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• Margaret Thatcher and Jimmy Carter: Political BFFs?

  
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  Credit: Wiki Commons. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are commonly portrayed in the media as close political and ideological allies. Both were conservatives who reinvigorated their parties and transformed politics in their respective countries, both took on the entrenched welfare state (Thatcher moreso than ...
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• UK MoD challenges statistics on suicides among Falklands’ veterans

  
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  The bombing of the Sir Galahad caused the biggest loss of British forces in the conflict The claim that more Falklands veterans have killed themselves since the war ended than died in action is not borne out by statistics, a study says. Some 255 UK personnel died in action, but a veterans group has said the ...
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• Arctic Convoy navies celebrated at Loch Ewe as surviving veterans receive Arctic Star medal

  
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  High on the hillside above Loch Ewe yesterday, 9th May 2013, the Gods smiled with sunshine, warmth and no wind on an assembled crowd of veterans of the World War II Arctic Convoys to north Russia; their carers and descendants  – and those of the lost and since gone; a host of visiting dignitaries, representing the ...
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• Exploration: Perth Man Central to the History of the Falkland Islands

  
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  Bruce Gittings, Vice Chair of the Perth-based Royal Scottish Geographical Society remembers Matthew Brisbane, a little-known Perth-born explorer who was influential in the Falkland Islands in the early 1830s. This was a time when Britain was re-asserting its claim over Argentina - or the newly-independent United ...
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• Falklands chief: Navy cuts will leave UK ripe for the taking

  
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  Cuts to the Navy will leave Britain defenceless and ‘ripe for the taking’, the Falklands War veteran Sir Sandy Woodward has warned.In a rare intervention, Sir Sandy, who led the Naval task force that helped retake the Falkland Islands in 1982, said Britain would be left unable to defend its interests around the ...
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• T Battery (Shah Sujahs Troop) 12 Regiment Royal Artillery San Carlos Falklands War

  
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  T Headquarter Battery (Shah Sujah’s Troop) Royal Artillery was raised on 1st October 1838 at Delhi and Meerut. The troop was part of a 6000 strong force, which invaded Afghanistan in support of the deposed Shah Sujah of Mook. The Horse Artillery of the Shah’s Army was a double Battery of ten 6-pounder Guns and two ...
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• United States Congress pays tribute to Margaret Thatcher, a great friend of the United States

  
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  At a moving ceremony at The Heritage Foundation yesterday (where I direct the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom), leaders of the United States Senate and House of Representatives honoured the life and legacy of Lady Thatcher. Mitch McConnell, the Republican Leader in the Senate, and Eric Cantor, Majority Leader in ...
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• HMS FEARLESS (MODEL)

  
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  The launching of the model of HMS Fearless, a warship that saw service in the Falklands, it also featured in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me".This model was six years in the making and is the first large model made by Dennis Robotham, the model was built mostly from wood and fibreglass.As there were no plans ...
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• ARGENTINE AIR RAIDS ON BRITISH SHIPS IN SAN CARLOS FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982

  
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  I didnt talk much about the War when I firsts came home, but when I eventually opened up and said that I could see the pilots in their cockpits as they were that low, some people raised their eyebrows and doubted me, I think the above photos prove that I was not exaggerating, especially the middle photo of the ...
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• Margaret Thatcher Falklands War Telex Up For Auction

  
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  An original Margaret Thatcher-signed telex that announced the end of the Falklands War with Argentina is going on the auction block later this month. The historic document is expected to command more than $20,000 US dollars. The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentinian forces invaded and occupied the ...
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• The Heroic battle to the end of HMS Antelope in the Falklands War

  
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  On 23 May 1982, while on air defence duty at the entrance to San Carlos Water, protecting the beachhead established two days before, she came under attack by four Argentine A-4B Skyhawks of Grupo 5. The first pair attacked from astern with the flight leader breaking off his attack after one of Antelopes Sea Cat SAMs ...
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• REMEMBERING ALL THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES ON HMS SHEFFIELD

  
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  A personal tribute from former Royal Navy Tug Wilson to the fallen of HMS SHEFFIELD who defended the freedom of the Falklands. Designed and created by Tug Wilson, RN. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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• The Cold War Minute for May 4

  
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  BerlinBrigade.com presents The Cold War Minute: May 4 edition. In this episode, we talk about Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Alcatraz, Freedom Riders, Kent State, Margaret Thatcher, Falklands War, Iran-Contra Affair, Latvia You can also download the todays episode of The Cold War Minute by right clicking ...
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• MORE PROOF THAT THE FALKLANDS ARE BRITISH

  
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  This map is known as the 1882 Latzina Map, and it was financed by the Argentine Foreign Ministry and published 120,000 copies that were distributed to Argentine consulates all over the world to attract immigrants to Argentina. In 1977 the International Court of Justice ruled that this map was evidence in a dispute ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Cold War Minute for May 2

  
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  BerlinBrigade.com presents The Cold War Minute: May 2 edition. In this episode, we talk about Fall of Berlin, World War II, Alcatraz, Vietnam War, Queen Elizabeth 2, Falklands War You can also download the todays episode of The Cold War Minute by right clicking and saving here for May 2 KEYWORDS: • ...
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• Director of ‘Chasing Ice,’ Special Guest Aboard Quark Expeditions voyage

  
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  Passionate about the polar regions? You aren’t going to want to miss this  voyage!  Quark Expeditions is thrilled to announce that Jeff Orlowski, director of the Oscar-nominated climate change documentary, Chasing Ice , will join our 22-day Antarctic expedition featuring the first-ever Floating Polar Film ...
  4 weeks ago

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