Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War, it is inescapably one of the most significant historical events of the 1980s. When Argentinian dictator General Galtieri ...
The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event in the histories of the United Kingdom and Argentina. For Britain, the conflict reaffirmed its sovereignty over the islands and demonstrated its ...
A veteran who fired the "first shots" of the main conflict in the Falklands War has described his experiences ... to my flight commander that we do one transmission on the radar," he said.
This story appears in the February 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the rocky shores of Steeple Jason, a distant island in the Falklands archipelago, I am awed by the magnificence ...
Falklands' veterans from HMS Spartan gather at Sunderland's War Memorial to honor their fallen colleagues Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered ...
When the Welsh Guards were deployed to the Falklands in 1982 this guardsman at least continued to carry his parade bayonet. On 8 June 1982 a detachment of the Welsh guards was caught on RFA Sir ...
Giorgio and Irfon struck up an unlikely friendship as prisoner of war and guard On a ship in the heat of the Falklands War, an Argentine prisoner and his Welsh guard forged a friendship during a ...
Jewish soldiers will be recognized for their service during the Falklands War and the anti-Semitism they suffered will be acknowledged. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Jewish soldiers will be ...
served with the Grenadier Guards and the Special Forces and commanded a squadron of 22 SAS Regiment behind enemy lines in the Falklands War. In April 1982, in an unprovoked attack, Argentina ...
A total of forty-three Royal Navy warships, supported by twenty-two Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and sixty-two merchant vessels, were deployed during the 1982 Falklands War. It was the largest ...