Current Time: 1732 23/10
| 20th Jun | Thank you for following @Falklands82 --end-- |
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| 20th Jun | In memory of the 258 British and 649 Argentine killed. Rest in peace. |
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| 20th Jun | The International Red Cross and Red Crescent http://www.ifrc.org/en/get-involved/donate/ |
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| 20th Jun | To support Argentine Veterans please visit: http://www.malvinense.com.ar/veteranos/ |
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| 20th Jun | The Falklands Veterans Foundation http://www.falklandsveterans.org.uk/donations.html |
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| 20th Jun | If you wish to make a donation on behalf of those who fought, please see: |
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| 20th Jun | Our thanks to all those who served, whichever uniform you wore. |
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| 20th Jun | Britain has formally declared an end to all hostilities. |
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| 20th Jun | Argentine's on Thule have surrender without a fight. |
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| 20th Jun | British forces are preparing to land on Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands) - |
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| 19th Jun | Argentina had previously reported Canberra as having been crippled in an attack. |
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| 19th Jun | Canberra has arrived with POW at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. |
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| 19th Jun | Britain has announced that 11,845 Argentine's were captured |
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| 18th Jun | Canberra is sailing from Port William with 3,046 Argentine POWs aboard. |
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| 18th Jun | Argentina has guaranteed the safe passage of Canberra to return POWs |
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| 17th Jun | General Galtieri has resigned in face of public opposition |
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| 16th Jun | Canberra embarking a further 1,850 Argentine POWs in Port William outside Stanley. |
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| 16th Jun | The Defence Minister, has announced the official count of British military and civilian war dead at 255, with approximately 300 wounded |
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| 15th Jun | Canberra embarking 1,200 Argentine POWs at San Carlos |
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| 15th Jun | Stanley's historic Globe Store is on fire after an attack by an Argentine arsonist. |
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| 15th Jun | Read a transcript of Today's speech to the House of Commons by the PM: http://bit.ly/MBI4lg |
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| 15th Jun | Watch a report on yesterdays surrender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLzDC6bLPE (11 Min) |
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| 15th Jun | Gen Moore reporting to London: 'The Falkland Islands are once more under the Government desired by their inhabitants. God Save the Queen.' |
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| 14th Jun | 11,845 Argentine troops have been taken Prisoner of war. |
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| 14th Jun | Read the surrender document: http://bit.ly/LkSIPw |
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| 14th Jun | Brigade General Mario Menendez has surrendered all Argentine forces to Major General Jeremy Moore. |
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| 14th Jun | Brigade General Mario Menendez is discussing terms of surrender with British representatives. |
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| 14th Jun | PM Margret Thatcher informing the Commons that the Argentine forces are surrendering. |
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| 14th Jun | The uneasy ceasefire continues to hold. |
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| 14th Jun | Large numbers of Argentines throwing down their weapons and surrendering to British forces. |
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| 14th Jun | A hasty cease fire has been called, but a state of war is still in force, with full defensive measures in place. |
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| 14th Jun | White flags are flying over Stanley! |
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| 14th Jun | Advance elements of 2 Para are approaching Port Stanley, they are preparing to clear the town street by street. |
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| 14th Jun | Galtieri reminds Mendez the Argentine military code calls for a fight until he has lost 50% of his men, and 75% of his ammunition. |
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| 14th Jun | Governor Mendez speaking to General Galtieri in Buenos Aires. 'We have no room, we have no support' |
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| 14th Jun | The 1st battalion/7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles have occupied Mount William with the loss of one man. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Tumbledown is in British hands with some pockets of fierce resistance still holding. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Lieutenant Lawrence has been seriously wounded by sniper fire. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Lawrence and his men, firing from the hip, with bayonets fixed, have overwhelmed the Argentinian defenders |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Lieutenant Robert Lawrence leading 3 Platoon to the right of the Argentinian positions. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: The British attack has stalled with the eastern half of Tumbledown still in Argentine hands |
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| 14th Jun | WR: 2 Para are in control of Wireless Ridge, minor resistance being cleared up. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: One British officer will later describe it as 'quite a sporting effort, but one without a sporting chance'. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: Heavy artillery and machine-gun fire have halted the bayonet charge before it reached British lines. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: 50 Argentine troops being led by Major Carrizo-Salvadores on a bayonet charge, while chanting the 'Malvinas March'. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: 200 Argentines rallied by Major Eugenio Dalton forming a last ditch defensive line. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: In the face of heavy fire, the Argentines having run out of ammunition are retreating. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: Neame and his officers rallying the men to capture the final part of their objective. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: D company under Major Neame beginning the final push, facing increasing resistance as they move forward. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: A and B company moving in to occupy their objective. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: 2 Para C Company beginning from their start line to take an unoccupied position east of Wireless Ridge |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Kiszely and six other Guardsmen suddenly find themselves standing on top of the mountain, looking down on Stanley. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Machine gun fire wounds three of the guardsman. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: HMS Ambuscade's 4.5 inch gun, tanks, twelve 105 mm artillery guns, several mortar pieces and anti-tank rockets all firing at WR. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: With their CO among the Argentines 14 and 15 Platoons make a final dash across open ground to get within bayoneting distance. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Major Kiszely is the first man to the Argentine position, shooting two conscripts and bayoneting a third, his bayonet breaking in two. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: British forces fixing bayonets for a second assault. |
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| 14th Jun | WR: Argentine positions falling back under British Artillery fire. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Scott, considering a withdrawal and to attack again tomorrow night. |
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| 14th Jun | MT: Scott: 'The old nails were being bitten a bit, if we had been held on Tumbledown it might have encouraged them to keep on fighting.' |
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| 14th Jun | MT: British still pinned down by accurate Argentine fire. |
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| 13th Jun | MT: British trading 66 mm rockets and 84 mm anti-tank rounds with the Argentinians. |
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| 13th Jun | WR: 2 Para A and B company facing intensive machine gun fire - holding position and calling in artillery fire. |
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| 13th Jun | WR: Argentine mortar, rocket and recoiless rifle rounds are falling on 3 Para / Mount Longdon. Casualties mounting. |
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| 13th Jun | WR: D Company have found the front elements of the defenders have withdrawn after a full days shelling by British guns. |
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| 13th Jun | Wireless Ridge (WR): 2 Para D company are advancing to assault 'Rough Diamond' hill, NW of Mount Longdon |
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| 13th Jun | MT: HMS Yarmouth and HMS Active, pounding Tumbledown with their 4.5 inch guns. |
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| 13th Jun | Mt William: After two hours of hard fighting, the British have secured the lower positions. |
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| 13th Jun | MT: Defending Argentine forces directing mortar, grenade, machine gun and small arms fire from close range at the British. |
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| 13th Jun | MT: G Company have marched undetected to find the western end of the mountain undefended. |
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| 13th Jun | Mount Tumbledown (MT): Scots Guards G Company have begun a 2 mile march towards Mount Tumbledown |
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| 13th Jun | Mt William: Argentine defenses have opened fire, killing two British soldiers and wounding several more. |
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| 13th Jun | Mt William: One tank has been rendered inoperable by a booby trap device. |
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| 13th Jun | Mt William: Scots Guards supported by light tanks of the Blues and Royals have begun a diversionary attack on |
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| 13th Jun | The order for tonights assaults against Mount Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Mount William has been given. |
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| 13th Jun | Sea Dart has caused a direct hit, the pilot has ejected, his navigator has not as it crashes into the sea. |
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| 13th Jun | HMS Exeter has launched a Sea Dart at the retreating Canberra's |
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| 13th Jun | Canberra bombers of Groupo 2 bombing British positions around Mount Kent |
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| 13th Jun | British artillery continues to fall on Argentine positions. |
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| 13th Jun | Additional laser guided munitions have been sucessfully dropped on Argentine Positions |
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| 13th Jun | Squire, aided by Howles, has scored a direct hit. |
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| 13th Jun | Squire's first bomb has fallen short. |
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| 13th Jun | On the ground Major Mike Howles is using a laser pointer to illuminate an Argentine HQ |
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| 13th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire launching in his Harrier carrying the, as-yet unused, laser guided 1000lb bombs |
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| 13th Jun | Skyhawks have damaged one Sea King helicopter - no further losses. |
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| 13th Jun | Parachute Regiment's positions on Mount Longdon under attack from 4 Skyhawks. |
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| 13th Jun | Accurate small arms fire has driven the attacking aircraft away without casualty. |
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| 13th Jun | Argentine aircraft have launched a surprise attack on command positions on Mount Kent. |
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| 13th Jun | British artillery has begun a sustained bombardment of the remaining defenses. Over 6000 shells will be fired in the next 12 hours. |
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| 13th Jun | Only Mount Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Mount William remain in Argentine hands. |
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| 13th Jun | Only Mount Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Mount William remain in Argentine hands. |
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| 13th Jun | Following some overnight fierce close quarter fighting, British forces control the majority of the high ground around Stanley. |
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| 13th Jun | Following some overnight fierce close quarter fighting, British forces control the majority of the high ground around Stanley. |
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| 12th Jun | Macleod: 'It was the third time on the trot my aircraft had been hit and that was getting to be a bit tedious'. |
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| 12th Jun | After a fast landing the fire is rapidly extinguished by the ground crew. |
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| 12th Jun | While hovering to land on deck the tail of Macleod's Harrier has caught fire. |
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| 12th Jun | Flt Lt Macleod has been hit by Shrapnel during a sortie against Sapper Hill |
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| 12th Jun | Cluster bombs are being dropped on exposed Argentine troops east of Mt Harriet |
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| 12th Jun | After a night of fierce fighting, all British objectives have been secured. |
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| 12th Jun | Colonel Whitehead on the defenses on Two Sisters: 'With fifty Royals [Marines], I could have died of old age holding this place.' |
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| 12th Jun | Harrier attacks taking place around Sapper Hill, which overlooks Port Stanley. |
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| 12th Jun | British wounded: 90, Argentine wounded 230+. Over 400 Argentines captured. |
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| 12th Jun | The battles for Two Sisters, Mt Longdon and Mt Harriet have left 35 British, and 69 Argentines dead. Rest In Peace. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Argentine troops are pulling back following a sustained attack. |
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| 12th Jun | All fires aboard HMS Glamorgan are out and she is leaving the area under her own power. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Sergeant Ian McKay has been killed in a lone charge on a machinegun post. |
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| 12th Jun | 13 crew have been died in the attack on HMS Glamorgan, mainly from the ongoing fires. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: 42 Commando have taken control of Harriet and captured over 300 prisoners. |
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| 12th Jun | Fires raging aboard Glamorgam, engulfing a fully fuelled and armed Wessex helicopter. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: 3 Para have been engaged in hand to hand fighting, clearing bunkers for 3 hours. |
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| 12th Jun | Glamorgan has been hit in the port side leaving a 10x15ft hole in the hanger. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Argentine reinforcements are pushing back against British Marines |
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| 12th Jun | A converted shore based Exocet missile has been launched at HMS Glamorgan |
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| 12th Jun | Two Sisters: 45 Commando have taken the Northern peak of Two Sisters. |
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| 12th Jun | Two Sisters: Lieutenant Clive Dytor making a bayonet charge while shouting the the company battle cry "Zulu" |
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| 12th Jun | Two Sisters: Yankee and Zulu Companies attacking Northern peak, |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: J Comapny moving into a supporting role and aiding K and L in clearing Argentine positions at close range. |
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| 12th Jun | A Vulcan 'Black Buck' mission from Ascension Island is dropping 1000lb air burst bombs on Argentine positions South of Stanley airfield. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Corporal McLaughlin has ordered bayonets fixed and leading a charge up the hill at a machinegun post. |
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| 12th Jun | Two Sisters: Artillery fire forcing back 45 Commando X Ray company. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: L Company are using MILAN anti-tank missiles to destroy machine gun nests. |
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| 12th Jun | Two Sisters: 45 Commando facing fierce resistance and unable to advance further. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: An Argentine machinegun has opened fire on 42 Commando |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: Corporal Newland has charged the gun emplacement grenading it before being shot through both legs. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Harriet: K Company are within 150 meters of Argentine positions. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Argentine troops immediately opening fire on the advancing British forces. |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: 3 Para returning fire on Argentine conscripts as they are still in sleeping bags |
