Ahhh, very interesting! So there WAS an Argentinian connection after all. You know, British military history is FULL of monumental blunders by the commanders. It's a wonder we ever managed to capture the Isle of Wight, never mind an empire!


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>OK. Feel free to Google or maybe WikiPedia generals Whitelocke and/or Beresford. I haven't and may do so later in a longer work break to see what they say.
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>>Incidentally, trivia, no looking up, how did the hispanic-named "Malvinas" get that name?
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>Good question! I used to know it when I was a kid. I frankly forgot and can't come up with the answer of the top of my head. I'll have to look that one up later.