Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

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BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.— Read full article

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For those that want to learn more and perhaps dissect conflicting accounts and come to their own conclusions, then the book “Reasons in Writing” (A Commando's view of the Falklands War) by Ewen Southby-Taillyour is recommended.

It highlights the series of poor decision-making as well as some of the stupidity associated with the Sir Galahad disaster. The decision to delay the findings until 2065 will ensure that none of us veterans will ever know the full detail. That mistakes were made is a given.
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