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☆ British bombers pulled off a raid on the other side of the planet in the UK's first major conflict since World War II
  + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
So the British air force devised an ambitious but complex plan for long-range bomber raids. A daring planBritish troops surrender to Argentine forces in Port Stanley in April 1982. Logistical issuesAn RAF Vulcan bomber at Wideawake airfield on Ascension Island. The military airstrip at Port Stanley after a British air raid in May 1982. AftermathRoyal Marines with the Falkland Islands flag in Port Stanley after the Argentine surrender in June 1982.
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☆ How unusually mild weather prevented what could've been the first aircraft carrier battle since World War II
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Sebastien Roblin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Argentine jets were poised to strike when the usually turbulent South Atlantic winds took a mild turn. Few of the half-dozen Argentine aviators expected to survive the attack, dubbed "Banzai Night" after the famous Japanese battle cry. Government of ArgentinaIronically, the Veinticinco de Mayo was originally a British carrier named the HMS Venerable launched by the Cammell Laird shipyard near the end of World War II. After a damaging boiler-room fire, the Karel was sold in 1969 to the Argentine Navy which extensively modernized and rebuilt the 25-year-old vessel. The Harrier and the Sea DartSea Harrier jump jets aboard HMS Hermes in the South Atlantic on May 1, 1982.
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