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| 12th Jun | Mt Longdon: Corporal Milne of B Company has stepped on a mine as 3 Para approach Argentine positions. |
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| 11th Jun | Mt Longdon: 3 Para are advancing on foot in silence. |
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| 11th Jun | Mt Harriet: Following several days of intel gathering, K company are marching to outflank 4th Argentine Infantry. |
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| 11th Jun | Mt Harriet: 42 Commando RM are moving to their start lines for an assault on Argentine positions after dark. |
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| 11th Jun | Mount Harriet, Two Sisters, and Mount Longdon are on the receiving end of a heavy bombardment. |
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| 11th Jun | The British task force has begun shelling Argentine positions to the west of Stanley. |
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| 11th Jun | Blowpipe SAMs are fired at Squire and Flt Lt Hare, Hare has to take evasive action with the missile exploding 100ft above his canopy. |
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| 11th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire has received small arms fire, holing the cockpit while attacking artillery and HQ positions on Mount Tumbledown. |
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| 11th Jun | Rio de Janeiro: Sqn Ldr McDougall and his crew aboard their Vulcan have been given clearance to leave and return to Ascension Island |
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| 11th Jun | Sqn Ldr Harris and Flt Lt Gilchrist are dropping cluster bombs on gun positions around Mount Longdon. |
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| 11th Jun | Pope John Paul II, in Argentina, has denounced all wars as 'unjust' |
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| 11th Jun | Sqn Ldr Pook and Flt Lt Beech attacking artillery and mortar positions on Mount Harriet. |
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| 11th Jun | Flt Lt Boyens and Flt Lt Rochfort are targeting Argentine positions on the slopes of Two Sisters with cluster bombs and cannon fire. |
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| 11th Jun | As they retreat, fires are spreading around the airfield - the raid has been successful. |
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| 11th Jun | As the aircraft are approaching their target they have become aware of a glow in the distance which appears to be tracer fire |
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| 11th Jun | Four miles from the airfield, the Sea Harriers have released their weapons, and are returning to the carrier. |
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| 11th Jun | Lt Cdr Auld is leading four Harriers in an attack on the airfield at Port Stanley using radar fused 'air burst' bombs. |
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| 10th Jun | MacLeod's canopy has been badly cracked by a rifle caliber round, but has held together for the return to Hermes |
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| 10th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire and Flt Lt Macleod have four cluster bomb units on targets at Moody Brooks Barracks. |
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| 10th Jun | HMS Yarmouth's bombardment of Stanley continues. |
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| 10th Jun | Troops from 2 and 3 Para are building up to the west of Stanley. |
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| 10th Jun | Flt Lt Harper and Flt Lt Rochfort are returning to Hermes having not been able to release their 1,000 lb laser guided bombs. |
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| 10th Jun | Due to technical communication issues Sqn Ldr Harris and Flt Lt Macleod are unable to support the troops and return to Hermes. |
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| 10th Jun | Special forces are engaged with Argentine positions and requesting air support. |
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| 10th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire has passed at 300ft over the west end of Port Stanley, in full view of the defensive positions. |
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| 10th Jun | Once developed the pictures from Squire's camera show detailed layouts of Argentine positions. |
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| 10th Jun | Flt Lt Hare's photos show an Argentine Surface to Air Missile team struggling to bring their Blowpipe launcher to bear on the passing Harrie |
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| 10th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire and Flt Lt Hare are on a low level photo reconnaissance mission over East Falkland. |
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| 10th Jun | Peru has announced it is sending 10 mirage jets to Argentina to replenish their losses. |
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| 10th Jun | Argentine General Mario Menendez has been told that 900 British died in the attacks on Galahad and Tristam. |
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| 10th Jun | Lord Shackleton has launched the Falklands Appeal. |
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| 9th Jun | HMS Yarmouth has begun shelling the Moody Brooks area. |
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| 8th Jun | From start to finish this piece of air combat has taken a mere 90 seconds. |
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| 8th Jun | Morgan has got a lock at about 1,500 yards and fired his first Sidewinder at a range of 1,000yards. |
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| 8th Jun | The fourth aircraft, has jettisoned it's under wing tanks and throttling hard out of the area. |
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| 8th Jun | Smith has selected one of the remaining Skyhawks and launched a Sidewinder. This also hits home sending the craft into the sea. |
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| 8th Jun | This has hit the aircraft removing everything to the rear of where the vertical fin joins the fuselage. |
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| 8th Jun | Morgan has selected another aircraft in the formation, and locked on the target. At similar range he has fired his second Sidewinder. |
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| 8th Jun | The missile has detonated on the aircrafts tail, sending it into the sea, engulfed in flames |
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| 8th Jun | Morgan, with Lt Smith are diving after the attacker. While in the dive Morgan has sighted another three aircraft |
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| 8th Jun | Six men aboard have been killed. Rest in peace. |
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| 8th Jun | A bomb from the aircraft has exploded about 20 yards astern the landing craft but the next is a direct hit. |
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| 8th Jun | Flt Lt Morgan has spotted a friendly landing craft in Choiseul sound. It is being approached at high speed by an Argentine aircraft. |
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| 8th Jun | The Skyhawks have scored no hits and two are so damaged they remain plugged into the refueling tanker until in sight of their home base. |
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| 8th Jun | a group of Skyhawks of Groupo 4 is approaching Fitzroy to carry out a follow up attack. Ground troops engage fiercely with small arms fire. |
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| 8th Jun | Ensign Codrington of Groupo 4 recalls seeing 'no fewer than six missiles in flight'. |
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| 8th Jun | War cabinet asked not to reveal Fitzroy casualties |
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| 8th Jun | General Moore has finalised the battle plan for retaking Stanley |
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| 8th Jun | Today aboard Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram fifty five men were injured and fifty one men lost their lives. Rest in peace. |
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| 8th Jun | President Reagan is addressing both Houses of Parliament. Read more: http://bit.ly/LrLT0Q |
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| 8th Jun | Sea King helicopters evacuating the most seriously injured, 40 miles west to the hospital at Ajax Bay. |
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| 8th Jun | Helicopters are assisting with the evacuation from the ships to dry land. |
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| 8th Jun | Sir Tristram, although not so badly hit is also on fire. |
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| 8th Jun | All bombs have armed and detonated successfully. Sir Galahad is engulfed in flames, her crew and the embarked troops rapidly abandoning ship |
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| 8th Jun | With little AA fire the Skyhawks have a clean run, 3 attacking Sir Galahad and two Sir Tristram. |
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| 8th Jun | Just as the force of five aircraft is turning to return to base the trailing aircraft has sighted Galahad and Tristam. |
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| 8th Jun | Skyhawks approaching the anchorage at Fitzroy, unable to see any ships. Being engaged by troops on land. |
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| 8th Jun | All 4 bombs have failed to detonate but one struck a depth charge and has caused several fires. Five personnel injured. |
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| 8th Jun | HMS Plymouth has struck by four bombs. |
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| 8th Jun | Squire has elected not to eject and landed hard, shattering the canopy and breaking off the undercarriage. |
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| 8th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire has exited the aircraft unharmed, but the base will be out of operation for 3 hours. |
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| 8th Jun | On their way to Fitzroy the Daggers have been spotted by HMS Plymouth. With the element of surprise lost the Daggers turn on Plymouth. |
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| 8th Jun | Groupo 6 has put up Daggers and Groupo 5 Skyhawks to attack the almost defenseless ships. |
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| 8th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire has suffered a mechanical failure in his GR3 Harrier near the forward operating base. |
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| 8th Jun | 5 Brigade making preparations to advance on Port Stanley. |
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| 8th Jun | Tristram and Galahad have no air defenses covering them and are being observed from Argentine positions to the NE. |
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| 8th Jun | Sir Tristram is unloading munitions at Fitzroy. |
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| 8th Jun | RFA Sir Galahad has arrived off Fitzroy carrying The Welsh Guards to reinforce 5 Brigade. |
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| 8th Jun | HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible are moving east out of Super Etendard (and Exocet) range. |
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| 8th Jun | For the second day in a row blue sky's are over the whole region |
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| 8th Jun | Sir Galahad has arrived Fitzroy with the remainder of the Welsh Guard aboard. |
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| 7th Jun | Sir Galahad has set sail for Fitzroy |
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| 7th Jun | The Pope has arrived in Argentina. |
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| 7th Jun | The UN Secretary General has announced another peace plan. |
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| 7th Jun | The remainder of the Welsh Guards are boarding Sir Galahad heading for Fitzroy |
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| 7th Jun | On landing, Sqn Ldr Pook’s aircraft has been found to have been hit by small arms on the nose cone. |
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| 7th Jun | Sqn Ldr Pook and Flt Lt Rochfort have unleashed 2 pods of rockets against an artillery position near Sapper Hill west of Stanley. |
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| 7th Jun | President Reagan has landed in Britain on an official visit. |
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| 7th Jun | All 5 crew are killed after the jet takes over 2 minutes fall 40,000ft, crashing into Pebble Island. |
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| 7th Jun | One of the missiles has blown the tail off a Learjet. As a converted executive jet, there is no escape systems for the crew. |
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| 7th Jun | Exeter has launched two Sea Dart missiles at the approaching aircraft. |
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| 7th Jun | HMS Exeter is sat in San Carlos Water tracking the incoming Learjets on radar. |
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| 7th Jun | Four Argentine Learjet reconnaissance aircraft are on a mission to find targets, flying over the islands at 40,000ft. |
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| 7th Jun | Argentine forces are still unaware of the Harrier Forward Operating Base at Port San Carlos. |
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| 7th Jun | Argentines reporting a similar position with regard to acquiring British targets. |
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| 7th Jun | Squadron 1(F)s major problem today is a lack of suitable Argentine targets. |
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| 7th Jun | Task force reporting good weather and planning a full programme of sorties to be flown today. |
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| 7th Jun | Fearless' Captain has decided to launch the 2 landing craft he's carrying, and return to San Carlos with the remainder of the Welsh Guard |
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| 7th Jun | HMS Fearless has reached the rendezvous point but cannot find the expected landing craft. |
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| 6th Jun | The Welsh Guards are departing San Carlos aboard HMS Fearless; heading for Fitzroy |
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| 6th Jun | A C-130 Hercules, refueled at Ascension, has dropped more high priority supplies to the Task Force. |
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| 6th Jun | The 'blue on blue' incident has killed all aboard the helicopter. |
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| 6th Jun | Reports incoming that the helicopter was a British Gazelle of 656 Sqn Army Air Corps. |
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| 6th Jun | A surface to air missile has brought down the helicopter North of Mount Pleasant Peak. |
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| 6th Jun | British ships in the area of Choiseul sound have opened fire on an unidentified Argentine Helicopter. |
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| 6th Jun | Sea King helicopters are carrying out anti-submarine patrols near the Carrier group. No threat is discovered. |
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| 6th Jun | The Versailles summit has supported the British position on the ongoing conflict. |
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| 6th Jun | Weather conditions once again preventing all air operations around the Islands. |
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| 6th Jun | Scots Guards have all successfully landed ashore at Fitzroy. |
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| 5th Jun | Scots Guards are departing San Carlos aboard Intrepid heading for Fitzroy. |
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| 5th Jun | Heavy fog is descending over the Task Force. |
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| 5th Jun | Wg Cdr Squire and Flt Lt Beech have straffed two parked Pucara aircraft with rockets and cannon fire. No resistance was observed |
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| 5th Jun | Royal Marines have fully occupied Mount Challenger. |
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| 5th Jun | Patrol time over target area has been increased from 10 minutes per sortie to over an hour thanks to the ability to refuel. |
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| 5th Jun | Harrier patrols are refuelling at the forward operating base at Port San Carlos. |
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| 5th Jun | The weather has cleared sufficiently for Harrier GR.3s and Sea Harriers from the Carriers, to mount patrols. |
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| 4th Jun | Britain has vetoed a Panamanian-Spanish immediate ceasefire resolution in UN Security Council; The US Representative supports the UK. |
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| 4th Jun | Spain has criticised Britain's military action. The only member of NATO to do so. |
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| 4th Jun | A flight refuelled Ascension based C-130 has managed to air drop high priority supplies next to the task force, east of the Falklands |
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| 4th Jun | 2 Para have completely occupied the undefended Bluff Cove and Fitzroy |
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| 4th Jun | Poor weather over the whole area continues to prevent air activity by either side. |
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| 4th Jun | Once again there is little air activity over the Falklands due to the poor weather. |
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| 4th Jun | McDougall has brought the plane down safely with less than 2000lbs of fuel left on board. (Approx 10 mins flight time) |
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| 4th Jun | Air controllers at Rio have given permission to land as the Vulcan is critically low on fuel. |
