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Falklands War
	; Map showing location of the Falkland Islands
Date	2 April 1982 – 14 June 1982
Location	Falkland Islands, South Georgia and surrounding sea and airspace
Result	Decisive British military victory (status quo ante bellum), collapse of the Argentine Military Junta led by dictator Leopoldo Galtieri
Belligerents
; Argentina	; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
President Leopoldo Galtieri; Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo; Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo; Brigade-General Mario Menéndez	Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse; Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward; Major-General Jeremy Moore
Casualties and losses
649 killed; 1,068 wounded; 11,313 taken prisoner; 75 fixed-wing aircraft; 25 helicopters; 1 light cruiser; 1 submarine; 4 cargo vessels; 2 patrol boats; 1 spy trawler	258 killed; 777 wounded; 115 taken prisoner ; 6 Sea Harriers; 4 Harrier GR.3; 24 helicopters; 2 destroyers; 2 frigates; 1 LSL landing ship; 1 LCU amphibious craft; 1 containership; 4 ships withdrawn

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Events in 1980

November 22 - Nicholas Ridley arrives in the Falkland Islands to discuss his proposals for solving the sovereignty dispute.

November 29 - On leaving the Falkland Islands, Nicholas Ridley encounters vociferous protests from the Falkland Islanders denouncing his leaseback proposal.

December 2 - Nichols Ridley makes a short statement in the House of Commons outlining his proposals for solutions to the sovereignty dispute with Argentina.

December 20 - Constantino Davidoff is landed on South Georgia by the Argentine navy ship Almirante Irízar. The Argentine party lands without the customary clearance by the British at King Edward Point, asserting that the island is Argentine territory. The resulting diplomatic repercussions set of a chain of events that culiminate in the Falklands War.

January 9 - The British Ambassador to Argentina, Anthony Williams, lodges a formal protest with the Argentine Government following the unauthorised landing on South Georgia by Constantino Davidoff's party.^[3]

January 12 - The Argentine Joint Armed Forces Committee led by Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo begans planning for the invasion of the Falkland Islands.^[3]
January 15 - Vice Admiral Lombardo signals Admiral Anaya requesting that Operation Alpha (a plan to establish an Argentine presence on South Georgia) is cancelled. There are fears that a response by the British would include the deployment of a nuclear submarine (in 1976 Argentine actions were frustrated by a Royal Navy task force - see Operation Journeyman) that would threaten the feasibility of Operation Azul (Blue) (later renamed Operation Rosario (Rosary)). Anaya responds that Operation Alpha has been cancelled.^[4]

January 24 - A series of articles in La Prensa discuss Argentina's options for the Falkland Islands including the possibility of invasion.^[3] The British Ambassador, Anthony Williams, reports to the Foreign Office that the Argentine Junta was "too intelligent to do anything so silly".^[5]

February 3 - Britain lodges another formal protest at the unauthrosied landing by Davidoff on December 20 1981.^[3]

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^ Rosenkranz, Martin (2002-08-03). "20 Jahre Falklandkrieg" (in German). Archived from the original on 2004-05-30. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
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^ White, Rowland (2006). "1". Vulcan 607. London: Bantam Press. p. 20. ISBN 0593-053915.
^ Moore, Charles (2005-07-02). "Why an old colonial war now looks very 21st-century". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2008-03-15.