One example was when the QE2 cruise ship, which had to ferry soldiers to the Falklands, and allegedly the BBC reported its whereabouts and actions. “Within eight hours of that broadcast ...

The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event ... the conflict reaffirmed its sovereignty over the islands and demonstrated its military resolve; it showed that despite its decline, Britain ...

Extremists in the Argentine military planned to avenge their country’s defeat by abducting John Nott while on a visit to the ...

Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War, it is inescapably one of the most significant historical events of the 1980s. When Argentinian dictator General Galtieri ...

It came after Argentina's military junta ordered its army to seize the Falklands, which the country continues to call the Malvinas Islands, sparking the 74-day conflict. The British government led ...

As they meet at the Falklands Memorial Chapel ... which would claim the lives of more than 900 military personnel and civilians, was coming to an end in 1982 when the Lance Corporal in the ...

A Falklands War veteran has been reunited with ... Mr Eamer had been wearing replica medals at military ceremonies since the originals were stolen. "It never sat right with me.

Documents released under the 30-year rule reveal attorney-general Sir Michael Havers suggested dispatching a British secret agent to ensure a plane-load of Exocets would not reach Argentine military ...

that Britain’s military in 2024 no longer has the heft to aspire to repeat the feats of the Falklands, or even the liberation of Kuwait from Saddam Hussein in 1991. The result is a pressure for ...

2, ordered the occupation of the Falklands. The British government under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responded by ordering a task force to retake the islands, triggering a 72-day war that ...

All three branches of the military are represented in the Falklands - infantry, navy and airforce. The RAF Mount Pleasant airbase is central to the island's defence capability and recently ...