April 23rd: #OTD in the #Falklands war 'Argentine Annie' begins broadcasting to the task force: 'Why don't you give up and go home, British soldiers? You stand no chance of winning. Your families are missing you...' She soon becomes satirised as 'Korn Beef Kate'.

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April 23rd 1982: The USA confirms that it has 'no objection to deploying Vulcan aircraft to Ascension' and the UK begins to plan Vulcan bombing missions based on a 3,350 mile distance from Ascension to the Falklands requiring 10 Victor tankers for refuelling each mission.

Meanwhile, SSN HMS Splendid is to patrol north-west of the Falklands and attempt to shadow the Argentine Aircraft Carrier and her battle group... both submarines have new Rules of Engagement. With Splendid North and Conqueror South, any pincer movement at sea can be eliminated.

Remembering POACMN Kevin (Ben) Casey. An officer and gentleman. On this day 42 years ago our lives changed forever when we lost you at sea in the Falklands war. Until we meet again bro 💔

April 22nd 1982: In response to Galtieri's visit to the Falklands, the PM states: 'Nothing General Galtieri can do with his visit to the Falkland Islands will alter the fact that they are under British sovereignty... Neither an invasion nor a visit can alter that.'

April 23rd 1982: The UK informs Argentina of the new 200 mile Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) around the #Falklands which now includes aircraft as well as ships, and the fact that all Argentine military vessels outside of this zone which pose a threat still can and will be engaged.

Have coffee with me in the Falkland Islands. Pretty remote location but good to get away for a minute. Pretty close to Antarctica down here. Long history of people fighting over these islands, including the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982.

April 23rd 1982: #OTD in the #Falklands war, British made Tiger Cat missiles and 105mm Pack howitzers, unloaded by ship the night before, are in place around Stanley airport. Covert photos by Falkland Islanders are taken to help the British task force.

BladeoftheSun I flew with them to the Falklands from Brize, so surely linked to the RAF who are not supposed to be involved.

Falklands Diary '82 - Comfortably on board Canberra at Ascension it was still training on board and ashore. Lectures, LC drills along with downtime and swimming. We studied Falklands maps and the terrain. Nothing unfamiliar there. None of these target indications though. 🤣

April 21st 1982, #OTD in the #Falklands war it is recorded that:

'This afternoon the Pucaras again bombed the Tussac Islands in Port William. Savage flames cover the ground while a huge pall of dense smoke rises hundreds of feet into the air....'

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Fuck off

He's trying to have his 'Thatcher Falklands moment '

The sad wee samba wearing, preppy twat ..
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April 22nd 1982: #OTD in the #Falklands war, General Galtieri visits Stanley and meets with General Menendez. This is the first and only time he ever appeared in the Falklands. The soldiers he sees are the well fed ones: starving conscripts are hidden away...

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SaOnini Lord Bebo So literally what russia are doing today in Ukraine?

Good to hear the condemnation so forcefully from you.

Your opinion on the Falklands are, I think, understandable but wrong.

La prensa nacional debería empezar a hablar de las Falklands y no de las Islas Malvinas.

April 21st 1982: Falklands police chief, Terry Peck, slips out of Stanley on a motorbike, evading arrest by Major Dowling. He will spend the next few weeks organising resistance & sabotage before joining up with 3 Para (pictured). His biography is below:

falklandsbiographies.org/biographies/pe…

I still haven't found a picture of the #FalklandIslands exhibit at the 1924 Empire Exhibition (the centenary of it opening is today) ... but I was pointed in the direction of this picture of the #Falklands exhibit at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886
The Falkland Islands Company

April 22nd 1982: The European Parliament 'Condemns unreservedly' Argentine actions in the Falklands, is 'profoundly shocked by the invasion' and remains 'more than ever convinced that territorial disputes should be resolved by peaceful negotiations.'

That told them, eh? 🙄

Falklands Diary '82 - Training programmes ashore on Ascension in hot and arid conditions. A total contrast to what we'll encounter on the Falkland Islands, (if we go). Infantry in SA, 1899 during the Boer War. One Great Grandfather fought at Graspan in very high temperatures.

Add a bright splash of rainbow colour to your outfit, in scarf or neckwarmer, handwoven in hand-dyed Falklands merino or UK Alpaca.

Gift-wrapped to delight and crafted to be used and enjoyed.

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