The Falklands War
Un pódcast de Desmond Latham
21 Episodo
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Episode 21 – The war "between two bald men fighting over a comb" ends
Publicado: 24/7/2022 -
Episode 20 – The bloody battles for Longdon and Tumbledown
Publicado: 18/7/2022 -
Episode 19 – The Battle to take Stanley begins as the British begin their assault on the hills overlooking the port
Publicado: 11/7/2022 -
Episode 18 – Fifty-one British die as the Galahad, Plymouth and Foxtrot 4 are pulverised by the Argentinian air force
Publicado: 3/7/2022 -
Episode 17 – The bloody May 1982 battle for Darwin and Goose Green
Publicado: 27/6/2022 -
Episode 16 – 2 Para prepares to attack Darwin and Goose Green
Publicado: 19/6/2022 -
Episode 15 – Argentinian pilots commemorate their national day on 25th May 1982 by sinking two British ships
Publicado: 13/6/2022 -
Episode 14 – The Fuerza Aerea sink HMS Ardent and damage 4 other British warships but lose a quarter of their attacking planes
Publicado: 5/6/2022 -
Episode 13 – The British land at San Carlos virtually unopposed but lose two helicopters
Publicado: 29/5/2022 -
Episode 12 – HMS Alacrity steams up Falkland Sound, the SAS and SBS collect intel and the Narwal is bombed
Publicado: 22/5/2022 -
Episode 11 – HMS Sheffield sunk by an Exocet and the first Sea Harrier is downed at Goose Green
Publicado: 15/5/2022 -
Episode 10 – The air war begins in earnest and the sinking of the Belgrano
Publicado: 8/5/2022 -
Episode 9 – A Vulcan bombs Stanley Airport after an epic flight from Ascension Island and Argentina orders out the fleet
Publicado: 1/5/2022 -
Episode 8 – The British retake South Georgia after a struggle against Antarctic gales
Publicado: 24/4/2022 -
Episode 7 – Britain’s Task Force mobilises and eccentric Major Ewan Southby-Tailyour fishes out his Falkland maps
Publicado: 17/4/2022 -
Episode 6 – The Argentinians invade the Falklands on 2nd April 1982
Publicado: 10/4/2022 -
Episode 5 – Argentina’s fleet sets sail for the Falklands and commandos land on the morning of 2nd April 1982
Publicado: 3/4/2022 -
Episode 4 – Argentina dusts off the blueprint for a Falkland Island invasion as Margaret Thatcher is installed as Prime Minister
Publicado: 27/3/2022 -
Episode 3 – Argentina’s junta cranks up the heat on the frigid Falklands but then cry wolf in 1977
Publicado: 21/3/2022 -
Episode 2 – The Falklands between 1770 and 1970 – disputed but not dispirited
Publicado: 12/3/2022
This podcast series will endeavour to cover the story from both the British and Argentinian points of view.It was an odd war, fought with the same weapons, NATO weapons. But bullets don’t recognize nationalities, neither do torpedoes and missiles and both sides were going to brutalise each other with western arms. That was only one of many unusual facts about this short sharp war that has left the veterans on both side wondering what it was all for. As we watch Russia invade Ukraine claiming ownership, this is surely a moment to reflect on the Falklands where 255 British military personnel died, along with 649 Argentinians and 3 Falkland Island civilians. In comparison and after 5 days of fighting in the Ukraine, Russia has admitted to at least 500 deaths and thousands of casualties. As I put together this show the numbers in Europe were startling – a million refugees have fled the Ukraine and the war is going to lead to millions more. GK Chesterton wrote once that “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” For the Argentinian’s there was a lot of military historical water under the bridge and that bridge was built on the Malvinas. We must investigate these because they all add up to a crescendo that became a war. For the British it was the same motivation. The 200 islands in the Falkland Group lie 480 miles north east of Cape Horn straddling the line of 52 degrees latitude and comprising around 4 700 square miles of land. The theme music "Devastation and Revenge" is composed by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.For more details head off to www.abwardpocast.com and select Falklands War from the main menu. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
