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Nine time international best selling Military Historian & Author specialising in the Falklands War, WW2 through to Napoleonic & Ancient History. Occasional TV Historian. Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Dog lover and rescuer.
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Thatcher didn't give the order, it was a group decision from the war cabinet.
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The SAS never were going to bomb Aerospatiale. And there was no intercepted convoy for Peru.
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Most people actually feel sorry for American tourists. We sympathise.
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Already written about in the book "Tied With Wires" ☺️
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Yep, Cacho and Pinky, conning the nation. I wrote all about it in the book "Last Letters from Stanley".
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Excellent piece, thank you.
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My wife calls it "The F-word" because I talk about it slightly too much 🤣
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Correct. They were largely cut out of the deal.
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It simply wasn't. I've heard some bizarre conspiracy theories, but this is up there with Invincible getting sunk 19 times in the same month.
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No, it's a complete load of crap. This is tin foil hat stuff.
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It's actually covered in a lot of detail in my book "Tied With Wires" 😊
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Sending a quarter million homeless women and kids into a war zone where Trump just disabled the air defence system.
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I mean, Ireland has no natural enemies and the UK would immediately act if anyone tried anything. I occasionally wonder why Ireland has a military in some respects. But I totally agree with your point. I'm friends with the man who wrote Siege at Jadotville.
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Well three years ago today, Russia started its "Three day special military operation" 🙄
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100%
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And yet he's demanding $500 billion in resources from Ukraine, claiming he wants his money back... He's also a thief.
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I personally straddle both, and actually I see benefit in standing up over on Twitter and not making it a fascist echo chamber. It is very hate filled now though, but decent people are turning it around and fighting back.
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No, Garryowen, obviously 😎👍
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An HS293 couldn't have cut it in half. A Fritz X could and so, I believe, did. Either way, it wasn't a torpedo.
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Odd for a ship named after a God with two faces that she was blown in half.
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My Great Uncle Jim was on board and one of the survivors. He saw it happen and confirmed it was a Fritz X. He'd served on Janus before and had only just been called back to serve on her again.
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No the US just stripped the UK Patent Office bare instead... Including the plans for the Atomic Bomb which were an Admiralty patent... Just a bit of historical context.
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Essentially, book burning.
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That should scare people. Israel is building Trump's golf course for him...
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In fact, he bought two of my books... I know he's got the rest because I've signed them for him 😊
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It's less a renewed American Civil War brewing... Although needed... More like "Bleeding Kansas" in every State if you ask me. Those little hands will be stained red, and they are already.
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There's a great quote which goes: "If you ever wondered what you'd do if Fascism, Nazism and the Holocaust returned... You're doing it right now."
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Sadly true... The entire US is literally being handed over in chains and passing under the yoke... It's shameful to see.
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Genius!!