Falklands War
As soon as the war ended people wondered why Britain had won and why
Argentina had lost. The conclusion made by the Americans is that it
was that shifts in tactics, or weather may have changed the result of
the war, but it would seem that Britain’s training and leadership did
decide the outcome.
It is clear that the 25,000 men of the task force that sailed from
Portsmouth in April 1982 were one of the most experianced, and
certainly best trained forces that Britain had ever sent to war.
Everyone who was sent to the Falkland’s, from sailors to fighter
pilots knew what his job was and therefore carried it out in the
correct way that he was trained to do. Aswell as this the Brits had a
very specialised and ‘full proof’ plan which fed the servicemen even
when operating away from their bases.
This was unlike with the Argentinean army. They had mostly joined the
army by conscription with little training for war, the young men
arrived proud and patriotic, but badly equipped or prepared for war.
As well as this, the Argentinean food supply was easily broken down by
the British early on with only officers being well fed and the
conscripts having to find whatever food they could by raiding Stanley
or stealing from supply depots. Some conscripts claimed that they
wanted to get out of the Falklands before the first British
bombardments started.
The conscripts were also badly led during the battle with the
British, as they had many change in powers. Although surrender was a
last resort by these men in the end it was the only sensible thing to
do.
Away from the land war, the Argentinean military had two real opti...
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...rea of the war, the Argentineans were outclassed in terms of
technology and leadership. Having said that it was not a foregone
conclusion and the bravery of the Argentine pilots could have turned
the tables if there bombs had exploded. Once ashore the British were
allowed to build up their strength and then took every Argentine
position with skill and tactics. The fact that the Argentineans had
more men was negated by the fact that they had to defend and so had to
divide their forces, allowing the British to overwhelm them objective
by objective. In conclusion the Falklands War was not a British
victory because the Argentines fought badly, although their poor
leadership and training did contribute, but because it was the British
who controlled the war and decided that when they wanted to fight they
would be victorious.
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