The british remain calm, well mannered and detached even in times of war. Great respect.

@el_Contra

2 жыл бұрын

so long as they are gentle you don't mind them fing you. ok your choice.

@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

2 жыл бұрын

"ORDER"

@bobsmith3291

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly war is it . A superpower vs a small country with old weapons

@aaropajari7058

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobsmith3291 1000 were killed. War enough.

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

Staying calm is the only thing to do during a war. I can't believe other countries think differently.

And the Junta fell bringing democracy back to Argentina. Much good was done at the terrible expense of British blood. It was not in vain they set more than the islanders free of those vicious generals.

@dionisio89420

2 жыл бұрын

Well ... if the Empire and the City will stop stealing, plundering and raiding, Tommy blood would not spilled, don't you think? PS: say thanks to the "lord protector" Cromwell and his little friend Menasseh, among other Shylocks for the betrayal to England. Besides, the so called "iron lady" gifted the "democracy" in 1983. Enjoy your world! Farewell!

I was 11 and still at primary school when the Falklands war started. I can still remember walking to school with my friend, we were both in complete disbelief that we were at war with another country. Remember it like it was yesterday.

@angelacooper2661

Жыл бұрын

I would have been therefore a year older than you, having just turned twelve and in my first year at senior school!

We were all sitting around an old telly in our room ( Grot) in Southsea, Portsmouth, having been on standby to go down in the Royal Yacht. That trip was cancelled much to our relief but also we wanted to be there. What a sudden shock war can be when it comes out of the blue so quickly.

I remember well the Falklands War and was in my first year at senior school. This report was four days after my twelfth birthday.

Sir John Nott. He's still alive today.

@glynnwright1699

3 жыл бұрын

And it was his ridiculous policies that encouraged the Junta to attack in the first place. Callaghan, a navy man, sent a nuclear submarine when the Junta started sabre rattling a few years earlier. That shut them up.

@ro9202

3 жыл бұрын

Great forehead.

@antfrench5655

2 жыл бұрын

@@glynnwright1699 That tends to be the Conservative way I'm sorry to say. Slash the armed forces to within an inch of their existence then do a bit of chest-thumping and flag waving and fool everyone into thinking you're the patriotic party...

@glynnwright1699

2 жыл бұрын

@@antfrench5655 Indeed, my father-in-law, a staunch conservative was on the Board of Directors of BAE. he always said that labour governments were far superior to conservatives when it came to defence.

@johnmiller0000

2 жыл бұрын

So Robin Day was wrong when he accused him of being "here today and gone tomorrow". At which point, he promptly removed his lapel mic and left the studio.

I can remember the Falklands war clearly. I was 18 and there was a hugely patriotic feeling about reclaiming the islands. Maggie led from the front with a firm hand, we knew we would win. The Argentinian junta thought we wouldn't wage war 8.000 miles away from our homeland. They were wrong. We kicked their arses all the way back to Buenos Aires. It was a tremendous time to be alive, and God bless Lady Thatcher for her resolute response to these invaders. RIP Margaret Thatcher. Rule Britannia. God Save The Queen. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@daxark0089

3 жыл бұрын

JAJAJAAJJAJ THE WICKED BITCH IS DEADDD

@AJ-qn6gd

3 жыл бұрын

Made Britain great again 👍🏻🇬🇧

@henryvagincourt4502

2 жыл бұрын

Euan Elliott+ So can I, I was also 18, on a frigate.

@angelacooper2661

Жыл бұрын

I had just turned twelve and was in my first year at senior school. Remember the Falklands War well!

@juliomacnoo56

Жыл бұрын

Stick it up your Junta!

Politicians telling the true facts..them were the days .

@armstronggermany2995

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite.

I wonder if we'd have the wherewithal to repeat this mighty feat in today's climate?

@jeffreyadams648

3 жыл бұрын

No

@MrWoodii

3 жыл бұрын

Militarily, the answer is unquestionably yes. Politically however, in the current climate, the answer may be no.

@robertmarsh3588

3 жыл бұрын

100% no. The RN of today is only a small percentage of the fleet of the time (which itself was also being subjected to huge cuts).

@adamatch9624

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertmarsh3588 Although it may be a smaller force in no way is it useless it is still extremely powerful. War brings people together if they invaded the Falklands the PM could use it to unite the kingdom

@petercharles8799

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, though I doubt we would even need to send a task force to the South Atlantic. Since 1982 Argentina has not invested in their navy or air force and are now unable to stage any serious military threat. The Falklands are protected by anti-aircraft missiles, 4 typhoons, and are regularly visited by either a Type 45 or Type 23. The Royal Navy is smaller, but their equipment is much more advanced than anything used by the naval forces found in Latin America. Just one Type 45 could take out a small air force. Compared with 40 years ago there is now a significant gap in capability between blue water navies and those of middle-income countries.

Interesting. It seems this was broadcast on the day of my birth.

Sounds like "just to recrap" at 3;47

My word, he had a head like Ming the Merciless didn't he.

I remember this shocking and terrible news and was at a loss to imagine how it could happen.. Desperately sad as I'm sure it was for the families and loved ones of the many Argentinian forces who were killed during this conflict.

Only three channels broadcasting in those days. The news very manged in those days by all sides

Moral of story, do not fuck with people that takes tea seriously.

You could have uploaded the gumball rally aswell,I wanna watch that now

What happened to John Nott?

@justonecornetto80

4 ай бұрын

He retired as a politician in 1983 and went into business. He's 92 now and lives on a farm in Cornwall.

Publicat pe 12 ian 2021

The paras have consolidated their position north of my comb over.

And compare to the current world whats gone wrong?

