They had balls, but really they got their arses handed to them pretty thoroughly. They did score a couple of exocet hits of Brit ships hits, if I recall.
The Brits came from the other side of the world with no land support and just cleaned their clocks. That's the Britain that I admire.
The worst damage done to the British ground forces were when those two waves of old American McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawks hit those two landing ships full of British Army troops at Bluff Cove. The Skyhawks were all carrying 1,000 lb bombs.
In order to make the long trip to the Falklands and back, the Skyhawks had to both carry external fuel tanks, and also refuel in the air as well. Here is a photo of one Argentine SkyHawk filling up just before entering combat. ( Note the 1,000 lb bomb )
Here is a photo of one of the wrecked landing ships, after it was abandoned:
In a strange twist of fate, 16% of the deaths suffered on the British ships ( a total of 14 men ), were Naval cooks. And that is because two of the British ships suffered direct hits to their Galley.
Only 3 Falklands civilians died in the war. All were women hit by friendly fire from the British forces. No civilians were ever harmed by the invading Argentine Army.
Argentina only had 5 Exocet missiles that could be launched from planes at the start of the war. The use of just those 5 missiles resulted in two sunk British ships. If they would of had a decent supply of these missiles available, the war could have had a much different outcome. France refused to sell any more of the missiles to Argentina, once the war broke out.
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