Falklands war

Argentina and Britain went to war over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1982. The conflict lasted 72 ...

The conflict was sparked after Argentina seized the islands and Britain sent a task force to retake them. Britain says it has the right to the land based on its long-term administration of the Falklands and on the principle of self-determination for the islanders, who are almost all of British descent. Argentina and Britain went to war over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1982. It was a brief but bitter war after Argentine forces landed on the Falklands to stake a territorial claim. When was the Falklands War and why was it fought? THE Falklands War was a conflict that tragically cost the lives of over 900 military personnel and three civilians.