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| 4th Jun | McDougall has ordered all secret documents and target information to be dumped overboard and remaining Shrikes jettisoned. |
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| 4th Jun | The Vulcans tanks are nearly empty, and the nearest usable runway is Rio de Janerio more than 400 miles away. |
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| 4th Jun | During the final refuel on the return journey, the Vulcan’s refuelling probe has broken. |
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| 4th Jun | Flt Lt Trevaskus, has locked two Shrikes onto the radar emissions and opened fire. |
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| 4th Jun | One of the Shrikes had impacted close to a Skyguard fire control radar, causing severe damage and killing three of its crew members. |
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| 4th Jun | One of the radars has flashed on and guns started have begun firing from the ground |
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| 4th Jun | Changing tactics, the vulcan lowers to 10,000ft to tempt the radar operators into turning back on |
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| 4th Jun | Sqn Ldr McDougall has flown around for 40 minutes while the Argentine radar operators switch their radars on and off. |
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| 4th Jun | McDougall is climbing to around 16,000ft to begin his attack. |
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| 4th Jun | Learning from previous experience that an aircraft behaving in this way is a threat, the Argentine radar operators turn off their sets. |
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| 4th Jun | Sqn Ldr McDougall is approaching the islands from the North East at low level. |
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| 4th Jun | HMS Plymouth is bombarding positions around Port Howard . |
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| 3rd Jun | A Vulcan from Ascension is approaching the Falklands carrying four Shrike missiles, and is tasked with taking out radars around Stanley. |
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| 3rd Jun | US President Reagan's 5-point plan is being presented to Britain. |
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| 3rd Jun | The Versailles summit has opened. |
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| 2nd Jun | A brief firefight has killed Sergeant Ian Hunt of the SBS patrol. |
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| 2nd Jun | An SBS patrol has strayed into an SAS designated area and have been mistaken for Argentine forces. |
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| 2nd Jun | HMS Arrow has begun bombarding Fox Bay. |
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| 2nd Jun | Surrender leaflets are being dropped over Port Stanley. |
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| 2nd Jun | Elements of 2 Para are being airlifted ahead of schedule to Bluff Cove. Less than 20 miles from Port Stanley. |
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| 2nd Jun | 2 Para have moved to Swan Inlet house in a number of Army Westland Scout helicopters. The area is clear of Argentine forces. |
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| 2nd Jun | The Argentine envoy is offering to surrender to the United Nations. |
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| 2nd Jun | An Argentine military envoys arrive in New York. |
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| 2nd Jun | Extremely poor weather has rolled in over the islands and Carrier group. There will be little air activity today. |
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| 1st Jun | Flt Lt Mortimer aboard a Sea King and speeding back to HMS Invincible |
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| 1st Jun | Mortimer admits: 'Not entirely sure the approaching helicopter was British but I was so cold that I wasn't really fussed who picked me up' |
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| 1st Jun | After 9 hours at sea, Flt Lt Mortimer switches on his strobe light to mark his position after hearing the throb of helicopter rotor blades |
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| 1st Jun | HMS Active and HMS Ambuscade bombarding targets around Stanley. |
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| 1st Jun | HMS Avenger bombarding Argentine positions on Pebble Island. |
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| 1st Jun | The 800 NAS diarist notes their arrival with the entry 'two sore arsed crabs arrive aboard'. |
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| 1st Jun | Flt Lt Beech and Flt Lt Macleod have arrived aboard HMS Hermes after flying for 8h 25m from Ascension Island. |
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| 1st Jun | The British Government has ordered the Shackleton Report to be updated. |
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| 1st Jun | An Argentine rescue helicopter and twin engine aircraft pass directly over Flt Lt Mortimer. |
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| 1st Jun | Mortimer broadcasting on emergency radio: 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Silver Leader, shot down by Roland 5 miles due south of Port Stanley' |
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| 1st Jun | Seven miles south of Port Stanley Flt Lt Mortimer has been hit by a Roland Surface to Air Missile and ejected over the sea. |
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| 1st Jun | Britain repeats its ceasefire terms; |
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| 1st Jun | 5 Brigade has commenced its disembarkation at San Carlos. |
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| 1st Jun | London: The War cabinet is debating further peace proposals. |
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| 1st Jun | Flt Lt Beech and Flt Lt Macleod departing Ascension Island in additional Harriers. Accompanied by eight Victor refueling tankers |
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| 1st Jun | Firing his 30mm cannon Ward causes the C-130 to bank sharply and cart wheel into the sea. All seven crew are killed on impact. |
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| 1st Jun | Ward has fired a Sidewinder at maximum range but the missile falls short. A 2nd Sidewinder has hit the right wing setting it on fire. |
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| 1st Jun | Lt Cdr Ward has descended through the cloud layer to engage. Visual range to target 6 miles. Lt Thomas remains above cloud. |
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| 1st Jun | An Argentine C-130 has been caught on Radar North of San Carlos Water. HMS Minerva is vectoring 2 Sea Harriers to intercept. |
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| 1st Jun | Four Canberra's of Groupo 2 are bombing targets around San Carlos from high altitude. Minimal damage is inflicted. |
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| 31st May | 42 Commando have taken control of Mount Kent and Mount Challenger. |
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| 31st May | Elements of 42 Commando and the SAS are being airlifted to positions near Stanley. |
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| 31st May | In a telephone call, President Reagan has asked Margret Thatcher not to inflict too serious a defeat on the Argentines. |
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| 31st May | Three SAS have been badly wounded, two Argentines killed and around 10 injured. |
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| 31st May | Captain Vercesi is surrendering at Top Malo House. |
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| 31st May | Firing 66mm LAW rockets and sniper fire, the group are forcing the Argentinians from the house. |
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| 31st May | Boswell has ordered his men to fix bayonets and begin the assault. |
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| 31st May | Boswell's team is loaded with sufficient supplies and ammunition to last a week in the field - currently en route via Sea King |
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| 31st May | 19 members of the SAS led by Captain Boswell are preparing to attack Top Malo House. |
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| 30th May | Argentine radio: "There are English all around us... you had better hurry up". |
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| 30th May | Argentine patrol has sent out the radio message: "We are in trouble". |
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| 30th May | An SAS patrol from D Squadron have engaged a patrol of Argentine Commandos on the slopes of Mount Kent. |
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| 30th May | Argentine helicopters are spotted landing troops at an observation post near Top Malo House on Mount Simon. |
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| 30th May | HMS Ambuscade and HMS Glamorgan resuming bombarding targets near Port Stanley. |
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| 30th May | 42 Commando are advancing towards Mount Kent and Mount Challenger; |
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| 30th May | 3 Para have taken control of Teal Inlet |
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| 30th May | 45 Commando have secured the area around Douglas |
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| 30th May | Exeter has brought down two Skyhawks with Sea Dart missiles |
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| 30th May | The Exocet has been destroyed short of target. |
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| 30th May | Skyhawks are engaging the destroyer HMS Exeter and the Frigate HMS Avenger. |
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| 30th May | The Etendards have launched Argentina's last Exocet Missile at the fleet. |
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| 30th May | Two Super Etendards and four Skyhawks are inbound towards the British Task Force. |
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| 30th May | At 10,000ft and 250kts, Pook has ejected; approximately 30nm from HMS Hermes, a rescue helicopter is being dispatched to recover him. |
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| 30th May | Following partial hydraulic failure and an engine flame out, Sqn Ldr Pook is now gliding from 25,000ft without power. |
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| 30th May | On return to HMS Hermes, Pook has suffered total radio failure and is losing fuel. |
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| 30th May | Sqn Ldr Pook and Flt Lt Rochfort have come under small arms fire on their way to attack Argentine artillery. |
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| 30th May | Pope John Paul II is preaching an anti-war message in Coventry Cathedral |
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| 30th May | Major General Moore has arrived ashore at San Carlos to command ground troops |
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| 29th May | Organisation of American States condemns Britain's military action and calls on the US to stop helping Britain. |
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| 29th May | Argentine Daggers have failed to inflict any damage on British forces |
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| 29th May | One Dagger downed by a Rapier Surface to Air Missile killing the pilot Lt Bernhardt. |
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| 29th May | Daggers of Groupo 6 attacking in San Carlos Water. |
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| 29th May | In rough seas, one Sea Harrier of HMS Invincible has slid off the deck during take off. Lt Cdr Broadwater ejected safely. |
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| 29th May | Argentine troops have discovered that Mount Kent has been seized by the SAS, providing a commanding view over Port Stanley. |
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| 29th May | 64 British wounded, over 140 Argentine wounded. |
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| 29th May | The battle has cost the British 17 dead and the Argentinians 47. Rest In Peace. |
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| 29th May | British troops have accepted the surrender of more than 1000 Argentines, approx double their own number. |
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| 29th May | Lieutenant-Colonel Piaggi has surrendered all Argentine forces at Goose Green. |
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| 29th May | PoW returning from Goose Green settlement under a white flag. |
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| 29th May | 2 Para have been awake for over 40 hours and are preparing to resume the assault at Goose Green. |
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| 29th May | Plans are being prepared to move 42 Commando to Darwin in support of 2 Para. |
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| 28th May | Read the Terms given: http://bit.ly/LAcqnG |
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| 28th May | Major Chris Keeble sending two Argentine POWs to Goose Green with terms of surrender for the occupying force. |
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| 28th May | British Shelling of Stanley has killed three Falkland Islanders. |
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| 28th May | The British are shelling Stanley again and this will continue for the next 16 days. |
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| 28th May | Harriers are able to make a single close support run of cluster bombs and 72, 2 inch rockets. |
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| 28th May | The advance of 2 Para has virtually ground to a halt just outside Goose Green. |
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| 28th May | Major Chris Keeble, current CO of 2 Para has brought down one Pucara with a Blowpipe missile. |
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| 28th May | Pucaras attacking Para positions with Napalm, narrowly missing. |
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| 28th May | Argentine forces are using three of their 35mm Oerlikon Anti Aircraft cannons in the direct fire role against ground troops |
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| 28th May | 5 Infantry Brigade trans-ship from QE2 to Norland and Canberra at South Georgia; |
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| 28th May | C and D Companies have taken control of Darwin settlement but suffered casualties. |
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| 28th May | A Company have overcome the positions and taken Darwin Hill |
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| 28th May | Jones has been killed by machine gun fire. Major John Crosland now temporarily in command. |
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| 28th May | Lt Col 'H' Jones is assaulting an Argentine position to keep momentum of the attack up. |
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| 28th May | Farrar-Hockley's assault has been repulsed by intense machine-gun fire which has killed three men. |
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| 28th May | Major Farrar-Hockley to lead an assault on the nearest trenches. |
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| 28th May | Lt Col Jones, Concerned at the prospect of losing the initiative has joined A Company |
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| 28th May | A Company are preparing to assault Darwin Hill, criss crossed with Argentine trenches. |
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| 28th May | Heavy fog at sea is preventing most air support from reaching 2 Para |
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| 28th May | HMS ARROW has to leave as daylight approaches. |
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| 28th May | Bingley has been hit 10 meters from the machine gun, but has been able to shoot two of the crew before collapsing. |
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| 28th May | Lance-Corporal Gary Bingley is charging an enemy machine gun nest that's holding up the advance. |
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| 28th May | So far all British objectives have been completed on schedule. |
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| 28th May | British forces are facing heavy fire from defending Argentine positions - progress is slow. |
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| 28th May | Earlier scouts have failed to spot Argentine trenches along Darwin Hill, directly in the path of the assault. |
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| 28th May | 2 Para have begun their advance, leaving behind sleeping bags and other non essential equipment. They are carrying two days rations. |
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| 28th May | HMS Arrow has begun shelling Argentine positions along the isthmus forward of 2 Para. |
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| 27th May | Eight men from C Company, 2 Para, are scouting the area North of Darwin. |
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| 27th May | Approx 100 civilians are thought to be under guard within Goose Green settlement. |
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| 27th May | 2 Para have received the signal to line up for their attack on Darwin before moving on to capture Goose Green |
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| 27th May | Members of the SAS are landing in strength on Mount Kent. |
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| 27th May | Argentine commanders are dismissing the BBC report as crude misinformation. |
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| 27th May | British forces furious at the BBC announcement. Lt Colonel Jones threatening to sue the BBC, Whitehall and the War Cabinet. |
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| 27th May | BBC World Service reporting 2 Para are preparing to advance on Darwin. |
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| 27th May | In contempt of the situation, bomb disposal officer, Flt Lt Swan, and his team sleep right next to the unexploded ordnance. |
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| 27th May | Unable to risk evacuating the injured due to freezing weather, a decision is made to leave the UXB's in-situ. |
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| 27th May | Five killed and 26 injured at Ajax Bay. 4 unexploded bombs remain, two of which are within the makeshift hospital. |
