A01=Derek Oakley
Author_Derek Oakley
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- ISBN 9781862274051
- Dimensions: 219 x 276mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2007
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Here for the first time in one volume is the background to the whole Falklands campaign of 1982. The determination of the British Government to support the rights of a small community of British stock against unprovoked aggression by sending a Task force to free them is one of the most difficult and outstanding feats of the late 20th Century. The Military Machine behind such a campaign had to be carefully planned and coordinated. That the first major elements of the Task Force sailed within five days of the call to arms is a remarkable and unparalleled achievement. Without the complete cooperation of servicemen and civilians alike, this force of more than 110 ships, including the pride of the British merchant fleet Queen Elizabeth II and Canberra, and 28,000 men, could never have sailed. Continual cuts in Government Defence spending since the withdrawal of British Forces from the Far and Middle East in the early 1970's had so depleted British resources that such a task was inconceivable except in the eyes of the most determined.
This book sets out to show how this mammoth Task Force was assembled and eventual victory was accomplished with such limited resources as well as how it was made possible with a skilled force of highly trained professional soldiers, sailors and airmen.
Captain Derek Oakley served in the Royal Marines for over 42 years, the last eighteen as Editor of the regimental journal The Globe and Laurel. He saw active service in Malaya, the Middle East, at Port Said, in Northern Ireland, Brunei and Borneo. He has many publications to his name, including a book on Commando Uniforms and numerous military articles. His coverage of the Falklands campaign won awards from the United States Marine Corps' Historical Society and the Royal Marines' Historical Society. He was awarded the MBE in 1984 and is a Freeman of the City of London.
