The Falklands War was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British overseas territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
It began on Friday 2 April 1982 when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands (and, the following day, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it had long claimed over them. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities.
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Soldier Magazine - November 2024
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Drawing on the authors military service and deployments abroad into war zones, the book offers short stories with a twist of questioning what you you do in a similar scenario. This is to aid in decision making and also makes you ponder some of the moral questions in life and war.
An interesting book that will appeal to many but especially in an educational setting.
NetGalley, Kevin Stabler
Drawing on the authors military service and deployments abroad into war zones, the book offers short stories with a twist of questioning what you you do in a similar scenario. This is to aid in decision making and also makes you ponder some of the moral questions in life and war.
An interesting book that will appeal to many but especially in an educational setting.
NetGalley, Kevin Stabler
I have just read [this] book in one sitting; informative, logical and persuasive. A veritable "tour de force" which adds to our knowledge and appreciation of events past and challenges ahead. I was particularly interested in the US perspective, of which I was mainly ignorant and the slightly internecine Falkland TG aviation tangles. I have had no qualms about my distaste and mistrust of the Crabs; the book confirmed all that I knew. I was impressed with the strategic conclusions which not only confirms my view about Whitehall and what needs to be done. I take nothing away from the overt support for the trans-Atlantic alliance, I would just add that, although admittedly a tangential matter for this book, the dependence upon the efforts of European continental powers to make up the whole alliance of northern hemisphere democracies is pivotal. I believe passionately that a European dimension to sea based air already exists and should be further exploited - CDG is a single but highly capable.. Read more
Commander Paul Fisher
I have just read [this] book in one sitting; informative, logical and persuasive. A veritable "tour de force" which adds to our knowledge and appreciation of events past and challenges ahead. I was particularly interested in the US perspective, of which I was mainly ignorant and the slightly internecine Falkland TG aviation tangles. I have had no qualms about my distaste and mistrust of the Crabs; the book confirmed all that I knew. I was impressed with the strategic conclusions which not only confirms my view about Whitehall and what needs to be done. I take nothing away from the overt support for the trans-Atlantic alliance, I would just add that, although admittedly a tangential matter for this book, the dependence upon the efforts of European continental powers to make up the whole alliance of northern hemisphere democracies is pivotal. I believe passionately that a European dimension to sea based air already exists and should be further exploited - CDG is a single but highly capable.. Read more
Commander Paul Fisher
‘I have immensely enjoyed reading this high octane account of life as an operational Royal Navy Wasp and Lynx Pilot.’
Cdr Paul Tremelling RN(Retd) Sea Harrier Pilot. Author Harrier: How to be a Fighter Pilot
‘I have immensely enjoyed reading this high octane account of life as an operational Royal Navy Wasp and Lynx Pilot.’
Cdr Paul Tremelling RN(Retd) Sea Harrier Pilot. Author Harrier: How to be a Fighter Pilot
The Falklands War was a strange time for everyone involved. Apart from being totally unexpected for almost all the participants; we were fighting a nation that we had previously regarded as friendly. Within this rather odd background, the tale of the Falkland’s Guns is a curiously fitting series of events that demonstrates a high order of ingenuity and determination on the part of the author and his helpers. In essence, the virtually brand new Skyguard radar linked to the 35mm Oerlikon ant-aircraft gun systems that the Argentinians brought to the Islands were salvaged and transported to the UK to form the basis for 2 British military units, which were ultimately declared to NATO. This book describes how this happened in a highly readable manner. My part in all this was to recover some of the guns whilst stationed on the Islands and later, as the MOD staff officer responsible for Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) for the RAF, I got to know these weapons well. The first part of the book.. Read more
Air Vice-Marshal Richard Moore MBE RAF (Retd), Former Commandant General of the RAF Regiment
The Falklands War was a strange time for everyone involved. Apart from being totally unexpected for almost all the participants; we were fighting a nation that we had previously regarded as friendly. Within this rather odd background, the tale of the Falkland’s Guns is a curiously fitting series of events that demonstrates a high order of ingenuity and determination on the part of the author and his helpers. In essence, the virtually brand new Skyguard radar linked to the 35mm Oerlikon ant-aircraft gun systems that the Argentinians brought to the Islands were salvaged and transported to the UK to form the basis for 2 British military units, which were ultimately declared to NATO. This book describes how this happened in a highly readable manner. My part in all this was to recover some of the guns whilst stationed on the Islands and later, as the MOD staff officer responsible for Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) for the RAF, I got to know these weapons well. The first part of the book.. Read more
Air Vice-Marshal Richard Moore MBE RAF (Retd), Former Commandant General of the RAF Regiment
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The Yompers
'Yomping' was revealed by the journalist Charles Laurence in 1982 as the word which the Royal Marines used to describe carrying heavy loads long distances on foot. Given the intense public interest in the dramatic events then unfolding in the South Atlantic, it caught on and is now in common usage. The Yompers is the first account to be written by… Read more...