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| 27th May | Downed pilot Sqn Ldr Iveson has found his way to an unoccupied but well provisioned house. |
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| 27th May | The remains of the Atlantic Conveyor have sunk. |
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| 27th May | HMS Intrepid and HMS Fearless have brought down one of the escaping Skyhawks - Lt Velasco ejected safely. |
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| 27th May | Skyhawks have released weapons on the few buildings in the area. This includes the refrigeration plant being used as a hospital. |
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| 27th May | A pair of Skyhawks from Groupo 5 have reached Ajex Bay completely unobserved. |
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| 27th May | Sqn Ldr Iveson has ejected safely and after landing |
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| 27th May | Both pilots have successfully released their weapons. Iveson has been hit by fire from a 35mm Oerlikon. |
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| 27th May | On their first pass Iveson and Hare have been unable to identify any targets and turning for a second pass. |
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| 27th May | Sqn Ldr Iveson and Flt Lt Hare are tasked with attacking positions around Goose Green using cluster bombs. |
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| 27th May | 3 Para have begun marching to Teal Inlet settlement |
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| 27th May | 45 Commando setting off for Douglas settlement |
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| 26th May | 2 Para are setting out towards Goose Green settlement, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert 'H' Jones |
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| 26th May | 2 Parachute company are preparing to leave their position at Sussex Mountain. |
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| 26th May | UN Security Council adopts Resolution 505 Read: http://bit.ly/LPZeRQ |
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| 26th May | Brigadier Thompson has received direct orders to mount attacks against enemy forces occupying Goose Green and Port Stanley |
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| 26th May | London has made the retaking of Goose Green a priority. |
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| 26th May | The War cabinet in London is questioning lack of movement out of bridgehead at San Carlos. |
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| 25th May | HMS Glamorgan bombarding targets around Stanley. |
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| 25th May | The build up of land forces is now complete with some 5,000 tons of stores and 5,500 men ready to break out of the bridgehead. |
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| 25th May | Todays loss of Atlantic Conveyor included 3 out of the 4 Chinooks brought by the Task Force. |
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| 25th May | The remaining Chinook 'Bravo November' has an interesting future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_November |
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| 25th May | 12 Men including Captain Ian North have died as a result of the attack. |
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| 25th May | The Atlantic Conveyor has been abandoned with the loss of Six Wessex, three Chinook and a Lynx. |
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| 25th May | Atlantic Conveyor has been hit in her port side. Fire is engulfing the vessel. |
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| 25th May | Both Entards have released their Exocet's at the task force |
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| 25th May | A pair of Super Etendards armed with Exocet's are closing on the Task Force their attack speed of 630mph. |
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| 25th May | 19 Men have been killed in the initial attack on Coventry. |
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| 25th May | Royal Navy Helicopters and boats are evacuating men from Coventry and the surrounding water. |
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| 25th May | 3 Bombs have struck and detonated Coventry - She is on fire, flooding, had has lost all power and comms. |
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| 25th May | A pair of Skyhawks are incoming on HMS Coventry. HMS Broadsword unable to get a missile lock. |
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| 25th May | Three out of four bombs have missed HMS Broadsword, the fourth failed to detonate and has passed through the hanger deck. |
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| 25th May | Four Skyhawks of Groupo 5 attacking the radar picket ships near Pebble Island. |
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| 25th May | A Skyhawk from the raid has been shot down by Argentine anti-aircraft defenses over Goose Green. |
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| 25th May | Two Skyhawks have been brought down by British fire. Lt Garcia has been killed, Lt Lucero ejected safely. |
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| 25th May | Skyhawk attacks are ineffective and have scored no hits. |
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| 25th May | Groups of Skyhawks have penetrated defenses and are attacking the landing area. |
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| 25th May | HMS Coventry trying to engage Lear Jet with Sea Dart missiles, although the Jet is now out of effective range. |
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| 25th May | Argentine Learjet, approaching Task Force in San Carlos area at 40,000ft |
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| 25th May | Today is the Argentine national day - Task Force expecting a special effort to be made against them in and around the beachhead. |
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| 25th May | Flt Lt Glover has landed at the Argentine airbase of Commodoro Rividavia. |
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| 24th May | Glover later comments that his biggest worry is the C-130 being intercepted by Sea Harriers and being shot down by his own side. |
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| 24th May | The departing C-130 is taking prisoner of war, Flt Lt Glover, back to the mainland. |
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| 24th May | An Argentine C-130 Hercules is delivering supplies to Port Stanley Airfield. |
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| 24th May | A serious fuel leak has brought down the Skyhawk of Lt Bono, crashing into the sea. No one is seen to eject. |
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| 24th May | The Skyhawks have scored no hits. All have been damaged by small arms fire, but continue to fly. |
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| 24th May | Three Skyhawks of Groupo 4 are inbound over San Carlos Water. |
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| 24th May | Firing sidewinders, Lt Cdr Auld has destroyed two Daggers, and Lt Smith one. The remaining Dagger is evacuating the area. |
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| 24th May | Auld has spotted a four Daggers running in low and fast and is maneuvering to their six o'clock. |
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| 24th May | HMS Broadsword has detected targets inbound to the islands and is vectoring Lt Cdr Auld and Lt Smith to intercept. |
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| 24th May | All aircraft have successfully delivered ordinance although failed to damage the airfield due to fusing problems with their bombs. |
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| 24th May | The harriers are encountering heavy anti aircraft and small arms fire |
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| 24th May | 6 Harriers are carrying out a co-ordinated attack on the airfield at Port Stanley |
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| 24th May | View the explosion on HMS Antelope http://bit.ly/LgCGDQ |
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| 23rd May | One man was killed the other seriously injured. A ferocious fire is now engulfing Antelope. |
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| 23rd May | One of the bombs lodged in HMS Antelope has exploded while an Army bomb disposal team works to make it safe. |
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| 23rd May | A malfunction has caused Lt Cdr Batt's Harrier to crash into the sea shortly after take-off and explode killing Lt Cdr Batt. |
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| 23rd May | Following today's losses (10 aircraft), Argentina's 3rd Naval Fighter and Attack Squadron ceases operations. |
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| 23rd May | Helicopter targets have now been removed from the Rules Of Engagement until midnight. |
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| 23rd May | News has just been received that prisoner of war Flt Lt Glover is to be transferred by helicopter later today. |
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| 23rd May | Lt Hale has brought down one dagger with a Sidewinder. |
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| 23rd May | After an unsuccessful attack the daggers have been sighted by Lt Cdr Auld and Lt Hale flying CAP. |
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| 23rd May | Several Daggers are approaching the task force. |
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| 23rd May | Two unexploded bombs are lodged in HMS Antelope. |
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| 23rd May | Lt Guadagnini has been killed after being hit simultaneously by a Sea Wolf Missile from HMS Broadsword and a shore based Rapier. |
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| 23rd May | Small formations of Skyhawks have managed to evade Sea Harriers around the fleet. |
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| 23rd May | Flying low, Lt Filipini of Groupo 5 has struck the mast of HMS Antelope collapsing it. |
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| 23rd May | Morgan and Leeming are staffing the parked aircraft but have to leave after running out of ammunition |
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| 23rd May | The initial attack has brought down one Puma; the others and the 109 have landed nearby. |
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| 23rd May | Flt Lt Morgan and Flt Lt Leeming on CAP have spotted multiple Puma helicopters and an Augusta 109 near Falkland sound. |
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| 23rd May | 2of2 'If you wanted the runway destroyed why didn't you tell us? We'd have ploughed it up for you!') |
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| 23rd May | (1of2 After the conflict members of 1(F) Sqn will help repair the damage. Where farm manager Jimmy Forster remarks: |
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| 23rd May | One harrier has released it's bomb late on target causing damage to local houses. |
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| 23rd May | The first British air activity of the day is an attack on Dunnose Head airstrip in West Falkland. |
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| 23rd May | The weather has cleared overnight and will allow air operations to resume for both forces. |
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| 22nd May | The Skyhawks have dropped their weapons at San Carlos Water to no effect. |
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| 22nd May | 2 Argentine Skyhawks have finally been able to take off after a day of bad weather. |
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| 22nd May | A Field Hospital is being set up in the old freezer buildings at Ajax Bay. It will be known as the 'Red and Green Life Machine' by troops |
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| 22nd May | Argentine Boeing 707 breaking away in a high speed dive towards Argentine airspace. |
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| 22nd May | HMS Cardiff firing a Sea Dart salvo at the 707. One missile was seen to burst close to the target. |
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| 22nd May | An Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 is approaching the British Fleet. |
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| 22nd May | Bad weather is preventing Argentine aircraft taking off today. |
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| 22nd May | The boat is being strafed with 30mm cannon fire, leaving it burning. It will later be abandoned by it's crew. |
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| 22nd May | The pair of Harriers have sighted the Argentine Coast Guard patrol boat near Goose Green and requesting permission to engage. |
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| 22nd May | The first of today's sixty Combat air patrols is being launched by the Task Force. |
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| 21st May | Flt Lt Dave Morgan sums up the day 'May 21st was a heavy day'. |
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| 21st May | Today a Nimrod was airborne for 19 hours providing the longest operational reconnaissance mission ever undertaken. It covered 8,453 miles. |
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| 21st May | Watch todays events: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_l3ezW0l4 |
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| 21st May | Glover manages to eject and is taken prisoner of war. |
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| 21st May | During a low, fast reconnaissance mission Flt Lt Glover's Harrier is brought down by enemy fire. |
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| 21st May | Cdr Alan West is the last man to leave HMS Ardent which sinks six hours later. |
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| 21st May | Sqn Ldr Pook and Flt Lt Hare destroy parked Chinook and Puma helicopters near Mount Kent. |
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| 21st May | Aboard HMS Ardent 22 have been killed and thirty injured having been hit by seven bombs. |
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| 21st May | Cdr West aboard HMS Ardent gives the order to abandon ship. |
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| 21st May | Lt Arca is forced to eject from the third Skyhawk having suffered small arms fire earlier. |
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| 21st May | Lt Morrell and Flt Lt Leeming engage the fleeing Skyhawks that have just attacked Ardent bringing down two. |
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| 21st May | At Falkland Sound 3 Skyhawks descending to low level before entering San Carlos Water and attacking HMS Ardent scoring several direct hits. |
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| 21st May | Ward's missile has impacted the aircraft and sent it wheeling to the ground. Remarkably all three Argentine pilots ejected safely. |
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| 21st May | Thomas is now turning his attention to the lead Dagger, and firing his remaining Sidewinder, secondary damage brings the Dagger down. |
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| 21st May | Lt Cdr Ward has spotted a third Dagger heading west and gives chase obtaining a lock and firing a Sidewinder. |
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| 21st May | Open debate commences at UN Security Council |
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| 21st May | Thomas diving in to attack, and destroys the rearmost aircraft with a Sidewinder. |
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| 21st May | Lt Cdr Ward and Lt Thomas have caught sight of a pair of Daggers below them in a valley. |
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| 21st May | Ardent has been heavily damaged but there is no serious flooding and the ships steering and engines are still operating. |
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| 21st May | HMS Ardent under attack from three Daggers of Groupo 6 but is unable to return fire due to malfunctions. |
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| 21st May | HMS Argonaut was now stuck fast, in an extremely exposed position with around three hours of daylight left. |
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| 21st May | Sub Lieutenant Peter Morgan with two men has released Argonaut's anchor bringing the ship to a halt. |
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| 21st May | Argonaut now in the position that she had no steering gear and her engines are running at high speed, towards Fanning Head. |
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| 21st May | Aboard Argonaut two Sea Cat missiles have exploded killing two crew. |
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| 21st May | Argonaut hit by two 1,000lb bombs causing a boiler to explode, wrecking her steering gear destroying two fuel tanks. |
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| 21st May | Skyhawks have managed to arrive uninterrupted at Falklands Sound. Six of these aircraft have singled out Argonaut. |
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| 21st May | Lt Cdr ‘Fred’ Frederiksen has downed a Dagger piloted by Lt Luna with an AIM-9 Sidewinder |
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| 21st May | Lt Cdr Blissett and Lt Cdr Thomas, have brought down two possibly three skyhawks with Sidewinders and 30mm cannon. |
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| 21st May | A Skyhawk has just attacked but caused no damage to HMS Ardent. |
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| 21st May | Deployment update: 45 Commando Royal Marines – Ajax Bay |
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| 21st May | Deployment update: 42 Commando Royal Marines – held in reserve |
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| 21st May | Deployment update: 40 Commando Royal Marines – San Carlos |
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| 21st May | Deployment update: 3 PARA – Port San Carlos |
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| 21st May | Deployment update: 2 PARA – Sussex Mountains |
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| 21st May | Major Tomba ejected successfully and has a long walk back to Goose Green. |
