Britain's Incredible Recapture of South Georgia - Falklands War Documentary

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In just three weeks after the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland islands, Britain threw together a task force out of thin air, sailed it 8000 miles around the world and started taking its territory back. This is how it happened.

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Sources for the Falklands War Series (so far):

Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins, Battle for the Falklands
Martin Middlebrook, Operation Corporate
Martin Middlebrook, Battle for the Malvinas
Mike Norman, The Falklands War There and Back Again: The Story of Naval Party 8901
Kenneth Privratsky, Logistics in the Falklands War
Sandy Woodward, One Hundred Days
Paul Brown, Abandon Ship
Julian Thompson, No Picnic
John Shields, Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
Edward Hampshire, The Falklands Naval Campaign 1982
Hugh McManners, Forgotten Voices of the Falklands
Cedric Delves, Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War
Rowland White, Vulcan 607
Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air

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[maxkennedy]

Never underestimate the ability of the UK to Wallace and Gromit their way out of a situation

[yaki_ebiko]

People only care about the shots and bangs of a conflict but the first 5 minutes of this video is FAR more interesting of how logistics and traditions built during centuries of naval-ing the seas that enable the empire to materialize a fleet out of absolute nothing, fascinating video.

[Blueboy]

Nothing controversial about it. They are at war. The belgrano was a warship, not a cruise liner. She was fair game, no matter which direction she was sailing.

[fhlostonparaphrase]

I'm an avid reader on the Falklands War and I couldn't find a flaw in this, a lot of details and angles covered, plus the excellent animation; jolly good show!
(Only one nitpick; the Royal Marines on the Falklands didn't surrender, they were ordered to stand down by the governor ;)

[MostlyPennyCat]

The crews provided Harriers ready for ops every single time a pilot needed one.
Heroic doesn't do them justice, this was miraculous, stunning.

[gregorycharles]

‘The Royal Navy created a task force out of thin air, sailed it 8000 miles around the world and begun the task of taking its territory back’

Ah, the bloody brilliant British.

[napoleonibonaparte]

Now I’m sensing the finale will be called, “Return of the British”.

[tommcclelland]

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. GB as, for 100’s of years, been a magnificent fighting force. I’m an old Veteran, and I’ve had the privilege of serving with a few of their military service members. This was many years ago. They very very professional, polite, and extremely capable men. Not only was I proud to call then our Allie’s but also my friends. 🇺🇸

[samuel]

The Belgranos sinking is no longer controversial its captain confirmed that they where indeed going to attack the fleet outside the zone and that he would have done the same thing.

[onlyme]

The speed at Britain moved on this was very, very impressive

[mellon]

I appreciate the fact that while this war took place in 1982 there are only black and white photographies of Admiral Leach as if he was some WWI leader

[ElsinoreRacer]

I was in daily contact with 2 Argentine flight students during and after the Falklands War. They were convinced the Brits had lost a CV. They had "inside information" and were not fooled when both carriers returned to port afterward. It was kind of amazing, really. They were otherwise fairly reasonable people.

[Anglo_Saxon]

The feat of logistical planning and execution enabling the British to fight a conflict 8 thousand miles away at short notice was impressive to say the least.

[EG-cswl]

Great video, greetings from Chile!
🇨🇱🇬🇧

[simonbird]

When Al Hague said to Thatcher. ‘It’s just a few rocks!’ To which she replied, ‘like Hawaii.’ 😂

[banedon]

My dad was in the Falklands war aboard HMS Bristol (the flag ship for a time) in the ops room. I was, and will always be, very proud of him. He passed away in 2019. He was a very reserved man and one of the few times that I saw him properly lose his cool was when the politians came on TV to tell the nation that it had been a conflict, not a war. I think he saw it as them down playing the situation, but I can't be sure.
Oh, and he developed a life long loathing of corn beef hash. He told me that it's mostly what was served onboard ship for months on end. Can't say I blame him.

[Hollows]

An excellent operation from our lads, an excellent video from Historigraph.

Keep up the great work, am thoroughly enjoying this series as all of your previous uploads. Well done.

[MasterTheSwag]

I've been following this channel for a while now and I am astonished that you don't have a million subscribers yet. The quality is amazing, the narrative is riveting, well done.

[kennztube]

There was no real controversy regarding Belgrano, she was steaming toward the task force when sunk. Even if she was not, no military commander would allow an enemy ship, especially of her size to remain unmolested. It boils down to a simple question, our chaps or theirs.