Woodward had tactical, frontline command of the taskforce, TF 317, at sea as it assembled and sailed southward via Ascension Island.
Three nuclear-powered attack submarines under his direct control were secretly sent out at once. In overall command was Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the fleet. The prime minister announced in an electrifying broadcast on Saturday 3 April that an amphibious operation would be mounted.
On arrival he marched in full uniform into parliament and assured Thatcher and her officials that the navy could mobilise a suitable task force "by the weekend". He left a ceremony in Portsmouth and ordered a helicopter to fly him to London. Enter, in the most dramatic fashion, the first sea lord and chief of naval staff, Admiral Sir Henry Leach. Even the defence secretary, John Nott, regarded the occupation as irreversible. In London Margaret Thatcher's government, caught unawares, wrung its collective hands. OL12456109W Page_number_confidence 92.45 Pages 402 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200926082154 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 842 Scandate 20200921151038 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780006378419 Tts_version 4.The Argentinian military junta invaded the Falklands on 2 April 1982. Urn:lcp:onehundreddaysme0000wood:epub:8b73d44d-3602-407d-861d-fd9edb732893 Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier onehundreddaysme0000wood Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5n96ms06 Invoice 2089 Isbn 0006378412ĩ780006378419 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19320 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:04:22 Associated-names Robinson, Patrick Boxid IA1942606 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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