бұрын
My understanding from the Argentinian pilot’s testimony is that his target radar could not differentiate between the carrier and the transport ship as they were both large targets. He had detected both, and he just had to pick one.
@theotherside9315 жыл бұрын
*You didn't mention that the Argentinian troops on Falkland were amateurs and many were drafted and poorly trained. While the British troops they fought against were elite units that had advanced weapons.*
@wideyxyz22715 жыл бұрын
Not quite true old chap. Some were regulars and well trained but most were conscripts with only basic training. Anyone with a gun shooting at you is dangerous no matter how crap they are or how badly trained. If you dont believe me try it! It wasn't a walk in the park as people like to believe.
@donjones47195 жыл бұрын
He has covered this extensively in his vids on land operations on the Falklands.
@hrvojegrgic51113 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video and piece of history. Thank you.
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot two more missions. The air attack of 05/30/1982. On that mission, the Argentines claim to have hit the invincible or something. And the attack on 06/12/1982 with an exocet MM.38 (from the ground) that hit the Glamorgan.
@howkamchiong66475 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching your high quality videos since February,keep up the good work!
@pauliemc20105 жыл бұрын
Lindybeige and mark both doing falklands war videos. Absolute winner !
@robinderoos11665 жыл бұрын
As lindy pointed out, it was a conflict as neither side actually declared war...
@Wallyworld305 жыл бұрын
@@robinderoos1166 Vietnam was also "just" a conflict.
@jasonrodgers90635 жыл бұрын
I am REALLY enjoying your recent Falklands videos! Thanks!
@jeronimocanton95575 жыл бұрын
Good video! The last Exocet misil was lunch in a combine attack with 4 Skyhawks that Argentina claim damages a carrier and England claim that hit the floating shell of the Atlantic Conveior.
@Not-TheOne5 жыл бұрын
Damn, interesting, never knew of this. Love the little facts behind larger stories. Also, firmly agree, awesome channel! You are great!
@danielmartin77565 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Marc, as every post, highly interesting. This one in particular as I lived in AR at the time.
@MrBao-yt7bk5 жыл бұрын
Long time subscriber, love your videos mark! ~cheers from Argentina
@garethh94405 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Cpt Legg bottled it. Preferred to be near to Chile rather than the target and baled out at the first opportunity.
@ianrobson96014 жыл бұрын
First time I've ever heard about this and I live in Hereford !! Great video Mark.
@wadeoct619625 жыл бұрын
Mr Felton sir I just wanted to say thank you for your bringing all these interesting and overlooked stories to light. I emensly enjoy them and look very much forward to the next. I am a very proud ex member of the Canadian Armed Forces and as such I appreciate the significance of the stories. Ther are many Canadian stories as well I,m told we played a very important part in both wars. Thank you again sir . Cheers Wade
@the5thmusketeer2155 жыл бұрын
I recall being told at the time, that Argentina’s shocking success with their small stock of Exocet missiles, was viewed with such alarm and dismay by our Government, that immediate steps were taken to purchase all of France’s remaining stock of Exocet missiles, in order to prevent Argentina from getting their hands on any more!
@TheSunderingSea5 жыл бұрын
Mark, would you consider doing a video on Ethiopian/African forces in the Korean War?
@Guhonter5 жыл бұрын
Oh yes pls, I love these niche stories overlooked in sake of the broader picture.
@FelixIsMyName5 жыл бұрын
I never knew they were involved, so I second learning about this please Mark!
@CLK9445 жыл бұрын
Holy moly I didn't know they even existed
@TheSunderingSea5 жыл бұрын
To those in the comments, Ethiopian Emperor Halae salassie sent three Battalions to Korea as part of the UN forces in Korea, where they served with distinction. Salassie played an important role in the founding of the UN, given how the League of Nations failed to stop the Italian conquest of his country in 1936. Other troops from Africa included troops from South Africa and British Nigeria.
@philmcdonald47785 жыл бұрын
Or the Russian service men who died to put the nutcase regime in power
@sigeberhtmercia7675 жыл бұрын
What I read on the sinking of the Sheffield was the use of aluminium in the ship's construction caused some horrific incidents.
@misterjag5 жыл бұрын
The U.S. secretly offered to loan Britain an amphibious assault carrier in the event that one of her carriers was sunk.
