Fun Trivia : Falklands War

Structure Sub-topic of: War History Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 10 general entries. Special Topics The Battle for the Falklands Battle for the Falklands II Falklands/Malvinas Conflict 1

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

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Until 1833 the islands belonged to Argentina. In January 2nd 1833 a British ship occupied the islands. Which was that ship?

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HMS Clio. The British forces captured the small Argentinian garrison and expelled the Argentinian Governor, Luis Vernet.



Which was the name of the Argentinean operation to land on the Malvinas (Falklands)?

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Rosario. The operation was named after Virgen del Rosario (Rosario Virgin). Independencia was the name of an anti-guerrilla operation in the Argentinean province of Tucumán in 1975.



One of the most important Argentinean combat aircrafts during the war was Israeli I.A.I. Dagger. Daggers are quite similar to a French combat aircraft. Which one?

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Mirage V. After the 1967 war Israel asked Dassault Breguet (producer of the Mirage IIIC) to develop a lighter machine, with less electronic and more space for additional fuel and weapons. The result was Mirage V. When Franco-Israeli relations deteriorated and France sold the Mirage V to Libya, Israel developed its own "Mirage V", named "Kfir". The first test group of aircraft was named "Nesher" and the second "Dagger".



During Operation Rosario Argentinian troops were forbidden to fire against British forces. British casualties were 0. On the other hand, just one Argentinean soldier died. Who was he?

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Captain Pedro Giachino. Capitán Giachino was a Navy combat swimmer. He was promoted post-morten. General Menendez was later appointed Military Governor of Malvinas until the surrender. Admiral Buser was the Navy commanding officer during Rosario Operation. Major Aldo Rico was the commanding officer of the 601 Special Forces Company.



When cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk by HMS Conqueror, the Argentinean ship was escorted by two destroyers. Which?

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ARA Hyplólito Bouchard and ARA Comandante Piedrabuena. The escorts did not try to hunt the attacker, and concentrated on rescueing the survivors. ARA 25 de Mayo was an aircraft carrier (ex British Colossus class). ARA Guerrico, Granville and Drummond are French A69 type corvetts. ARA Hércules and Santísima Trinidad are British Typo 42 destroyers. By the way, ARA means Armada de la República Argentina (Navy of the Republic of Argentina)



The Super Etendard/Exocet combination was responsible for the sinking of HMS Sheffield and the British auxiliary vessel Atlantic Conveyer. The rest of the attacks against the Royal Navy were carried out with free fall bombs. Not all of the Exocet missiles Argentina had ordered had been delivered when war began. How many AM 39 Exocets did Argentina have at the start of hostilities?

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5. Argentina had bought 14 Super Etendard and 28 Exocets in France in June 1981. Just five Super Etendards were in Argentina in April 1982. Four were operationally flown and a fifth was "cannibalized" for spare parts.



The vast majority of Latin American countries supported Argentina in diplomatic regional and world fora. Nevertheless, just one Latin American country sent military help to Argentina. Which one?

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Peru. Peru sent between 10 and 14 Mirage V fighters from their own squadrons, AS 30 air-to-surface missiles and 1,700 litre auxiliary fuel tanks. Aircraft and missiles arrived too late (on 1st June) but the fuel tanks were extensively used by Argentina in air attacks against the Royal Navy.



ARA Salta and ARA Santa Fe were two modern diesel submarines in the Argentinean Navy. They belonged to which class?

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German 209 class. Actually, ARA Santa Fe approached to the British task force twice, but scored no hits against the fleet because the German-made SST4 torpedoes failed.



In May 21st, an Argentinean Navy pilot in an Aermachi MB 339 light attack aircraft badly damaged the Type 22 frigate HMS Brillant. Who was he?

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Lt. Guillermo Owen Crippa. He made a daring raid over San Carlos Strait, where British troops were landing and fired its eight 5 in. rockets against HMS Brilliant. The frigate was posted there as anti-air picket ship. Pontecorvo was an Air Force Pucará light attack pilot. Bedacarratz was a Super Etendard pilot. (He flew one of the two aircrafts during the sinking of HMS Sheffield). Gomez was a KC 130 inflight refuelling tanker pilot.



During the war, an Argentinean Navy special forces team was sent abroad to attack British ships at Gibraltar. What was the codename of this operation?

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Algeciras. The team was later discovered and imprisioned by the Spanish authorities till the end of the war.