2 Documentaries — Global Technologies and Tactics — 1 - Falklands War — 2 - Lebanon — Falklands War: — Seamlessly documented on land and sea by frontline British News footage, the Argentinean junta invaded the UK-controlled isl... more »ands.
Thousands of Argentine troops descended on the island, and easily overtook the small detachment of British troops that were stationed there.
The UN Security council call for the withdrawal of the Argentinean troops and fostered futile negotiations, as British troops advanced by sea en masse.
British planes viciously attacked Port Stanley from the air, shooting down Argentinean aircraft.
A British submarine sank an Argentine cruiser, killing close to 400 crewmen.
More blood was shed as the advancing British troops reached their destination of Port Stanley to dismantle the Argentinean forces.
Argentina surrendered the land, after nearly 1,000 casualties and a bloody battle over the remote island.
Lebanon:
British News cameras impressively documented the frontline clash in 1975, when the Palestinian Liberation Organization began infiltrating Israeli borders with attacks that brought Israeli reprisals.
Israeli strikes and raids were unable to control the growth of the PLO army.
In June 1982, a terrorist group attempted to assassinate an Israeli ambassador.
Israeli Defense Forces attacked Lebanon again, moving in to the country in an effort to drive out the terrorists.
The PLO responded with a massive artillery and mortar attack on the Israeli population of the Galilee.
The operations's initial success led officials to broaden the objective to expel the PLO from Lebanon and induce leaders to sign a peace treaty.
Most of the terrorist groups in Lebanon have not yet been disarmed, contributing to ongoing antagonism over border control.« less
