Twelve Reasons Why the Falklands War Was A Closer Call Than You Think

[tmccarthy]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I thought it was a strait ahead victory for the Brits. Well The Argentines fought brave.



https://www.warhistoryonline.com/ins...ar-closer.html

Markus

The one I remember hearing in a documentary was that Argentina also got something like 6 bomb hits on British ships that failed to detonate because the bombs were dropped to low to have time to arm themselves. I want to say it was a British naval officer who said that if just two of those bombs had detonated and two more ships were lost the Royal Navy could not have continued at that time. (A temporary set back of course)
And the Ultra Long Range bombing mission flown from England against the Argentine airfield where the recon photo looked like there was just one (very crucial) hit!