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Great Reads  The Battle For The Falklands

5/1/2017

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The Falklands War

I found this book in a used book store in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia! I was surprised and intrigued as to the connections with France and New France. The book is very detailed and thus may be boring to some; however, I found this to be a unique and interesting part of history. The devil is in the details, and this book certainly takes a reader through the war, day by day. I think what is also interesting is no one at the time thought such a small insignificant peace of land would cause such a conflict. Argentina learned this the hard way.

Now, I know most will not have the time to read the book and may not be interested in that moment in history. However, one of the things I try to do when writing poetry is to see things from the human element, or a particular person's point of view. I think humanizing these events helps us to create empathy and understanding of all things, not in terms of right or wrong, but in terms of realizing that humans inflicting pain on humans is a terrible thing. And by no means do I have any answers, only by viewing problems with lots of empathy, may one soften his thoughts towards any perceived enemy.



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I have included a short video of Simon Weston, a veteran of the Falkland War, with the Welsh Guards. This is a short one but he has appeared on many shows and has given many interviews. He is a man who currently advocates for better treatment for War Veterans. This is an issue that most countries fail to recognize. It was interesting to hear him speak and added the human touch to the book.

This Blog is also thus dedicated to Simon Weston and the Welsh Guards!

Source: Wiki

The Welsh Guards came into existence on 26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant of George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards, "..though the order to raise the regiment had been given by the King to Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, on 6 February 1915." They were the last of the Guards to be created, with the Irish Guards coming into being in 1900. Just three days later the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards mounted its first King's Guard at Buckingham Palace on 1 March 1915 – St David's Day.

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Guard of honour, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards by Thomas Plunkett
Below are a few paintings of the Falklands War.
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19 Comments
Tim
5/1/2017 08:03:50 pm

Awesome blog...I have to read that book.

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Arthur
5/2/2017 12:04:22 am

I am sure you would love the book Tim, was very informative!!

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fairgirl
5/1/2017 08:05:29 pm

diolch yn fawr for writing this, we lost a lot of good men on that ship, well we lost a lot during a stupid war the Argentinians started.

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Penelope Sosa
5/1/2017 11:53:00 pm

Que linda

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Rick
5/2/2017 12:20:14 am

This was way before my time, but I am studying world history, so I will check this out man.

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Robert
5/2/2017 01:13:52 am

Intriguing subject

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A Ramirez
5/2/2017 01:14:21 am

My father have told me stories of this war, interesting blog.

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Vanessa
5/2/2017 01:29:01 am

I am always intrigued by stories I do not know, I shall read on this. Love the Art you displayed.

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Richard Lamoureux link
5/2/2017 09:33:55 am

Great Blog and Poetry Arthur! Educational, moving and entertaining!

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Guido
5/2/2017 03:33:46 pm

Wonderful poetry. Love it a lot, very informative too.

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Yanire L
5/2/2017 06:17:32 pm

My father had told me about this war, Simon is very inspiring.

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Leo
5/2/2017 06:32:42 pm

Great blog Arthur! Gotta read this book.

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Jan Allison
5/2/2017 07:03:07 pm

Bravo Arthur your Falklands blog is outstanding and the clip of Simon Weston brought a tear to my eye - so many brave men lost their lives and he is an inspiration to many

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Mavi
5/2/2017 10:20:19 pm

Wonderful Poetry ! Intriguing subject,,,Bravo!

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Harif
5/3/2017 02:15:27 am

Very fascinating, I knew a lot about this subject, but you made me lookup more.

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Sara
5/3/2017 11:25:45 am

Wonderful poetry. Love it :)

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Karl
5/4/2017 12:50:12 am

Wondering when people will ever learn to stop war

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Frederic
5/4/2017 02:18:16 pm

Great subject, wonderful blog Arthur!

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Abel
5/5/2017 12:55:01 pm

I didn't know anything about this... Learned a lot.

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