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Falkland Islands War
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Falkland Islands War

 or Malvinas War

(1982) Brief but undeclared war between Argentina and Great Britain over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies. Both countries long had claimed sovereignty over the Falklands and had been in protracted negotiations over them. On April 2, 1982, Argentina's military government, impatient with the negotiations, occupied the islands with some 10,000 troops. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher responded by sending a naval task force to the region, and within three months British forces had defeated the Argentines and reoccupied the islands. Britain lost about 250 men, and Argentina about 700. Argentina's defeat discredited its military government and helped lead to the restoration of civilian rule in 1983.
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Col Norberto Bergallo Buenos Aires, Argentina Major Pereyra's excellent article brings us closer to the truth of why Argentina was defeated in the Malvinas War.
Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War by Bergallo, Norberto; Gutierrez, Carlos Raul Gorgono; Pereyra, Rodolfo / Air & Space Power Journal
But Maradona reveals his team's will to win was fuelled by national shame at losing what the Argentines knew as the Malvinas War.
B*****ks was it the hand of God, it was the hand of Diego; STRIKER ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Equally brave Welshmen went to their deaths in Margaret Thatcher's Malvinas war 20 years ago - fought so that those islands could remain Englishspeaking, fly the Union Jack, and drive on the left.
Letter: Leave the UK by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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