(Banal Nationalism, Michael Billig, p. 81, Sage Publications Ltd, 1995)One member of the British war cabinet was reported as wondering whether the Argentinians would actually go to war, given their half-Italian and half-Spanish ancestry. "There's no precedent", he said ... "if the Spanish half is uppermost, they'll fight, if the Italian is, they won't."
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Lieutenant-General Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, Commander in Chief Argentinian Armed Forces, visiting the Elite 10th "Lieutenant-General Nicolás Levalle" Mechanized Infantry Brigade staff officers assembled at the ex-Royal Marine Moody Brook Barracks outside Port Stanley
"General Galtieri, a son of Italian immigrants, served as president of Argentina from 1981 to 1982." (Encyclopedia of Modern Dictators: From Napoleon to the Present, Frank J. Coppa, p. 97, Peter Lang, 2006)
Lieutenant Fausto Gavazzi (KIA), Skyhawk pilot that crippled HMS Glasgow on 12 May 1982, forcing the British destroyer to limp back to Britain for repairs
photo uploading ("Capitán (PM) Fausto Gavazzi, nació el 2 de marzo de 1952 en el seno de una familia de inmigrantes italianos, hijo de Guido J.Gavazzi y Anna Luzzi que se radicaron Campana, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina luego de la segunda guerra mundial." http://www.3040100.com.ar/el-dia-mas-tr ... a-gavazzi/)
"Gavazzi dropped a bomb that struck Glasgow in the side at the water line. The bomb passed through Glasgow without exploding within the ship but left Glasgow with two large hull holes on the water line."(http://www.hmsbrilliant.com/content/dsection4.html HMS Brilliant 1982 Reunion Association Website)
Ítalo Ángel Piaggi (with cuppa), Commanding Officer, 12th General "Juan Antonio Alvarez de Arenales" Infantry Regiment that derailed the British 2nd Parachute Battalion's nocturnal attack outiside Goose Green, forcing the British Paras to fight through the daylight hours .
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"Piaggi confounded Jones's theory 'Hit them really hard and they will fold', but he was forced to resign his commission. For the second time during the week Argentine troops had stood their ground and it was only when resistance was seen to be futile that withdrawal and surrender were contemplated." (Nine Battles to Stanley, Nick van der Bijl, Leo Cooper, 2014)
Lieutenant Luis Carlos Martella (KIA), Heavy Weapons Platoon Commander (4th "Monte Caseros" Infantry Regiment) during the Battle of Two Sisters, that pinned down two Royal Marine Commando companies for over 2 hours. Son of Major-General Luis Santiago Martella.
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"Había hijos de muchos militares: el hijo del general Martella muñó en combate
en el monte Dos Hermanas arma en mano." (Malvinas: Testimonio de Su Gobernador, Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Carlos M. Túrolo, p. 116, Editorial Sudamericana, 1983)
Lieutenant Luciano Guadagnini (KIA) dropped the bomb that sank HMS Antelope on 23 May 1982
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"Guadagnini, though hit by 20mm fire, pressed home his attack and scored a direct hit six feet above the frigate's waterline ... his aircraft was also hit almost simultaneously by a Seawolf fired at Gomez and a Rapier ..." (The Royal Navy and Falklands War, David Brown, p. 208, Pen and Sword, 1987)
Patrol Commanders Captain José Vercesi (Italo-Argentinian, left), Captain Tomás Fernández (Spanish-Argentinian, middle) & Captain Andres Ferrero (Italo-Argentinian, right) from the 602nd Commando Company that took on the M&AWC and SAS. Vercesi's 1st Assault Section, although outnumbered & outgunned fought for 45-minutes at the Top Malo House sheep farm. Ferrero's 3rd Assault Section overran Lieutenant Tony Hornby's Troop (Platoon) from 42 Commando on Mount Wall on the night of 5/6 June 1982, & took on Lieutenant David Stewart's Troop (Platoon) from 45 Commando in an ambush action on the night of 9/10 June near Murrell River .
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State-of-the-Art HAZE laser-target-marker from 42 Commando that Ferrero's men captured on Mount Wall, saving the 4th Regiment on Two Sisters Mountain & Mount Harriet from destruction by RAF Harriers
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"The most controversial clash occurred in the early morning of Malvinas Day (June 10). During a fierce action two Argentine Commandos were killed. Major Aldo Rico from Compañía de Comandos 602 was reported as having said that the battle was fought on the centre of Murrell River, and he claimed at least four Royal Marines were killed." https://www.amazon.com/review/R3NE5R6PS77XU6
Second Lieutenants Augusto Esteban La Madrid (Anglo-Argentinian, left) & Aldo Eugenio Franco (Italo-Argentinian, right), both Rifle Platoon Commanders from the Elite 6th "Juan José Viamonte" Mechanized Infantry Regiment's B Company that fought on Two Sisters & Tumbledown
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"On the eastern end of Two Sisters the 6th Regiment platoon of Second Lieutenant Aldo Franco engaged in holding 45 Commando's Yankee Company off along the eastern ridge. The Argentine platoon conducted a spectacularly successful delaying action employing the standard leap frog tactics; one section on the ground holding the Royal Marines off, one section setting up the next fall back position and one section in movement and caused the proposed attack on Mount Tumbledown by the 45 Commando battalion commander to be aborted!" https://www.amazon.com/review/R3NE5R6PS77XU6
PS. To be continued, plenty more Italo-Argentinian Malvinas War Heroes to be revealed