@mh53j5 жыл бұрын
misterjag have never heard that. Know US did offer repair facilities in Mississippi to repair Sheffield- of course, that was before true extent of damage was known.
@janetyeoman15445 жыл бұрын
The Atlantic Conveyor name was put on a new ship. I used it to send a wooden classic boat to Liverpool from Baltimore. The name on the shipping documents surprised me.
@ianturner75375 жыл бұрын
Well done mark another great video about the falklands war i would love to see one about the battle of port stanley and the argentinian invasion
@richardyoung46165 жыл бұрын
There are several really good books that go into more detail. The Argentine suffered terribly, most were drafted and lived in tropic climate. They didn't give them enough clothing for the cold climate or food. Some of the locals had to feed them or they would have died.
@stirpsromanica5 жыл бұрын
@@richardyoung4616 Not tropical, an important number of conscripts from Chaco and Corrientes provinces were sent, not tropical but subtropical. Pretty dumb to not send the armies from Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Patagonia, but we had to keep them by the chilean frontier in case those coward chileans try something.
@iamasmurf11225 жыл бұрын
The Skyhawk was one of the most agile aircraft ever made , light and could carry a huge payload and manouverability was outstanding and was one of the only aircraft of its size capable of carrying nuclear bombs
@archstanton61025 жыл бұрын
Dr Mark any chance of some Ghurhka history videos? Just visited the Ghurkha Welfare Trust nursing home in Pokhara which was very humbling.
@jeffwalters85525 жыл бұрын
@@rbeck3200tb40 Ghurkas come from Nepal. They are legendary warriors that have fought for the brits for many years. Amazingly tough.
@tc18175 жыл бұрын
really? You saw the word spelled dozens of times I'm sure, and you still can't spell "Gurkha." Good job, dumbass.
@ericliu27535 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work Mark. I always look forward to learning something new about our past when you upload.
@VandalAudi4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, those argentinian skyhawk pilots got balls
@bboxx0695 жыл бұрын
When you hear that intro music, you know it's going to be good.
@JonBowe4 жыл бұрын
Always good to see that History is not all being lost to Hollywood remakes, and historical facts are being kept intact. Thanks
@r2gelfand5 жыл бұрын
Smashing video Mr. Felton!
@youmaus5 жыл бұрын
Mark please do one on the decoy mission that fended off the two exocets. Apparently they used sea kings like matador's capes pulling up above the maximum altitude of the exocets as the missles passed beneath them. I was aquainted with the proud father of one of the sea king pilots. The father was former SAS.
@zxbzxbzxb15 жыл бұрын
I've not heard that, was that the attack on HMS Ambuscade? I watched a documentary about Falklands war exocets. Argentina had 5 air launched one's, 2 destroyed Sheffield. 2 more were fired at HMS Ambuscade which deployed chaff causing the missiles to re-target and destroy Atlantic Conveyor. The 5th missile was shot down by AAA by HMS Glamorgan. The Argentines did have several land firing versions, one was adapted and fired at HMS Glamorgan causing its helicopter to explode killing 13. No others was used.
@youmaus5 жыл бұрын
I heard this from my karate coach who was former SAS and had a son serving as a seaking pilot. What he told me was that they were instructed to fly at a certain distance from the ships at about the height of the ship's superstructure at a point that would give a couple of minutes of angle deflection from an incoming missle.As the exocet approached they were to climb. Apparently the exocet is designed to fly close to the water and does not climb very high or change course abruptly. The heleicopter that got hit may have been attempting this deflection.
@househive7075 жыл бұрын
Considering the seeming crackdown on military history on KZfaq I'm very pleased this was on top of my feed when I got home from work. Keep up the good work, Mark. Cheers to you for these videos!
@krennicsaspirations48835 жыл бұрын
I love the coverage of lesser known events in history. I feel The Battle of Castle Itter would make a great video, it's an incredible story that doesn't get enough recognition.
@TomasBelloXD5 жыл бұрын
I love the SAS stories, specially during the Falklands war. You should talk more about Chile and his involvemt on it helping the UK. Greetings from Chile!
@jasoncornell15795 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact the Argentine navy and airforce cooperated to modify an exorcet and mount it on an improvised lorry trailer launcher at port Stanley designed to sink the first major royal navy ship to approach fortunately Stanley was overrun from the landward side
@SantiagoAriasEskapa5 жыл бұрын
It was an MM38 exocet... The only one available at the time in Malvinas ... But it worked...
