Vian would likely have driven the Falklands task force harder

How would Falklands strategy have changed if Philip Vian had replaced Sandy Woodward?

Vian probably would have pushed the task force closer to the islands, perhaps between Argentina and the Falklands, and sought the Argentine Navy more aggressively.

Woodward was understandably concerned with preserving the task force, perhaps with its Cold War value in mind. Vian came from a Royal Navy generation that often placed carriers and task groups between the army and the threat. In this counterfactual, Vian might have tried to block Argentine air attack more directly and search out the Argentine Navy. That more aggressive posture could also have increased the risk to a carrier.