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Forty years after Falklands conflict a 'battle for memory' goes on

Argentine army veteran Luis Poncetta has traveled twice to the Falkland Islands to pay tribute to comrades who fell in a 74-day conflict with British forces 40 years ago. The divisions, he has found, still linger.

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The Falklands War’s anniversary is a moment to heed some harsh lessons

Forty years ago this weekend, Galtieri’s forces landed on the Falkland Islands and claimed them for Argentina. In deep winter 11 weeks later, a British task force retook Stanley, the tiny capital of the archipelago, and the Argentine military was evicted.

Evening Standard

Letter: Sir Crispin Tickell obituary

Keith Morris writes: The Falklands war saw Tickell on TV for the first time, a role that would later play such a part in his wide influence on public opinion

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Youngest Scot to fight in Falklands War battles PTSD hell to support other veterans

David Cruickshanks teenage dream to join the Royal Navy turned into a nightmare when Argentina invaded.

Daily Record

Scots veteran recalls moment gun failed to fire during the Falklands War

Norman McDade signed up to the Navy in 1978 aged 17 and trained as a chef but four years later, he found himself embroiled in the war in the South Atlantic ocean.

Daily Record

Scots Falklands War survivor's struggle after brother killed in hit and run

Veteran Norman McDade battles with guilt after surviving the conflict only for his brother to be killed in a horror incident on the streets of Glasgow.

Daily Record

Falklands War: Key events of the 1982 conflict

The conflict lasted 10 weeks and cost the lives of almost 1,000 people

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TV tonight: controversial Falklands war gravely revisited to mark anniversary

Channel 4’s powerful documentary speaks with the head of the SAS in the Falklands. Plus: Stanley Tucci gorges on butter in Searching for Italy. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

40th anniversary of Falklands War to be marked with series of events

The conflict lasted for 74 days after Argentine forces invaded the islands on April 2, 1982

Wales Online

Falklands War: Living with survivor’s guilt 40 years on

Norman McDade says he uses art as a way of remembering and dealing with difficult memories of his past.

The Independent UK

Bitcoin is helping both sides in Ukraine conflict, but it won't wreck Russian sanctions

War is expensive. The United States spent about US$1.1 trillion (£830 billion) on the 2003 Iraq war in today’s money, while the Falklands war cost the UK the equivalent of about £2.6 billion.

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