Bloody hell he looks like Jacob Rees Mogg

@williammorley2401

Жыл бұрын

Anthony Thatcher Churchill Eden Rees-Mogg, luckily for him, he doesn't sound like a pompous prat like Rees-Mogg

@anthonythatcherchurchilled285

Жыл бұрын

@@williammorley2401 Pompous could mean one of two things: Grand, which does suit Mogg, or self-important which doesn't. "Prat" also doesn't fit because he's a very smart chap

@momeara7482

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonythatcherchurchilled285 The word 'pompous' is not a positive word. It carries a negative and distasteful connotation. The word is used to describe arrogance. A pompous person is one who thinks he or she is better than the people around them. It suits Jacob Rees-Smug perfectly.

@anthonythatcherchurchilled285

Жыл бұрын

@@momeara7482 First of all, you're wrong on that count. There are still cases of the word pompous being used as a word meaning "of or relating to pomp". As for self-important, he just isn't. You may be upset that he speaks the Queen's English and speaks better English than me or you, but that doesn't make him pompous. He may be smarter than me or you, but that doesn't make him pompous. What makes someone pompous is, essentially, the pretence of intelligence without any real presence of intelligence; it is undeniable that Jacob Rees-Mogg is a smart man, and you're delusional if you think he isn't.

@momeara7482

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonythatcherchurchilled285 No. You have misunderstood the meaning of the word. The correct meaning of 'pompous' fits Rees-Smug perfectly.

His heed?

Crazy how biased and unbiased the BBC can be. Half a dozen, slightly more than half a dozen. So... Less than 20? It's like "Close to 10, though a touch more than 10."

This defence minister caused the invasion through his actions, cuts and being clueless in his role!

@timmo491

2 жыл бұрын

Don't be an idiot. Carrington was the Foreign Minister at the time of the invasion (himself a distinguished ww2 hero) who resigned over it.

@terryb8310

2 жыл бұрын

@@timmo491 He resigned because he had fucked up rather than honour!

@timmo491

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryb8310 I think you just made my point for me mate. It was Carrington who fucked up, not Nott who won the thing as Defence Minister for Thatcher. Cheers.

@peterfeeney721

2 жыл бұрын

@@timmo491 At least HE had it in him to resign. Nott caused the Invasion and continues to snivel and evade. With honour and intent we could have reinforced, parachuting mortars, Blow pipe and heavy Anti Tank, enough to cause the Argies to think twice. But spineless Knott slithered away to hide his ministry. I will never forgive him. 8901 were totally unsupported but Stood and did held. Get on Royal!

@fhlostonparaphrase

Жыл бұрын

@@peterfeeney721 Didn't Nott offer to resign,but Thatcher turned him down and told him to stay in his position?

HA HA HA! What happened to his wig??

@dronebee83

7 жыл бұрын

That's a different bloke from the rug wearing MOD spokesman. This is John Nott, the 'here today, gone tomorrow' defence secretary, who is famous for flouncing out of a Robin Day interview. Wiggy McWighead in the other clip is just some civil servant, whose voice is apparently set on 0.75x speed.

@SenorCrazylegs

4 жыл бұрын

@@dronebee83 0.75 speed. You have my laugh, sir.

@richardvernon317

4 жыл бұрын

@@dronebee83 Both of them were Idiots. Wiggy McWighead AKA Ian McDonnell later got roasted in an Arms Of Iraq scandal. As for "whats it like to be a Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Politician" teddy throwing by Nott was hilarious.

The late sir robin day was right.. John Nott was a snob, and like any other politician. He was here today and gone tomorrow.

The argies gave them a fight.

@pauldg837

6 жыл бұрын

Sara Skywalker The Argentinian forces heavily outnumbered the British forces during the land battle on the Falklands. So, It's the other way around.

@brycepilkingtonstone5934

6 жыл бұрын

the conscripts no but the argie 5th marines were dug in and not for shifting.

@timothyphillips5043

6 жыл бұрын

Not for long.

@1984isHereNow

6 жыл бұрын

Shifted pretty quick when 1500 artillery rounds landed on them and the Scots Guarsd ascended Tumbledown. Argentine land forces held the advantage. Non the less their air force did put up a fight and were much respected by the RAF. An interesting book to read if the subject matter interests you is the 'Fight for the Malvinas' By Martin Middlebrook, all from the Argy side.Very interesting.

@timmo491

5 жыл бұрын

They wont try that again.

That's just colonialism at it's best

@flyingphobiahelp

Жыл бұрын

Rubbish

@andygreen4130

Жыл бұрын

Rule Britannia

Las Malvinas eran,son y serán por siempre argentinas

@jackr1553

4 жыл бұрын

They have never been. The only period Argentina has held the Falklands was when their fascist leader conducted a cowardly suprise attack and that was only for a moment. Before that it was swapped between Spain, France and Britain. You're only link to those countries is being a former Spanish colony. So do you also own Gibraltar?

@Citlali24585

4 жыл бұрын

Las Malvinas nunca eran argentinas. Los habitantes son británicos y no quieren ser parte de argentina.

@zetlandersoaghar7551

4 жыл бұрын

@@Citlali24585 TRUE but many of the inhabitants were also half Argentinian or married to Argentinians. Never forget that after the surrender I overheard the islanders talking in a group, 'got rid of the argies now we have to get rid of the brits'....... this was at that time the general sentiment of many of the islanders.

@barryallen7894

4 жыл бұрын

Guns placed between houses and schools so brits wouldnt fire.. International red cross markings placed on buildings that housed argie generals so they wouldnt get bombed.? Piss off and lie down..shouldve been brought to justice..war criminals..scum that was brought to their knees..😃😃😃

@Ignacio.Romero

4 жыл бұрын

Nadie quiere ser parte de tu quebrado país socialista