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Falklands War |
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Falklands WarWar between Argentina and Britain over disputed sovereignty of the Falkland Islands initiated when Argentina invaded and occupied the islands on 2 April 1982. On the following day, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for Argentina to withdraw. A British task force was immediately dispatched and, after a fierce conflict in which more than 1,000 Argentine and British lives were lost, 12,000 Argentine troops surrendered and the islands were returned to British rule on 14-15 June 1982. In April 1990 Argentina's congress declared the Falkland Islands and other British-held South Atlantic islands part of the new Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. |
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| 95) tells of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks sailor who participated in the first encounter with the Argentinean forces when south Georgia was retaken from the invaders in Operation Paraquat. Alan Faena, who turned to property development after making a fortune from his fashion label, intends the Foster project to be a 'gift to Buenos Aires', to mark the 200th anniversary of Argentina's independence from Spain in 2010, and to recreate the friendly links between Argentina and the UK which were interrupted by the Falklands war. Yet, the Falklands war was fresh in everybody's mind, and for the Argentine players, a soccer victory would help make up for their loss in the war. |
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