Favorable Weather Conditions, Good Luck Assist British Landing at San Carlos

Dear Fellow Earthlings, On the 21st of May 1982 the residents of Port Stanley and most of their friends and relatives in the rest of the Falklands were aware that the British invasion to recover their homeland had begun. Although the heat of battle had not reached Port Stanley, news of the British landing and their advance toward Port Stanley had reached them. Aided by cloudy skies but calm seas, the British had landed uneventfully and had established a beach head before the Argentines knew about it. The events of the day are too numerous to mention here, but once the Argentines did discover where the invasion force had landed, the action became fast and furious. Heading the list of British losses for the day was HMS Ardent, so badly damaged by air attacks, that it had to be abandoned. (The following day it sank.). As for the Argentines, they lost 16 planes on this single day. The British losses could have been much greater, but a great many of the bombs that hit -- and sometimes passed completely through -- various ships, failed to explode. The British Forces, by day's end, had gained a firm hold on Falkland's territory. But now they would have to slog through great hardships, due to the loss in the next few days of nearly their entire fleet of troop carrying helicopters. The United Nations Security Council debated about what should be done, but nothing ever came of this. The war was now a reality, an accomplished fact. Steve Walker Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

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