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	Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982.
		The war has played an important role in the culture of both countries, and has been the subject of several books, movies, and songs, although due to the low number of casualties on both sides it is not seen as a truly major event in the individual history of either country.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falklands_War (6748 words)

	The Falkland Islands War: Winning With Infantry
		THE FALKLAND ISLANDS WAR: WINNING WITH INFANTRY OUTLINE Thesis Statement: In an age of electronic warfare, missiles, high performance aircraft, and nuclear submarines, the decisive battles of the Falkland Islands war were determined, not by modern technology, but by infantry closing with and destroying the enemy with rifle and bayonet.
		The decisive battles of the Falkland Islands War were determined, not by modern technology, but by infantry closing with and destroying the enemy with rifle and bayonet.
		The terrain of the islands is rolling and treeless covered with scanty grasses and scattered large peat bogs.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1991/LVR.htm (3557 words)

	Nationaism and the Falkland Island War
		The Argentineans argue that the islands were most likely discovered by Spain, citing Spanish dominance of the region in the late 15th and early 16th centuries and by the depiction of the Malivinas on charts from the Spanish navigators, Pedro Reinell in 1522-3, Diego Rivero in the 1520's and Diego Gutierrez in 1561.
		In December 1914, The Battle of the Falkland Islands, fought between Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee of the Royal Navy, and Admiral Spee of Germany was a British victory for the squadron basing from the islands (Irving p 3).
		Economically the islands were becoming a drain on the treasury, and politically Britain was trying to sever herself from her colonial past to concentrate more on the EC and NATO in the Eurocentric atmosphere of the early 1980's.
	www.mindspring.com /~koz/papers/FalklandPaper.html (5713 words)

	The Falkland Islands War
		The Falkland Islands are a group of islands in the south Atlantic.
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands.
		The fact that the islands are 100% populated by English speaking "Kelpers" (about 1800 of them), who prefered to remain under British rule notwithstanding, virtually every child in Argentina was made to believe that the islands are Argentine, and that this "imperialistic injustice" ought to be reversed.
	www.ability.org.uk /falklands-war.html (2165 words)

	Falkland Islands War of 1982
		The Falklands Islands War of 1982 was an undeclared war where Argentina suffered heavy military losses and the military junta was discredited.
		The Falkland Islands are a group of islands 300 miles east of Argentina.
		The Falkland Islands include the British territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks.
	mtmt.essortment.com /falklandsisland_oak.htm (1077 words)

	Falkland Islands Gallery
		Port Howard, on West Falkland Island, is one of the last remaining large farming settlements in the Falklands.
		West Point Island is a destination accessible only to those lucky enough to cruise the Falkland Islands on one of the several ships that have added this unique stop to their itinerary.
		Sea Lion Island is the most southerly populated island in the Falklands and also one of the most popular destinations for visitors.
	www.latintravel.com /wtv/falkland/fiphotos.cfm (1764 words)

	Air & Space Power Journal: Argentine airpower in the Falklands War: an operational view - Features
		It is notable that the Argentine air units bore the brunt of the battle during the six-week war and inflicted serious damage and losses on United Kingdom (UK) forces, in contrast to the quite minor losses inflicted on those forces by the large Argentine ground force.
		The act of sending a military force to occupy the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 was apparently a spur-of-the-moment decision taken by Argentina's ruling military junta.
		The Argentine government, although led by professional soldiers, thought of the seizure of the Falklands as a political act to obtain a diplomatic bargaining chip--not an act of war.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NXL/is_3_16/ai_94269861 (1490 words)

	Sinking Warships!
		War is a human tragedy that hurts many who just do their duty, regardless of the purity or impurity of their leaders intentions.
		July 7, 2000- I have added two more images and a link to a new animation at The World War One Gallery and a link to a new animation at The Falkland Islands War Gallery.
		June 30, 2000- I have now completed The Russo-Japanese War Gallery, The World War One Gallery, The World War Two Gallery, and The Falkland Islands War Gallery.
	jove.prohosting.com /~sinking/index.shtml (506 words)

