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[[File:Falklands, Campaign, (Distances to bases) 1982.jpg|301px|right|Photo montage of the Falklands War]]

[[File:HMS Antelope 1982.jpg|thumb|250px|The British ship HMS Antelope after it was hit by Argentine weapons]]

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The '''Falklands War''' was a [[war]] between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Argentina]] over the [[Falkland Islands]] in 1982. The Falkland Islands are 480 kilometres from Argentina in the southern [[Atlantic Ocean]].

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| caption          = Clockwise from top left: {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}} (right) and {{HMS|Broadsword|F88|6}} (left) of the British Task Force; two [[Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard|Super Étendards]] of the Argentine Navy; Argentine Army POWs in Stanley; British {{HMS|Antelope|F170|6}} after being hit (later sank)

*[[Mario Benjamín Menéndez|Mario Menéndez]]{{POW}}

| casualties1      = {{ubl|'''Casualties:'''|255 killed<ref name= "BBC Casualties">{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18425572|title = Falkland Islands profile|date = 5 November 2013|work = BBC News|access-date = 19 June 2014|archive-date = 19 June 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140619000736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18425572|url-status = live}}</ref>|775 wounded|107 captured<hr />|'''Losses:'''|2 [[Type 42 destroyer]]s |2 [[Type 21 frigate]]s|1 [[RFA Sir Galahad (1966)|landing ship]]|1 landing craft|1 [[SS Atlantic Conveyor|container ship]]|1 light [[FV101 Scorpion|tank]]|&nbsp;|24 helicopters|10 fighters}}

| casualties2      = {{ubl|'''Casualties:'''|649 killed<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=John F. |title=Vitriol Over Falklands Resurfaces, as Do Old Arguments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/world/americas/argentinas-call-for-return-of-falkland-islands-causes-a-stir.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/world/americas/argentinas-call-for-return-of-falkland-islands-causes-a-stir.html |archive-date=2 January 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="ArgentineCasualties">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX4vAQAAMAAJ |title=Historia marítima argentina, Volume 10 |date=1993 |publisher=Cuántica Editora |isbn=978-950-9257-00-9 |editor-last=Argentina |edition=1a |location=Buenos Aires |pages=137 |language=es}}</ref>|1,657 wounded<ref name="ArgentineCasualties" />|11,313 captured<hr />|'''Losses:'''|1 [[ARA General Belgrano|cruiser]]|1 [[ARA Santa Fe (S-21)|submarine]]|4 cargo vessels|2 patrol boats|1 [[ARA Narwal|naval trawler]]|&nbsp;|25 helicopters|35 fighters|2 bombers|4 cargo aircraft|25 [[Counter-insurgency aircraft|COIN aircraft]]|9 armed trainers}}

| casualties3      = {{ubl|3 Falkland Islanders killed by shelling}}

| partof            = the [[Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute]]

 

The '''Falklands War''' ({{langx|es|link=no|Guerra de las Malvinas}}) was a [[war]] between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Argentina]] over the [[Falkland Islands]] in 1982. The Falkland Islands are 480&nbsp;kilometres from Argentina in the southern [[Atlantic Ocean]].

Argentina and the United Kingdom have argued over which country the Falklands Islands belongs to since the 1800s. In the 1760s and 1770s, the British set up a town at Port Egmont, which nearly led to a war with [[Spain]] who had a town at Port Louis. Then Argentina became a separate country from Spain in 1817 and set up a [[colony]] on the islands (which they call "Malvinas") in 1820. An [[United States|American]] [[warship]] later destroyed this town, and the British took the islands again in 1833.

Argentina and the United Kingdom have argued over which country the Falklands Islands belongs to since the 1800s. In the 1760s and 1770s, the British set up a town at Port Egmont, which nearly led to a war with [[Spain]] who had a town at Port Louis. Then Argentina became a separate country from Spain in 1817 and set up a [[colony]] on the islands (which they call "Malvinas") in 1820. An [[United States|American]] [[warship]] later destroyed this town, and the British took the islands again in 1833.

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</ref> Almost half of these Argentinian deaths were when the warship ARA ''General Belgrano'' was sunk by the British [[submarine]] HMS ''Conqueror''. In total there were 258 British deaths.

</ref> Almost half of these Argentinian deaths were when the warship ARA ''General Belgrano (323 muertos)'' was sunk by the British [[submarine]] HMS ''Conqueror''. In total there were 258 British deaths including 20 sailors dead and 26 wounded in the destroyer HMS Sheffield.

== Relations after the war ==

== Relations after the war ==

The [[Argentina–United Kingdom relations|diplomatic relations between the two countries]] were broken because of the war. Relations between the two countries came back in 1990.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3063000/3063463.stm | title=Blair y Kirchner adelantaron diálogo | work=BBC World Service | date=14 July 2003 | access-date=14 June 2010 | language=es | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202035402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3063000/3063463.stm | archive-date=2 February 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The [[Argentina–United Kingdom relations|diplomatic relations between the two countries]] were broken because of the war. Relations between the two countries came back in 1990.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3063000/3063463.stm | title=Blair y Kirchner adelantaron diálogo | work=BBC World Service | date=14 July 2003 | access-date=14 June 2010 | language=es | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202035402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3063000/3063463.stm | archive-date=2 February 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Falklands War Media ==

== Falklands War Media ==

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File:Kelpers y soldados argentinos, 1982.jpg|Argentine soldiers and Falklanders in 1982

File:Kelpers y soldados argentinos, 1982.jpg|Argentine soldiers and Falklanders in 1982

File:HeadingSouth.jpg|Some of the Advanced Group, [[pennant number#Post-1948|pennant numbers]] painted over, off [[Gibraltar]], March 1982

File:HeadingSouth.jpg|Some of the Advanced Group, [[pennant number#Post-1948|pennant numbers]] painted over, off [[Gibraltar]], March 1982

File:Haig and Thatcher DF-SC-83-06152.jpg|Margaret Thatcher meets Alexander Haig in London.

File:Haig and Thatcher DF-SC-83-06152.jpg|Margaret Thatcher meets Alexander Haig in London

File:HMS Invincible (R05) underway c1981.jpg|{{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}, one of two available aircraft carriers for the task force

File:HMS Invincible (R05) underway c1981.jpg|{{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}, one of two available aircraft carriers for the task force

File:USS Catfish;0833910.jpg|{{ship|ARA|Santa Fe|S-21|6}}

File:USS Catfish;0833910.jpg|{{ship|ARA|Santa Fe|S-21|6}}

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== References ==

== References ==

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