The Official History Of The Falklands Campaign Volume 1

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0714652067
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war written by Lawrence Freedman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the origins of the 1982 war, this book describes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the islands, and the difficulties faced by governments in finding a way to reconcile the dispute.

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0714652075
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: War and diplomacy written by Lawrence Freedman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the task force to the South Atlantic, through the battles of early May that saw the loss of the Belgrano and the Sheffield, and on to the landings at San Carlos and the eventual surrender of the Argentine garrison.

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ISBN 13 : 9781280240904
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume I written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a vast range of government archives previously classified as well as interviews with key participants, the first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign provides the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. In the first chapters the author analyses the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the difficulties faced by successive governments in finding a way to reconcile the opposed interests of the Argentines and the islanders, and the constant struggle to keep the Islands viable. He subsequently gives a complete account of how what started as an apparently trivial incident over an illegal landing by scrap-metal merchants on the island of South Georgia turned into a major crisis. Thanks to his access to classified material, Sir Lawrence Freedman has been able to produce a detailed and authoritative analysis which extends the coverage given by the Franks Committee Report of 1983.; This volume is ultimately an extremely readable account of these events, charting the growing realisation within the British government of the seriousness of the situation, culminating in the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at the start of April 1982.

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ISBN 13 : 9780203607282
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the Falklands Campaign written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Villar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchant Ships at War written by Roger Villar and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library Collection.

Author : David Brown
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 147381779X
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Navy and the Falklands War written by David Brown and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1987-07-13 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military history reveals the untold story of the United Kingdom’s Royal and Merchant Navies during the Falkland’s War. Soldiers and journalists alike wasted no time in memorializing the campaign to recapture the Falkland Islands after the Argentinian invasion in April, 1982. With the overwhelming focus on the role of the Army, the vital contributions of the Royal and Merchant Navies have been largely overlooked. Yet no British military forces would have been there at all had the Royal Navy not provided the necessary transport, not to mention air cover and bombardment support. In this book, naval historian David Brown tells the extraordinary story of how the fleet was assembled. Merchant-ships ranging from luxury liners such as the SS Canberra to cargo-carriers of every description were quickly converted to their new role as STUFTs, or Ships Taken Up From Trade. Brown describes the stupendous problems presented by the assembling and stowing of the thousands of tons of stores and equipment needed by the Expeditionary Forces and the way in which these problems were solved.

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849086087
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Falklands 1982 written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 3 April 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory; had captured the men of Royal Marine detachment NP8901; had run up the Argentine flag; and had declared the islands and their population to be Argentine. An immediate response was required and a task force was rapidly assembled to retake the islands. From this point until the Argentine surrender on 14 June, the British forces fought what was in many ways a 19th-century style colonial campaign at the end of extended supply lines some 8,000 miles from home. This volume will detail the major stages of the land campaign to retake the islands, focusing on the San Carlos landings, the battle for Darwin and Goose Green, and the final battles for Mt Longdon, Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, the mountains that surrounded the island's capital, Stanley.

Author : Patrick Joseph Bishop
Publisher : Quartet Books (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Winter War written by Patrick Joseph Bishop and published by Quartet Books (UK). This book was released on 1982 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the British attack on the Falkland Islands and portrays the experiences of the English soldiers during the war.

Author : Admiral Sandy Woodward
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007390513
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Days (Text Only) written by Admiral Sandy Woodward and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.

Author : Brian Short
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399096419
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Band That Went to War written by Brian Short and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-01-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-hand account of the Falklands War from the perspective of the Royal Marine Band Service members who fought in the conflict. The Royal Marines are renowned for their military skill and also for having one of the finest military bands in the world. These highly trained and talented musicians are equally at home parading at Buckingham Palace, playing at the Royal Albert Hall, or on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in a foreign port. Why then when the Argentines invaded the Falklands in April 1982 did these superb musicians get involved in what became a serious and deadly military campaign? The answer is that, in addition to their musical expertise, the RM Band Service members are trained for military service and fully qualified in a multitude of military and medical skills, providing support to their comrades, the fighting commandos. The Band That Went to War is a graphic first-hand account of the Falklands War as it has never been told before. It describes the roles played by Royal Marine musicians in the conflict; unloading the wounded from helicopters, moving tons of stores and ammunition, burying their dead at sea and guarding and repatriating Argentine prisoners of war. These and other unseen tasks were achieved while still ready to provide morale boosting music to their commando brethren and other frontline troops. These men are not just musicians; they are Royal Marines. Praise for The Band That Went to War “I really enjoyed this account of how the Band of the Royal Marines were involved in the attempt to liberate the Falkland Islands back in 1982 . . . Brian Short’s excellent book is really entertaining.” —Books Monthly