You know something? I’ve heard all this before, all the reasons why the British didn’t actually ‘win’ the Falklands war.
Argentine incompetence, conscripts (who hadn’t eaten, slept or were cold), the Argie Navy withdrew to port, bombs didn’t go off, the airforce was at its operational limit, MASSIVE US help, the AIM9 . . . the list goes on no doubt.
Maybe the thread should be about how the US saved the Brits - Again. Or how the Argentines lost the war. I mean it couldn’t actually be that the British were better trained, motivated and competent enough to overcome the enemy and their own challenges.
Credit where credit is due, to those who were there.
And it was the guts and drive of Margaret Thatcher who epitomized this incredbile feat of arms conducted 7,000 miles from base.
What also impressed me at the time was the way the Brits adapted their way around setbacks, to give the Argies their well-deserved thrashing.
I am glad we could be of some help.