British Guy Reacts to FALKLANDS WAR - OVERSIMPLIFIED - 'Brutal Conflict!'

I react to 'The Falklands - MiniWars #1' video from the Oversimplified channel. Tells the story of the Falklands Islands (Islas Malvinas) from the first human colonisation to the present day. Focus on 1982 war including sinking of the Belgrano, Exocet missile attack on HMS Sheffield, Battle of Goose Green and recapture of Port Stanley.

[Yawnzee_]

Fun fact the cruiser that was sunk outside the exclusion zone was the former USS Pheonix which was a survivor of pearl Harbor and sold to Argentina after the war.

[EduardoEscarez]

7:45 The reason my country supported the UK was because in 1978 there was a conflict that almost ended in a war for a series of islands in the Beagle channel, but was avoided though papal mediation. But in 1982 the Argentinian dictatorship had hinted that they would invade the Beagle's islands after the Falklands, reopening the risk of a war that would have disastrous to us, so the only choice for our dictatorship was to be an ally to the UK providing support in areas like intelligence; expecting their victory would also eliminated the risk of another war.

[johnf-americanreacts]

I was 11 years old in the US at the time of the war. I was fascinated and followed it intently on the news. Though it was awkward for the US Govt, there is no question that American public opinion was with Britain. I also remember controversy about the fact that the Exocet anti ship missile was French made and there were accusations that France continued to supply Argentina after the war started through other countries in South America allied with Argentina. I’m not sure if that was true or not.

[TheMyrmo]

Speaking as an American, you have a really good grasp of our interests in this fight at the time. It's very interesting to hear your perspective on this, over thirty years on.

[iKvetch]

It is probably too much to expect Oversimplified to say anything about it, but the US definitely did more than just provide some weapons to help the UK. Both Houses of Congress voted to condemn Argentina, and all sales of arms to Argentina were cut off. In addition to the Sidewinders and Harpoons the US gave to the UK, there was a supply of critically needed fuel, as well as access to US spy satellites and other intelligence. Plus, the US had already committed to backing up the UK with an Amphibious Assault Carrier for the Royal Navy to use as a Sea Harrier capable helicopter platform should the Argentines somehow sink one of the UK small carriers. 🖖💯✌
Oh...and just a quick note on those Sidewinders, the ones the US gave to the UK were the then brand new AIM-9L model of the old heat seeker, which were the first "all-aspect" model that could be fired at enemy aircraft from the front or side, and not just the rear. In addition, the new model had an 80 percent kill rate, as opposed to the 15 percent kill rate on the older missiles. It gave the UK a huge advantage over the Argentinians, who had basically the same missiles as the UK did until the US handed over the brand new ones.

[BelgorathTheSorcerer]

Thanks for the video. I hadn't heard of this before.

[johnalden]

My recollection is that U.S. public opinion (to the extent there was any) over the war was pretty much on the UK side, reflecting the strong relations between the US and the UK. This was somewhat tempered by what appeared to some people here as the UK being overtly imperialist (why the heck does Britain have a colony way down there?). But ultimately, most Americans sided with the British because (1) Argentina invading a defenseless island territory without any provocation seemed like a d*ck move (I know what you're going to say, and I agree with you); and (2) the people living there were clearly British, not Argentine. So, the belief was that the UK was defending its own people, who wanted to stay British, not come under a foreign government against their will.

[David-fmgo]

Earlier I was like " I haven't seen a British guy reacts video lately and here you are.

[capiorcorpus]

Fun fact. The Soviets didn't regarded the British as a threat until the Falkland wars. Source is some random yourube comment I read months ago.

[skootmeister]

Another popular history channel called “Armchair Historian” made a vid about the conflict, taking an Argentine perspective on the war. Basically going over how and why they started the conflict, how they planned it out and why events when the way they did.

[ilovemuslimfood]

It’d be so cool if you could react to The Pig War video by Oversimplified!!!

[sparkieT]

you should watch The Iroquois Confederacy on History Civilis Channel

[miroo]

In honor of Valentines Day (yes I'm late) I'd ask for a reaction to "Miscellanies Mythes Hades and Persephone" .
They do a deep dive into the history of the story and prove that yes it is the only relationship in Greek Mythology that doesn't get more horrifying the more you look into it.

[josephharrison]

You should react to the 2020 Daytona 500 radioactive since this next Sunday is the Daytona 500

[AceMoonshot]

I knew the quote, 'The clash was like two bald men fighting over a comb, ' but nothing about the war itself. Well ... that and how thanks to the war, Prince Andrew 'overdosed on adrenaline' and forgot how to sweat.

[David-fmgo]

An unfortunate war but without getting too political I would tend to think the British did the right thing especially with knowledge of the lopsided nature of the vote later on. Interesting note, Tony Blair lost an election during this war by running against the conflict.

[Denis-Maldonado]

Hi, Argentinean here, the war was caused by an US-sponsored military dictatorship, most people didn't want war, only the military government zealots which were a minority.
I think my country doesn't have any right to claim ownership over the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands like they did from 1904 onwards, but we firmly believe the Malvinas/Falklands Islands were Spanish after they bought it from the French, who were the original colonists, not the British who came a year later.
The Spaniard government recognized our ownership of the island as inheritance after independence (uti possedetis iure) from the colonial days (just as the UK recognized the Midwest as US territory after losing the usa war of independence even if it wasn't part of the 13 colonies territory). The UK then in 1833 kick out the Argentinean garrison to "retake" the islands, as they see em as theirs; but for us the history is like i said before France (Sold it) > Spain (Lost it during our war of independence) > Argentina (uti possedetis iure recognized by Spain).
The islanders right now are the descendants of the British implanted population of 1833, so of course they will vote in British favor, it would not be the same if the original Spaniards, or the 1833 Malvinas province Argentineans voted the same referendum.
It's funny that most of the world its against Russia because they annexed Crimea after a similar referendum, with a demographic of Russians living for generations decide to be Russians instead of Ukrainian. Just as the British islanders decide to be British after taking the islands and living for generations.

[alskjflah]

I know this channel is called “Oversimplified” and every little detail can’t be included. However I expected them to explain how this war cost poor Prince Andrew his ability to sweat. 🤣

[remo]

While you seem like a very nice and intelligent chap (politics aside, I suspect major disagree there) if there is one thing that you do that is annoying in your reactions, it is you will cut a narrator off mid sentence, and sometimes go on a long spiel. Even so, those are often informative at least, but not always. For instance, even though I, an American, knew what Gurkha's were, you shouldn't have assumed your listener familiarity. But mostly, just try to let the narrators finish a sentence. It is very annoying to just cut people off like that, and breaks any narrative continuity as well as the cadence of the presentation.