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 Three
hundred miles off the Argentina coast in the south Atlantic lay
the Falkland Islands...
Three
hundred miles off the Argentina coast in the south Atlantic lay
the Falkland Islands, consisting of two main isles (East and
West Falkland) and about two hundred smaller islands. The only
town is also the capital of the region, Port Stanley, and it is
from there that the British territories of South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands are administered. With a total population
of only a couple thousand stalwart individuals (and many more
sheep and livestock) the Falklands seems an odd place to fight a
war over, but that's exactly what happened in 1982.
Ownership
of the islands has always been a hotly contested issue between
the governments of Argentina and Great Britain. Argentina had
claimed the islands since 1820, but the British actually
occupied the islands from 1833 onwards. On March 26th, 1982 the
Argentinean dictatorship of General Galtieri decided to invade
the islands in an operation titled Operación Rosario, not for
any true military objective, but simply to save his skin, and
the other heavy handed rulers of Argentina. Civil unrest had
been steadily growing, inflation was taking its toll on the
economy (which was already in shambles), and if the people did
not have an external enemy they would soon turn on the junta.
Why not take what they had claimed was theirs for all those
decades? On April 2nd the war began, with thousands of Argentine
troops landing on the Falklands.
Seventy-two
days later the conflict was over. The British forces, which had
been outnumbered from the start, had cobbled together an
invasion force of leaky ships without adequate air cover to
fight a war thousands of miles away from England over mostly
empty rock. While sounding like a recipe for defeat the British
forces triumphed easily over the Argentine forces, capturing
11,000 prisoners and suffering only a couple hundred casualties.
Galtieri, whose raison d'ętre for the war was to insure his
political survival, ultimately gave up the power he was trying
to tenaciously cling to.
Now
ProSIM and Shrapnel Games gives you the chance to relive
history. Using an enhanced version of the highly regarded ATF:
Armored Task Force engine, The Falklands War: 1982 is the
ultimate real-time simulation of the conflict. From playing on
the actual topographical maps the British forces used of the
island, to the intensely accurate statistics for weapon
platforms, to informative scenarios that present the player with
the same challenges faced by real-world commanders in 1982, The
Falklands War: 1982 will have you smelling cordite and
diesel. The human element has not been neglected either, with
skill ratings for troops made up of ten different areas of
expertise in military operations and a detailed light infantry
combat resolution system down to bayonet attacks.
The
Falklands War: 1982 is what true wargaming is all about; you
don't just play history, you learn history (and perhaps even
change it). Are you ready for the challenge?
You
don't just play history, you learn history.
Are you ready for the challenge? |
