Title: British logistics in the Falklands War
Content: and Argentina over the disputed Falkland Islands (Malvinas) rose swiftly after Argentine scrap metal merchants and Argentina Marines raised the Argentine flag over South Georgia Island on 19 March 1982, and on 2 April, Argentine forces occupied the Falkland Islands. The British government had already taken some action on 29 March, ordering the submarines and to sail for the South Atlantic. "Spartan" left Gibraltar on 1 April, and "Splendid" sailed from Faslane the same day. A third submarine, followed on 4 April. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) stores ship was despatched from the Western Mediterranean to replenish the only British

Title: Events leading to the Falklands War
Content: countries (the other being Colombia), to support Britain (and then only indirectly) by providing a military and naval diversion. In 1978 Argentina initiated Operation "Soberania" in order to invade the islands around Cape Horn, but stopped the operation a few hours later for military and political reasons. The Argentine government planned to seize the disputed Beagle Channel islands after the occupation of the Falklands. Basilio Lami Dozo disclosed that Leopoldo Galtieri announced to him that ""[Chile] have to know that what we are doing now, because they will be the next in turn." Also Óscar Camilión, the last Argentine Foreign

Title: Battle of the Falkland Islands
Content: Battle of the Falkland Islands The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914, during the First World War in the South Atlantic. The British, after the defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the victorious German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday. Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee—commanding the German squadron of two armoured cruisers, and , the light cruisers , and

Title: Events leading to the Falklands War
Content: Events leading to the Falklands War There were many events leading to the 1982 Falklands War ("Guerra de Malvinas" in Spanish) between the United Kingdom and Argentina over possession of the Falkland Islands ("Islas Malvinas") and South Georgia ("Georgia del Sur"). The Falkland Islands had been the subject of a sovereignty dispute almost since they were first settled in 1764, between Great Britain and the later United Kingdom on one side, and successively France, Spain, and the United Provinces of the River Plate (later Argentina) on the other. A settlement was successfully established on the islands in 1828 by the

Title: Forgotten Voices of the Falklands
Content: and Jim Mitchell (Scots Guards) were taken from BBC documentary interviews. In March 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and the occupation quickly escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. Often referred to as a forgotten war, the Falklands conflict was, actually, the first war of the modern age, using satellite surveillance, night observation devices, and all the very latest weaponry military technology had to offer. Forgotten Voices of the Falklands

Question: Great Briton fought which country over the Falkland Islands?
Answer: Argentina