The Falklands War
WHEN WAS THE CONFLICT, AND WHERE DID IT TAKE PLACE?
The Falklands War saw Britain and Argentina battle for control of the Falkland Islands – a tiny archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean made up of two main islands (dubbed East Falkland and West Falkland) and around 776 smaller outcrops – between 2 April and 14 June 1982.
WHAT SPARKED THE WAR?
On 2 April, Argentina invaded and occupied the British dependent territory of the Falkland Islands, and they took the neighbouring island of South Georgia the following day. Interestingly, however, neither Britain nor Argentina declared a state of war at any point, meaning the conflict remained, officially, an ‘undeclared war’.
WHAT LED ARGENTINA TO LAUNCH THE INVASION?
From an Argentine point of view, the war was sparked less by an ‘invasion’ and more by a reclamation of territory that was, by rights, theirs. The history of
