but i'm not quite sure that i actually believed we'd do it. but, as they are sailed south, resolve hardened. first with the controversial sinking of the argentine cruiser, the general belgrano, with the loss of 323 lives. it would be the largest air and sea battle involving british forces since the second world war. 100 aircrafts and more than 20 ships would either be destroyed or damaged. julian thompson was the man charged with the initial british landings at san carlos on the 21st of may. luckily, it was thick fog, so the argentine air force never found us. we knew they were trying to find us, we could hear them zooming around and trying to find us. they might have created a bit of mayhem, had they done so. that was the bit i was really worried about. goose green was the first time british paratroopers came face—to—face with the enemy.