Falklands War

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FALKLANDS WAR
The Falklands War was an 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. The conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the British regaining control of the islands.
FALKLANDS WAR - Timeline
1982 - Argentina’s ruling military junta is confronted with a crisis of confidence - public support for the military regime had turned into widespread opposition because of government corruption, human rights violations, and an economic recession; the junta draws up a plan to seize possession of the British-controlled Falkland Islands, on the premise that if successful, local support for the Argentine government would be restored, this particularly since Argentina had a long-standing historical claim to the Falklands, which was a source of intense nationalistic fervor among Argentines, a sentiment the government was determined to exploit
March 1982 - The Argentine military completes its invasion plan
April 1982 - Argentine forces capture South Georgia Island
April 2, 1982 - Argentine forces land in Port Stanley, the Falklands capital and bring the islands under Argentine control
On April 5, 1982 - The UK sends a task force for the recapture of the Falklands and the other islands
April 19, 1982 - British forces recapture South Georgia Island
May 1, 1982 - British planes launch air attacks on Port Stanley Airport; the British Navy establishes a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Falklands
May 2, 1982 - The ARA Belgrano is sunk by a torpedo attack
May 4, 1982 - The British destroyer HMS Sheffield is sunk by an Argentine air attack
May 21, 1982 - British forces land at San Carlos Bay
May 27-28, 1982 - British forces capture Goose Green
May 31, 1982 - British forces capture Mount Kent
June 1982 - British forces land at Bluff Cove and Fitzroy
June 12, 1982 - British forces capture the first ring of hills toward Port Stanley
June 13, 1982 - The British capture the second ring of hills, forcing the Argentines to retreat to Port Stanley
June 14, 1982 - British forces capture Port Stanley, thereby regaining control of the Falklands
June 20, 1982 - A British naval force arrives in the Southern Thule, expelling the Argentines

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