	Falkland Islands News
		Falkland Islands News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce president and former Councillor Tim Miller last week visited Uruguay to re-establish business links and the long standing friendship with the city of Montevideo, which until...
		Another early Falklands' baby THE SECOND premature Falkland Islands baby to be born this month is resting in hospital in Santiago.
	www.topix.net /world/falkland-islands (1242 words)

	Psychological Warfare, Psychological Operations PSYOPS, & Aerial Propaganda Leaflets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Britain began settling the islands and declared a colonial administration in 1842.
		Argentina never recognized the claim and historically has demanded that the islands be part of that nation..." In 1982 the Argentine military occupied the islands thus provoking war with Britain.
		Psychological operations in other wars are also covered including the Malayan Insurgency, the Korean War, the Falklands War, Operation Urgent Fury PSYOP (Grenada), Operation Just Cause PSYOPs (US intervention in Panama 1989), Operation Desert Storm PSYOPs (Persian Gulf War), Operation Restore Hope psychological operations (Somalia, 1992-93), Operation Allied Force propaganda (Serbia/Kosovo 1999).
	www.psywar.org (1214 words)

	Falkland Islands War -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term war remained subjective, giving states liberty to withhold the term from their military adventures if they were so minded.
		Known as the Islas Malvinas in Argentina and the Falkland Islands in Britain, the land had been the subject of debate between the two countries ever since Britain reclaimed the islands as a crown colony in 1833.
		On April 2, 1982, the military forces of Argentina seized the Falkland Islands, a British possession in the South Atlantic.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033636 (858 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands is a group of islands (two main islands and nearly 300 smaller ones) in the South Atlantic.
		The uninhabited islands were first sighted by Captain John Davis in 1592 and the first recorded landed was made by Captain John Strong in 1690.
		The Falkland Islands remained under the control of the British Navy for the rest of the war.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWfalklands.htm (243 words)

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	encarta.msn.com /related_761578569_11/wars.html (87 words)

	Falklands War, 1982
		Falkland Islands War, 1982, by Ralph Zuljan (On War.Com)
		Battles of the Falklands Islands War, 1982, by Gordon Smith (Naval History.Net).
		Falklands Conflict, the View from Plymouth, by Steve Johnson.
	www.regiments.org /wars/20thcent/82falkis.htm (373 words)

	Battle of the Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of the Falkland Islands was not of great tactical significance, being essentially a stern chase.
		Spee wanted to raid the Falkland Islands but his captains were opposed to the idea, however in the end Spee decided to go ahead anyway, another decision he was to regret.
		It is doubtful if her presence at Coronel would have saved the British from defeat but at the Falklands she fired the first shots of the battle and saved the British from a dire situation.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /falkland.html (2100 words)

	Falkland Islands War = Taiwan Islands War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falklands War 1982: picture of a British surface ship in all gray color sitting in medium blue water too close to the grassy green shore being attacked by Argentine aircraft who are visually aiming cannon fire and iron "dumb" bombs.
		During the Falklands War, the Sea Harrier fighters operating from the decks of the carriers were a match for the Super Etendards and Mirages of the Argentine air force, but he believes a modern task force operating so close to its opponents’ home airfields today would find itself far more vulnerable to air attack.
		During the Falklands War, commercial ships such as the Canberra played a vital role in transporting the troops to the islands, but with many British-registered vessels now under foreign ownership, no guarantee could be made that they would be made available for such an operation.
	www.geocities.com /usnavyindanger/falklandslessonsnotlearned.htm (20495 words)

