The Falklands War
Mit der Landung argentinischer Marineinfanteristen bei Port Stanley begann am 2. April 1982 der Falklandkrieg.
“The Falklands War began on Friday 2 April 1982, when Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force, and retake the islands by amphibious assault. The resulting conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, which returned the islands to British control. 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders died during the conflict. It remains the most recent external conflict to be fought by the UK without any allied states and the only external Argentine war since the 1880s.” Quelle: Wikipedia
Vokabeltipps:
to invade: erobern
to occupy: besetzen
to dispatch: entsenden
to engage: angreifen
Im Video der British War Archives kann man u.a. einen Teil der Rede Margret Thatchers vom 3. April 1982 hören, in der sie die Entsendung eines Flottenverbandes zur Rückeroberung der Inselgruppe ankündigte.




