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...last the end was in sight. From his secure position on Mount Kent, Major General John Jeremy Moore, commander of the British ground forces on the Falkland Islands, gazed through his binoculars at the blue-and-white Argentine flag fluttering over the capital, Port Stanley, twelve miles away. "We'll hoist the Union Jack down there just as soon as we can get there," he told his men confidently. "And believe me, it won't take long...
...running out-and not just for the besieged Argentine soldiers. Britain's rapid drive toward the island capital had touched off an eleventh-hour flurry of diplomatic activity that sought to prevent a final bloody battle, which could make a bad situation worse. A head-on clash at Port Stanley could not only lead to appalling casualties on both sides but further inflame Latin American bitterness against both Britain and the U.S. It might also allow the Soviets to gain influence in a strategically important corner of the South Atlantic by offering aid to a beleaguered Argentina...
...British task force needed three kinds of warplanes: a naval interceptor to protect the fleet, a ground-attack aircraft to soften up enemy defenses on the islands, and an agile troop-support plane to cover British forces as they advance from their bridgehead toward the main Argentine garrison at Port Stanley. All those roles have been filled by what the British regard as their magnificent flying machine: the Sea Harrier, a vertical short-takeoff and landing jet whose maneuverability and advanced avionics have made it more than a match for the land-based attack aircraft that Buenos Aires has launched...
...this code signal was broadcast over walkie-talkie radios early last week, some 65,000 Iranian troops and militia launched the most ambitious counterattack of the 20-month border war between Iran and Iraq. The prize: the Iranian port of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqis had captured soon after crossing to the Iranian side of the Shatt al Arab at the start...
...Nazi guest. It was a dazzling display from a master of spectacle, but like most other things Benito Mussolini did, this muscle flexing was little more than an act: two years later, after a few disastrous encounters with Britain's Royal Navy, his impressive-looking fleet cowered in port, all but useless to the Germans...