After easily recapturing South Georgia, the British bombed Port Stanley’s runway and radar facilities, sunk Argentina’s ARA General Belgrano, and raided Pebble Island before landing troops on the shores of San Carlos Water.Under the leadership of Prime Minister Thatcher and the command of Admiral Sir Fieldhouse, soon, the British responded by dispatching a special task force to liberate the Falklands.The Argentine invasion of the Falklands which began on the 2nd of April, was initially met with a nominal resistance, following which Governor Hunt decided to surrender.The Argentine junta’s dwindling legitimacy, civil unrest due to domestic problems, and the patriotic support which the capture of the Falklands could garner seem to have played a significant role in the junta’s decision to invade the islands.The UN had long called on the UK and Argentina to peacefully resolve the longstanding dispute over the sovereignty of the islands.The Falklands War was a brief undeclared war in 1982 between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the British territories of the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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