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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.
Penelope also claimed to be the last ship attacked by Argentine aircraft over the course of the war. [15] Penelope returned home in September 1982. Soon after, Penelope undertook a Falklands patrol in the tense aftermath of the war, and did not return home until June 1983. The following year, she deployed to the South Atlantic again, patrolling ...
Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War. The operation, a subsidiary of the main Operation Corporate —recapture of the Falkland Islands from Argentina —was successful, leading to the island ...
The raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during the Falklands War, and took place on the night of 14–15 May 1982.Pebble Island is one of the smaller Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland.
Bill McDowell and Norman McDade, both veterans of the Falklands war, met to mark the conflict’s 40th anniversary.
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 ...
STORY: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the occasion at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.Johnson met with veterans before the service and paid tribute to the "incredible ...
This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War, often referred to as "the Task Force" in the context of the war. [1] For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War.