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To: Dick Vomer

Would’ve been no contest. The Argie Air Force gave a pretty good account of themselves but the largely conscript Army, not so much.


19 posted on 05/09/2012 8:47:32 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Ax
The Argentine Air Force did some serious damage, but also took some big hits. This played out as a large scale conventional war with big toys getting used and some resulting big losses. Like the two British landing craft that weren't given adequate air cover that got blown to pieces.

The thing that really surprised me was what the guy said about the british artillery just blowing the crap out of their lines from fixed and naval sources. He says that they literally got in holes and prayed for their lives cause there's not much you can do when everything around you is exploding. Then the rumors started about the Gurkhas chopping off heads and playing soccer with them.

He says the officers looked for the first person that they could surrender to after the main ground fighting took hold.

20 posted on 05/09/2012 8:53:05 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
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