Not forgetting the tragic human cost, and politics aside, it was another fine example of British make do. A bunch of ships that were about to be scrapped or sold, and aircraft that were well past their sell by date
My personal favourite is the Blackbuck raid by the Vulcan bomber, saved from the scrappie, asked to do a role it wasn't designed for, and took just about the complete air to air refuelling capability of the AirForce to get it to the Falklands, bomb the runway, and then safely back to Ascension Island.
From Nelson to Afghanistan, our kit maybe old and our numbers small, but you can't beat a bit of British Ingenuity and Dunkirk Spirit
