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The aim is to critically reassess the role of the SAS during the Falklands War, examining both strengths and weaknesses.

April 19, 2026Open Access

The Special Air Service in the Falklands War: A Critical Reassessment

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The aim is to critically reassess the role of the SAS during the Falklands War, examining both strengths and weaknesses.
Analysis of primary sources from both Argentine and British perspectives.
Evaluation of the SAS's roles in intelligence gathering and direct actions.
Comparison of SAS operations with those of conventional forces.
The SAS played a vital role in intelligence gathering.
Their contributions in direct actions were less significant than previously portrayed.
Challenges arose from a lack of understanding and alignment with conventional forces.

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This article reassesses the contribution of the Special Air Service (SAS) in the 1982 Falklands War. Drawing mainly on primary sources, Argentine as well as British, it demonstrates that while the SAS performed valuable roles, particularly in intelligence gathering, their contribution elsewhere and especially in several direct actions was less impressive. It argues that this resulted from the difficulties the SAS experienced in working alongside conventional forces whose operations they little understood and whose ethos they did not share. The article thus serves as a corrective to celebratory accounts promoted since the war, not least by the SAS itself.

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Adrian Pearce (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e473ff010ef96374d8fc6f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.25602/gold.bjmh.v12i1.1961

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