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- Over the course of 10 weeks in 1982, British and Argentine forces battled for control over the tiny Falkland Islands—or, as they're known in Argentina, Islas Malvinas. Although Britain ultimately won the war, Argentina still claims sovereignty over the islands.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/falklands-war-history-and-legacy
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4 days ago · The Falkland Islands War was a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Mar 31, 2022 · On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a remote British colony in the South Atlantic – sparking a short and decisive war that grabbed international headlines, created sizeable politicial drama, and involved great bravery and great tragedy.
The Falklands Conflict was a short undeclared war between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (known as Islas Malvinas in Argentina), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and cost over 900 lives.
Apr 1, 2022 · The improbable Falklands War still resonates decades later. Few could locate the remote South Atlantic archipelago on a map. But tensions brewed for 150 years over who owned it—and still simmer...
May 17, 2024 · What happened to the Sir Galahad? The Sir Galahad was bombed towards the end of the Falklands War while attempting to move troops to support the final British assault on Stanley, the...
Nov 23, 2020 · In a chapter of global history that represents one of the last gasps of a shrinking British Empire, the United Kingdom—otherwise beset by high unemployment and economic stagnation at home—battled...