@alastairward27745 жыл бұрын
In thought they managed to launch it, but the ship targeted steered hard and the missile glanced off the hull and only destroyed a helicopter.
@VoidHalo5 жыл бұрын
I love it! So glad to see more on the Falklands from you.
@gwentchamp87205 жыл бұрын
Any day that Mark uploads is good day !!
@vincewindeuycker32195 жыл бұрын
I love the mix of eras of history you portray on your channel ......loved to see this one..... Had only seen previously this described in one or two sentences.....nice to finally get the WHOLE story...... keep up the OUTSTANDING work!!!!!💂💂💂 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@tomascornejo77015 жыл бұрын
I would like to say that there was an another mission, against the HMS invincible with the last exocet missile, and a couple of A4-B bombing the carrier. But there are serious doubts about the result of the mission, with diferent versions from both sides. Apart from that, great video.
@pdalia5 жыл бұрын
The commander of the SAS unit was so embarrassed after quitting the mission that after returning he left the army , he was right that the Argentinians has detected them , at least they catched radar signal from the flying helo, furthermore there was a strong opposition at land and well prepared argentine SF teams patrolling the zone ... it was no picnic ...
@zillsburyy15 жыл бұрын
mark should do a video on THE DAY THE SAS DEFIED THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT TO RESCUE THEIR OWN (september 2005, basra Iraq)
@rexcentx22545 жыл бұрын
Epic mark
@stocklee5 жыл бұрын
Mark should've been my history teacher is high school
@MrAnihillator5 жыл бұрын
Lindybeige talked about this yesterday. Interesting.
@syedadeelhussain26915 жыл бұрын
Must not forget that Argentinians struggled to attack the British Flotilla because the aircraft/jets they had lacked in terms of range. The Air-bases was way away from the targets and hence, mostly the Argentinian Naval and Airforce Jets struggled to get back after launching raids, as they were low on fuel. But not taking away anything from British Naval Aviation. The Harriers performed brilliantly. Also, the French Mirages and American Sky hawks were not really outdated jets by the end of 1982. They were considered to be pretty modern even back then!
@mh53j5 жыл бұрын
SYED ADEEL HUSSAIN Argentine Air Force had very limited in flight refuelling capabilities- KC-130 aircraft were stretched thin. Mirages and Daggers had no in-flight refuelling at all, had extremely limited loiter time. Several Skyhawks only made it back by staying plugged up to a tanker after receiving battle damage; fuel leaking out as fast as it was being pumped in.
@henryatkinson14795 жыл бұрын
Best history channel on the platform, and yet another great video.
@videodistro5 жыл бұрын
As a low brass/trombone player, I approve of the theme music you use. Love that bass bone on the right channel!
@painmagnet15 жыл бұрын
These episodes leave me on the edge of my seat! More, please!
@saiga12commander5 жыл бұрын
More More More...lovin the 80s conflicts...
@drpancakes78975 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark very cool!
@travisgamble87655 жыл бұрын
I did not know of this not-so-little mission! Thanks Maek!
@Christopher-rw2bp5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Released after I showered
@colingibson80185 жыл бұрын
Good one Mark. I was down there during the scuffel but our part has yet to be acknowledged. However it's good to find out what other things were going on. People have no idea how complex an opporation the whole thing was. The fact that there were more supply ships than warships should be a clue. But!!!!
@sudonum31085 жыл бұрын
Ha, you’re a submariner. Thanks for your service ; )
@wideyxyz22715 жыл бұрын
Yup.....God bless all of them!
@mh53j5 жыл бұрын
Colin Gibson when you stop to think what it took to get every man, bullet, howitzer shell, drop of aviation fuel, etc, etc down there in such a relatively short time, it was indeed a logistical feat. When you have to drop personnel, spare parts, equipment into the freezing ocean by parachute after a long C-130 flight-- somebody is committed to winning.
@bassoskat5 жыл бұрын
These videos are so addictive, always learn something new from them, thank you Dr Mark
@sircalculus14485 жыл бұрын
Lindybeige talking about this raid yesterday and now this ... huh 🤓
@MarkFeltonProductions5 жыл бұрын
Really? I didn't know that.
@TheRealRedRooster5 жыл бұрын
Now that can't be good...
@DirtyHairy15 жыл бұрын
Yea I think the two vids complement each other well. Lindy has his own style and covered it more broadly. I was wondering about the details of the helicopter mission. Thanks Mark!
