And led to the fall of the Soviet Union.
Movies about The Falklands War?
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And led to the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Saw this for the first time a few weeks ago. I was a little kid when the war was happening, so I didn't know much about it.
That mission was incredible, and successful despite almost everything going a bit squiffy.
Made me a little bit emotional, it did.
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^^I doubt people have the same tenacity today as those back then and before.
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I’m sure I’ve seen a film on Netflix with Mark Strong about that.
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The Iranian Embassy Doc (similar to above) and recent movie are both very good viewing.
(may be better versions there)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4703048/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 < 6 days
(may be better versions there)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4703048/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 < 6 days
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I'm genuinely not sure what your point is. Falklanders are British citizens, and as a British overseas territory the UK is responsible for defence of the Falklands. So we'd defend them for their lives, their rock, their oil, their everything.
Who dares wins staring lewis collins (the professionals) old but good
Not a film, but there was a fantastic documentary released about a decade ago. Only wish I could remember the name of it. There was a section in it where they did a re-enactment of a covert op where they were flying through some valleys at night in a Westland Wessex.
The point is simple: the oil has nothing to do with it. It's simply because they're British Citizens and the Falklands is a British Overseas Territory.
Yes. The Falklands is one of the absolute clearest examples of a truly just war in recent times.
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I’ve just checked, the film is on Netflix and is called 6 days.
The Falklands was a war between a world power and a bunch of cold, hungry, ill-equipped conscripts. Read some of the accounts from the Argentine side: it's pretty grim. I can't imagine that it makes particularly promising source material.
Thanks ill have to watch it,
I only remember the 80's filmThose conscripts were dug in and equipped with better weaponry than the UK troops.
as you say, plus the accounts of the uk soldiers who took them as prisoners when they surrendered.
wasn't their an inside diplomacy issue for British/French concerning their maintenance and support for their exocet missiles used against the UK -
did they release any records under the 30year rule ? so further source for docu dramas.
..obviously Afghanistan movies, much more commercialised Kajaki etc.
Yeah. Thatcher threatened to the French she would nuke Buenos Aires if the French wouldn't withdraw their support.
Have you ever been there? Spoken to a local? I once had thoughts similar to this, however having spent a year of my life there now and meeting the locals (including the odd arrangement where one of the family's back gardens was used as a helicopter landing site), my opinion couldn't be more opposed to yours. They are very, very much our countrymen in terms of shared values and culture, however they also have a strong sense of identity as islanders and are rightly fiercely passionate about their right their right to live there. Abandoning them or forcing them to abandon their homes to save expense would have been unforgiveable, but hey I heard it was once cool to hate on Thatcher so I suppose good on you for keeping up that tradition.
A little known side piece to the Falklands conflict is that Chile was quite significantly involved on the UK side. That was completely hidden until quite recently, but it's a large part of the reason why Pinochet got far better treatment from the UK than seemed appropriate given what he did.