Brilliantlight
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Let's say the Junta had realized that attacking the Falklands would garner a British reaction and anger the US. What others things could they do to distact their populous?
No Falkland wars
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Bill Cameron
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Well, they were currently in a tiff with Chile over the Beagle Islands (some guano covered rocks down in the Straits of Magellen, IIRC). I guess they could have made a grab for those instead.
The Junta was so worried about the Beagles that they kept their best two infantry brigades deployed against Chile and well as two brand new, German built missile boats within interdiction distance of the Straits. That's right folks, the Argies' best infantry and newest naval vessels never even went near the Falklands during the whole war. The Junta really didn't plan that well.
One stumbling block to a Beagle grab was that both nations had already agreed to Papal arbitration of the issue. A Beagle grab may have sparked some national pride but it would have then immediately kicked off internal trouble over insulting the Holy Father in a very Catholic populace.
Your guess is a good as mine. I think the Junta's time was up, even their pogroms against various leftist groups weren't working anymore.
Bill
The Junta was so worried about the Beagles that they kept their best two infantry brigades deployed against Chile and well as two brand new, German built missile boats within interdiction distance of the Straits. That's right folks, the Argies' best infantry and newest naval vessels never even went near the Falklands during the whole war. The Junta really didn't plan that well.
One stumbling block to a Beagle grab was that both nations had already agreed to Papal arbitration of the issue. A Beagle grab may have sparked some national pride but it would have then immediately kicked off internal trouble over insulting the Holy Father in a very Catholic populace.
Your guess is a good as mine. I think the Junta's time was up, even their pogroms against various leftist groups weren't working anymore.
Bill
Because basically the government of the day didn't give a damn about the Falklands. Given time the islanders would have been persuaded or, more likely, browbeaten into accepting. For their part all the Argentines really wanted was to raise their flag over Port Stanley. The island could carry on as usual just as long as the Argentines had their flag.
Would there also have been thousnads more ppl forcibly disappeared had the junta cont'd to rule Argentina after 1982/83, without the Falklands War OTL resulting in Galtieri et al being ousted ?
The Junta needed, methinks, something to keep the people busy and looking at the other side, so, if there was no invasion of the Falklands, they would have attacked Chile.
Let's imagine what would had happened if the Argies doesn't win the football cup in 1978... Falklands earlier....
from http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=48414&highlight=falklands
Let's imagine what would had happened if the Argies doesn't win the football cup in 1978... Falklands earlier....
from http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=48414&highlight=falklands