Table of Contents
List of Plates vi
Introduction viii
Acknowledgements xvi
Timeline xix
Prologue: Operation Thunderbolt, Entebbe 1
1 RAP Laarbruch, West Germany 3
2 Opening Shots 20
3 Super Étendard fighter-bombers and Exocet missiles 41
4 Base Aeronaval Almirante Quijada, Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego 56
5 ARA General Belgrano and HMS Sheffield 76
6 RAF Lyneham 89
7 Deliberations: South Atlantic, Northwood and Hereford 107
8 Ascension Island 121
9 Operation Plum Duff - Phase One: Hereford and the Mid-Atlantic 128
10 Operation Plum Duff - Phase Two: South Atlantic 154
11 Operation Plum Duff - Phase Three: Tierra del Fuego 175
12 Operation Mikado - Outline Plan: Rio Grande 207
13 MV Atlantic Conveyor 213
14 Operation Mikado - Detailed Plan: Rio Grande 221
15 Operation Plum Duff - Mark Two: Tierra del Fuego 238
16 Operation Kettledrum - Puerto Deseado 247
17 HMS Avenger, HMS Fearless, HMS Intrepid and HMS Glamorgan 259
Epilogue 271
Notes 284
Bibliography 296
Index 298