the British outdoor equipment shop. These can only have been purloined from one of the small British garrisons on the Falklands that had been overwhelmed when the Argentines invaded.
In his analysis of the Wikipedia articles on the Falklands/Malvinas War, Gongora-Goloubintseff (2020) also compares the selection of sources in each article. He found more English sources in the Spanish-language Wikipedia article than Spanish sources in its English-language counterpart. From this...
On May 16 Onyx reached Ascension Island where Johnson conducted the first Replenishment-at-Sea by a submarine from a tanker for over 40 years. On May 31 the Onyx entered San Carlos Water in the East Falklands. "We found the passage a trial, particularly after we left the tropics and ...
a cask of water, a musket without bullets, a bale of rice, two buckets, a copy of the Bible, and an old frying pan. Hasenbosch kept a diary of his days as the first human inhabitant of the volcanic island, a document found by English sailors the following year. From his writings...
But they didn't know what the Falklands were. Seriously, where do I think Elvis is? I think he's in the grave we just looked at, surrounded by his nearest and dearest. Unfortunately, 'Elvis Still Dead' is not a headline that sells papers." "I guess not." We were back in my ...
Christopher Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had served in the Falklands War and was commended for his service with the Army in Northern Ireland. He died while in police custody at Queen's Gardens Police Station, Kingston upon Hull, in April 1998....
the target, increasing the chances of ignition. And unlike white phosphorus, napalm could not spontaneously ignite, making it safer for ground crews to handle. Napalm also had applications outside of aerial warfare – especially in flamethrowers. While flamethrowers had been used during the First ...
I'm Friends with the Guy Who Blew Me Up - He's a Thoroughly Nice Bloke; Thirty Years on from the Falklands War and Simon Weston Has Returned to the Islands as Part of a New ITV Documentary. the Former Welsh Guardsman, Whose Severe Injuries Became the Enduring Image of the Conflict,...
resignation were both orchestrated by Bilderberg, he told us.And I later learnt that a fiery speech by former British Foreign Secretary David Owen at a group meeting helped give the British cause a crucial boost during the Falklands war."Margaret Thatcher is one of the good guys," said Jim....