The Falklands War Memorial - Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands
On the orders of Argentina’s military junta, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands in support of their claim to sovereignty. In response, Britain sent a task force of ships and aircraft, which forced the Argentine forces to surrender. The Falkland Islands are a group of more than 100 islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, a British colony, about 300 miles (500 km) east of the Strait of Magellan; pop. 2,121; capital, Stanley (on East Falkland). They were occupied and colonized by Britain in 1832–33, following the expulsion of an Argentine garrison. Argentina has contested British sovereignty and continues to refer to the islands by their old Spanish name, the Malvinas. In 1982, an Argentine invasion led to the Falklands War, which ended in a successful British reoccupation.
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Location: Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands
Photo credit: © Steve Allen Travel Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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