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Background Famous Quotes Commanders Ernesto Crespo Henry Leach Jeremy Moore John Fieldhouse Leopoldo Galtieri Margaret Thatcher Mario Menéndez Sandy Woodward Equipment Aermacchi MB-339 Blowpipe Canberra Chinook Dagger Exocet Gazelle Harrier Hercules Learjet Lynx Mirage III Neptune Nimrod Oerlikon 35mm Pucará Puma Rapier Roland Scout Sea Cat Sea Dart Sea Harrier Sea King Sea Skua Sea Slug Sea Wolf Shrike Sidewinder Skyhawk Skyvan Stinger Super Etendard T-34 Mentor Victor Vulcan Wasp Wessex Battles Alférez Sobral Belgrano Black Buck Bluff Cove Goose Green HMS Coventry HMS Sheffield Mount Harriet Mount Longdon Mount Tumbledown Operación Azul Pebble Island San Carlos Seal Cove South Georgia Two Sisters Wireless Ridge Aftermath Books Battle for the Falklands One Hundred Days Razor's Edge Sink the Belgrano Vulcan 607 Videos |
Background to the Falklands WarThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic about 300 miles (480 kilometres) from the coast of Argentina. The islands are an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have long been claimed by Argentina.  In 1982, the long-running dispute over sovereignty of the Falklands (as well as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) came to a head, eventually leading to the Falklands War. On March 19th, 50 Argentines landed on South Georgia and raised the Argentine flag, then on April 2nd, on the orders of Argentine President, Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands (Operación Azul). British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, encouraged by First Sea Lord, Sir Henry Leach, then dispatched a naval task force to recapture the islands against the entrenched Argentine military.   |
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