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=== Tropes involved in this war include: === |
=== Tropes involved in this war include: === |
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* [[Ace Pilot]]: A lot of the pilots on both sides, the British pilots on the one hand were the only ones to actually make air-to-air kills; while in the other hand the Argentine pilots managed to get great kills while running on very little fuel and also could only afford to drop their bombs and run. The war was one of the few occasions after [[World War Two]] when anyone even had a chance at earning the title of this trope. |
* [[Ace Pilot]]: A lot of the pilots on both sides, the British pilots on the one hand were the only ones to actually make air-to-air kills; while in the other hand the Argentine pilots managed to get great kills while running on very little fuel and also could only afford to drop their bombs and run. The war was one of the few occasions after [[World War Two]] when anyone even had a chance at earning the title of this trope. |
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* [[Argentines With Armored Vehicles]]: Quite literally (see the [[Tank Goodness]] entry). |
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* [[Banana Republic]]: No matter what one's opinion on the sovereignty issue is, Argentina under the [[People's Republic of Tyranny|National Reorganization Process]] counted. One of the reasons for the was was because the Junta sought something to placate domestic discontent at home. |
* [[Banana Republic]]: No matter what one's opinion on the sovereignty issue is, Argentina under the [[People's Republic of Tyranny|National Reorganization Process]] counted. One of the reasons for the was was because the Junta sought something to placate domestic discontent at home. |
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* [[Brits With Battleships]] [[Cool Plane|And Jump Jets]]: [[Cool vs. Awesome|As awesome as it sounds.]] |
* [[Brits With Battleships]] [[Cool Plane|And Jump Jets]]: [[Cool vs. Awesome|As awesome as it sounds.]] |
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