Jigsaw puzzles : tactical intelligence in the Falklands Campaign
Orpen-Smellie, Giles2022
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On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was determined that Argentina's seizure of British sovereign territory would not stand. A Task Force, led by the Royal Navy, was ordered to the South Atlantic to recover the Falklands. The campaign that followed became a remarkable chapter in British military history. This book gives a 'warts and all' description of Giles Orpen-Smellie's experience, as a battalion intelligence officer, of how battlefield or tactical intelligence, relevant at battalion level during the battles ashore, was collected and assessed to develop a picture of the Argentine defenders. He explains what information was known at the time, the gaps in that information and how the information that was available influenced decisions.
Main title:
Jigsaw puzzles : tactical intelligence in the Falklands Campaign / Giles Orpen-Smellie.
Author:
Orpen-Smellie, Giles, author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2022.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781398111745 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
997.11024997.11 ORPE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1160452
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