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Falkland Islands

Occasional Paper 58: Postcards Home

Editorial Staff · Jul 6, 2019 ·

July 2019 An interest in philately has led to a collection of post cards from a century past showing the Pacific colonies of the German Empire. These help bring to ...

Book Review: No Picnic

Book reviewer · Jun 9, 2002 ·

Title: No Picnic – An Account of the 1982 Falklands War by Author: Royal Marine Maj Gen Julian Thompson Publisher: Cassell. ISBN: 0-304-35647-6 This book, a revised edition of a ...

Newspaper Report: Battle of the Falklands – December 1914

A.N. Other · Jun 9, 2002 ·

[Ed: This is an extract from an unknown Australian newspaper of the time.] Every now and then there return to Australia men who have served their King and Country on deep ...

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The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1982 (Part 2)

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

Battle for Falkland Islands – 1982 The Argentine seizure of the Falkland Islands (las Islas Malvinas) on 2 April 1982 took place at a time when the British Royal Navy ...

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The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1914 (Part 1)

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

Battle of Coronel – 1914 Although the Royal Navy outnumbered the German navy by a huge margin in 1914, British strength was concentrated in the North Sea, leaving small isolated ...

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Chivalry and Courtesy in war and when most unexpected!

Date, John C., RANVR (Rtd) · Sep 19, 1989 ·

In the sea action on 9 November, 1914 off Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, between the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German cruiser SMS Emden, a kindly gesture ...

Lessons from the Falkland Islands War

Murguizur, Dr Juan Carlos · Jun 9, 1984 ·

IN HINDSIGHT all naval powers learnt lessons from the Argentine-British conflict in the Falkland Islands in 1982. Dr. Juan Carlos Murguizur had this to say in an article published in ...

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