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In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, aside from their status as a disputed English territory just off the coastline of Argentina. That transformed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending drive. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would provide them with up without a fight. They were incorrect. Britain sent an activity force in to the South Atlantic to re-take the islands, and the short, intense conflict that followed was--in what of Major-General Sir John Jeremy Moore - damn close-run thing. This short background sums the events leading up to the war and its own major military activities including information on an Argentinian plan to sink a Royal Navy ship in Gibraltar harbour (foiled at the last minute by Spanish law enforcement officials) and an audacious English plan to land SAS military in Argentina to ruin Exocet-carrying aeroplanes while they were still on the ground.
