Original sentence: Argentina has asserted and maintains that the islands have been Argentinian territory since the 19th century and, as such, the Argentine government characterised their action as the reclamation of their own territory.In 1994, Argentina's claim to the territories was added to its constitution.It began on Friday 2 April 1982 when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falklands Islands (and, the following day, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it has long claimed over them.On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands.The British government saw it as an invasion of territory that has been British also since the 19th century.The Falklands War (), also known as the Falklands Conflict, Falklands Crisis and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur (Spanish for "South Atlantic War"), was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, two British overseas territories lying in the southern Atlantic Ocean.The conflict was a major episode in the protracted historical confrontation over the territories' sovereignty
Edited sentence: Argentina has asserted and maintains that the Falkland Islands have been Argentinian territory since the 19th century.As such, the Argentine government characterised their initial invasion as the re-occupation of their own territory, whilst the British government saw it as an invasion of a British dependent territory.In 1994, Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands was added to its constitution.It resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands lying in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina.The Falklands War ( or Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also known as the Falklands Conflict and Falklands Crisis, was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom during 1982.The conflict was the result of a protracted historical confrontation regarding the sovereignty of the islands.The war began on Friday 2 April 1982 when Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.Three days later, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands