20th Century Battlefields - 1982 Falklands

A British naval task force sets out on an 8,000 mile journey to retake the Falklands.

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[gre8]

Argentinians have an ego that is beyond belief. And it is amazing how willing they are to support leaders that are harmful to themselves. (As matter of justice, I'll admit that we Brazilians are also famous for the latter)

[alanheath3]

@TheMightOfTheEnglish In the first place I would expect someone using a name like yours would know a bit about punctuation in the English language. In the second, Argentina never had a settlement there. A German adventurer called Vervet did have a settlement there and the United Provinces appointed him governor. He left in 1837 but the colony remained (contrary to the propagada taught in Argentina). Vervet always acknowledged British sovereignity and indeed was compensated by the British govt.

[NtEMegathon]

@mamabayon you do realise the queen has next to no power over what happens in Britain. She is merely a tourist attraction and is kept because we British do not want to lose our historical identity. If we did get rid of her we would have to change the UK's name from a kingdom to a republic, an awful lot of hassle for someone who has virtually no political power.

[Cottam89]

@PureHeavenlySultan the people of northern ireland want to be british if they did then they should ask not to be and "britain" would back off, northern ireland was created from stuff done in the past, sh!t doesnt happen that way anymore, i heard on the news a friendly event happened for some march a while ago on the border and they was throwing stones at them (it included women and children), doesnt seem like they are going to get along does it without british support...

[LAVB432]

@caezar1993 No hay orgullo argentino en lo que fue la guerra del paraguay. Fue un genocidio y punto. Argentina era aliada secreta de bolivia y perú, Sarmiento amenazó a chile con cumplir el pacto y declarar la guerra a chile. Aunque el comportamiento argentino no fue honorable, Chile se lo tuvo bien merecido... anexarse porciones de territorio que no le pertenece y tratar de hacer dueño exclusivo de recursos que no le pertenece. Vergüenza debería darle, como a mí me da vergüenza el genocidio par

[caezar1993]

@argento22222 La Guerra del Pacífico que inició Bolivia y luego Perú se hizo parte, la ganó Chile (en ese tiempo ustedes reclamaron la Patagonia que era chilena, aprovechandose de la situacion de que Chile se enfrentaba a dos paises a la vez) y como resultado tenemos las dos primeras regiones como trofeo de guerra, llegamos hasta Lima pero les devolvimos gran parte del territorio. Ustedes son los expansionistas. Pinochet era el presidente de Chile, Chile ayudo a los Ingleses

[argento22222]

Qué chileno pata sucia! Nunca les afanamos nada querido, leé bien las constituciones de tu país. En cuanto al "Chaco" como vos le decís es también incorrecto. Se ganó una porción de territorio al Paraguay, después de la guerra (el mayor vencedor fue Brasil). Te aclaro que para ese entonces Paraguay era el páis más poderoso de sudamérica. En cuanto a Uds. le afananaron territorio a Bolivia y Perú, y sí que eran débiles. Termino. Fue Pinocho y no Chile quién ayudó a UK. Dejá de decir pelotudeces.

[caezar1993]

Argentina wanted to attack Chile after the war, they wanted to get a path into the west to the Pacific Ocean, and that's why we helped the Brtish. Falklands are British and so the argies were the invaders, not the British. And we'd help the british over and over again, they stole the Chaco from Paraguay and the Patagonia from Chile when both countries were weak to defend themselves. Always claming for lands that are not theirs, dogs always barking. Long life to Britain and to Chile.