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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.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

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 · Apr 1, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

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 · Mar 27, 2022

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 · Mar 27, 2022

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 · Mar 27, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2022