The Hundred Days that saw the British response to General Galtiere of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands are for many
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The Argentine invasion of the Falklands in 1982 sparked national outrage and Britain felt she had to avenge the humiliat
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War and its legacy are traumatic to individuals, communities, and landscapes. The impacts last long beyond the events th
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Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this f
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‘Boldly planned, bravely executed and brilliantly accomplished’ was Margaret Thatcher’s assessment of the Falklands camp
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Stressing the need to end the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas, the authors analyze the Argentine and British positio
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In May 1982, Captain Roger Field, The Blues and Royals, attached to HQ 5th Infantry Brigade, sailed on the Queen Elizabe
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The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history—28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000
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