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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Falkland Islands War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The attack was pre-empted by the 'invasion' of the island of South Georgia (1,390 km east of the Falklands) on March 19, 1982 by a group of patriotic Argentine civilians posing as scrap metal merchants. |
 | | Falkland Islands Governor Rex Hunt was informed by the British Government of a possible Argentine invasion on 31 March. |
 | | The invasion of the populated areas of the Falkland Islands was preceded by the invasion of South Georgia, located 1,390 kilometres east of the Falklands. |
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