| − | On April 2, 1982, after a near-showdown between British Royal Marines Commandos and Argentine scrap-metal workers and protecting Special Forces on South Georgia, Argentina invaded the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, a remote British colony in the South Atlantic. The Argentinian amphibious landings, '''Operation Rosario''', led to a brief, but costly war. | + | On April 2, 1982, with an armed confrontation in the making between a platoon of British Royal Marines and Argentine scrap-metal workers and protecting Special Forces on South Georgia<ref>[https://www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=12002445 Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria]</ref>, Argentina invaded the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, a remote British colony in the South Atlantic. The Argentinian amphibious landings, '''Operation Rosario''', led to a brief, but costly war. |