RT @falklands_utd: #OTD in 1982: Led by HMS Invincible & HMS Hermes, the task force sets sail for the #Falklands. 🇬🇧 https://t.co/b5vRbTLKVZ Capt_Navy
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#OTD in 1982: Led by HMS Invincible & HMS Hermes, the task force sets sail for the #Falklands. 🇬🇧
RT @FirstFalklands: April 26th 1982: #OTD in the #Falklands war, Captain Alfredo Astiz surrenders the garrison at Leith to British forces. True to form, he invites the British to land by helicopter, having first mined the landing pad. Suspicious, the British land elsewhere and Astiz surrenders. https://t.co/3QSiTx7aco Capt_Navy
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The First Casualty - Falklands War History
April 26th 1982: #OTD in the #Falklands war, Captain Alfredo Astiz surrenders the garrison at Leith to British forces. True to form, he invites the British to land by helicopter, having first mined the landing pad. Suspicious, the British land elsewhere and…
RT @FirstFalklands: May 10th: #OTD in the #Falklands war, a 100 mile Exclusion Zone is declared around Ascension, as Soviet aircraft and submarines have been in the area. This is an actual photo of Ascension taken from a Soviet sub at the time. They got close, and were passing Intel to Argentina. https://t.co/QG5yH6OW9C Capt_Navy
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May 10th: #OTD in the #Falklands war, a 100 mile Exclusion Zone is declared around Ascension, as Soviet aircraft and submarines have been in the area. This is an actual photo of Ascension taken from a Soviet sub at the time. They got close, and were passing…
This photo was taken from the Zaporozh`ye, a Primor'ye Class of intelligence collection ship during a deployment in the Atlantic in the spring and summer of 1982. The claim about the submarine is just fake. https://t.co/u1rpxggMBA Capt_Navy
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The First Casualty - Falklands War History
May 10th: #OTD in the #Falklands war, a 100 mile Exclusion Zone is declared around Ascension, as Soviet aircraft and submarines have been in the area. This is an actual photo of Ascension taken from a Soviet sub at the time. They got close, and were passing…
RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, who was in @MODGibraltar in HMS ANTRIM, was given his orders under Operation CORPORATE. At 2130 he was told that Argentina had invaded #Falklands The next day he sailed South In HMS GLAMORGAN with 10 ships to meet up as a task force. https://t.co/hH2abTUupZ Capt_Navy
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#OnThisDay 1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, who was in @MODGibraltar in HMS ANTRIM, was given his orders under Operation CORPORATE. At 2130 he was told that Argentina had invaded #Falklands The next day he sailed South In HMS GLAMORGAN with 10 ships to meet…
RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 HMS HERMES and HMS INVINCIBLE sail from @HMNBPortsmouth for #falklands HERMES would assume duties as Flag Ship from GLAMORGAN and by the height of conflict was operating 26 Harriers and 10 Sea Kings from the FAA & @RoyalAirForce @FalklandsGov https://t.co/SRhtei4jBH Capt_Navy
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#OnThisDay 1982 HMS HERMES and HMS INVINCIBLE sail from @HMNBPortsmouth for #falklands HERMES would assume duties as Flag Ship from GLAMORGAN and by the height of conflict was operating 26 Harriers and 10 Sea Kings from the FAA & @RoyalAirForce @FalklandsGov
RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1962 the Frigate HMS PLYMOUTH was commissioned @HMNBDevonport She had a full career which included significant action in #Falklands war where she was involved in much of the action and was the venue for the Argentine surrender. https://t.co/g5HHEGCeK7 Capt_Navy
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#OnThisDay 1962 the Frigate HMS PLYMOUTH was commissioned @HMNBDevonport She had a full career which included significant action in #Falklands war where she was involved in much of the action and was the venue for the Argentine surrender.