	Army joke [rec.humor.funny] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the brief Falkland Islands war, a British regiment commander was addressing some troops under his command who had heroically performed above and beyond the call of duty.
		He informed them that Her Majesty's Army had committed to reward each of the three soldiers 100 pounds per inch of distance between two different parts of the man's body.
		The commander replied, "I must admit this is quite an unusual request, Private, but it's your decision." He ordered the private to drop his pants for the ensuing measurement.
	www.netfunny.com /rhf/jokes/96q1/balls.html (238 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The islands are administered as a British crown colony with the capital at Stanley.
		The Falklands are rather bleak, rocky moorlands, swept by wind and drenched by chill rain.
		Decolonization Committee calls for resumption of negotiations by Argentina, United Kingdom on Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Adopting draft resolution by consensus, Committee debates questions of self-determination, sovereignty, territorial integrity.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0818189.html (434 words)

	Military Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Reports from war correspondents reflected the futility and pointlessness of the war as more and more units were fed into the meat grinder.
		The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in situations in which the ebb and flow of everyday life have departed and been replaced by a constant round of fear and anger and blood and death.
		Argentina had claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (which lie 300 miles [480 km] east of its coast) since the early 19th century, but Britain had occupied and administered the islands since 1833 and had consistently rejected Argentina's claims.
	www.users.bigpond.com /archerw/military.htm (10176 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The islands passed among the French, Spanish, and British until 1820, when the Argentine government proclaimed its sovereignty.
		In 1833 a British force expelled the few remaining Argentine officials from the island without firing a shot, and in 1841 a British civilian lieutenant-governor was appointed for the Falklands.
		The Falkland Islands war ended ten weeks later with the surrender of the Argentine forces at Stanley to British troops, who had forcibly reoccupied the islands.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108112.html (236 words)

	Falkland Islands War - November 2001
		Signals of War: The Falklands Conflict of 1982.
		The Falklands Campaign: A Digest of Debates in the House of Commons, 2 April to 15 June 1982.
		The British Infantry in the Falklands Conflict: Lessons of the Light Infantry in 1982 and the Relevance to the British Army at the Turn of the Century.
	www.jfsc.ndu.edu /library/publications/bibliography/falkland.asp (2611 words)

	Falkland Islands History - Falklands War 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Treaty of Utrecht confirms Spain's continued control of her traditional territories in the Americas, including the offshore islands, but by now the French, many from St. Malo are visiting the islands from which they receive the name Les Iles Malouines, subsequently the Spanish Islas Malvinas.
		British Captain John Byron arrives to survey the north coast, goes ashore on Saunders Island off West Falkland and in turn claims the islands for Britain, naming Port Egmont before sailing away (5).
		, the Falklands remain the Spanish colony of Islas Malvinas.
	freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/F13history.htm (875 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| The battle over the Falklands
		The long running dispute between Britain and Argentina over the ownership of the Falkland Islands has its origins in the founding of an Argentine settlement on the islands in 1826.
		Before it is ratified, British submarine HMS Conqueror torpedoes the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano 30 miles outside the war zone.
		The 200-mile exclusion zone is replaced by a Falklands Protection Zone of 150 miles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/199850.stm (932 words)

	Falkland Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		officially Colony of the Falkland Islands, also called Malvinas Islands, Spanish Islas Malvinas self-governing colony of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean.
		The capital and only town is Stanley, on East Falkland, but there are several small, scattered settlements.
		In South America the islands are generally known as Islas Malvinas, …
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033635 (87 words)

	The Falkland Islands War 1982: A Rifle Company Commander's Perspective
		NEXT THE FALKLANDS WAR IS THE FIRST MAJOR NAVAL, AMPHIBIOUS AND NAVAL AIR WAR CONDUCTED IN THE MISSILE AGE.
		THE LAND MASS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS OF 4,697 SQUARE MILES IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THAT OF WALES OR CONNECTICUT.
		HISTORY THE FALKLAND ISLANDS WERE DISCOVERED BY THE ENGLISH NAVIGATOR, JOHN DAVIS, IN 1592.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1986/WDG.htm (7885 words)

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