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

Falklands War series: [1] Invasion of the Falklands https://youtu.be/BUYp3Wqz00A [2] Recapture of South Georgia https://youtu.be/4mCZBpX4pxs [3] Sinking of General Belgrano https://youtu.be/l7JsD6LtzqQ [4] Attack on HMS Sheffield https://youtu.be/48oEzRlEB0s [5] Raid on Pebble island https://youtu.be/1v39msTa5pQ [6] Battle for San Carlos - https://youtu.be/6ikxzT0Kh2c [7] Battle for Stanley - https://youtu.be/qe2e0e-ZEpM

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.

Falklands War series: [1] Invasion of the Falklands https://youtu.be/BUYp3Wqz00A

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Sources for the Falklands War Series (so far):

Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins, Battle for the Falklands https://archive.org/details/battleforfalklan00hast_0/page/n9/mode/2up
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 Vernon Bogdanor, The Falklands War 1982 lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9bWwF7OqLg Arthur Gavshon, The sinking of the belgrano https://archive.org/details/sinkingofbelgran0000gavs/page/n7/mode/2up Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL1982FALKLANDS.htm Hansard- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1982/apr/03/falkland-islands Recording of Thatcher's statement to the commons is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbhVpyOeMo

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