Cool Heads, Calculated Reasoning Trump Passion

Dear Fellow Earthlings,

On the 5th of May 1982 it seems that both the Argentines and the British Task Force were trying to figure out what to do next. Now that lives had been lost on both sides, it was now a question of the Argentines hurting the British and vice-versa until one of the two sides either sued for peace or was destroyed as a fighting force.

Admiral Woodward, head of the British Task Force -- and an astute tactician with many years of military schooling (both as a student and as an instructor)behind him knew that his two aircraft carriers were of paramount importance in the entire operation. If either one of them were lost, the war would also be lost. Therefore, he had to keep them stationed as far away from the Falklands and the Argentine coastline as possible -- but close enough so that the 19 remaining Harriers -- one had been lost the day before (See Installment 404.) -- could fly to the Falklands to do battle.

As for Admiral Jorge Anaya, head of the Argentine naval forces, his lack of experience in actual combat situations prior to the Falklands War was self evident. Also quite evident was his and the other two members' of the triumvirate heading Argentina's government (Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri and Brigadier General Basilio Lami Dozo) obsession with "recovering" the Falklands so that all Argentinians would unite in patriotic zeal behind them.

However, when Argentina surrendered to Great Britain on 14 June 1982, the whole Argentine house of cards would come tumbling down. Steve Walker Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

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