The Falklands under Fire | History Today

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A bomb explodes on board the HMS Antelope, killing an engineer trying to defuse it, 24 May 1982.
A bomb explodes on board the HMS Antelope, killing an engineer seeking to defuse it, 24 May 1982. PA Pictures/Alamy.

On 2 April 1982 Argentinian forces invaded the Falkland Islands. It was a surprise transfer, the newest twist in a generations-aged dispute around sovereignty. A day afterwards Argentinian forces occupied South Georgia and British key minister Margaret Thatcher announced that a activity drive would be sent to expel them from the British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic, possessing been reassured by Sir Henry Leach, the Initial Sea Lord, that the Royal Navy could launch a significant-scale procedure to retake the Islands.

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