The Fight for the "Malvinas"
Author | : Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2003-12-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783032022 |
An account by the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War. Avoiding involvement in the issue of sovereignty and concentrating entirely upon the military story, this history is a unique and balanced look at the 1982 war for the islands that the UK called the Falklands and Argentina called the Malvinas, a ten-week conflict that killed nearly a thousand people. Among the men the author met were the captain of the ship that took the scrap-metal merchants to South Georgia; the admiral in charge of planning the Falklands invasion; the marine commander and other members of the invasion force; two brigadier-generals, five unit commanders, and many other men of the large army force sent to occupy and defend the islands; the officer in charge of the Argentine garrison at Goose Green; and, finally, the brigadier-general responsible for the defense of Port Stanley and soldiers of all ranks who fought the final battles.
Author | : Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 579 |
Release | : 2012-04-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781597634 |
A detailed history of the brief 1980s conflict between the UK and Argentina, from the author of The First Day on the Somme. With the surprise Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on April 2, 1982, the United Kingdom found itself at war. Due to the resolve of a determined Prime Minister and the resourcefulness of the Armed Forces, a task force, codenamed Operation Corporate, was quickly dispatched. Remarkably, just over two months later, the islands were liberated, and the invaders defeated. By any standards this was an outstanding feat of arms, cooperation made possible by political resolve, sound planning, strong leadership and the courage and determination of the British forces. Martin Middlebrook, the renowned military historian, has skillfully weaved the many strands of this extraordinary achievement into a fascinating, thorough and highly readable account. Thanks to his meticulous research he covers action at sea, on the land and in the air as well as providing the strategic overview. The author’s use of many first-hand accounts reveals what it was like to be part of this audacious military endeavor. The experiences of the Falkland Islanders during the Argentine occupation are also included. Thirty years on, Middlebrook’s The Falklands War is still an authoritative and thoroughly readable account of this historic enterprise. Originally published as Operation Corporate: The Story of the Falklands War, 1982. Praise for The Falklands War “The author’s descriptions of confrontations in the air, on the sea and on the various battlegrounds are superb, as are his explanations of the use of new weapons, such as the Sea Harrier and the Exocet missile.” —Publishers Weekly
Author | : Admiral Sandy Woodward |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 2012-04-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0007390513 |
The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.
Author | : Michael Clapp |
Publisher | : Grub Street Publishers |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2012-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178159631X |
A British Naval commander’s eyewitness account of the 1982 war in the South Atlantic. Since he was in charge of the amphibious operations in the Falklands War, it goes without saying that there is no one better qualified to tell the story of that aspect of the campaign than Commodore Michael Clapp. Here he describes, with considerable candor, some of the problems met in a Navy racing to war and finding it necessary to recreate a largely abandoned operational technique in a somewhat ad hoc fashion. During the time it took to “go south,” some sense of order was imposed and a not very well defined command structure evolved, this was not done without generating a certain amount of friction. He tells of why San Carlos Water was chosen for the assault and the subsequent inshore operations. Michael Clapp and his small staff made their stand and can claim a major role in the defeat of the Argentine Air and Land Forces.
Author | : Max Hastings |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2012-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0330536761 |
The Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins. Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home. The Falklands War in 1982 was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity - thousands of men sent overseas for a tiny relic of empire - but the British victory over the Argentinians not only confirmed the quality of British arms but also boosted the political fortunes of Thatcher's Conservative government. However, it left a chequered aftermath and was later overshadowed by the two Gulf wars. Max Hastings’ and Simon Jenkins’ account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the conflict.
Author | : Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"Malvinas Requiem has a well-earned spot as the major literary piece on Argentina's only twentieth-century war."--Buenos Aires Herald It's early June 1982 and winter in the Falkland Islands: twenty-four young soldiers--deserters from the Argentine army--spend the last weeks of the conflict hiding underground in a cave. Inside their refuge, they listen to the radio, stockpile supplies, and exchange stories; outside, under cover of night, they trade with the Argentine quartermaster and with the British. Looking out over the bleak landscape, after weeks of gray skies and horizontal snow, one of them remarks that "you'd have to be English to want this."
Author | : Ricky D. Phillips |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2019-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781527207226 |
Author | : Ezequiel Mercau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2019-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108483291 |
Panoramic, transnational history of the Falklands War and its imperial dimensions, which explores how a minor squabble mushroomed into war.
Author | : Vincent Bramley |
Publisher | : Pan |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Krigserindringer. Underkorporal Vincent Bramley, der var tjenstgørende ved "3 Para" en britisk faldskærmsjægerenhed, skriver, hvad han så og følte under Falklandskrigen 1982, og de strabadser både de britiske og argentinske soldater blev udsat for under krigen.