Daring SAS Raid on Argentine Airbase - Falklands War Documentary

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HMS Alacrity: "Ok, I made it through the strait. Can you now tell me why I had to do that"? Admiral: "We wanted to know wether you were gonna blow up or not." HMS Alacritiy: "Wait what?"

SAS going back to their LRDG roots by blowing up some planes and running away giggling

I love how "Daring SAS Raid" could describe any SAS raid, this one is no exception, though remarkable nonetheless

its insane to me that just a handful of man are able to raid an active military base while suffering no deaths. SAS really are one of the most elite forces in the world.

Admiral: "How are we going to neutralize pebble Island without massive bombardment?" Major Cedric: "We're here. We're bored."

3:01 I love the nod to The Operations Room. You both do great work and I'd love to see a video from both of you at some point.

The unit motto "Who Dares Wins" are more than just words.

I'm a patriotic 71yr old Scotsman who is also a UK citizen. I knew nothing about this raid, or these heros. Thank you for the education.

As an Ulsterman I'm glad you mentioned the Second World War SAS under the command of Lt Colonel Blair "Paddy" Mayne, a fellow Ulsterman. He led several attacks on enemy airfields in North Africa. At one point he ran out of bombs and clambered onto the wings of planes to pull out their instrument panels by hand. He was the most decorated British soldier of the war. His statue stands inside SAS HQ in Hereford and also in the square of Newtownards where he was born.

They certainly were back for breakfast, I was in the queue joined behind me still with their cam paint on . Nic, class of 82

"...the frigate HMS Alacrity was ordered to pass through Falklands Sounds in a bid to see if the Argentines had mined the channel between the two main Islands. As Alacrity did not sink in this process, it was figured that there were no mines present." Imagine being sent on that mission 😮

I love how the British name their ships. The names just project power and authority.

I used to know the man who commanded this raid. He was a small, softly spoken West Country man, the most humble, unassuming man you would ever hope to meet. At no point would you have ever suspected him of being capable of doing the things he did. He never even told me he did it, I found out from others and when I asked him about it he simply looked at me uncomfortably and said, 'Yeah, that was me' and left it at that.

That is the thing about SAS raids. Just because they don’t necessarily kill a lot of the enemy or even wound them, they get in, cause absolute havoc, spread fear and achieve both tactical and strategic success without too many, if any casualties of their own.

Overall a very good production summarising the key details of the raid. A couple of comments if I may. Capt GJ Hamilton was OC of 19 Mountain Troop and while his first name was Gavin, he was universally known as John (his second name). The raid actually took place on his 29th birthday and the Troop took a great deal of pleasure from the success of the raid. Cedric Delves commented that John had a huge grin on his face when they rejoined the rest of D Sqn. For more detail on the raid and the rest of their exploits, I strongly recommend Cedric’s book “Across an Angry Sea”. John was subsequently killed on West Falkland just over 3 weeks later on 10 June and is buried in Port Howard cemetery.

Jeez the most daring part of this raid happened before the raid started - 0:50 HMS Alacrity sent on a mission to be sunk by mines to prove or disprove that there were mines. Im sure the captain was thrilled with those orders.

SAS: Blowing enemy planes on runways behind enemy lines since 1942

I’m glad the falklands series is still going

There’s a Pucara on display in the Air Museum near Sunderland (a small grubby village near Newcastle). A chap next to me pointed out to me where he had shot at it during the Falklands Conflict. I think he was on the level.