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That sounds pretty interesting, do you have a source?
by mcintyre1994 6y ago
That sounds pretty interesting, do you have a source?
- secondcoming 6y agoI'm not aware of BBC leaks, but there was this: "In a debate on the Falklands War on 3 April 1982, Rowlands revealed that the British were reading Argentine diplomatic traffic" [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Rowlands,_Baron_Rowlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Rowlands,_Baron_Rowlands
- goatinaboat 6y agoSure https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehistoryherald.com/articles/british-irish-history/falklands-war/six-better-fuses/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehistoryherald.com/articles/b... To avoid the high concentration of British air defences, Argentine pilots were releasing their bombs from very low altitudes, giving the fuses too little time to arm before impact. The BBC reportedly broadcast this information and was severely criticised by the task force Commander, Admiral Woodward, who blamed them for alerting the Argentines to the supposed fault. Interestingly, Colonel H.Jones, commanding the Paras on Falkland, had also accused the BBC of giving information to the enemy when reporting on the capture of Goose Green before it actually happened and had threatened to bring charges of treason against the Board of Governors. Sadly he was killed at Goose Green before he could pursue the charge. First I could find but this has been extensively written about in books.