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Sir John Nott, defence secretary during Falklands War, dies aged 92

Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92.

The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South Atlantic islands in 1982 but she refused to accept it, instead keeping him in place for the bloody but successful liberation operation.

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