Friday, April 2, 2021

Argentine troops seize the Falklands


 

April 2

1982 Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great Britain

Several thousand Argentine troops overcame 84 British marines today and seized the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ... In London, the Government said ''a substantial number of Royal Navy ships'' were heading toward the islandsand a carrier task force was forming off the British coast.

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