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| 21st May | Ward attacking three times with his 30mm Aden cannon, hitting Major Tomba's left aileron, and destroying both engines |
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| 21st May | Three Sea Harriers, led by Lt Cdr Sharkey Ward, engaging Pucaras at close range |
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| 21st May | Two Pucaras of Groupo 3, flown by Major Tomba and Lt Micheloud, avoiding fire from HMS Ardent |
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| 21st May | Antrim has a 1,000lb bomb lodged in her stern, and is moving in to San Carlos Water to afford herself some protection. |
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| 21st May | The remaining Daggers turn for home, chased by Sea Harriers which do not have the speed to catch them. |
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| 21st May | One Dagger brought down by a Sea Cat missile, the aircraft hitting the sea, no one being seen to eject. |
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| 21st May | Daggers attacking Broadsword, Argonaut and Antrim with 1,000lb bombs and 30mm cannon. |
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| 21st May | British forces are now well established ashore and sending out 2 Para to secure the high ground. |
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| 21st May | As the Argentines withdraw, they have brought down two Royal Marine Gazelles with small arms fire. Both crews have been killed. |
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| 21st May | Six Daggers of Groupo 6 arrive from the mainland, to carry out an armed reconnaissance. |
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| 21st May | HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible launching Sea Harriers to place a barrier between the Task Force and attacking aircraft from the mainland. |
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| 21st May | A brief skirmish occurring with a small force of Argentines troops near San Carlos. |
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| 21st May | For his lone attack Crippa will later be awarded the 'Argentine Medal for Heroism and Bravery' |
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| 21st May | Crippa attacking HMS Argonaut, with 30mm cannon and four 5 inch rockets, damaging some upper deck fittings and injuring three crew members. |
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| 21st May | Crippa describes coming face to face with what “looked like the whole British fleet”. |
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| 21st May | Captain Benitez has been hit by a Stinger missile and has been forced to eject. |
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| 21st May | The first air attack is from Lt Crippa in a single MB339 based at Port Stanley. |
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| 21st May | Captain Benitez is in a Pucara on a dawn reconnaissance mission and passes over an SAS patrol withdrawing from contact at Goose Green. |
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| 21st May | A total of 2,500 Royal Marines and Paras have been put ashore. |
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| 21st May | The British bridgehead has been established totally unopposed at Port San Carlos. |
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| 21st May | The Task Force has begun landing troops at San Carlos Water, 50 miles west of Port Stanley. |
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| 20th May | The attack at Goose Green is actually a diversionary assault by around 40 members of the Special Air Service. |
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| 20th May | Argentine position at Goose Green reporting coming under attack from a Battalion strength force (typically 600 men). |
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| 20th May | 25 men from 3 SBS are attacking Argentine positions on high ground to the north of San Carlos bay, supported by covering fire from Antrim. |
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| 20th May | Antrim, Broadsword, Brilliant, Plymouth, Yarmouth, Argonaut, Ardent and RFA Fort Austin. Providing close escort to the Amphibious Group. |
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| 20th May | HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible steaming south to launch air and sea attacks |
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| 20th May | HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid lead the fleet into Falkland Sound. |
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| 20th May | Operation Sutton to begin at midnight. |
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| 20th May | British PM Margret Thatcher ordering the task force into battle. Operation SUTTON to retake the Falklands has been given the green light... |
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| 20th May | de Cuellar admits failure of UN peace talks. |
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| 20th May | Thatcher is telling the House of Commons of collapse of the peace process. |
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| 20th May | Thatcher accusing Argentina of 'obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith'. |
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| 20th May | RMS St. Helena is being requisitioned by the Task Force - 19 Saint Helenian sailors have volunteered to serve alongside naval personnel. |
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| 20th May | HMS Glamorgan has been bombarding targets on the south coast to divert attention away from activities elsewhere. |
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| 19th May | 22 lives have been lost in this accident. |
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| 19th May | HMS Brilliant is on the scene but unable to find any survivors. |
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| 19th May | The Sea-King has ditched violently in the sea with 18 special forces aboard. |
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| 19th May | A Sea-king has struck a large bird (possibly an Albatross) with its tail rotor as it transfers men to Intrepid. |
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| 19th May | Troops from the Canberra are being transferred to HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid by helicopter. |
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| 19th May | The British War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan. Operation SUTTON. |
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| 19th May | Overnight HMS Glamorgan was bombarding targets between Port Stanley and Lively Island. |
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| 18th May | Argentine intelligence has learned from the BBC Overseas Service of the British rendezvous earlier today. |
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| 18th May | Argentine junta has rejected the latest, and possibly last, British peace proposal. |
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| 18th May | The Amphibious Landing force is rendezvousing with Admiral Woodward's task group, the Argentine Force's are completely unaware of this. |
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| 18th May | The final San Carlos landing plan is being put to the full cabinet in London |
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| 18th May | PM telling the House of Commons; 'We have done everything that we can to try to secure a peaceful settlement.' More: http://bit.ly/L4ssq3 |
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| 18th May | HMS Invincible's first three CAP missions of the day have dropped six more 1,000lb bombs on Port Stanley airfield. |
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| 17th May | The Sea King crew sets about destroying the helicopter while the SAS begin their mission to destroy Argentine Super Etendards . |
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| 17th May | A Sea king helicopter from Invincible, carrying Special Forces, has landed near to Punta Arenas in Chile. |
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| 17th May | A technical malfunction has forced one of Hermes' Sea Kings to ditch in the sea - no casualties. |
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| 17th May | Italy and Ireland are lifting all trade sanctions and will recommence trading. |
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| 17th May | The EEC is renewing sanctions against Argentina for another week. |
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| 17th May | HMS Hermes is leaving her group order to rendezvous outside the TEZ with Atlantic Conveyor to enabling the cross decking of the Harriers. |
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| 17th May | Argentine Air Force commander Brigadier Lami Dozo is warning that the Task Force will receive 'a massive attack' if it sails within range. |
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| 17th May | As the pair of Super Etendards pop up to target their Exocets, their radars are sweeping only empty sea. |
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| 17th May | Deception measures used by British pilots mean the Argentine Navy have failed to maintain an accurate plot of the British Task Force. |
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| 17th May | The Argentine Navy is launching 2 Super Etendards equipped with Exocet missiles, the same as used to sink HMS Sheffield. |
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| 16th May | Glamorgan firing 130 rounds at Stanley, Darwin and Fitzroy to convince the Argentineans that landings will take place south of Stanley. |
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| 16th May | Under the cover of darkness HMS Glamorgan is being sent inshore to continue the naval bombardment. |
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| 16th May | 801 NAS dropping further bombs on Port Stanley airfield. |
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| 16th May | British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina via New York. |
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| 16th May | One Sea Harrier of 800 NAS has returned to deck with a bullet hole in its fin. |
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| 16th May | Rio Carcarana crew abandoning ship. |
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| 16th May | An Argentine freighter, the Rio Carcarana is being bombed and strafed by Naval Sea Harriers. |
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| 16th May | Pictures from the bomb damage against HMS Glasgow http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzoWSxQ Thanks to @ianniow |
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| 15th May | Ports around the islands are being blockaded by British Nuclear Submarines, to contain the Argentine fleet in preparation for landings |
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| 15th May | 800 NAS also dropping 1,000lb bombs on Port Stanley airfield. |
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| 15th May | Additional bombs are being dropped over a helicopter support base near Mount Kent. |
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| 15th May | 801 NAS are dropping 1,000lb bombs over Port Stanley airfield, and Sapper Hill. |
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| 15th May | Rumours circulating that the main amphibious landings are expected to take place in the next few days |
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| 15th May | An Argentine cargo vessel, the Rio Carcarana is being strafed by two Sea Harriers and is now on fire. |
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| 15th May | One third of the islands based light attack aircraft been destroyed in tonights raid. |
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| 15th May | Only one injury was recorded in the attack, a sprained ankle to one of the attacking troops. |
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| 15th May | The charges have gone off destroying every aircraft on the airfield, six Pucaras, four Turbo Mentors, and a Skyvan. |
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| 15th May | SAS are retreating for extraction. |
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| 14th May | The remainder of the men are placing demolition charges in the cockpits of parked aircraft and at various points of the airfield. |
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| 14th May | The troops have set up an anti ambush screen to prevent counter attack should they be discovered. |
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| 14th May | Two Sea Kings of 846 NAS with 45 men aboard have landed undetected on Pebble Island. . |
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| 14th May | Members of the SAS are preparing for a night raid on Pebble Island airfield under cover of poor weather which will work in their favour. |
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| 14th May | PM Margret Thatcher in a speech, warns Britain that a peaceful settlement may not be possible. |
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| 14th May | Britain's ambassadors to the US and the UN are en route back to London for urgent talks with PM. |
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| 14th May | Once again today's operations are being hampered by poor weather. |
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| 13th May | No combat air patrols or strike sorties were launched at all today due to poor weather. |
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| 13th May | Pilots housed on the MV Norland cross to Atlantic Conveyor, mainly for a change of scenery during their journey south. |
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| 13th May | Bad weather is again over the entire Task Force area. |
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| 12th May | Today 4 Skyhawks have been brought down killing pilots Lt Bustos, Lt Nivoli, Lt Ibarlucea and Lt Gavazzi. |
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| 12th May | Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the UN peace plan |
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| 12th May | Admiral Woodward has decreed after todays attacks there will be no further daylight naval bombardment of Port Stanley airfield. |
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| 12th May | A Sea King helicopter has ditched near to Task Force following mechanical failure – No Injuries. |
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| 12th May | Having dropped the bomb that holed Glasgow, Lt Gavazzi has been shot down by Argentine AAA at Goose Green in a friendly fire incident. |
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| 12th May | Teams are repairing the holes in Glasgow so she can retreat without flooding. |
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| 12th May | A 1,000lb bomb has broken clean through HMS Glasgow, 3ft above the water line but failed to detonate. |
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| 12th May | Skyhawks have released bombs at both ships, 2 have bounced right over HMS Brilliant, but HMS Glasgow has been hit. |
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| 12th May | Another incoming Skyhawk raid has been detected, Glasgow's engineers are still fixing her weapons systems. |
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| 12th May | A fourth Skyhawk has released a 1,000lb bomb which bounced off the water and over the top of HMS Glasgow's hangar. |
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| 12th May | HMS Glasgow's Sea Dart missile loading system has failed, her 4.5in gun has jammed after firing only eight rounds. |
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| 12th May | HMS Brilliant has launched 3 Sea Wolf missiles; scoring two direct hits and a third Skyhawk has crashed while taking evasive action. |
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| 12th May | HMS Brilliant has detected four aircraft heading toward her at low level and at high speed. |
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| 12th May | Improving weather is allowing Hermes to send up her first Combat Air Patrol in three days. |
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| 12th May | The QE2 is leaving Southampton with 5 Infantry Brigade comprising Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkhas. |
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| 11th May | Wg Cdr Squire visiting HMS Fearless for a further intelligence update including assessments of the Argentine forces capability. |
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| 11th May | Haig is sending his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires in pursuit of a new peace plan. |
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| 10th May | Two torpedo's have missed HMS Alacrity and HMS Arrow which are now rejoining the Task Force. |
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| 10th May | HMS Alacrity under fire from submarine ARA San Luis. |
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| 10th May | Argentine supply ship Islas de los Estados has been sunk by HMS Alacrity in Falkland Sound. |
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| 10th May | The remains of HMS Sheffield have sunk en route to South Georgia. |
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| 10th May | Argentina has declared the whole of the South Atlantic a 'war zone'. |
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| 10th May | HMS Glasgow is bombarding Argentine positions at Moody Brook barracks near Port Stanley. |
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| 10th May | An 809 NAS Sea Harrier is being brought to 'Readiness State 5' for a possible interception of a shadowing Boeing 707. |
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| 10th May | HMS Sheffield is listing heavily while being towed by Yarmouth. |
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| 10th May | Elements of the Task Force are being briefed about San Carlos landing plans. |
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| 9th May | Coventry's Sea Dart has brought down an Argentine Puma helicopter, killing all on board. |
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| 9th May | HMS Coventry has picked up a slow moving object on radar and is engaging it with a Sea Dart missile. |
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| 9th May | Both Skyhawks pilots have died on impact. |
