Ivar Hellberg: Self - Head of Logistics, Royal Marines

Quotes 

• [talking about Tony Wilson] 

  Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Hellberg : I did get over and see the commander of 5 Brigade, to try and bend his ear a bit, and I came away empty-handed. I think that's as far as I dare go.

• Tom Hardy - Narrator : With marines and paras now advancing across the north part of East Falkland, Julian Thompson and his team still favoured a swift strike on the capital. But the arrival of Jeremy Moore and Tony Wilson's 5 Brigade at San Carlos put a stop to that.

  Brigadier Julian Thompson : I was about to give orders for our attack when I was told to move round to the south, and I stopped it.

  Tom Hardy - Narrator : Moore proposed a new plan, moving 5 Brigade along a separate southern route, a so-called 'great leap forward', allowing them to catch up with the Marines and Paras. Now scant resources would have to be shared between two brigades.

  Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Hellberg : I didn't for the life of me think that I would have to look after the logistics of 5 Brigade as well. But I had to divide my very slim resources twice as much as before. I did get over and see the commander of 5 Brigade, to try and bend his ear a bit, and I came away empty-handed. I think that's as far as I dare go.

  Brigadier Julian Thompson : I perceived that Tony was engaged in some sort of race with 3 Commander Brigade to get his chaps there first. The thing about military setups is, everyone thinks about their own side. Even people on your own side that aren't part of you are the enemy.

  Brigadier John Waters : One of the principles of war is to concentrate your force, and we were spreading ours out.

  Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose : The idea that we should attack from coast to coast with inadequate combat and logistical resources, and most of all an inability to communicate from the headquarters round to the southern flank... I was shocked when I heard, and I even tried to argue with General Jeremy Moore, who wasn't in a listening mode. And it was the first time I felt during the entire war that we might actually lose this war.