Falklands/Malvinas/Malouines Thread Anniversary

It´s amazing how close Argentina was to winning, or at least to inflict big damage to the task force
> Argie sub gets into firing position right under the fleet but torpedoes malfunction
> Skyhawks skim the waves to bomb the ships, dumb bombs don´t explode

>>924041
Argies were stupid. To begin with, they should have made bigger landing strips on the islands for their Mirages, and should have mined the strait between the two islands

>>924041
>Argie sub gets into firing position right under the fleet but torpedoes malfunction
Fun fact, british used WW2 surplus torpedoes because their brand new hot shit they were proud of since 60's quite probably didn't work either because it wasn't even tested. They've had it for like 20 years and didn't test it properly.

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I'm going to start posting pictures.

This flag was flown over Goose Green after the British retook the town, the soldiers then promised to raise the flag over Port Stanley, which they did.

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>>924114
Arguably the most iconic photo of the wall.

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>>924118
A Harrier lands on deck of what I believe is the HMS Hermes.

also war*, not wall...

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>>924119

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>>924122

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>>924125

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>>924128

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>>924131
A soldier patrolling in Port Stanley after the victory.

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>>924134
Chilling on the deck of the HMS Hermes

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>>924138

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>>924142
An Argentine Skyhawk makes a strafe run of a British carrier, terrifying head on photograph.

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>>924148

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>>924151

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>>924155
British Naval ship in front of the Civilian Cruise Ship: "Canberra", commandeered in Gibraltar and used for troop transport.

>>924084
the assumption was that NATO wouldn't send a large fleet south because of the Soviet threat, as the British fleet's mission at the time was to keep Russian submarines trapped in the Baltic. this belief was reinforced when the garrison surrendered without suffering any casualties

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>>924165
What we can assume is an SAS (not standard issue gear) soldier cooking up a feast

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>>924172

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>>924173
A rare sight, the small British garrison surrenders to Argentine forces.

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>>924175

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>>924177
Abandoned Argentine helmets after (I think) Goose Green

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>>924177

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>>924184

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>>924189

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>>924192
A pile of surrendered Argentine weapons

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>>924197
If that doesn't spark your patriotism I don't know what will.

NOTE: The sun is attempting to set, but we know it never sets on the British Empire

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My dad almost went there, he was a combat engineer, we send conscript from the north, but the special units like commandos, engineers and officers were from the capital (where I'm from)

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>>924208

>>924197
The Argentine had the automatic version of the FAL while the British the semi-automatic L1A1

One of the few times in history two countries had the same weapon as main rifle

Many of the rifle were sabotage by soldiers, same as the artillery pieces, so they couldn't sold them