The Falklands War: A Soldiers Story | NEW FEATURE DOC

Fantastically produced documentary. Nice to see that someone on the opposing side, also gave their story. RIP to all those who fought, & thank you to our men for their service 🙏

One of my earliest memories I was 4 and a half. My grandad followed it closely as he had been a ww2 Royal marines commando and I remember that a few months later we bought him a tape of the band of HM Royal marines. I think it rekindled his unit pride. He was a really lovely bloke my grandad cookman.

I returned to the Falklands for the first time just before the pandemic struck. On the flight over I developed a toothache, damned filling didn't like the trip. I stayed in Liberty Lodge and was welcomed by one of the island officials. He got me an appointment with a dentist at the hospital. I had to fill in NHS forms after the treatment and when the nice lady working on the reception desk saw that I was a returning veteran she came into the waiting room, flung her arms around me, hugged me and said "Thank you for saving me, my children and my grandchildren " . Any doubts I had about what we accomplished evaporated then and there. I'm proud of what was done to keep a couple of thousand Britons British. It's what they wanted.

Brave men. Thank you for your service. RIP to those who never made it home and those who struggled mentally and physically afterwards.

I have watched many documentaries about the conflict and this has to be one of the best as it is clear, impartial and concise. I know many men of the class of 82 and they all have my respect. The Falklands Conflict was one of the reasons that I joined up, all of my instructors at CTCRM had served down South.

It's a sad fact that the Scots Guards never received the same recognition as the Paras & the Royal Marines, they did an exceptional job when all things are considered, as did the aforementioned. They certainly made this Scotsman proud as did all the gallant fighting men in the task force.

I was a serving soldier from 1974 - 1985 in BAOR. I went aboard HMS Sheffield when it was docked in Hamburg, about a year before it was sunk in the Falklands war. My regiment were not deployed to the Falklands war, so I remained in BAOR.

Great documentary. It was this war that I had my motivation to join the army. I had the honour of serving with many Falklands veterans. In fact, I was actually trained by Falklands veterans which I can only say benefited all of us. I'm still in touch with them to this day. Great men, fantastic soldiers. RIP to all those that never made it back. You did us proud. And thank you.

a great modern doc of the conflict, thanks again history hit!

Major General Julian Thompson said in an interview that the Argentine Marines who first landed on the Falklands were subsequently returned to Argentina for a possible war against Chile that's why most Argentinian troops garrisoned on the islands were conscripts the only elite unit is the 5th Marine Battalion at Mount Tumbledown later captured by the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.

great documentary - i love that you took the view of both sides, with actual interviews of survivors. thank you sir!

Being 8 years old at the time i don´t really remember if the people here in germany did care or not, but what i do remember is the opinion of my parents, which where heavily anglophile from literature to furniture, visiting friends in the UK pretty often. Our family had a weekly ritual to visit an argentine steakhouse and that ritual ended the day Argentina invaded the Falklands. It took my parents a year or someething to go back there and when they had to it was an invitation they could not refuse. My dad protested, my mum said they had to, she won the argument (as usual) so he decided to wear a tie clip with a little poppy and even engraved a little 255 on it himself to remember the fallen british soldiers. Nobody realised i guess, but that´s exactly who he was.

Such a long time ago now, but I still have memories clear as yesterday.

The fact that the Argentinians genuinely thought it was a good idea to start a war with Britain will always confuse me

A superb documentary. Thank you for another great piece of content.

Very well done. I had really never looked into the Falklands War as a whole. As a Sailor who joined the US Navy in 1982, I was made aware of some of the issues with the attacks on the British Ships, the effectiveness of the Exocet, which lead the US Navy to implemented many changes to our Battle Gear based on the burns received by the brave British Sailors and Damage Control changes as well. Thank you for this, I learned so much and can honestly say I am a bit ashamed that I had not looked into this conflict before now.

I may be wrong but didn’t Great Britain claim the Falkland island before Argentina was actually a country….if so that kind of end that conversation on sovereignty…..

Did a tour about 94 based at Mount Pleasant. Port Stanley had a lovely Pub/Cafe we went to when we could get transport but you had to take sleeping bags for the return trip. Loved the people there.

I sat on the Sqaure Tower in Portsmouth to see the task force leave. I had a whole panoramic view. An incredible site for a 16 year old lad.

The whole operation was just an amazing military feat. A real reason to be proud of all those that took part to liberate the islands.