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Robbie McGuire
@RM_Mili_History
Historian, Writer, Youtuber and Podcaster. Co-Host/Editor of @FightingonFilm & @HFHistory. Contributor to @OvertDefense
Dec 10, 2021 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Continuing my Canberra in the Falklands research, I wanted to highlight the amount of improvised AA defences she had upon going into San Carlos water & weathering the air raids in ‘Bomb Alley’ on the 21st of May 1982.
(All image credits to IWM) 1.
#Falklandswar #Canberra 🇫🇰🪖 The Canberra was transformed from luxury cruise-liner to Troop-ship in the days leading up to her voyage to the Falklands on the 9th of April 1982, her swimming pool was converted to a helicopter landing platform. 2.