I recently watched the 1992 film “An Ungentlemanly Act” about the events leading up to and during the invasion and it got me thinking.
There’s a moment before the Argentine military lands that the commander of the Royal Marines asks the Governor to leave Governors house with the radio and basically keep on the move under the protection of the Royal Marines, deny the Argentine government a formal British surrender and continue to broadcast over the radio to the people.
Or
At the end of the initial invasion a unit under Corporal York found themselves away from the main battle, buried their weapons and reported themselves to the Argentinean forces. York’s decision was because of his fear of reprisals to the civilian population and that he had no Radio. For the benefit of this scenario he will have a working radio.
So what if either of these decisions had been taken differently and the marines kept up some resistance either remaining alive on the terrain and providing intelligence or actively attacking Argentinean forces?
There’s a moment before the Argentine military lands that the commander of the Royal Marines asks the Governor to leave Governors house with the radio and basically keep on the move under the protection of the Royal Marines, deny the Argentine government a formal British surrender and continue to broadcast over the radio to the people.
Or
At the end of the initial invasion a unit under Corporal York found themselves away from the main battle, buried their weapons and reported themselves to the Argentinean forces. York’s decision was because of his fear of reprisals to the civilian population and that he had no Radio. For the benefit of this scenario he will have a working radio.
So what if either of these decisions had been taken differently and the marines kept up some resistance either remaining alive on the terrain and providing intelligence or actively attacking Argentinean forces?