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BATTLE ATLAS OF THE FALKLANDS WAR 1982 by Land, Sea, and Air de GORDON SMITH, publicado por Ian Allan en 1989, y revisado en 2006 Ha sido transcripto a PDF y colocado en el sitio del radar Malvinas al sólo efecto de preservarlo como documento histórico y asegurar su acceso en caso de que su archivo o su sitio no continúen en internet, ya que la información que contiene sobre los desplazamientos de los medios británicos y su cronología resultan sumamente útiles como información británica a confrontar al analizar lo expresado en los diferentes informes argentinos. A efectos de preservar los derechos de edición, se puede bajar y guardar para leerlo en pantalla como si fuera un libro prestado por una biblioteca, pero no se puede copiar, editar o imprimir. Copyright © Penarth: Naval–History.Net, 2006, International Journal of Naval History, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BATTLE ATLAS OF THE FALKLANDS WAR 1982 NAVAL-HISTORY.NET GORDON SMITH BATTLE ATLAS of the FALKLANDS WAR 1982 by Land, Sea and Air by Gordon Smith HMS Plymouth, frigate (Courtesy MOD (Navy) PAG Introduction & Original Introduction & Note to 006 Based Notes Internet Page on the Reading notes & abbreviations 008 book People, places, events, forces 012 by Gordon Smith, Argentine 1. Falkland Islands 021 Invasion and British 2. Argentina 022 published by Ian Allan 1989 Response 3. History of Falklands dispute 023 4. South Georgia invasion 025 5. Falkland Islands invasion 028 "Battle of the Falkland's War" heads the list of 6. Early diplomatic events 030 recommended British- published books, described as "a very Argentine & 7. Argentine Armed Forces 032 useful and detailed British guide to the day-by-day Units Taking 8. British Task Force build-up 035 development of the Part war", Argentine Army 9. Royal Navy warships 039 journal "Soldados", April 2000 10. Fleet Air Arm squadrons 041 11. Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships 043 "contributed tremendously to my 12. Merchant Navy ships 045 knowledge of the war", Francois Heisbourg, 13. 3 Commando Bde Royal Marines 047 Director, The 14. 5th Infantry Brigade 049 International Institute for Strategic Studies, 15. Royal Air Force role 050 London 16. Argentine defences on Falklands 053 "The advantage to the reader .... is the wealth Early British 17. Advanced Group sails South 055 of maps and diagrams .... (as the) campaign Task Force 18. Carrier Battle Group (CVBG) 057 was actually very complicated", Armed Movements follows Forces 19. Ascension Island 060 "concise and meticulous handbook Preliminary 20. 3 Cdo Bde approaches Ascension 063 describing the strategy, British tactics and logistics...", Operations 21. CVBG & Advanced Group join up 066 Navy News 22. South Georgia retaken 069 23. Amphibious Group exercises at 072 Now available as Ascension printed book or 24. ARA General Belgrano sunk 075 download 25. British Task Force in action 078 26. HMS Sheffield sunk 081 27. 5th Infantry Bde sails on QE2 084 28. Pebble Island Raid by SAS 087 29. Amphibous Task Group joins 090 Task force 30. Sea King-to-Chile incident 093 Summary of 31. Argentine aircraft v British ships 096 Losses Inflicted and 32. British forces v Argentine ships 098 Sustained & aircraft San Carlos 33. San Carlos Landings 101 Water Landings and 34. Air Battles of 21st May 1982 104 Consolidation 35. Initial moves out of San Carlos 107 36. 5th Infantry Bde reaches South 110 Georgia 37. "Coventry" & "Atlantic Conveyor" 113 sunk 38. 2 Para Battle for Goose Green 116 39. 3 Cdo "yomps/tabs" from San 119 Carlos 40. 5th Inf Bde lands at San Carlos 122 Approach to 41. 3 Cdo reaches Stanley defences 124 and Battle for 42. Final Task Force moves 127 Stanley 43. "Galahad" & "Tristram" bombed 130 44. 3 Para Battle for Mount Longdon 133 45. 45 Cdo Battle for Two Sisters 136 46. 42 Cdo Battle for Mount Harriet 138 47. 2 Para Battle for Wireless Ridge 140 48. 2nd Scots Battle for Tumbledown 142 Mountain 49. 1/7th Gurkhas approach Mount 144 William Victory, 50. Falkland's surrender, aftermath 145 Surrender, Part of the 51. British Task Force returns home 147 Price Paid 52. British ships lost & damaged 151 53. British aircraft lost 153 54. Argentine aircraft lost 155 55. British gallantry awards 159 Falkland's War Books, including Media Bibliography Falkland's War Videos see also Passing Through Ascension - a Photographic record of People, Places, Ships and Planes at Ascension during the Falklands War revised 6/12/10 BATTLE ATLAS OF THE FALKLANDS WAR 1982 NAVAL-HISTORY.NET GORDON SMITH Review in the International Journal of Naval History April 2008 Volume 7 Number 1 Gordon Smith, Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea, and Air, Penarth: Naval–History.Net, 2006. 