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Sink the "Belgrano" - Mike Rossiter


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Sink the "Belgrano" - Mike Rossiter

 
Description: ISBN 0552155454 / Genre: History / Author: Mike Rossiter / Paperback / 416 Pages / Book is published 2008-04-22 by Corgi Books

Newest Review: ... troops far quicker than any British force could arrive to reinforce the Port Stanley Garrison. The Royal Navy sent south ... more

 ... several of its nuclear submarines, one of which HMS Conqueror left Faslane on March 30th 1982. These events culminated in the first torpedoed warship since the end of World War 2, that ship was the Belgrano, the ship which launched the torpedo HMS Conqueror. The book clearly is not a work of fiction, the information used in it being drawn from the memories of those men involved on both sides and accounts written in the intervening 20 odd years. Personally I picked this up as a friend recommended it to me due to my c...more

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Premium Review Sink the "Belgrano" - Mike Rossiter: Get that Sinking feeling (428 words)
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Everyone knows all about the Falklands War don't they? The Argentines decided that enough was enough and it was time for them to take back their Malvinas Islands from the British. Leading to a conflict which was over half way around the world and yet affected people far more than mere words in a newspaper. The Belgrano though not the Argentine flagship was the ship that many Argentines saw as the pride of their fleet, a fleet which due to the location of the Falklands was able to get to the Islands and disembark troops far quicker than any British force could arrive to reinforce the Port Stanley Garrison. The Royal Navy sent south several of its nuclear ...  Read the complete review

 

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