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| 9th May | In poor visibility, two A-4 Skyhawks of Groupo 4 flying at low level to attack the fleet have crashed possibly shot down by HMS Coventry |
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| 9th May | HMS Broadsword and HMS Coventry bombarding positions around Port Stanley. |
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| 9th May | An Argentine Naval officer has been captured and documents confirm the vessel has been used for intelligence gathering. |
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| 9th May | Aboard Narwal one man has been killed and eleven more injured. |
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| 9th May | Sea Kings from Hermes and Invincible are being used to board the heavily damaged Narwal. |
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| 9th May | The Narwal, an Argentine fishing vessel being used as a spy ship, is spotted and being attacked by Batt and Morgan. |
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| 9th May | Lt Cdr Gordon Batt and Flt Lt Dave Morgan are on combat air patrol in Sea Harriers of 800 NAS. |
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| 9th May | Final plans are being drawn up for a landing at San Carlos. |
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| 8th May | Emergency life raft stations are being practiced, it is assessed that is a potential submarine threat. |
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| 8th May | The first long-range air supply drops, by C-130, to the Task Force are currently underway. |
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| 8th May | External fuel tanks being removed from Harriers aboard Atlantic Conveyor so they can be protected against the salt water. |
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| 8th May | Bad weather and poor visibility continue, airborne operations from the task force are at a virtual halt. |
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| 7th May | The Amphibious Assault Group are leaving Ascension Island in radio silence and without lights. |
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| 7th May | United Nations General Secretary Javier Perez de Cuellar is putting forward a UN peace plan. |
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| 7th May | Argentine forces have been able to re supply the Falklands by air using C-130, Fokker Friendship, and Lockheed Electra aircraft. |
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| 7th May | French President Mitterrand has told his Doctor '[Thatcher] threatens to launch atomic weapon against Argentina' More: http://bit.ly/JMny3K |
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| 7th May | The British Government extend the 'total exclusion zone' to within 12 miles of Argentina's coastline. |
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| 7th May | The MV Norland, carrying 2 PARA, has arrived at Ascension to join Amphibious Task Group. |
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| 7th May | The bad weather in the South Atlantic continues to interfere with operations. |
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| 6th May | The Argentine junta has rejected Peruvian peace plan. |
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| 6th May | Lt Cdr Eyton-Jones and Lt Curtiss are missing presumed dead after their Harriers went missing today. |
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| 6th May | Available Sea Harriers reduced to 17, no more losses can be accepted without endangering the air defences of the fleet. |
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| 6th May | No trace has be found of today's missing Harriers, which are believed to have suffered a chance mid-air collision. |
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| 6th May | The Argonaut Group, a convoy including Canberra is sailing south from Ascension Island |
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| 6th May | A search is underway for the missing Harriers. |
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| 6th May | Both aircraft have disappeared from radar. |
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| 6th May | A Recce Sea King has reported a contact well to the south of the Task Force, both Sea Harriers have been vectored in to investigate. |
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| 6th May | Two Sea Harriers of 801 NAS from HMS Invincible are on Combat Air Patrols around the Fleet. |
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| 6th May | Bad weather continues to cause problems for the Task force with little opportunity to operate in any area. |
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| 5th May | An Argentine naval search has revealed nothing, but The 25 De Mayo air component is reassigned to the Bahia Blanca base. |
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| 5th May | Argentine Navy S-2 Tracker aircraft reporting a possible submarine contact of the coast of Argentina |
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| 5th May | 2 Year anniversary of SAS raid on Iranian embassy http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5/newsid_2510000/2510873.stm |
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| 5th May | The British cabinet has approved the Peruvian peace plan. |
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| 5th May | An emergency meeting of the full British cabinet is being held in London. |
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| 5th May | Task Force sailing East out of Exocet range. |
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| 4th May | Watch a report on today's events: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZu8bvxJs4 |
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| 4th May | The Sheffield is the first warship the Royal Navy had lost to enemy action since 1945. |
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| 4th May | Of Sheffield's 286 crew, 20 have been killed in today's actions. Rest in peace. |
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| 4th May | Sheffield's Captain, Sam Salt, gives the order to abandon ship. |
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| 4th May | The battle to save Sheffield is continuing with wounded being ferried off the ship. |
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| 4th May | Fire is spreading throughout Sheffield; Yarmouth and Arrow alongside attempting to put out fires and cool the hull. |
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| 4th May | An Exocet has hit HMS Sheffield's starboard side. The warhead has failed to explode but started several fires. |
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| 4th May | Two Exocet missiles have been launched towards radar blips at a range of 12 miles. |
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| 4th May | Two Super Etendard aircraft have been scrambled from Rio Grande air base in Tierra del Fuego, they both carry exocet missiles. |
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| 4th May | Taylor continues to fly for a short way before crashing. Lt Taylor made no attempt to eject and has died in his aircraft. |
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| 4th May | During the attack Flt Lt Ball observes Taylor's aircraft being hit by a large caliber cannon and burst into flames. |
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| 4th May | Three Sea Harriers of 800 NAS, led by Lt Cdr Gordon Batt with Flt Lt Ted Ball and Lt Nick Taylor, have been tasked to reattack Goose Green. |
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| 4th May | An Argentine Neptune patrol aircraft detected a radar emission from the task force. |
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| 4th May | Argentine positions around Stanley are being shelled by the task force. |
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| 4th May | Front page of todays Sun newspaper http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/programmes_enl_1146752460/html/1.stm |
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| 4th May | The Carrier Battle Group has moved to within 100 miles of Port Stanley. |
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| 4th May | Overnight eleven Victor tankers take a lone Vulcan attacked Port Stanley Airfield for a second time. Little damage was caused. |
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| 3rd May | Galtieri has rejected the Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano. |
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| 3rd May | A heavy fog is descending over the whole Carrier Battle Group's operating area. |
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| 3rd May | One Sea Skua missile has hit the bridge of the Alferez Sobral, killing the CO and several ratings, but she remains afloat. |
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| 3rd May | The Coventry Lynx has fired both her missiles and sunk one of the Argentine craft. The Glagsow's Lynx is targeting the Alferez Sobral... |
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| 3rd May | The Lynx have spotted and are engaging the Alferez Sobral and another patrol boat. |
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| 3rd May | Both helicopters are armed with two untried Sea Skua missile which have been rushed into service. |
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| 3rd May | Two Lynx helicopters from HMS Coventry and HMS Glasgow are on patrol. |
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| 3rd May | Argentine patrol ships including the Alferez Sobral, are searching for two airmen downed in their Canberra yesterday. |
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| 3rd May | Following the sinking of the Belgrano, Argentine ships are pulling back to operate in shallower water, where submarines cannot follow. |
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| 2nd May | British Defence Secretary John Nott: 'I sincerely hope it will not be a long and bloody conflict' |
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| 2nd May | Wreford-Brown later says '[We] Saved a considerable loss of life from the British Task force and a potential threat from Exocet missiles.' |
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| 2nd May | 368 Argentine seamen have perished with the sinking of the ship. Rest in peace. |
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| 2nd May | General Belgrano has sunk within 45 minutes of being hit. |
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| 2nd May | The crew of the General Belgrano are ordered to abandon ship. |
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| 2nd May | Two torpedoes have struck the Belgrano near her stern. |
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| 2nd May | Conqueror firing a spread of three Mark 8 torpedoes. |
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| 2nd May | C.O. of HMS Conqueror Cdr. Christopher Wreford-Brown preparing to give the order to fire; range now at 1,400 yards. |
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| 2nd May | The Belgrano is approx 30 miles outside the exclusion zone. |
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| 2nd May | Order to attack has been relayed and confirmed by the War Cabinet in London. |
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| 2nd May | Ignoring the chain of command, Woodward ordering Conqueror to attack the Belgrano. |
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| 2nd May | Admiral Woodward is concerned that the General Belgrano might turn north and move to within Exocet range of the Task Force. |
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| 2nd May | Peruvian President Belaunde Terry presenting a peace proposal to Galtieri who gives preliminary acceptance with some modifications. |
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| 2nd May | Argentina now has over 13,000 troops on the Falkland Islands. |
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| 2nd May | Pym meeting UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar in New York; |
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| 2nd May | A Russian spy trawler has been sighted close to Ascension. |
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| 2nd May | Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group is rejoined by the Glamorgan group |
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| 2nd May | HMS Conqueror continues to shadow the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the waters off West Falkland |
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| 2nd May | The Glamorgan group's bombardment of Stanley airfield continued until 01:35 covering the landings of reconnaissance teams. |
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| 1st May | Small teams of SAS and SBS are landing on the Islands to assess potential landing sites for the main invasion |
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| 1st May | Strafing has caused some superficial damage to Glamorgan and Arrow. |
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| 1st May | Lieutenant Curtis of 801 squadron has shot down a Canberra killing Lieutenant Gonzales (pilot) and Lieutenant Ibanez |
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| 1st May | HMS Glamorgan and Alacrity have both been 'near-missed' by 1,000lb parachute-retarded bombs |
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| 1st May | Flight Lieutenant Penfold has shot down a Dagger of Grupo 6 killing Lieutenant Ardilis |
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| 1st May | Watch a clip from Hanrahan's report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12039283 |
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| 1st May | Mirage downed by Lieutenant Thomas killing Captain Guerua |
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| 1st May | BBC Correspondent Brian Hanrahan on todays raids: 'I counted them all out and I counted them all back again'. |
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| 1st May | The Glamorgan group is under attack from three or more Argentine Mirages. |
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| 1st May | Glamorgan group are opening fire on the airfield |
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| 1st May | The Glamorgan group is moving within gun range of Port Stanley airfield. |
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| 1st May | HMS Glamorgan, Alacrity and Arrow are headed for the Falklands protected by the CAP. |
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| 1st May | HMS Invincible is launching the first Sea Harrier Combat Air Patrol (CAP) of the conflict. |
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| 1st May | Pym returning to Washington |
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| 1st May | 14 Stanley residents previously sent to Fox Bay East are placed under house arrest |
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| 1st May | 114 inhabitants of Goose Green are being imprisoned in the settlement's Recreation Club |
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| 1st May | HMS Plymouth is sailing south to reinforce South Georgia. |
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| 1st May | The QE2 is being requisitioned as a troop carrier. |
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| 1st May | Watch footage from this mornings raid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YuFCtKoHCs |
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| 1st May | Harriers are attacking Darwin and Goose Green. |
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| 1st May | Harriers from Hermes are attacking anti-aircraft positions and dropping cluster bombs over Stanley airfield. |
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| 1st May | XM607's 21 Bombs are falling over the airfield at Port Stanley. |
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| 1st May | Told he has the lead of the mission, Martin Withers tells his crew: 'It looks like we've got a job of work fellas'. |
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| 1st May | Climbing to cruising altitude it is becoming clear there is a problem with the lead Vulcan. |
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| 1st May | At the controls of the reserve Vulcan XM607, is Flt Lt Martin Withers of 101 Sqn. |
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| 1st May | 11 fully laden Victor tankers of 55 and 57 Sqn's are departing Ascension Island, accompanied by two Vulcan bombers. |
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| 30th Apr | Regan imposing economic sanctions on Argentina. |
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| 30th Apr | President Reagan has declared the unilateral support of the United States for the United Kingdom |
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| 30th Apr | President Reagan has terminated Haig's peace mission |
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| 30th Apr | General Sir Jeremy Moore is flying to Ascension for conference with Brigadier Thompson. |
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| 30th Apr | Argentinean Junta is declaring an exclusion zone of its own where any British ships and aircraft would be attacked on sight. |
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| 30th Apr | Maritime Exclusion Zone has been redesignated a Total Exclusion Zone - any Argentinean intercepted will be attacked without warning. |
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| 29th Apr | The Argentine Junta has rejected Haig proposals |
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| 29th Apr | The Hospital Ship Uganda has left Ascension and is sailing south. |
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| 29th Apr | Mid range Vulcan bombers are arriving on Ascension Island. |
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| 29th Apr | The second comprising the General Belgrano and two destroyers is taking a similar position to the south west of the islands. |
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| 29th Apr | British Naval Task force is arriving within the declared exclusion zone. |
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| 29th Apr | The first group is taking up a position just outside of the Maritime Exclusion Zone to the north west of the islands. |
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| 29th Apr | The Argentine Fleet is splitting into two groups in order to cover the whole of the Falklands. |
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| 29th Apr | HMS Argonaut, HMS Ardent, RFA Regent, RFA Plumleaf and the Forward Repair Ship Stena Seaspread have all arrived at Ascension. |
