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...what British Defense Minister John Nott described as a "brilliant surprise attack," Royal Marine commandos and paratroopers overran Argentine positions just before daybreak, coming to within five miles of Port Stanley. Many of the young Argentine defenders were asleep in their foxholes as the British struck. The first things they saw, said Nott, "were the blackened faces of the British troops in the trenches with them...
...bitter war seemed to be nearing its climax, both sides had gained grudging respect for their adversary's fighting powers. Said British Defense Secretary John Nott: "I think the Argentine pilots have shown great bravery." Still, Prime Minister Thatcher declared: "We in Britain know the reality of war. We know its hazards and its dangers. Despite these grievous losses, neither our resolve nor our confidence is weakened...
...loss of the two ships marked Britain's bleakest day in .the war. In the House of Commons, Defense Secretary Nott announced that recent additions to the British task force (an additional three destroyers, four frigates, two submarines and a large minesweeper joined the fleet last week) more than balanced its losses in the past few weeks. Said Nott: "The task force has more escort vessels today than a week...
...this was merely a prelude. Some 42 hours after the attack on the Belgrano, the Argentines gained spectacular revenge. British Defense Secretary John Nott appeared before a dismayed House of Commons to report that a British destroyer, the 4,100-ton Sheffield, had been demolished by a French-built Exocet antiship missile fired from an Argentine fighter-bomber. The toll of dead, wounded and missing among the 270-member crew was 44; the death count was later announced to be about...
Britain did retain the support of her allies at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, where Defense Secretary Nott reaffirmed Britain's willingness to cease hostilities, but only if Argentine troops were withdrawn from the islands. Failure to make that stipulation, he said, would "leave the burglar with the spoils...