Falklands War

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Meanwhile, 42 Commando prepared to move by helicopter to Mount Kent. [nb 5] Unbeknownst to senior British officers, the Argentine generals were determined to tie down the British troops in the Mount Kent area, and on 27 and 28 May they sent transport aircraft loaded with Blowpipe surface-to-air missiles and commandos (602nd Commando Company and 601st National Gendarmerie Special Forces Squadron) to Stanley. This operation was known as Autoimpuesta ("Self-imposed"). United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debate, Debates, 20 May 1982". Archived from the original on 25 September 2019 . Retrieved 25 September 2019.

Freedman 2005b, pp. 431–444 "During the course of May confidence that the naval threat was under control grew. Optimism on the air threat was much scarcer, especially among those who might be on the receiving end." Royal Marines Museum - The Yomper -". www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk. Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth . Retrieved 1 October 2023.By opting for military action, the Galtieri government hoped to mobilise the long-standing patriotic feelings of Argentines towards the islands, diverting public attention from the chronic economic problems and the ongoing human rights violations of its Dirty War, [22] bolstering the junta's dwindling legitimacy. The newspaper La Prensa speculated on a step-by-step plan beginning with cutting off supplies to the islands, ending in direct actions late in 1982, if the UN talks were fruitless. [23]

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Instead, it proposed a UN administrator should supervise the mutual withdrawal of both Argentine and British forces, then govern the islands in consultation with the representative institutions of the islands, including Argentines, although no Argentines lived there. Reference to " self-determination" of the islanders was dropped and the British proposed that future negotiations over the sovereignty of the islands should be conducted by the UN. [118] However, the proposals were rejected by the Argentines on the same day. [119] Special forces operations [ edit ] Albon, Christopher (29 June 2011). "The Red Cross Box". U.S. Naval Institute Blog. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021 . Retrieved 5 November 2021. Thatcher triumphs again". BBC News. 5 April 2005. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009 . Retrieved 8 June 2010.Bluth, Christoph (1987). "The British Resort to Force in the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict 1982: International Law and Just War Theory". Journal of Peace Research. 24 (1): 5–20. doi: 10.1177/002234338702400102. S2CID 145424339. CHAPTER VII: ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO THE PEACE, BREACHES OF THE PEACE, AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION". CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS. United Nations. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021 . Retrieved 19 June 2020.

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War begins

The only Argentine Hercules shot down by the British was lost on 1 June when TC-63 was intercepted by a Sea Harrier in daylight [93] [94] as it was searching for the British fleet north-east of the islands, after the Argentine Navy retired its last SP-2H Neptune due to unreliability. [95]