Summary of Martin Middlebrook's The Falklands War

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#1 The Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands began on 2 April 1982, with the invasion of Mullet Creek. The Argentinians were met by British troops, who surrendered after five hours of fighting. 67 Royal Marines and 11 members of the Royal Navy were captured.

#2 The Falklands are a temperate climate with little rainfall, but strong winds. The islands are treeless, and there is nothing to break the wind. When the weather clears, the scenery is beautiful.

#3 The Falkland Islands were a British colony, and life there was never idyllic. The economy relied on food imports, and the population was steadily declining. The only source of income was the philatelic industry, which received a huge boost with the war.

#4 The Falklands are a sheep-farming community outside Stanley. The locals do not like the term Port Stanley, so often used in the press, because the true name is simply Stanley. The Falkland Islands Company owns nearly half of the islands.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669398288

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#1

The Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands began on 2 April 1982, with the invasion of Mullet Creek. The Argentinians were met by British troops, who surrendered after five hours of fighting. 67 Royal Marines and 11 members of the Royal Navy were captured.

#2

The Falklands are a temperate climate with little rainfall, but strong winds. The islands are treeless, and there is nothing to break the wind. When the weather clears, the scenery is beautiful.

#3

The Falkland Islands were a British colony, and life there was never idyllic. The economy relied on food imports, and the population was steadily declining. The only source of income was the philatelic industry, which received a huge boost with the war.

#4

The Falklands are a sheep-farming community outside Stanley. The locals do not like the term Port Stanley, so often used in the press, because the true name is simply Stanley. The Falkland Islands Company owns nearly half of the islands.

#5

The heart of each property is the settlement, and the names of some of the settlements are now part of Britain’s military history. The life in the Falklands is one of stultifying boredom for the women, and few young men are willing to accept the life-style.

#6

The Falkland Islands are a backward and declining economy, with a falling population and few natural leaders. But there is a quality in the islands that should not be overlooked. The people are quiet and slow of speech. They are fanatically pro-British.

#7

The claim to sovereignty over the Falklands is held by the people of Argentina with passionate and unswerving intensity. A timetable of events may help to understand that passion. In 1540, the islands were uninhabited and undiscovered. In 1592, a British ship landed in the islands and named the passage between the two main islands Falkland Sound after Viscount Falkland, Treasurer of the Navy.

#8

The French settlement of Malouines was handed over to the Spanish on payment of a sum of money to compensate de Bougainville for his expense. The main east island was named Isla Soledad and the west island Isla Gran Malvina. A Spanish governor took up residence at Port Louis, which was renamed Puerto Soledad.

#9

The Argentinian claim to the Falkland Islands was based on their inheritance of the sovereignty for the whole of the former Spanish La Plata Royalty. They point out that other former Spanish colonies have been able to keep their offshore islands.

#10

The South Georgia Islands are a group of small volcanic islands south of South Georgia, claimed by Britain because of Captain Cook’s voyage in 1775. The climate is Antarctic in nature with much packed ice and constant westerly storms. By all reasonable standards, they are uninhabitable and no British presence was ever established.

#11

The British Antarctic Territory is a large segment of Antarctica that is claimed by Britain. The basis for this claim is early British exploration work from 1820 onwards and long-established scientific stations on the peninsula known as Palmer Land and Graham Land.

#12

The Falklands were not inhabited by a group of people who wanted to get out from under white rule. The Falklanders were white, and their elected representatives repeatedly declared that they wished to remain a colony of Britain.

#13

The British and Argentinians continued to negotiate in 1966, but they were unable to come to a resolution. The British were bound by the wishes of the Falkland Islanders, and the Argentinians were unable to obtain much sympathy from the rest of the world because a