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Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

Timeline of Events

1982

3.19.1982

Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.

4.2.1982

Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

5.1.1982

Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.

5.2.1982

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS ''Conqueror'' sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA ''General Belgrano''.

5.4.1982

Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS ''Sheffield'' (D80) is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.

5.21.1982

Falklands War: British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton lead to the Battle of San Carlos.

5.25.1982

HMS ''Coventry'' is sunk during the Falklands War.

5.28.1982

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.

6.8.1982

Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA ''Sir Galahad'' and RFA ''Sir Tristram''.

6.14.1982

The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley unconditionally surrender to British forces.

6.20.1982

The Argentine base (Corbeta Uruguay) on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.