The Falkland war
Part 2: Argentina
Welcome to part 2 of this awesome series! Sadly, I couldn't fit it all in today but a part 3 (maybe even 4!) will be made tomorrow. What would Thatcher say?! Hope you enjoy!
America heard about the whale-hunters, so they sent some ships down to Port St. Louis - actually now Puerto Luis thanks to the Spanish - and destroyed the settlement there. The Merchant called out for help but the Argentine Federation gave him some guns and appointed him governor of the islands.
Britain was so MAD! They showed up and asked them if they missed the plaque they left there?
Since they had more guns, the British kicked them off the islands. Puerto Luis then had it's name changed back to Port Louis.
The Falklands then stayed in British hands for the next century; it officially became a Crown Colony in 1840, Port Stanley became the capital in 1845, the cattle on the islands weren't worth much so Britain imported sheep in there in 1851. Two world wars came and went and all that time, Argentina never talked about their reign over the islands.
Now it's 1976, some civil wars in Argentina left military powers in charge, promoted by the U.S war against communism.
By 1981, Leopoldo Galtieri was in charge and he wasn't very popular with the people of his country. He knew how popular he would become if he took back the Falklands. Soon, Argentina captured the largely uninhabited island called South Georgia and sent 600 troops to the Falklands. There was a bit of resistance from the small amount of British S.A.S troops but Argentina captured the islands.
The person in charge of England at the time was Margaret Thatcher and whether you loved her or hated her (like Marmite), you knew she was tough. She set up an exclusion zone around the islands. This meant that British ships wouldn't fire at any other ships on the outside of the area.
What now? Come back again to find out for part 3!
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I didn't know any of this. It was easy for me to understand thank you.
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