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| 28th Apr | Organisation of American States supports Argentina's sovereignty claim but calls for peaceful negotiations |
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| 28th Apr | Further task force elements (mostly requisitioned merchant vessels) are concentrating around Ascension island. |
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| 28th Apr | British government has announced further restrictions on transit through exclusion zone to come into effect 1100 hours 30 April. |
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| 27th Apr | 14 Stanley residents, regarded by the Argentines as potential troublemakers, are being transferred to Fox Bay East. |
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| 27th Apr | Alexander Haig's 'final package' is sent to London and Buenos Aires. |
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| 27th Apr | The Argentine navy is deploying to strategic locations in order to counter a British landing. |
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| 27th Apr | Operation Sutton: The plans for the retaking of the Falklands, are being presented to the Cabinet in London. |
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| 26th Apr | Governor, and Brigadier General, Menendez is appointing himself as Head of the Malvinas Joint Command. |
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| 26th Apr | The formal surrender of Argentineans on South Georgia has been accepted. |
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| 26th Apr | A 'defence area' has been declared around the British fleet. |
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| 26th Apr | Argentine forces are moving in to occupy Port Howard on West Falkland. |
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| 26th Apr | 2 Para are sailing from Hull aboard the P&O ferry 'Norland'. |
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| 26th Apr | Margaret Thatcher in a speech to Parliament, is warning that the time for diplomacy is running out. |
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| 25th Apr | Great Britain successfully performs a nuclear test at a Nevada site, USA. |
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| 25th Apr | In London crowds are gathering outside 10 Downing Street singing 'Rule Britannia'. |
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| 25th Apr | Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-xEHwwpH8 |
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| 25th Apr | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces the victory and tells British media to "Just rejoice at that news" |
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| 25th Apr | New York Costa Mendez is formally rejecting Haig's peace plan. |
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| 25th Apr | 'Be pleased to inform Her Majesty that the White Ensign flies alongside the Union Jack in South Georgia. God Save the Queen.' |
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| 25th Apr | Brigadier Julian Thompson is cabling London with news of the victory: |
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| 25th Apr | There are no reports of British casualties. |
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| 25th Apr | In total 137 prisoners have been taken in a virtually bloodless victory. |
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| 25th Apr | The Argentine garrison has raised the white flag over Grytviken! |
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| 25th Apr | The British force, backed by fire from Antrim and Plymouth is assaulting Grytviken, having been landed by helicopter. |
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| 25th Apr | A scratch force of 75 Royal Marines, SAS and SBS is being assembled for the assault. |
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| 25th Apr | The decision is been made for a direct assault on Grytviken. |
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| 25th Apr | The British force has become aware that they have already been detected by long-range reconnaissance aircraft. |
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| 25th Apr | Santa Fe crew are abandoning ship. |
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| 25th Apr | The Sante Fe has been badly damaged and is unable to dive. |
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| 25th Apr | Helicopters from the other British ships in the vicinity are joining the attack using missiles, machine gun fire and a torpedo. |
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| 25th Apr | Humphrey has visual on the Santa Fe and is immediately engaging with depth charges. |
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| 25th Apr | Lt Parry, Humphrey's observer is making a single sweep with the radar and registers a definite 'blip'. |
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| 25th Apr | 'Humphrey', Antrim's Wessex helicopter, armed with depth-charges and piloted by Lt Cdr Stanley has taken off on an anti-submarine search. |
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| 25th Apr | Having landed her reinforcements and supplies, the Santa Fe is now leaving Grytviken. |
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| 25th Apr | Argentine submarine Santa Fe is reinforcing the garrison at Grytviken South Georgia. |
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| 24th Apr | Argentine submarine Santa Fe is active in the waters around South Georgia. |
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| 24th Apr | HMS Brilliant has joined the Antrim Group off South Georgia, in preparation for retaking of the island. |
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| 24th Apr | Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward's task group has has rendezvoused with the British destroyers in the mid-Atlantic. |
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| 24th Apr | Foreign Secretary, Pym, returns to London with the latest version of the Haig peace plan |
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| 24th Apr | Argentine Brigadier General Omar Parada, with the 3rd Infantry Brigade has arrived to reinforce Las Malvinas. |
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| 24th Apr | Argentine General Oscar Joffre with the Argentine 10th Infantry Brigade has arrived to reinforce Las Malvinas. |
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| 24th Apr | The ship 'Atlantic Conveyor' has completed her refitting at Devonport. |
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| 24th Apr | RAF Wittering's Engineering Wing is working round the clock to modify 12 aircraft in order to get nine to Ascension Island. |
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| 23rd Apr | Petty Officer Kevin Stuart Casey is missing presumed drowned. He is the first British loss of the conflict. |
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| 23rd Apr | A Sea King helicopter operating from HMS Hermes has crashed, south of Ascension Island. |
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| 23rd Apr | Britain has asked Switzerland, via its envoy in Buenos Aires, to deliver a warning to Argentina - Read Now: http://bit.ly/IiRinU |
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| 23rd Apr | The ZX Spectrum has gone on sale in Britain. |
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| 22nd Apr | The first elements of the British task force are arriving on station in Falkland waters. |
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| 22nd Apr | D Squadron have been successfully extracted from Fortune Glacier with no further losses. |
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| 22nd Apr | The Argentine navy has commandeered trawler 'Narwhal' for intelligence purposes |
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| 22nd Apr | The decision has been made to withdraw SAS from South Georgia. |
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| 22nd Apr | Galtieri has decided to increase the size and speed of the Argentine defense build up. |
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| 22nd Apr | Junta member General Galtieri is visiting Brigadier General Menendez in the Falklands / Las Malvinas |
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| 22nd Apr | URGENT: London. Foreign Office is warning all British nationals to leave Argentina. |
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| 22nd Apr | British foreign secretary Francis Pym arrives in Washington with London's response to Haig's proposals. |
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| 22nd Apr | There appear to be no serious casualties. |
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| 22nd Apr | Reports coming in of two British helicopters downed due to bad weather / heavy fog in South Georgia. |
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| 21st Apr | Special forces on Fortuna Glacier are reporting worsening weather conditions. |
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| 21st Apr | Majority of OAS are supportive of Argentina, but no decision on action is reached. |
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| 21st Apr | The Organisation of American States (OAS) is meeting to discuss the escalating crisis. |
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| 21st Apr | SAS have been successfully placed on Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia. |
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| 21st Apr | A Wessex helicopter carrying members of D Squadron SAS is departing HMS Antrim. |
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| 21st Apr | Argentine reconnaissance aircraft have retreated after coming within 12 miles of the task force. |
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| 21st Apr | Task force is 'made ready' in preparation. |
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| 21st Apr | Argentine reconnaissance aircraft have been detected heading towards the British Task Force. |
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| 21st Apr | Junta member and Chief of Staff General Cristino Nicholaides is visiting Brigadier General Menendez in the Falklands / Las Malvinas |
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| 21st Apr | Reconnaissance by submarine and long-range aircraft show no Argentine ships in the area around HMS Antrim. |
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| 21st Apr | The British destroyer HMS Antrim has arrived off South Georgia, maintaining ready status. |
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| 20th Apr | Junta member and Air Force commander, Lami Dozo is visiting Brigadier General Menendez in the Falklands / Las Malvinas. |
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| 20th Apr | Requisitioned troop ship Canberra has arrived at Ascension Island |
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| 20th Apr | The British War Cabinet has ordered the repossession of all Islands. |
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| 20th Apr | Hospital ship HMS Hecla has set sail from Gibraltar. |
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| 19th Apr | Buenos Aires states that Britain must agree to transfer sovereignty by 31 Dec and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands. |
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| 19th Apr | BREAKING: Argentina has rejected the US peace proposal brokered by Alexander Haig. |
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| 19th Apr | Junta member and Naval commander, Admiral Anaya is visiting Brigadier General Menendez in the Falklands / Las Malvinas. |
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| 19th Apr | EEC foreign ministers have declared their support for Britain. |
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| 18th Apr | Argentine aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo is returning to port with reported engine trouble. |
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| 18th Apr | Long range Victor refueling aircraft have begun arriving at Wideawake airfield, Ascension Island. |
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| 17th Apr | The Argentine service council is currently debating Haig's proposals in a special closed session. |
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| 17th Apr | Alexander Haig presents the Argentine junta with a 5-point plan. |
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| 17th Apr | Watch tonight's BBC news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=720lj4O_5lw |
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| 17th Apr | A special stamp run of 2 million has begun by the Argentine postal workers operating in Stanley. |
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| 17th Apr | The main body of the British Task Force has begun leaving Ascension Island. |
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| 17th Apr | The conference is detailing plans for the retaking of the Falkland Islands by force. |
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| 17th Apr | Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse and Admiral Sandy Woodward are holding a conference on Ascension Island with member sof 3 Commando Brigade. |
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| 16th Apr | Todays activity of over 300 aircraft around Ascension Island, has briefly made it the worlds busiest airport. |
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| 16th Apr | Elements of the British task force have started to sail South from Ascension Island. |
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| 16th Apr | There is currently increased activity in the skys around Wideawake airport, Ascension Island. |
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| 15th Apr | Haig has flown back to Buenos Aires in another attempt to broker a peaceful solution. |
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| 15th Apr | The British destroyer group is taking up holding position in the mid-Atlantic. |
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| 14th Apr | Argentina announces that the Expatriate Chief Secretary Dick Baker is to be deported. |
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| 14th Apr | Haig is briefing President Reagan on developments. |
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| 14th Apr | Their mission is expected to be the recapture of South Georgia. |
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| 14th Apr | A Squadron of ships carrying Royal Marines and special forces has been sent to rendezvous with HMS Endurance. |
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| 14th Apr | The container ship Atlantic Conveyor is being commandeered by the British Government. |
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| 14th Apr | A large Argentine naval fleet is sailing from Puerto Belgrano. |
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| 14th Apr | US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig is on a flight returning to Washington |
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| 14th Apr | PM Margaret Thatcher is making a speech to the House of Commons - Listen LIVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnQnneuQrl8 |
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| 12th Apr | Alexander Haig returns to London. |
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| 12th Apr | British submarine HMS Spartan has arrived 'on station', off Port Stanley, force is authorised to enforce the exclusion zone. |
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| 12th Apr | The maritime exclusion zone is to prevent Argentine reinforcements and supplies reaching the Islands from the mainland. |
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| 12th Apr | The 200 mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands, declared by Britain, has come into effect. |
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| 10th Apr | US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, has arrived in Buenos Aires. |
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| 10th Apr | EEC sanctions against Argentina come into effect (against wishes of Italy and Ireland) |
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| 9th Apr | The SS Canberra is departing Southampton with 3 Commando aboard. |
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| 9th Apr | The EEC has approved economic sanctions against Argentina. |
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| 9th Apr | British Royal Marines, (3 Commando Brigade) are boarding the SS Canberra at Southampton docks. |
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| 9th Apr | Ireland and Italy have tried to veto the EEC vote. |
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| 9th Apr | The European Economic Community is meeting to vote on economic sanctions against Argentina in response to the invasion |
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| 8th Apr | Alexander Haig has arrived in London in attempt for the US to broker a peace deal between Argentina and the UK. |
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| 7th Apr | France, suppliers of Exocet missiles, has withdrawn all its technical teams from Argentina. |
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| 7th Apr | Argentina's new Governor, Brigadier General Menendez, has arrived in the Falklands to oversee their defence. |
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| 7th Apr | President Reagan has approved the Haig peace mission. |
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| 7th Apr | Britain has frozen over $1.4 billion in Argentine assets held with British banks |
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| 7th Apr | Britain has announced it will impose a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands from the 12th April. |
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| 7th Apr | Canberra will be used to transport 3 Para with 40 and 42 Commandos to the |
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| 7th Apr | The P&O Liner, Canberra, is being requisitioned by the British Government and will be re-fitted as a troop transport ship. |
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| 6th Apr | The P&O Liner, Canberra is returning from a world cruise ending at Southampton Port |
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| 5th Apr | HMS Endurance has moved away from South Georgia, but remains in the vicinity. |
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| 5th Apr | Lord Pym has been appointed as the new British Foreign Secretary. |
