Britain's Incredible Recapture of South Georgia - Falklands War Documentary

Falklands War series:
[1] Invasion of the Falklands    • Argentina’s Shocking Invasion - Falkl...  
[2] Recapture of South Georgia    • Britain's Incredible Recapture of Sou...  
[3] Sinking of General Belgrano    • Sinking of the General Belgrano - Fal...  
[4] Attack on HMS Sheffield    • Exocet Attack on HMS Sheffield - Falk...  
[5] Raid on Pebble island    • Daring SAS Raid on Argentine Airbase ...  
[6] Battle for San Carlos -    • Argentina's Aerial Onslaught  - Falkl...  
[7] Battle for Stanley -    • Britain's Final Assault - Falklands W...  


In just three weeks after the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland islands, Britain threw together a task force out of thin air, sailed it 8000 miles around the world and started taking its territory back. This is how it happened.

Falklands War series:
[1] Invasion of the Falklands    • Argentina’s Shocking Invasion - Falkl...  

Made with thanks to the Fleet Air Arm Musuem in Yeovilton, Somerset. https://www.fleetairarm.com/

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Sources for the Falklands War Series (so far):

Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins, Battle for the Falklands
https://archive.org/details/battlefor...
Martin Middlebrook, Operation Corporate
Martin Middlebrook, Battle for the Malvinas
Mike Norman, The Falklands War There and Back Again: The Story of Naval Party 8901
Kenneth Privratsky, Logistics in the Falklands War
Sandy Woodward, One Hundred Days
Paul Brown, Abandon Ship
Julian Thompson, No Picnic
John Shields, Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
Edward Hampshire, The Falklands Naval Campaign 1982
Hugh McManners, Forgotten Voices of the Falklands
Cedric Delves, Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War
Rowland White, Vulcan 607
Vernon Bogdanor, The Falklands War 1982 lecture    • The Falklands War, 1982 - Professor V...  
Arthur Gavshon, The sinking of the belgrano https://archive.org/details/sinkingof...
Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air
http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL198...
Hansard- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-ha...
Recording of Thatcher's statement to the commons is from    • Falklands Invasion  

Music Credits:

"Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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