Ack! Bugger me with a bottle of bitters! Tricked by the doggone tropic!
Thank you!
Given this is Thatcher we’re talking about, six of one and half a dozen of the other, pretty much.
Now now, the British Army’s Military Reaction Force did go rogue and made mob hits & drive-bys on IRA (and micks who looked IRA-ish), and were supressed years before MT became PM. Nasty, but no comparison at all with the Dirty War.
Thanks to everyone
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The Battle Riachuelo wasn’t exactly huge but the South American map might look a whole lot different had the battle gone the other way.
I’m still unclear about the definition used so please bear with me.
I think the Coronels and Falklands in 1914 (Naval battles) had a big impact. In the Boer War it is difficult to find a large set piece battle, but perhaps the lifting of the siege at Ladysmith and also Spion Kop were influential.
However, more recently Guadacanal and the Battle of the Coral Sea were immensely important. At both, the USA showed that Japan was not invincible. At further battles, such as Milne Bay, this was reinforced but in a very much smaller way (I am including Ironbottom Sound into Guadacanal).
The Battle of the Kokoda Trail was of great importance but in reality, nothing like the number of forces at Stalingrad were employed.