Never to be recommended. Sadly, the author of these and many other publications: doubtless referred to by many members - and I'll wager known personally by some - lost his life : Army lecturer dies in blast at home by David Graves Daily Telegraph, 25 October 1997 A SENIOR Army lecturer was killed yesterday when an explosive device, thought to have been a World War Two hand grenade, exploded at his home several hours after he had returned from a visit to the El Alamein battlefield. Dr John Pimlott, 49, head of the war studies department at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, died soon after the blast at his bungalow in Camberley, Surrey. His wife ..... found his body ....... Police said it was not immediately clear what the explosive device had been and forensic scientists were examining the shrapnel. Officers believe Dr Pimlott was examining the device, part of the collection of military memorabilia he kept in his study, when it exploded. They described the incident as a "tragic accident"..............Colleagues told police that it was highly unlikely that Dr Pimlott had found a grenade on his visit to Egypt. Dr Pimlott .......... had lectured at Sandhurst for 24 years. He had written a number of books on military history and had recently appeared on the Channel 4 programme Decisive Battles........... Sandhurst's Director of Studies, described him as a "brilliant and inspiring man". He was. Such a tragedy.
Gun Jesus's Falklands kick continues. (Remaining as calm/serious/interesting as ever.) Quite nice to get a pretty neutral/intelligent septic viewpoint. It's made me want to dig some books out again.
SMLEs were used in the theatre! Or carried around by the F.I.D.F. for potential use, at any rate. Because their SLRs were pinched by the Royal Marines.
I came across this the other day on the Margaret Thatcher Foundation website. Part one on the US diplomatic efforts. Link at bottom to Part two on US intelligence aspects. The US & the Falklands War (1): the US 'tilt' towards Britain (30 Apr 1982) | Margaret Thatcher Foundation
“Give Maggie everything she needs to get on with it,” https://news.usni.org/2012/06/27/reagan-readied-us-warship-82-falklands-war-0
Dave55, A variety of stories about US support for the UK retaking The Falklands over the years have appeared. Politically the USA supported a peaceful resolution for weeks, with Alexander Haig, Secretary of State to the fore; in the "other corner" was Caspar Weinberger, Defence Secretary, who quietly approved support which was provided by the US military and related agencies. He got a knighthood for his troubles. An aircraft carrier, supplies of updated Sidewinder AAMs, SIGINT and photo-recon satellite coverage come to mind. Awhile ago I posted: Somewhere in the archive I have a non-government paper on the satellite coverage of the Falklands before and after the invasion. If you want a copy I shall dig that out. Part 2 Just read this in the Mrs T Archive: From: The US & the Falklands War (2): the CIA | Margaret Thatcher Foundation
And then we had the US Ambassador to the UN, Mrs Jeanne Kirkpatrick, very much in the Argentinian corner. Isolated within the US Administation she might have been but was still pro Argentinian. We will never know exactly what she might have said to the junta in the run up to the War.