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10. Argentinian Forces Flee For Their Lives During The Falklands Conflict

The Falklands War is a conflict that still causes consternation right through to the present day, with simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina seeming to have come close to the boiling point a number of times over the years that followed, only to eventually calm back down again.

During the war itself, the British demonstrated just how determined they were to retain the islands by deployingthe Gurkhas to fight on the ground against Argentinian troops.

According to apocryphal stories of the time, when the Argentinian forces located at Tumbledown found out that the Gurkhas were on their way to do battle with them, they simply turned tail and fled rather than face the coming fight.

It is believed that propaganda about the Gurkha's fighting prowess had been spread around the islands before their arrival, which likely played some part in the incident.

Regardless, there aren't many groups of fighters who could win a battle before they even arrive. The Gurkhas did eventually see action in the Falklands, but by the end of the war they had suffered few in the way of causalities.