Programme looking at SAS operations during the Falklands War and focusing in part on a daring night-time raid made weeks in advance of the invasion. The assault force were flown into an isolated Argentinian air ...
Journalist Max Hastings returns to the Falklands for the first time since the war.
After a brief introduction, which covers the political and strategic background, the command structure and the despatch of the Task Force, Part 1 concentrates on the planning and conduct of the landings, including the preliminary and diversionary ...
Port Stanley would clearly be the key battlefield; Part 2 highlights the importance of concentrating the maximum number of battalions/commandos for that battle as quickly as possible. It deals with the Argentine air attacks, the problems of logistics ...
Part 3 does not aim to give equal coverage to all battalion/commando actions. It adopts a theme, the Application of Force, and illustrates selected aspects: (a) The Indirect Approach - 42 Commando's attack on Mt. Harriet, coming in, as it did, ...
Part 4, taking place in the studio, is a series of discussions with selected participants, designed to highlight areas from which, with their experience, useful lessons can be drawn. These include: (a) Higher level command and control; (b) Command ...
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Falklands War, this documentary relays the impact of the war at home, particularly with regard to the turnaround in the political fortunes of PM Margaret Thatcher.
Transmitted in the seventh week of the Falkland Islands crisis, consists of a studio discussion before an invited audience with the participation of MPs Cyril Smith, Nicholas Winterton and Stan Orme, and a select number of ...
Studio debate on the Falklands Crisis, taking place as the British Taskforce makes its way to the islands. Present on the panel are Jim Clement, Executive Secretary of the Sheep Owners' Association on the islands; Capt. ...
Includes a studio debate on the situation in the Falklands, transmitted during the seventh week of the crisis.
Include a studio debate on the situation in the Falklands, seven weeks after the crisis began.
Life in the Falkland Islands and the fears of the islanders that they might be annexed by Argentina.
