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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.
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
British military personnel killed in the Falklands War (5 P) This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 03:33 (UTC). Text ...
Two of three Falkland Civilians killed during the war, Doreen Bonner and Mary Goodwin, were buried in Port Stanley after the war. Susan Whitely was interred on Sea Lion Island, the most southerly inhabited island in the Falklands. Three more deaths may be attributed to Operation Corporate, bringing the total to 261:
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Remains of a helicopter shot down in South Georgia Island during Falklands War. (Photo taken 1999) The aftermath of the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina affected world geopolitics, the local political culture in Argentina and the UK, military thought, medical treatment, and the lives of those who were directly involved in the war.
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas (lit. Malvinas War) or Guerra del Atlántico Sur (lit. War of the South Atlantic)) was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands between March and June 1982 .