HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible are the centers of gravity of Task Force There were several Midway-like moments when a well-timed Argentine air assault could have turned the tide against Britain. However, the British had been unable to obtain the desired degree of sea control in the objective area because of intermittent attacks by Argentine land-based aircraft against British carrier task forces. The British landing at San Carlos Bay on East Falkland on was conducted.

They did neither but landed their troops anyway. British strategy in Falklands Warīritish strategy had been to gain air and sea supremacy and then proceed with an amphibious assault on the main island. If the Argentineans had synchronized their anti-access area denial (A2/AD) assets across the services, then British losses may have been considerably more damaging and altered the outcome of the Falklands War. Even with the failures in strategy, the British suffered numerous losses in shipping and men by the Argentine air force. This failure caused political infighting within Argentina, which hindered their military from developing a cohesive strategy. Their assumptions were soon proven wrong after backroom negotiations through Washington failed. The Argentineans took advantage of this situation and invaded the Falkland Islands to reach a political settlement before the war broke out. The British concentrated on the European theatre and withdrew and downsized their force across the globe to meet the Soviet threat. The Falklands War (Operational Corporate) occurred when the world was mired in the Cold War. The conflict between Great Britain and Argentina is a modern-day example of a joint amphibious force achieving operational access in a defended environment. The British task force (2 aircraft carriers, 23 destroyers, and frigates, 6 submarines, 8 large amphibious-warfare ships, dozens of support ships) set sail three days after to retake the islands. The Falklands War started on 2 April 1982, when Argentine forces invaded the undefended Falklands Islands and seized the capital of Stanley. The nearest useable land base for the British was Ascension Islands, 4,000 miles away from the Falklands. The Falklands Islands are situated 8,000 miles from Great Britain. A rendering of HMS Invincible's returning home following Falklands War

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