the falklands war also known as the malvena war was a unique conflict both in terms

of its participants and the way it was fought although the losses were relatively
low and the status of the territory the science fought for remained disputed the
war changed the political fates of the governments both in argentina and the united
kingdom increased patriotic fervor in both countries and influenced their
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archipelago in the south atlantic which has been ruled by britain since 1833. it is
13 000 kilometers away from britain and 650 kilometers away from argentina and
while the falklands are british territory argentina has historically had a claim to
the islands which they call malvina islas argentina had been ruled by a military
hunter after the 1976 coup d'etat a new hunter led by the acting president general
leopoldo galtieri air brigadier general basilio lamidozo and admiral jorge anaya
came to power in 1981 amidst a grave economic crisis and civil unrest in argentina
the hunter viewed invasion of the falklands as an opportunity to divert people's
attention from internal problems and unite argentinians around a potential national
victory the hunter knew that the falklands issue is very sensitive for many
argentinians a member of the hunter admiral anaya who was the architect of the plan
strongly believed that it would not be difficult to conquer the falkland islands
due to a small british military presence and the unwillingness of the uk to enter a
conflict so far away from britain argentina started the invasion of the falklands
on april 2nd 1982 with amphibious commando troops under the command of lieutenant
commander guillermo sanchez sabarats landing near cape pembroke the argentinian
invasion forces were 600 troops strong against 50 to 100 british troops in the
falklands the argentines were able to defeat the british in the moody brook
barracks and then take the government house in port stanley this effectively meant
the defeat of the british in the falklands argentina was able to gain initial
success suffering just one casualty this was the first time a british territory was
invaded by a foreign power since world war ii britain responded by creating a war
cabinet and deciding to send a task force to regain control of the falklands the
war cabinet was meeting daily and it is said that prime minister margaret thatcher
was very attentive to propositions by the opposition but was resolute in execution
of decisions which had already been made and never looked back the task force was
gathered hastily and started setting sail for the falkland islands on april 4th
some vessels of the task force left britain as late as may 12th the task force
consisted of 127 ships 43 royal navy vessels 22 royal fleet auxiliary ships and 62
merchant ships including two aircraft carriers britain had 42 aircraft versus 122
argentine aircraft britain's strategy was to secure complete air and sea dominance
around the falkland islands through its navy and aircraft before the deployment of
ground troops britain wanted to create a so-called exclusion zone for 200 miles
around the islands to prevent any argentinian vessels operating around the
falklands argentina tried to counter this strategy by surrounding the british navy
gathering in the northeast of the falklands from the south and the north-west of
the islands on may 1st british operations on the falklands opened with the black
buck 1 attack on the airfield at stanley which did minimal damage to the aircraft
runways of the falklands but at the same time prevented the argentines from
stationing their air force directly on the islands on may 2nd the british submarine
hms conqueror sank argentinian light cruiser ara general valgrano which forced the
southern part of the argentine fleet to go back to the mainland and effectively
killed the plan of surrounding the british navy 323 crew members of the general
belgrano died in this incident which was almost half of the total argentine
casualties during the war argentina retaliated two days later with the sinking of
the destroyer hms sheffield with an exorcist missile britain was not able to secure
complete dominance of the air and sea around the falklands but still decided to
proceed with deployment of its troops to the islands despite the risks on may 21st
the 4 000 men of three commando brigade were put ashore as follows second battalion
parachute regiment to para from the roro ferry norland and 40 commando royal
marines from the amphibious ship hms fearless were landed at san carlos 3rd
battalion parachute regiment 3 para on the amphibious ship hms intrepid landed at
port san carlos green beach and 45 commando from rfa stormness were landed at ajax
bay red beach argentina strengthened its attack on the british navy with an aim to
destroy as much supply and support as they could to make the lives of british
troops in the falklands as hard as possible the following vessels were destroyed
between may 21 and may 25th hms ardent on the 21st of may hms antelope on the 24th
of may also lost on this day was hms coventry and mv atlantic conveyor on the 25th
of may along with a vital cargo of helicopters runway building equipment and tents
the initial british plan was to move troops in helicopters over the island due to
the very difficult landscape of the falklands for marching the destruction of the
helicopters was a very heavy blow for the land campaign of the british troops since
the land troops were forced to move on foot instead argentina had 2000 of its
troops in the east falklands one thousand atku screen and around ten thousand in
the stanley area it is necessary to note that despite numerical superiority the
majority of the argentine troops were conscripts which obviously meant that the
argentines were at a disadvantage in comparison to the professional british troops
from early on the 27th of may until the 28th of may to para approximately 500 men
with artillery support from eight commando battery royal artillery approached and
attacked goose green which was held by the argentine 12th infantry regiment the
argentines were on the ridge giving them an advantage over the british troops
tupara intended to complete the battle during the night since they would have been
easy targets during daylight but they failed to do so the british were able to
succeed in pushing the argentines deep into goose green after 14 hours of intense
battle due to the decision to send two companies to move around the ridge and
surprise the argentines from their left flank and the timely attack of two harrier
jets on the artillery positions of the 12th infantry regiment both sides were
exhausted despite being in a precarious position themselves the british commander
kieval decided to take his chances and send a request of surrender to the
argentines in a very confident and demanding tone threatening them with bombardment
the argentine commander piagi reluctantly agreed as a result 961 argentine soldiers
were taken as prisoners of war by the british a significant part of the argentine
troops were defeated [Music] by june 1st a further 5 000 british troops arrived and
the offensive on stanley was to start major general moore was to lead the british
offensive of around 9 000 troops the plan was to proceed in two stages the first
stage was to defeat the argentine troops in and around mount london while the
second stage focused on mount tumbledown the success of this plan would open the
road to stanley the supplies and reinforcements were to be transported by the royal
fleet auxiliary in bluff cove on june 8th at night but due to a lack of
coordination the operation had to proceed in daylight this was spotted by the
argentines and they launched an air strike on those ships as a result the british
suffered their heaviest single loss in the falklands war with 56 servicemen killed
argentine general mario menendez commander of argentine forces in the falklands was
told that 900 british soldiers had died he expected that the losses would cause
enemy morale to drop and the british assault to stall the british assault on mount
harriet two sisters and mount london started simultaneously on july 11th after a
long and painful march from san carlos after heavy fighting britain succeeded
despite losing 33 of its soldiers argentina lost 59 personnel on the night of june
13th britain defeated argentina at mount tumbledown thanks to the immense bravery
of the scots guards this battle cost 10 british lives and 30 argentine and opened
the road to stanley for the british troops on june 14th a ceasefire was declared
and britain was in control of the falklands argentina lost 649 servicemen versus
255 british
losses in 74 days of conflict the falklands war resulted in the restoration of
british reign over the islands britain started to invest more in the islands and
gradually surrendered more power to the residents of the falklands thatcher's
conservative government became more popular and won the general elections in the
following year in a landslide despite being behind in the polls prior to the start
of the war the military hunter was ousted in argentina partly due to the defeat in
the falklands war argentina restored democracy in 1983 we are planning to cover
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