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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 conflict began on 2 April 1982, when Argentina invaded ...
This is a list of armed conflicts in South America. ... 1980 — Internal conflict in Peru. 1982 Assault of Ayacucho prison; 1992 1992 Peruvian coup d'état;
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 ...
In spring 1982, a task force of over 100 British ships sailed to war in the south Atlantic, and the Argentines prepared to intercept them. In spring 1982, a task force of over 100 British ships ...
K. J. Holsti presents a different sight of the South American dilemma: [35] "While South American governments (except Chile and Colombia) publicly supported Argentina in its conflict with Great Britain, in private many governments were pleased with the outcome of the war. Argentina's bellicosity against Chile over the Beagle Channel problem ...
South Georgia was retaken by British forces on 25 April 1982, during Operation Paraquet. [37] In 2013, Michael Poole, seeking reconciliation for his role in shooting down the Puma helicopter, contacted Víctor Ibáñez, president of the Asociación Veteranos Defensores de Malvinas (Veterans' Association of Malvinas Defenders, known as Avedema).
The Battle of San Carlos was a battle between aircraft and ships that lasted from 21 to 25 May 1982 during the British landings on the shores of San Carlos Water (which became known as "Bomb Alley" [2] [3]) in the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas). Low-flying land-based Argentine jet aircraft made repeated attacks on ships of ...
The Beagle conflict is seen as the main reason for Chilean support of the United Kingdom during the Falklands War of 1982. [3] [4] The conflict began in 1904 with the first official Argentine claims over the islands that had been under Chilean control ever since southern Patagonia was colonised. [5]: §164 The conflict passed through several ...