140 pp., maps, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, and index. Review by Charles Steele United States Air Force Academy _______________________________________________________________________ Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea, and Air is the title given to Gordon Smith’s 2006 revision of his 1989 work, Battles of the Falklands War. The book’s new title denotes both a change in publishers, the original title being offered by Ian Allen Ltd., and one might suspect a desire to reflect Smith’s success in compiling a remarkably functional reference tool. The book does indeed provide maps detailing the sites of key events in the war that lasted from the beginning of April to mid-June1982. However, to consider this merely an aid to understanding the geography associated with the conflict is to sell this book well short of its full usefulness. While there are the obligatory maps, Smith has managed to provide what might best be termed a concise encyclopedia of the Falklands War that is constructed along chronological lines. Beginning with a synopsis of the physical geography, economic activities, and general demographics of the Falkland Islands and Argentina, Smith proceeds to offer a brief description of the roots of the conflict between Great Britain and Argentina. His chronology dates back to the 16th century and the first European sightings of the islands, then moves on to the increased tensions emerging in the1960s that eventually led to war in 1982. His remarks concerning the quarrel are brief and matter of fact. The remainder of the text follows in much the same manner—Smith highlights the relevant events transpiring daily and then provides slightly detailed thumbnail sketches to acquaint his readers with the significance of those events. In fact, the books greatest value is to be found in its service as an annotated timeline of the crisis. While it has great merit as a detailed chronology, it should be seen as neither a comprehensive history of the conflict nor an expansive collection of cartographic art. The book is not designed to provide analysis, and the author even offers his suggestions for sources that are better suited to provide answers to the how and why questions of the war. If one looks to gain a better appreciation for the Herculean task that confronted Rear Admiral John ―Sandy‖ Woodward and the other planners of this remarkable case of expeditionary warfare, it will come through self-directed interpretation of the details contained in this book and not from an overarching narrative provided by Smith. It should also be noted that even though the book has the word atlas in its title, it suffers from a paucity of large and detailed maps. There are only 49 maps in the book and none of them is as large as a full page. While the maps are undoubtedly of great value, they would have been of much greater benefit if they had been made friendlier to the eye. Despite its minor defects, the book serves an important function as a handy reference for students of this conflict. Readers will find that there are numerous charts detailing the composition of both British and Argentinean forces, as well as pictures of many of the key British participants and hardware from both sides. While the comments concerning any of the matters contained in this book are brief, they are well chosen and of considerable utility. For example, Smith details the importance of Ascension Island to securing Britain’s victory and in so doing provides the reader with a short history of the island and such important information as its distance between Britain and the Falklands and the fact that there was only one jetty at Clarence Bay to assist in the servicing of British forces (p. 43). Regardless of one’s familiarity with the Falklands War, this book serves well as a day-to-day guide to the conflict and as a quick reference to the actions involving its best known participants. The Editors International Journal of Naval History [email protected] © Copyright 2008, International Journal of Naval History, All Rights Reserved BATTLE ATLAS OF THE FALKLANDS WAR 1982 NAVAL-HISTORY.NET GORDON SMITH Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION & NOTE TO INTERNET SITE 3 Para on Mount Longdon ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION The definitive battlefield atlas of the Falklands War will have to wait some years or even decades for the release of full British information and the publication and analysis of much more from Argentina (written in the 1980's, most of this information has now been released and much published). In the meantime, this one pulls together much of the data published in the U.K., not so much in greater detail, but as an accurate-as-possible, step-by-step picture of how the war progressed from incident to Argentine invasion and on to British response and victory. Like many human events, the Falklands War can best be treated like a jigsaw puzzle, but one neither so big that most of the ships, land forces and aircraft squadrons taking part, gallantry awards earned and British deaths suffered, cannot be included, nor so specialised that it cannot be treated as a total war of the conventional variety.