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| 5th Apr | Foreign Office Ministers Richard Luce and Humphrey Atkins have also tendered their resignation. |
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| 5th Apr | British Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, has resigned. |
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| 5th Apr | Aircraft carriers, HMS Invincible and HMS Hermes, are sailing sailed from Portsmouth heading for Ascension Island. |
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| 4th Apr | Reg Silvey gives a detailed account of troop numbers and the surrender of the Islands. |
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| 4th Apr | Lighthousekeeper and radio ham Reg Silvey has made radio contact with the UK from the Falkland Islands. |
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| 4th Apr | 2 Argentine postal officials are travelling to Las Malvinas. |
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| 4th Apr | Argentine forces have occupied Darwin. |
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| 4th Apr | Argentine forces have occupied Goose Green. |
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| 4th Apr | HMS Conqueror has left Faslane and is sailing for the South Atlantic. |
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| 3rd Apr | Argentina reinforces its troops on South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. |
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| 3rd Apr | The first RAF elements of the task force deploy to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. |
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| 3rd Apr | 52 schoolchildren are evacuated from Stanley in a convoy of 18 landrovers. |
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| 3rd Apr | Argentina refuses to comply with UN Resolution 502. |
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| 3rd Apr | Read UN Security Council Resolution 502 http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/435/26/IMG/NR043526.pdf?OpenElement (PDF) |
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| 3rd Apr | UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands |
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| 3rd Apr | Lieutenant Keith Mills, Senior Royal Marine on South Georgia, surrenders the Island. |
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| 3rd Apr | One seaman on the ARA Guerrico has been killed by small arms fire from Royal Marines on the shore. |
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| 3rd Apr | ARA Guerrico guns have jammed after firing half a dozen rounds. |
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| 3rd Apr | ARA Guerrico has opened fire, giving support to the Argentine Marines landing on South Georgia. |
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| 3rd Apr | More Argentine troops have landed on S Georgia from the Bahia Paraiso. |
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| 3rd Apr | One Puma helicopter has been brought down by fire from the Royal Marines. |
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| 3rd Apr | A squad of Royal Marines have engaged the approaching Argentine Puma helicopters. |
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| 3rd Apr | Argentine troops are being transported by helicopter from the Bahia Paraiso to King Edwards Point on South Georgia. |
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| 3rd Apr | The ARA Bahia Paraiso demands surrender of Grytviken, S Georgia claiming that Governor Rex Hunt has already surrendered all Dependencies. |
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| 3rd Apr | Opposition and Labour party leader Michael Foot is backing the decision to send a task force. |
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| 3rd Apr | British PM Margret Thatcher has announced the Falklands invasion to the House of Commons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZaP0TgOpig |
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| 2nd Apr | 9 navy ships on exercise in the Mediterranean sail south. |
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| 2nd Apr | More than 200,000 are celebrating the liberation of Las Malvinas in central Buenos Aires http://imgur.com/OQAkW |
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| 2nd Apr | MPs are recalled for a special Saturday sitting of the House of Commons. |
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| 2nd Apr | An emergency cabinet meeting approves the sending of the task force to liberate the Islands |
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| 2nd Apr | Bank of England has frozen all Argentine assets in Britain. |
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| 2nd Apr | Britain orders Argentine diplomats out of the country. |
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| 2nd Apr | Lt-Commander Pedro Giachino has died from wounds suffered in the attack this morning. He is the first fatality of the invasion. |
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| 2nd Apr | Marines on South Georgia have surrended after inflicting heavy damage on a superior force. |
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| 2nd Apr | Stanley has been renamed 'Puerto Argentino'; |
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| 2nd Apr | Brigadier General Mario Menendez is appointed governor of 'Islas Malvinas' and Dependenciesz; |
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| 2nd Apr | Royal Marines on South Georgia are engaged with the Argentine force. |
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| 2nd Apr | One Royal Marine tells his Argentine guard 'don't make yourself too comfy here mate, we'll be back' |
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| 2nd Apr | Governor Hunt (dressed in full regalia)and the captured Royal Marines are being forcibly evacuated by the Argentines to Montevideo. |
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| 2nd Apr | Captured Royal Marines under armed guard: http://imgur.com/2G4cu |
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| 2nd Apr | Lord Carrington has informed Parliament 'Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces' |
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| 2nd Apr | Buenos Aires - Galtieri hails the recovery of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option. |
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| 2nd Apr | Governor Hunt orders the surrender of the Falkland Islands to the invading Argentine Force. |
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| 2nd Apr | Firing around Government House has ceased. |
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| 2nd Apr | Over 200 Argentine soldiers have surrounded Government House. |
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| 2nd Apr | The main Argentine landing force has begun disembarking at Stanley. |
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| 2nd Apr | Stanley airfield has been cleared and the Argentine 25th Regiment is being flown in. |
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| 2nd Apr | Reports of casualties from the ongoing battle at York Bay. |
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| 2nd Apr | British Marines have fought off an initial assault on Government House, injuring Giachino in the assault. |
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| 2nd Apr | Royal Marines are engaged with Argentine forces near York Bay |
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| 2nd Apr | Over 1000 Argentine forces have landed on the Islands in the past three hours. |
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| 2nd Apr | Lieutenant-Commander Pedro Giachino is organising an attack against Government House. |
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| 2nd Apr | A second landing of Argentine troops is happening in York Bay. |
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| 2nd Apr | Moody Brook Barracks are under attack by Argentine special forces - currently unoccupied by British personel. |
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| 2nd Apr | British forces on the Islands tally 68 Royal Marines, 25 Falkland Defence Volunteers and 11 Sailors from HMS Endurance. |
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| 2nd Apr | Major Mike Norman RM commander and Governor Hunt have resolved to put up more than a token resistance. |
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| 2nd Apr | The first Argentine forces have landed at Mullet Creek. |
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| 2nd Apr | 3.25am local time, Governor Hunt has declared a State of Emergency. |
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| 2nd Apr | Governor Hunt is making a special radio broadcast informing Islanders that Galtieri has rejected Reagan's intervention |
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| 2nd Apr | Governor Sir Rex Hunt - 'It looks as though the silly buggers mean it.' |
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| 2nd Apr | Argentine ships are moving into position off the Falkland Islands. |
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| 2nd Apr | Buenos Aires has ordered forces to begin Operation Rosario, the invasion of Las Malvinas has been given the green light. |
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| 1st Apr | Reagan has contacted Argentine junta leader General Galtieri, advising him not to take military action. |
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| 1st Apr | UN Security Council calls for restraint and avoidance of force |
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| 1st Apr | Admiral Leach orders ships on exercise in the Mediterranean to prepare to sail south |
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| 1st Apr | Britain has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council. |
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| 1st Apr | British submarine Splendid has set sail from Faslane. |
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| 1st Apr | Governor Hunt has been informed that Britain now believes a full invasion is planned. |
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| 31st Mar | There are violent anti-government riots ongoing in major cities across Argentina. |
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| 31st Mar | Argentine Junta have set plans to invade the Falkland Islands on 2 April. |
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| 31st Mar | PM M. Thatcher has telegraphed American President Ronald Reagan asking him to warn the Argentines off an invasion. |
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| 31st Mar | Britain's US ambassador Sir Nicholas Henderson is visiting Haig in Washington to persuade him to take the crisis seriously. |
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| 31st Mar | London has warned F.Islands Governor Rex Hunt that Argentina is planning a submarine landing on the Islands. |
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| 30th Mar | Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires: demonstrations are taking place calling for democracy. |
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| 30th Mar | British Intelligence believes that the Junta do not think it likely that Britain will send naval reinforcements. |
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| 30th Mar | United States attempts to cool the escalating crisis have been rejected by Buenos Aires. |
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| 30th Mar | Lord Carrington insists a diplomatic solution is being pursued. |
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| 30th Mar | Nuclear powered submarine, HHMS Conqueror, is readied for immediate deployment. |
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| 30th Mar | Nuclear powered submarine, HMS Splendid, has deployed from Faslane to the South Atlantic |
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| 30th Mar | 4 Argentine warships have set sail from Puerto Belgrano, heading undisclosed. |
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| 29th Mar | A New Royal Marine detachment has just disembarked in Stanley aboard research ship John Biscoe |
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| 29th Mar | Argentine press reporting that 5 additional Argentine warships are heading towards South Georgia. |
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| 29th Mar | British Defence Secretary has advised the PM that it will take a week to ready a naval force and three weeks to arrive in the S Atlantic. |
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| 29th Mar | British nuclear powered submarine, Spartan, to deploy to the area around the Falklands and S. Georgia. |
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| 28th Mar | Carrington contacts US Secretary of State A. Haig requesting him to intercede with the junta in an attempt to avoid military action. |
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| 28th Mar | Britain has begun contingency planning for the sending of a task force to the South Atlantic. |
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| 28th Mar | 5 Argentine warships have been sighted near South Georgia. |
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| 28th Mar | Argentine military aircraft have been spotted flying over Stanley. |
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| 28th Mar | Buenos Aires tells Britain there will be no negotiations on South Georgia, cancels leave for military and diplomatic personnel. |
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| 28th Mar | Argentine Junta has restated its claim to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies. |
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| 27th Mar | British Ambassador in Buenos Aires has informed London that Dr. Costa Mendez has been less than honest with him. |
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| 27th Mar | The British Ambassador has received a report that the Bahia Paraiso appears to have armed marines aboard. |
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| 27th Mar | Argentine missile boats Drummond and Granville have set sail to join Bahia Paraiso off the coast of South Gerorgia |
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| 27th Mar | The British naval attache in Buenos Aires reports the departure of naval vessels and a submarine. |
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| 26th Mar | Dr Mendez declares that a firm decision had been taken to give the Argentinians on South Georgia all necessary protection. |
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| 26th Mar | Argentina's Foreign Minister Dr. Costa Mendez to make a public statement shortly. |
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| 26th Mar | British Ministers decide that both detachments should remain for the time being. |
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| 26th Mar | Additional British Marines have arrived at Port Stanley in the Falklands to relieve the current garrison as part standard procedure. |
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| 26th Mar | The Bahia Paraiso has left S Georgia, but reports suggest that it has resupplied the Argentinian Marines. |
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| 25th Mar | Argentina's Foreign Minister is seeking a diplomatic solution, but warns he still must consult with the President. |
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| 25th Mar | The military Junta in Buenos Aires is meeting to discuss its plans for an invasion of the Falklands. |
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| 25th Mar | URGENT: Argentina has deployed two corvettes, armed with Exocet missiles, between South Georgia and the Falklands. |
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| 24th Mar | Astiz has brought a large amount of supplies ashore. |
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| 24th Mar | Argentinian Captain Alfredo Astiz has landed ashore at Leith, S Gerogia, together with a marine detachment. |
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| 24th Mar | HMS Endurance has arrived at Grytviken S Georgia, but earlier instructions to remove Argentine workmen have been rescinded. |
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| 23rd Mar | Mendez warns that, if the action to remove the party on South Georgia is not postponed, harsh action would precipitate a harsh response. |
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| 23rd Mar | The British Ambassador has been summoned to see Argentina's Foreign Minister, Dr Costa Mendez. |
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| 22nd Mar | The marines aboard HMS Endurance have received orders to remove the remaining Argentines, by force if necessary |
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| 22nd Mar | Bahia Buen Suceso is seen to sail away but some Argentines have remained. |
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| 21st Mar | Argentine flag is lowered but there is no sign of the Bahia Buen Suceso departing. |
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| 21st Mar | Argentine Government hope that the significance of the affair will not be exaggerated. |
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| 21st Mar | The British Embassy is informed by Buenos Aires that the Argentine naval vessel is not in South Georgia officially. |
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| 21st Mar | Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son), dies at 57 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VgcxE9Lpw |
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| 20th Mar | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has order HMS Endurance with 24 Royal Marines to sail from Stanley to South Georgia. |
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| 19th Mar | London warns Buenos Aires that ARA Bahia Buen Suceso must leave, failure to do so will result in "whatever action seems necessary". |
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| 19th Mar | British Government informs the Antartic base at Grytviken to instruct the Argentinians to lower the flag immediately. |
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| 19th Mar | The Argentinian flag is seen flying over Leith whaling station on South Georgia. |
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| 19th Mar | ARA Bahia Buen Suceso failed to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken. |
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| 19th Mar | Argentinian flagged ARA Bahia Buen Suceso lands at Leith in South Georgia carrying 50 scrap metal workers. |
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