Location

An archipelago in
the South Atlantic
Ocean, on the right
of Argentina

Summary

April 1982 Argentine forces landed in

the Folklands
Initial phases Royal Navy and
Argentine Air force
14 June Argentine occupiers surrendered

Duration
Begins

on 2 April

The

first major British

troop landing began at
San Carlos on 21 May

Fighting

ended on
14 June British
liberation of Port Stanley
and surrender of
Argentine forces

War motives
President

Leopoldo Galtieri authorized the

invasion of the British Falkland Islands

The

plan: bolstering national pride

and giving teeth to the nation's long-held claim
on the islands

British respond
Prime

Minister
Margaret Thatcher ordered the
assembly of
a naval task force to retake
the islands
Several groups, the largest HMS Hermes and
HMS Invincible
In mid-April, Fieldhouse
began moving south, with a
large fleet of
tankers and cargo ships

Fall of Port Stanley

Moore

began the assault on Port Stanley

Night of June 11
Britishunits took the town's last natural lines of
defense at Wireless Ridge and Mount
Tumbledown
Hopeless the Argentine commander, Gen.
Mario Menndez surrendered his 9,800 men
on June 14

Aftermath and casualties

Removal

of
President Galtieri three days after the f
all of Port Stanley
End of military junta
Britain suffered 258 killed and
777 wounded
For
Argentina, the Falklands War cost 649 ki
lled,
1,068 wounded, and 11,313 captured
National confidence and reaffirmed
international position for Britain
Status quo ante bellum

The End