Malcolm Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 on this evening, brilliantly done. Shows how terrible war is and how brave these lads were. Remember it all happening at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Yeah caught some of it. Shocking how many of these guys were treated on their return. If you haven't seen it Tumbledown is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 What struck me was the amount of hand to hand combat that went on and the amount of bayoneting that was done to finish off Argentinian soldiers. Assumed it would all be shooting at distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1000 casualties on the British side - 255 killed 95 suicides of veterans in the aftermath All to keep Thatcher in power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:46 PM, Ally Bongo said: 1000 casualties on the British side - 255 killed 95 suicides of veterans in the aftermath All to keep Thatcher in power thats was a consequence not the reason for the war. What would you have done, just given it to the argies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Malcolm said: thats was a consequence not the reason for the war. What would you have done, just given it to the argies? You have a really unhealthy obsession with and love of war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 57 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: You have a really unhealthy obsession with and love of war. war is a terrible but unfortunately, in some cases, necessary thing. There is no love for it. Not unhealthy in any way - it’s modern history. I have visited many ww1 battlefields and studied it. In the case of the falklands, how else could they have been retaken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Malcolm said: war is a terrible but unfortunately, in some cases, necessary thing. There is no love for it. Not unhealthy in any way - it’s modern history. I have visited many ww1 battlefields and studied it. In the case of the falklands, how else could they have been retaken? It was an utterly ridiculous little war over a final remaining piece of a dead (and evil) empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 From some of the stories I have heard about the attitudes of the locals, there were soldiers I knew who were posted to the Falklands post war who would have gladly left them to the mercies of the Argentinians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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