Exercise Purple Warrior

Exercise Purple Warrior was a British military exercise conducted in south west Scotland in November, 1987.^[1]

This exercise was designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands War.

Most troops involved in this exercise left from Colchester by road to embark onto a small flotilla at Harwich docks and from there to the western coast of Scotland by beached landings. The Port Stanley situation was exercised from RAF West Freugh.

Notes

↑ "Exercise Purple Warrior (Hansard, 1 July 1987)". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 2009-09-17.

External links

www.merchantnavyofficers.com

Falklands War

Forces	Argentine ground forces British ground forces Argentine air forces British air services Argentine naval forces British naval forces Falkland Islands Defence Force

Timeline	Background Events leading to the Falklands War Invasion of the Falklands Invasion of South Georgia Occupation Falklands War Total Exclusion Zone Argentine surrender

Battles	San Carlos Water Goose Green Many Branch Point Mount Harriet Mount Longdon Mount Tumbledown Top Malo House Two Sisters Wireless Ridge Seal Cove Mount Kent Bluff Cove

Operations	Algeciras Azul (also Rosario) Black Buck Corporate Keyhole Paraquet Purple Warrior Sutton Mikado

Ships	General Belgrano Alferez Sobral Sheffield Ardent Antelope Atlantic Conveyor Coventry Glamorgan

Other	Cultural impact People Argentine Military Cemetery Blue Beach Cemetery Yomp Aftermath of the war Argentine Annie

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