Why Argentina Lost A Whole Airfield To 45 British SAS Men In One Night
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On the night of 14 May 1982, around 45 men of the SAS destroyed an entire Argentine airfield on Pebble Island in the Falklands, in a matter of minutes.
Supported by naval gunfire from HMS Glamorgan, they accounted for 11 aircraft on the ground and were gone before dawn without losing a single man.
This is the full story of the Pebble Island raid, one of the most precise special forces operations in British military history.
IN THIS VIDEO
▪ Why Argentine aircraft on Pebble Island threatened the British landings at San Carlos
▪ The Boat Troop reconnaissance that watched the airstrip for two days before the raid
▪ How D Squadron, 22 SAS planned and rehearsed the operation aboard HMS Hermes
▪ The Sea King helicopter insertion and the silent night approach to the airfield
▪ Naval gunfire support from HMS Glamorgan and her 4.5 inch guns
▪ How 11 aircraft, six Pucara, four Turbo Mentors and one Skyvan, were put out of action
▪ The direct link to the SAS airfield raids of the North African desert in the Second World War
▪ What the raid meant for the San Carlos landings that went in six days later
RESEARCH SOURCES
▪ The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman
▪ One Hundred Days, Admiral Sandy Woodward
▪ The Battle for the Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins
▪ Across an Angry Sea, The SAS in the Falklands War, Cedric Delves
▪ National Army Museum and Imperial War Museum archive material
FURTHER READING
▪ Ordeal by Exocet, HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War, Ian Inskip
▪ The Secret War for the Falklands, Nigel West
▪ SAS Rogue Heroes, Ben Macintyre, on the wartime origins of the regiment
▪ Forgotten Voices of the Falklands, Hugh McManners
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
▪ If your father, grandfather or another relative served in the Falklands, or in the units that trace their lineage back to raids like this, share their name and unit in the comments
▪ Which Falklands or SAS operation should British Bastion cover next?
ABOUT BRITISH BASTION
▪ British Bastion tells the stories of British courage, ingenuity and endurance, from the World Wars to the Falklands, researched with care and told with respect for everyone who was there
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Historical documentary for educational purposes. Archival material is presented in its historical context.
#Falklands #SAS #MilitaryHistory #PebbleIsland #FalklandsWar
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They are all good lads. All very humble and mostly all a quiet man.
We should be proud.
I knew another Para who survived a chopper crash, I can't remember his name right now but worked with both these guys as commercial divers. They were both nut cases 😉
Why Argentina Lost A Whole Airfield To 45 British SAS Men In One Night
British Bastion
80,871 views
On the night of 14 May 1982, around 45 men of the SAS destroyed an entire Argentine airfield on Pebble Island in the Falklands, in a matter of minutes.
Supported by naval gunfire from HMS Glamorgan, they accounted for 11 aircraft on the ground and were gone before dawn without losing a single man.
This is the full story of the Pebble Island raid, one of the most precise special forces operations in British military history.
IN THIS VIDEO
▪ Why Argentine aircraft on Pebble Island threatened the British landings at San Carlos
▪ The Boat Troop reconnaissance that watched the airstrip for two days before the raid
▪ How D Squadron, 22 SAS planned and rehearsed the operation aboard HMS Hermes
▪ The Sea King helicopter insertion and the silent night approach to the airfield
▪ Naval gunfire support from HMS Glamorgan and her 4.5 inch guns
▪ How 11 aircraft, six Pucara, four Turbo Mentors and one Skyvan, were put out of action
▪ The direct link to the SAS airfield raids of the North African desert in the Second World War
▪ What the raid meant for the San Carlos landings that went in six days later
RESEARCH SOURCES
▪ The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman
▪ One Hundred Days, Admiral Sandy Woodward
▪ The Battle for the Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins
▪ Across an Angry Sea, The SAS in the Falklands War, Cedric Delves
▪ National Army Museum and Imperial War Museum archive material
FURTHER READING
▪ Ordeal by Exocet, HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War, Ian Inskip
▪ The Secret War for the Falklands, Nigel West
▪ SAS Rogue Heroes, Ben Macintyre, on the wartime origins of the regiment
▪ Forgotten Voices of the Falklands, Hugh McManners
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
▪ If your father, grandfather or another relative served in the Falklands, or in the units that trace their lineage back to raids like this, share their name and unit in the comments
▪ Which Falklands or SAS operation should British Bastion cover next?
ABOUT BRITISH BASTION
▪ British Bastion tells the stories of British courage, ingenuity and endurance, from the World Wars to the Falklands, researched with care and told with respect for everyone who was there
▪ Subscribe for a new, deeply researched military history documentary every week
Historical documentary for educational purposes. Archival material is presented in its historical context.
#Falklands #SAS #MilitaryHistory #PebbleIsland #FalklandsWar