I'd thoroughly recommend the ATB book......my buddy who was on Mount Longdon has bought it after seeing my copy.....
my scanner is U/S so cant get a pic up here to assist in illustrating a tale. Has anyone got a pic of an RMP Capt, checking weapons from Argentine prisoners? Its one where he has a 9mm Browning on a lanyard, and is holding it between his knees if someone has it and puts it in this thread - I'll explain Capt Barleys actions
Im argentine, in 1982 I was 12 years old and remember the Radio when my country forces disembark in MALVINAS... Now i still hear stories from ex soldiers in this War. Wait I will be post histories you never hear, directly from ex soldiers. Look photo i take from a A4, this fgiht in MALVINAS AND SUNK SOME BRITISH
Nice picture, welcome, I am still looking for a pair of trousers and boots, used by the Argentines at the Falklands for my mannequin, so if you can help out, then I finally can make it complete
Hi Gerito and welcome to the forum. I think it is very fair to say that the Argentinian pilots were very brave indeed. Regards Andy
"I think it is very fair to say that the Argentinian pilots were very brave indeed" Regards Andy THANKS for you welcome. I think because EEUU gives Sidewinder missiles for Harries, in Ascension islands when the task force drive to atlantic south...
Nice picture, welcome, I am still looking for a pair of trousers and boots, used by the Argentines at the Falklands for my mannequin, so if you can help out, then I finally can make it complete Hello!. Ok! right! look! for you mannequin! here a another photo from me in Malvinas museum. There is me and Commando par. mannequin!
Here is a map to help visualise the distances involved, I hope it's visible. Basically, it shows 4,000 miles from Portsmouth to Ascension Is.l and 3,500 miles from As.Is. to the Mal/Fal. 700 miles to South Georgia, and 400 miles to Tierra del Fuego. And as for the Sidewinders, no big deal, maybe they were there to counteract the Matra Magics France had supplied before for the Mirage IIIEA... Welcome aboard, Gerito
"And as for the Sidewinders, no big deal, maybe they were there to counteract the Matra Magics France had supplied before for the Mirage IIIEA..." Thanks ZA for Welcome! About the info.. is a long history: USA gives in Ascension Sidewinders, and lot more... USA give SATELLITES for spy... and France cut the sales and dispatch of EXCOCET (UK they asked) Argentina just receive help for Peru (some Mirages secondhand...) ... is very long the brotherhood between U.K and USA, (but this is other history...)
Welcome to the forum. Interesting profile picture, I see they are holding the Union Flag upside down though. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/image.php?u=14980&dateline=1265211158&type=profile
After the Battle Magazine has done a Then and Now Book on the Falklands quite pricey but an excellent read.
Here's one the correct way up I wonder if the Union Flag in the Argentian soldiers hands is from Government House or NP 8901 ?
Gerito welcome to one of the best forums around. Whilst the Falklands was a close run affair I am inclined to remember the images of young men from all sides who died in a war which should never have been fought and more recently of young men who have come to maturity some still living with a world of pain and hurt. The war did produce some men who would perhaps otherwise not have become known , Simon Weston being one of the best known - an ordinary man of incredible courage , his return to the Falklands TV documentary was one of the best I have ever seen a very human story , war has little to commend for itself and whilst it makes good history it is an utter bloody waste.
Edit - this bit refers to some deleted posts! Stop the Nyah Nyah for a bit please. This stuff is Raw for too many to so lazily joke about it. It would be 'interesting' if we could pull this off, and for once converse with someone from the 'other side of the hill' without it disintegrating. As long as Gerito realises he'll likely get a pretty rough ride here on this subject, given the demographics of most of the membership, maybe we can keep this at least within some sort of semblance of calmness or civility. Or maybe not... ~A
Edit: I've deleted the nyah nyah posts, and my own 'fucking grow up' post. This is a military history forum. If anyone can't chip in and discuss the Falklands, from either side, without immediately plunging into nationalist taunting then don't bother joining in. Keep a calm head, no matter what you feel personally, and we might, just might, learn something here. The rawness of a conflict many members and their friends may have fought or died in means this is not the place for lazy 'jokes'. An uncommon dose of heavy moderation will be applied here, and anything seen as in poor taste, or needlessly provocative, will be deleted without comment. ~A
Can we try again gents , if some of the men who fought in the Falklands / Malvinas can talk what is the problem here ? (If anyone needs proof of this put a few quid into that ATB book. ) After all Martin Middlebrook visited Argentina and wrote the war from the Argentine's point of view * , shall we try again .......... (* Within two years of the war ending , he saw this as a reasonable balance to his "Operation Corporate").
