The Battle Of The Falkland Island

Author : Max Hastings,Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330536769

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The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings,Simon Jenkins Pdf

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 : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781597637

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The Falklands War by Martin Middlebrook Pdf

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 : Gordon Ramsey
Publisher : After the Battle
Page : 1786 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399076302

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The Falklands War by Gordon Ramsey Pdf

In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falkland Islands — ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century — would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain’s response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands, by force if necessary. The ‘conflict’ which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. Eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides, and islanders, leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea, and in the air. Comparison photography in color of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavors, 25 years after the battle. A Roll of Honour lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen — both on the islands and in the United Kingdom — have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice.

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547050322

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

"The Battle of the Falkland Islands " by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper is a book that has been written to link with the description of the Falkland Islands battle, fought on December 8th, 1914, the events leading up to that engagement. In order to preserve accuracy as far as possible, each phase presented has been read and approved by the officers who participated. Excerpt: "We are now approaching the end of the third year of this great war, and most Englishmen, having had some of the experience that war inevitably brings with it, will agree that the words which Nelson spoke are as true to-day as when they were uttered just over a century ago. Furthermore, as time and the war go on, the spirit of the whole British nation—be it man or woman—is put to an ever-increasing test of endurance, which is sustained and upheld by those two simple words, "England's Honour."

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Falkland Island, Battle of the, 1914
ISBN : 066587670X

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The Battle of the Falkland Island by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

Author : H. Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0857064711

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914 by H. Spencer-Cooper Pdf

The Royal Navy strikes back In the final months of the first year of the First World War a squadron of the Imperial German Navy under von Spee decisively destroyed a weaker British force under Cradock off the coast of South America. This action in the Southern Pacific, known as the Battle of Coronel (after the nearest coastal town in Chile) delivered a decisive blow to the prestige and perception of British sea power and prompted a determined and powerfully resourced retaliatory response from the British Admiralty which would lead to the events described in this book, the Battle of the Falkland Islands. The German cruiser squadron comprised two armoured cruisers, Scharnorst, Gneisenau, three light cruisers, Nurnberg, Dresden and Leipzig plus three auxiliary support vessels. After his Coronel victory, von Spee had sailed his squadron south with the intention of raiding the supply base at Port Stanley in the Falklands in the South Atlantic, when on December 8th, 1914 it was brought to engagement by the avenging stronger British force under Doveton Sturdee comprising the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible, the armoured cruisers Carnarvon, Cornwall and Kent and two light cruisers Bristol and Glasgow. The outcome was perhaps as inevitable as it was intended to be. Only two German vessels escaped being sunk. Students of naval history will know that for a century the Royal Navy's dominance of the seaways had meant that it had fought few major engagements since Trafalgar. The First World War was dominated by the Battle of Jutland. So this account of modern warships in action is of vital interest. Available in softcover and hardback for collectors.

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243711948

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Battle of the Falkland Islands by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

Author : Patrick Joseph Bishop,John Witherow
Publisher : Quartet Books (UK)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002346057

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The Winter War by Patrick Joseph Bishop,John Witherow Pdf

Depicts the British attack on the Falkland Islands and portrays the experiences of the English soldiers during the war.

Author : Nigel Ely
Publisher : John Blake
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789465600

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Goose Green by Nigel Ely Pdf

*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story* Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war 'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.' On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment - 2 Para - went into action to retake the settlement of Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders - men, women, children and one baby - in squalid conditions. Forty years on, Goose Green is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of 2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal accounts. Some are extremely funny, some touching, and some heart-breaking. All were recorded face to face, the speakers' own words adding a gritty authenticity to each account and conveying the confusion and terror of battle, as well as the courage and selflessness of men in action. Goose Green is a book that goes beyond the official histories and the many memoirs to bring to life the first and, as it turned out, the decisive battle of this country's outstanding campaign to retake the Falkland Islands from a foreign invader. This is a true story of a great victory against all the odds, told by the men who fought it.

Author : Michael Clapp,Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781596319

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Amphibious Assault Falklands by Michael Clapp,Ewen Southby-Tailyour Pdf

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 : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230440755

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands; Before and After by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... of wax found him on a cruise in the Pacific, which ultimately extended far beyond his expectations. The two armoured cruisers Scharnhorst--in which Admiral von Spee flew his flag--and Gneisenau left Nagasaki on June 28th, 1914. Their movements southward are of no particular interest until their arrival on July 7th at the Truk or Rug Islands, in the Caroline group, which then belonged to Germany. After a few days they leisurely continued their cruise amongst the islands of Polynesia. About the middle of the month the light cruiser Nurnberg was hastily recalled from San Francisco, and sailed on July 21st, joining von Spee's squadron at Ponape (also one of the Caroline Islands), where the three ships mobilised for war. On August 6th they sailed for an unknown destination, taking with them an auxiliary cruiser called the Titania. Apparently they were somewhat short of provisions, particularly of fresh meat and potatoes, for it was said in an intercepted letter that their diet consisted mainly of "spun yarn" (preserved meat). On August 22nd the Nurnberg was sent to Honolulu to get papers and to send telegrams, rejoining the squadron shortly afterwards. A day or two later she was again detached, this time to Fanning Island, where she destroyed the British cable station, cut the cable, rejoining the squadron about September 7th, apparently at Christmas Island. Hearing that hostile forces were at Apia (Samoan Islands), von Spee sailed southward only to find, on his arrival, that it was empty of shipping. The squadron now proceeded eastward to the French Society Islands to see what stores were to be found there. Completing supplies of coal at Bora Bora Island, it suddenly appeared off Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, on September 22nd. A French...

Author : Spencer-Coo H (Henry Edmund Harvey)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019386541

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands by Spencer-Coo H (Henry Edmund Harvey) Pdf

This book, written by Commander Henry Spencer-Cooper of the Royal Navy, details the events leading up to the battle, as well as its aftermath. The battle, fought in 1914, was a significant naval engagement of World War I. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michael Parsons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015045669028

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The Falklands War by Michael Parsons Pdf

Parsons relates the background of the Falklands conflict and the events of the war itself, assessing different perceptions of the whole affair and reviewing developments since 1982.

Author : Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354593518

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The Battle Of The Falkland Islands, Before And After by Spencer-Cooper Pdf

The Battle Of The Falkland Islands, Before And After, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : R. Reginald,Jeffrey M. Elliot
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000627682

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Tempest in a Teapot by R. Reginald,Jeffrey M. Elliot Pdf