@AnhTrieu905 жыл бұрын
Typical Lloyd, an hour-long video.
@slowerthinker5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning, that. I've now just realised that youtube (for no explicable reason) has stopped notifying me of Lindybeige uploads.
@phbrinsden5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as always Mark. Less known incidents and always meticulously researched and presented. Thank you.
@rodrigosanchez43975 жыл бұрын
As always another Great Video! However, there was a last attack of the argentinian navy using the remaining exocet missile. There are two versions about it : the british claim that the missile was destroyed by Royal navy ships, while argentina declare that it hit the Invincible. Nevertheless both parts agree in that one more attack by super etendards did happen during the war. Thanks for the video!
@Foxtrottangoabc5 жыл бұрын
If it did hit the invincible it definitely did not go off. I have never heard any first hand accounts from sailors who would have published that info to the press , not possible to sensor over time. I did see an argentine video claiming to have shot up the other helicopter or submarine ? that went missing with sas on board,, its a shame their is not solid info on those fellows
@eyesofisabelofficial5 жыл бұрын
HMS Glamorgan was struck by a land based Exocet launched from a hastily converted truck trailer. Fourteen where killed but the ship survived.
@rodrigosanchez43975 жыл бұрын
@@Foxtrottangoabc Hi. Im inclined to agree that its difficult to hide something of that magnitude, altough I dont rejet the fact that may be an attempt existed but failed. I found the two versions of the events of May 30. www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/admiral-sir-hugo-white-commander-who-fought-off-exocet-attacks-during-the-falklands-war-and-was-9588010.html This is the argentinian, but it is in spanish www.infobae.com/sociedad/2019/06/01/doce-bombas-y-el-ultimo-exocet-el-ataque-al-invencible-el-buque-insignia-de-la-flota-britanica-en-malvinas/
@MyLateralThawts5 жыл бұрын
Alternate title: “The officer who didn’t dare ...and lost!” In this case, the Atlantic Conveyor!
@redcat94365 жыл бұрын
It sounds lika Captain Legg lost his nerve.
@MrPhantom4535 жыл бұрын
Good point!!
@jptravers5 жыл бұрын
There are surely many details not included here.
@seananthonyegan33955 жыл бұрын
The sad aspect of the attacks on the task force was the bombs dropped were British 500 pound bombs .
@davidrobertsemail5 жыл бұрын
I keep thinking I know a lot of military history until you post a video. Such fun. Thank you Mark.
@Larwenful4 жыл бұрын
Just in case it was not already mentioned : The Argentinians did expend their last air-launched Exocet on May 30th. By using two air-to-air refuelings instead of one they were able to attack the RN TF from the SE. But they were still short of the carriers and the missile apparently locked onto the Type 21 HMS Avenger. Avenger's maneuvering and chaff rockets were enough to break the lock and it failed to hit any target.
@ibreathenapalm11125 жыл бұрын
The SAS. The only regiment apart from the Gurkhas who'll gladly accept a suicidal plan and barge in on death's door.
@RonJohn635 жыл бұрын
The SAS didn't seem to gladly accept this mission.
@SantiagoAriasEskapa5 жыл бұрын
They did not accept it... The operation was "compromised"...
@buckshot95215 жыл бұрын
Doesn't sound like they gladly accepted it. As Mark said, there was significant resistance to the mission within the SAS and the patrol aborted their mission fairly early.
@thephantomflanflinger11085 жыл бұрын
The s.a.s would probably abseil down the outside of deaths cottage, go in through the kitchen window, flash grenade his cook, steal his gold back teeth,commandeer his horse and escape under the cover of smoke grenades, claymore mines and covering heavy machine gun fire from the LZ in the fields at the back of the cottage. (For more detailed description of deaths domain, see terry prattchet novels.). All the while, sticking two fingers up at the bony bugger!.
@RhysapGrug5 жыл бұрын
@@thephantomflanflinger1108 grow up soft lad.
@duanequam77095 жыл бұрын
You are the new history channel. Great video and story.
@aaronjohn65865 жыл бұрын
How ironic that now 1 of the world's greatest navies can barely guard let alone defend it's oil tankers. Times have changed for the British navy that was able to sail thousands of miles and reclaim its territory. To bad it cannot do the same in the Straits of Hormuz.
