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Witness History: The Falklands War - An islander's account

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The Falklands War - An islander's account

04/04/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Falklands War - An islander's account

A local radio broadcaster remembers keeping calm as Argentine troops invaded his studio.

Local radio broadcaster Patrick Watts remembers keeping calm as Argentine troops broke into his studio at the start of the 1982 invasion.

It is 40 years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands or Malvinas. In the first of two programmes, we hear the story from the point of view of Patrick Watts, a Falkland Islander who was the station manager of the local radio station at the time. Watts kept broadcasting calmly as Argentine troops entered his studio on the first day of the invasion He remained on the Islands throughout the war. In 2012, he spoke to Alan Johnston.


PHOTO: Falkand Islanders surrounded by tanks in April 1982 (Getty Images)

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