The wreck of the SS Fernebo, sunk by a German mine on January 9th 1917. The 17 remaining crew were saved by my Great, great, great uncle, Henry Blogg "The King of the Lifeboatmen" who saved 873 people & a dog in his time & was awarded the George Cross by King Edward VII himself.

January 6th is Reyes in Argentina, when they celebrate the coming of the three wise men... here they are 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

January 2nd 1833 HMS Clio arrived in the #Falklands to find a trespassing garrison from Argentina installed there. The Argentine forces along with their own warship, the Sarandi, are politely asked to leave British soil.

Ideas for Christmas. With Secret Santa coming up, and budgets tight, "Tied With Wires" is an ideal present for a #Falklands buff. Part A-Team, part MacGyver, part Wyle E Coyote, it explores the weird & wonderful Argentine Inventions of the Falklands War. amzn.eu/d/gUkQNJC

November 24th 1849: Argentina gives up its claim to the Falklands in the Convention of Settlement. Not one formal protest is issued to the UK for 96 years until 1946, nor are the Falklands mentioned once in Congress from 1850-1941 a total of 91 years.

Interesting article from November 13th 1983 in the NYT noting the UK's change of strategic direction following the Falklands war. The UK was previously scenario oriented against the USSR and so not prepared or equipped for a Falklands style scenario : nytimes.com/1983/11/13/world…

October 2nd 2020 the #Falklands approves its framework for "Prohibited Persons" in the islands, especially those who wave Argentine flags, extremists or who cause disruption which is not "conducive to the public good". Full link to the story is below: en.mercopress.com/2020/10/02…

September 18th 1982: Battle magazine begins its "Fight for the Falklands" series of three-page stories, written by Judge Dredd creator John Wagner & illustrated by artist Jim Watson. It ran until March 19th 1983. Here is the first issue, showing my boys from The First Casualty.

Great to see, and thank you. This is everything i wished i could have known when i wrote The First Casualty, with new accounts, new photos, full force lists & the evidence to prove what was always said. I'm so glad people are enjoying it. It really is for you, the Casualty fans.

Some great new ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews for my latest book on the #Falklands invasion. Full of new characters, stories, the most complete force lists available, pictures of the people and the battle, new maps and startling new evidence which proves it all 😎 amzn.eu/d/3ofTs6G

Hanging out with the Scots Guards veterans in St Andrew Square #Edinburgh today, a few Royals, Paras and couple of SAS berets around too. Wonderful to see ❤️

May 14th 1982: Vernon Walters returns to the USA from Buenos Aires. He says that the Argentine junta were "the most difficult people to deal with" and that Galtieri had told him he would be prepared to lose 40,000 men if necessary... (Continues)

May 8th 1982: Covered by her sister ships spreading "noise" and confusing the Argentine radars, HMS Alacrity approaches the Falklands by dusk, ready to reopen the bombardment....

Some wonderful ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews for #LastLettersfromStanley which I wrote to be the most comprehensive history of the #Falklands war from the Argentine perspective ever written, and the first in the English language for 32 years. My personal "go to" 😊 amazon.co.uk/dp/B091F1BDPK/r…