@Foxtrottangoabc5 жыл бұрын
Yeh i read that of our 19 frigate destroyers , about half of those are in the docks being serviced or upgraded . We had 50 frigate destroyers during falkland war :)
@danialkemp15 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the videos on the Falkland Islands war. I am learning a lot.
@hugod20005 жыл бұрын
interesting video, i had no idea. on a separate point. i know french advisers visited argentina during the war, i always wondered if they helped or hindered their war effort.
@demef7584 жыл бұрын
Let us not forget the 1987 "incident" when an Iraqi F1 Mirage fired a pair of Exocet missiles at the USS Stark, both hitting her port side, resulting in 37 deaths and almost sinking the ship. IIRC, the ship's electronics did not detect the incoming Excocets. Five years after the UK-Argentina scuffle, the US had reason to fear the Exocet. Despite Iraq having fired the missiles, Reagan blamed Iran as "the villain in the piece." We were still kinda upset over that Iranian hostage thing in 1979.
@Carl_Gerbschmidt5 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!
@Shane-Singleton4 жыл бұрын
Nice little history blurb. I actually have a model of an Argentine Super Etendard sitting on my desk that I built a few years back. It's aircraft 03.
@Willstangv65 жыл бұрын
Keep up the Falklands War vídeos if you can, very interesting and no one else seems to cover specific stories about it like you do. Most docs or info out there are about the war as a whole that everyone has heard of.
@larryjeram-croft16924 жыл бұрын
Shame the video of a Sea King in flight was an SAR Mk2. It sort of ruins the continuity to see a dayglo red machine which was clearly not involved. Also I would query whether the SAS left that quickly. I was in one of the frigates and we got regular reports when aircraft took off from Rio Grande so someone was sat near the runway with a radio. Also I think you will find that the 'explosive charge' used to get the aircraft on fire was actually a Very flare pistol fired into the gravity refuelling point.l. They tried all sorts of methods to make it burn but that was the only thing that worked. As an ex Sea King pilot myself, we all laughed about that because we were forbidden to smoke in the aircraft because of the fire risk!
@wape15 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a story I once read somewhere. During the Falklands conflict the Argentinians fuzed their bombs incorrectly, so that when dropped from sea-skimming A-4 Skyhawks, the munitions didn't have time to arm themselves before striking RN vessels. Thus something like three out of four bombs that hit were duds. A reporter working for a British tabloid came upon this information and it was printed as a small sidestory and read by hundreds of thousands of people. RN had a Royal Shitfit, but the damage was done. However, this accidental intelligence coup was somehow completely ignored by the Argentinians, and they just kept chucking heavy-duty paperweights at Her Majesty's boats. Supposedly if the Argentinians had not ignored this information, the British Task Force's losses would have been too great and the conflict would have been lost.
@robstone45375 жыл бұрын
wape1 Not fuzed incorrectly, most weapons have a minimum arming distance so you don’t blow yourself up if you drop it too low or fire it too close. The Argies did not trust the accuracy of their bomb sights and wanted to make sure they scored a hit. So they closed in to a much shorter range then normal before releasing. Extreme bravery in the face of heavy anti aircraft fire, but lucky for the British.
@WanderlustZero5 жыл бұрын
There's also the fact that if the Argentine planes flew any higher, they'd be sitting ducks for Sea Dart and Sea Wolf SAMs.
@michaelswann80465 жыл бұрын
Loving the Falklands videos Mark
@infinitysearcher88585 жыл бұрын
Cracking story. I remember the events but had no idea on the details. Thank you very much.
@Blyskawica15 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and smoothly produced video as ever, only the raid itself an anticlimax!
@hshs57565 жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing us this coverage of the short, far away Argentine War. It was fascinating to read the news coverage at the time (made more interesting in that I was dating an Argentine woman then) and I've read an excellent book on the war, but I never heard of this attempted raid until now.
@ClaudeMagicbox4 жыл бұрын
And the failure of the preparatory mission “Duff” saved the SAS from being slaughtered and shamed because the RioGrande AFB was heavily fortified with bunkers and self-supporting fortified shooting positions manned by 4 battalions (6000 men) of the Argentinian Marines, they were very prepared for it and the SAS plane landing in the middle of that would have been a turkey shoot qith the plane itself being immediately damaged and grounded and the 55 poor souls killed off slowly. Had they attempted that mission today the SAS would be considered a half joke of Special Forces.