Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian

@RDPHistory

Nine time No.1 Best Selling Military Historian, Author and #Falklands War specialist. Occasional TV Historian. Dog Lover & Rescuer. All books on link below:

Edinburgh, Scotland Katılım Şubat 2023

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian@RDPHistory·20 Mar

For everyone following my retelling of the build-up to the Falklands invasion, please remember I have two books on the subject: The First Casualty and its companion Pictorial History, both available on Amazon 😊 amazon.co.uk/s?k=ricky+d+ph…

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@VanThorb Argentina will have to go back to crying about HMS Invincible again after this 🤣

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@RDPHistory 😂

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Saw this doing the rounds 🤣🤣🤣

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The Mexicans are loving the fact that Argentina didn't win. This picture doing the rounds in Mexico shows Argentina waking up this morning to a world with no world cup 🤣

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian@RDPHistory·21 Tem

Cartoon Rick here closing July 20th 1982, and it is a bittersweet homecoming for the crew of HMS Hermes. Meanwhile, HMS Invincible proves again that she was never hit or sunk, and oddly, the final victim of Argentine bombing in the Falklands War is sunk, and it's American!! 1/2

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July 20th 1982: The last victim of the Falklands War; the 220,000 ton VLCC Hercules is scuttled 290 miles off the coast of Brazil. A neutral, Liberian flagged, American crude tanker which had even tried to pick up Belgrano survivors, but was attacked by Argentine aircraft. 1/2

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July 20th 1982: HMS Hermes anchors off of Sandown, Isle of Wight. This photo is taken from the IOW Ferry. Tomorrow is her big homecoming... If anyone has any pictures taken from Sandown, I'd love to see them 😊 1/2

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July 20th 1982: HMS Hermes sails towards the Isle of Wight and HMS Illustrious, not quite ready for sea and still working up, sails over to meet her... this is a cracking shot, with another great one in the thread below: 1/2

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July 20th 1982: The UK Government is still concerned about the prospect of further Argentine aggression, and is keen to obtain US satellite photographic coverage of Argentina. The only photo which will be sent is an old photo of the Argentine Navy at Puerto Belgrano, on May 28th.

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July 20th 1982: Argentina complains to the European Commission regarding its decision to grant emergency assistance to the Falklands: “... the action constituted inadmissible interference and could be construed as disregard for Argentina’s legitimate rights over the archipelago.”

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July 20th 1982: HMS Leeds Castle is in company with Invincible and recommences vertrep of heavy lifts, plus taking on mail and stores for South Georgia, which is her next stop. Attached is a great message between the ships, celebrating the good news of Invincible's retention...

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July 20th 1982: Date stamped #OTD photo of HMS Invincible on station in the #Falklands providing CAP. She looks great for a ship which was supposedly sunk twenty times from May 1st-June 8th and of course, there's not a scratch. Photo courtesy of my good friend Mike Weatherley.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian@RDPHistory·14h

@IgsEst England didn't start this, but did become one of the most thrilling teams of the tournament and upheld the game. You go to the World Cup to compete, not to win.

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Stvn_S 🇦🇷🇺🇸🗽@IgsEst·20h

"...and the Rugby result says the Falklands are British still" WTH dude! Was there a cup whose prize were the islands? Knock off the drama queen stuff ffs. Games. Nothing else Congrats to the winners. Lolz to the losers More lolz to Eng for a third place. See you in 60 years? 😉

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And Argentina have been thrashed... No decent shots or attempts and even FIFA couldn't help them. Cry for yourselves Argentina, and the Rugby result says the Falklands are British still. You've just lost and gone out with a whimper. Well done Spain: Scotland erupted!! 💗

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian@RDPHistory·14h

@omarfer63163877 Ah yes, the default Argentine position of racism... No, we were quite happy to compete in a tournament and come out third without bribing our way to the top or politicising sport... Argentina came in with so much hubris that it's worth laughing at.

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omar fernandez@omarfer63163877·20h

@RDPHistory Solo te queda celebrar perdidas ajenas. Reirte de lo ajeno, triste lo tuyo. No con tus victorias. Aparte estan invadidos por la inmigracion musulma. Con el nuevo Ministro seran sovietisados, mira lo tuyo. Preocupate

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@castrito_9 Well Argentina has been invited to go to the ICJ in 1946, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1968 and 1982 and refused to go on every occasion... It was Argentina which tried to make politics come into sports against the warnings. I'm just showing it can go both ways.

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Martín 🇦🇷@castrito_9·17h

By the way, I'm a rugby player and l wasn't aware the Rugby Test and the World Cup Final had quietly become sessions of the International Court of Justice. That would certainly simplify public international law.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian@RDPHistory·21h

@eutics41140 Not at all... 🙄

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Hermen Eutics@eutics41140·21h

@RDPHistory You are getting a tad excited, Ricky? 😆

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The football and the rugby in two days... Hubris fell badly on its face. Scotland erupted tonight. Viva Espana! 💗

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@Pvinsenok_ @iriarte_sergio 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@iriarte_sergio @RDPHistory El no se si sabe que no ... vive en Malvinas y preña ovejas

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Tonight, Northern Gibraltar take on West Falklands... 🤣

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@Pvinsenok_ I'm laughing my arse off... Argentina loses the Rugby and the World Cup two days running 🤣🤣🤣

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Paul Vinsennau 🍷👇@Pvinsenok_·1d

@RDPHistory Estas dolido Rick ... pero se fueron de la copa

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@JorgeHe91884181 Brexit also rhymes with sod off and leave our land alone.

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One block at the time@JorgeHe91884181·1d

@RDPHistory Keep laughing while you can. takea look about the new spansih treaty with the "territory" and dont tell me is not soft power from the spanish side. Brexit rhymes with Break it.

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