2 UK ships collided with eachother in Bahrain

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It's from, like, the old English for the southern part of Saxon territory. See also Essex, Middlesex, etc.

I had considered Taranto but I might have mentally discarded that because it was a surprise strike against an unprepared enemy rather than a pitched battle. I suppose we can also add in the attack on the French fleet at Mers El Kabir if we're going to include Taranto.

numerical advantage was integral part of RN doctrine, and they simply didn't engaged witout it when it could be avoided.

Britania rule the (human) waves!

Britain should not have won on paper against an opponent on the other side of the world with every single geographical advantage but it was executed incredibly well.

The Argentine dictatorship sent conscripts (some as young as 18) to fight against better trained and equipped soldiers. The Argentine junta thought that Chile (which was allied with the US and the UK and had a long history of border conflicts with Argentina) would take advantage of the Falklands conflict and invade southern Patagonia, so the best-equipped and best-trained Argentine soldiers remained on the border with Chile.

Argentina could have won this war if things had gone in their favor, such as if their bombs actually worked and blew up Royal Navy ships, instead of simply not working. They received support from practically all of Latin America + Caribbean nations such as Guyana, and even Cuba and Nicaragua gave money and weapons to Argentina. The same happened with Libya. Venezuela, Guatemala and Brazil, who were close to the Junta, said they would send soldiers to help, but the Junta refused, probably fearing that the US would intervene in support of the UK and because the UK was threatening to bomb Buenos Aires.

I have this memory of watching the History Channel show about the Falklands when I was like 9. I was a patriotic empire fanboy back then so I distinctly remember a story from it. I've forgotten exact details and I can't find anything about it otherwise. Anyway, the story is:

Brits faked a radio transmission for the Argentines to intercept.

In the transmission, they pretended to be organising some huge attack with however many destroyers and tonnes of artillery bombardment support, when really they only had a few gunboats.

The Argentines buy the bluff and retreat from the position. A group of dudes wander on up to find it empty, and plant the flag unopposed.

Could be total propaganda, but I swear that's a faithful retelling of it. It was my favourite story for years.