Next Sunday, the 8th December 2024, the Falkland Islands commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first great victory of the ...

On the 2nd of April 1982, forces from Argentina invaded the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands, the first ...

to the mounts surrounding Stanley some 50 miles away On 21 May 1982, following the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, the UK began landing troops in East Falkland, the first stage in ...

Britain and Argentina fought a brief but bloody war after General Leopoldo Galtieri launch an invasion of the islands in 1982 ...

The 74-day-long Falklands War of 1982 saw the UK successfully retake the islands after an Argentine invasion at a total cost of 900 deaths , of which 265 were British . Since then, however ...

Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War, it is inescapably one ... Galtieri invaded the South Atlantic islands early in 1982, he set off a chain of events that ...

For more than two centuries, there have been territorial disputes between Britain and the Argentines over the right to call the Falkland Islands their own ... and a year later the British landed on ...

History enthusiasts will be in their element, visiting sites ranging from the islands’ first British settlement to areas that were significant during the 1982 war. With Bradt’s Falkland Islands you ...

The discovery of a giant oil field in the Falkland Islands has grown even more promising ... resources in spite of the British government's war on fossil fuels. The Sea Lion oil field, first ...

Sir John offered his resignation following Argentina’s invasion of the islands, but it was not ... the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes as the Falklands War began Credit: PA Sir John revealed after ...