Political aftermath. Diplomatic relations between the UK and Argentina were not restored until 1989 under a formula which put the issue of sovereignty to one side (the sovereignty umbrella) and established a framework within which further talks on matters of mutual interest could be held.Argentina. The Argentine loss of the war led to ever-larger protests against the Galtieri …

The Invincible class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy.Three ships were constructed: HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal.The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked Sea Harrier aircraft and Sea King HAS.1 anti …

The cultural impact of the Falklands War spanned several media in both Britain and Argentina.A number of films and television productions emerged from the conflict. The first Argentine film about the war was Los chicos de la guerra (The Boys of the War) in 1984.The BBC drama Tumbledown (1988) tells the story of a British officer paralysed from a bullet wound.

The Beagle conflict was a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war in 1978.. The islands are strategically located off the south edge of Tierra del Fuego and at the east end of the Beagle Channel.

A referendum on political status was held in the Falkland Islands on 10–11 March 2013. The Falkland Islanders were asked whether or not they supported the continuation of their status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in view of Argentina's call for negotiations on the islands' sovereignty.. On a turnout of 92%, 99.8% voted to remain a British territory, with only …

The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War.The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history.It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in …

HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers.She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an [[anti-submarine warfare carrier]], but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes.She took over as flagship of the British fleet …

Type 82 destroyer. HMS Bristol Captain A. Grose; Type 42 destroyers. HMS Sheffield - set on fire by an Aérospatiale AM39 Exocet (Air-to-Surface) Anti-ship missile launched from a Dassault Super Étendard 4 May, (†20) - Fatal Damage (sank on 10 May) Captain J.F.T.G. Salt; HMS Coventry - sunk on 25 May by three bombs from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (†19+1) - Fatal …

Falklands War. The word and its meaning came to national prominence in the UK during the Falklands War in 1982. After disembarking from ships at San Carlos on East Falkland, on 21 May 1982, Royal Marines and members of the Parachute Regiment yomped (and tabbed) with their equipment across the islands, covering 56 miles (90 km) in three days carrying 80-pound (36 …

The Second Matabele War, also known as the Matabeleland Rebellion or part of what is now known in Zimbabwe as the First Chimurenga, was fought between 1896 and 1897 in the region later known as Southern Rhodesia, now modern-day Zimbabwe.It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Matabele people, which led to conflict with the Shona people in the rest …