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Falklands/Malvinas War (view source)
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In the 74 days of fighting that followed, 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen lost their lives, as did three Falkland Islanders.
In the 74 days of fighting that followed, 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen lost their lives, as did three Falkland Islanders.
==San Carlos==
On the night of 20/21 May, the British Amphibious Task Group under the command of Commodore [[Michael Clapp]] moved into Falkland Sound and began landing Brigadier [[Julian Thompson]]'s 3rd Commando Brigade at San Carlos Water on the northwest coast of East Falkland. The landings had been preceded by a Special Air Service (SAS) raid on Pebble Island's airfield and Darwin Hill. When the landings had finished, approximately 5,000 Paratroopers and Royal Marine Commandos had been put ashore. Over the next week, the ships supporting the British landings were hit hard by low-flying Argentine fighter-bombers. The sound was soon dubbed ''"Bomb Alley"'' as HMS Ardent (21 May), HMS Antelope (23 May), and HMS Coventry (25 May) all sustained hits and were sunk, as was MV Atlantic Conveyor (25 May) with a cargo of Wessex transport helicopters and BV-202 all-terrain vehicles.
==Goose Green, Mount Kent, & Fitzroy==
==Goose Green, Mount Kent, & Fitzroy==
Brigadier [[Julian Thompson]] began pushing his men south, planning to secure the western side of the island before moving east to Port Stanley. On 27/28 May, 600 British Paratroopers under Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones attacked over 1,000 Argentinians dug in around Darwin and Goose Green, ultimately forcing them to surrender. Leading a platoon charge, Jones was killed and later received the [[Victoria Cross]] posthumously. A few days later, British Special Forces defeated Argentine Special Forces on Mount Kent. In early June, an additional 5,000 British troops under Brigadier [[Tony Wilson]] arrived and command shifted to Major-General [[Jeremy Moore]]. While the Scots Guards and Welsh Guards were establishing their beachhead at Bluff Cove and Fitzroy, two troopships, [[Sir Tristram]] and [[Sir Galahad]], were attacked killing 56 and wounding 200.<ref>''"Just as we were setting the two LSL (Sir Galahad and Sir Tristan) were attacked by Skyhawks and set on fire; both vessels were abandoned and resulted in tragic loss of life on Sir Galahad ... and over 200 injured - mostly from the Welsh Guards)."'' The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On, Stephen Badsey, Robin Paul Whittick Havers, Mark J. Grove, p. 121, Psychology Press, 2005 </ref>
Brigadier [[Julian Thompson]] began pushing his men south, planning to secure the western side of the island before moving east to Port Stanley. On 28 May, 600 British Paratroopers from Lieutenant-Colonel [[Herbert Jones]]'s 2nd Parachute Battalion attacked over 1,000 Argentinians from Lieutenant-Colonel [[Ítalo Ángel Piaggi]]'s Task Force Mercedes dug in around Darwin and Goose Green, ultimately forcing them to surrender. Leading a platoon charge, Jones was killed on Darwin Hill and later received the [[Victoria Cross]] posthumously. A few days later, British Special Forces defeated Argentine Special Forces on Mount Kent. In early June, an additional 5,000 British troops under Brigadier [[Tony Wilson]] arrived and command shifted to Major-General [[Jeremy Moore]]. While the Scots Guards and Welsh Guards were establishing their beachhead at Bluff Cove and Fitzroy, two troopships, [[Sir Tristram]] and [[Sir Galahad]], were attacked killing 56 and wounding 200.<ref>''"Just as we were setting the two LSL (Sir Galahad and Sir Tristan) were attacked by Skyhawks and set on fire; both vessels were abandoned and resulted in tragic loss of life on Sir Galahad ... and over 200 injured - mostly from the Welsh Guards)."'' The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On, Stephen Badsey, Robin Paul Whittick Havers, Mark J. Grove, p. 121, Psychology Press, 2005 </ref>
==Fall of Port Stanley==
==Fall of Port Stanley==