Falkands war in WWII ?
Gentlemen, imagine that Argentina takes the opportunity of British difficulties during WWII (let's say in August 1940 or November, 1941). Is it politicaly plausible ? What may happen ? How can Britain...
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jlyons97 wrote:So, now that we've established the fact that the Falklands were of no use whatever, why the big deal of not letting Argentina have it, then, now or at any time? The specious arguments...
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spiffingchap wrote:jlyons97 wrote:So, now that we've established the fact that the Falklands were of no use whatever, why the big deal of not letting Argentina have it, then, now or at any time? The...
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jlyons97 wrote:Chris, I yield to your experience in what ships need in the way of base facilities over time. Far, far from the 'home island'.What time? Go there, look around, come back. While you're...
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http://historicalrfa.org/archived-stories2/1023-the-battle-of-the-river-plate-royal-fleet-auxiliary-support An interesting site with links to operations surrounding 'Battle of Plate', in 1939. There...
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HMS Cumberland was undergoing self refit in the islands at the outset of the River Plate battle. Whatever that entailed she was able to respond to a contact report and take Exeter's place.
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Also the exter after the river Plate engagement returned to the Falkland for repairs, so they where of use to the Royal Navy. Also thought that Early in the war Churchill sent a small deployement of...
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Condottiere wrote:According to Mackinder, the Earth's land surface was divisible into: The World-Island, comprising the interlinked continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. This was the largest, most...
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(Without wishing to side-track this thread too far)And this Mr Mackinder's point was ...?Sounds to me like he wants to imagine all current humanity and its history and political geography evaporated...
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I think it comes down to energy. What's the most economic use of energy to expand empires and power industries.
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To use the sea for transportation between densely populated coastal areas, not land connections between sparsely populated wildernesses. The basic claim, "The book's most famous quote was: "Who rules...
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It was sort of reversed, volkerwanderung disrupted the Roman Empire, and the Mongols came close to dominating Eurasia.
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Condottiere wrote:We know that by the late seventies Whitehall was quite ready to contemplate handing over the Falklands to the Argentinians.In the early '70s the head of the civil service defined his...
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According to this report there was Argentine consideration of taking the Falkland Islands in WWII the force considered being "a battalion of Marines distributed in two battleships, two heavy cruisers,...
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Falklands Island Fuel DepotAccoridng to Ready for Anything - The RFA 1905-1950 by Geoff Puddefortan oil fuel depot was established at Stanley, Falklands Islands in about 1916.Battle of the River Plate...
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"and just what would the US do if the Argentines went on ahead and joined the Axis despite what you have shown?" Close blockade of BA and seizure of, yes, the FI as a sub/patrol/air base from which...
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Civ101 wrote:The telling quote is this"Since it was a joint operation, criticism was the responsibility of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamín Rattenbach and it was categorical: the 'coup' in itself did not...
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Ice - Minor point, not the B of E but London merchant banks, I believe. Don't think the B of E did commercial or government lending. While the B of E would lean on any London bank that didn't fall in...
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Quite true, CP- but the B of E could and on rare occasions did (such as just after WWI) demand gold redemption of large foreign-currency holdings from nations with whom Britain had a large trade...
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spiffingchap wrote:To use the sea for transportation between densely populated coastal areas, not land connections between sparsely populated wildernesses. The basic claim, "The book's most famous...
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Civ101 wrote:Falklands Island Fuel DepotAccoridng to Ready for Anything - The RFA 1905-1950 by Geoff Puddefortan oil fuel depot was established at Stanley, Falklands Islands in about 1916.Battle of...
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