Timeline of Falklands War of 1982
Timeline of Falklands War of 1982
| 2 April 1982: | Enemy troops from Argentina arrive in the Falkland Islands and fly their country’s flag. |
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| 3 April: | The island of South Georgia is occupied by Argentinean forces. |
| 4 April: | The warship ‘HMS Conqueror’ sets sale from Faslane. |
| 5 April: | The warships HMS Invincible and HMS Hermes depart from Portsmouth docks bound for San Carlos Bay in the Falklands. |
| 9 April: | The ship Canberra leaves from Southampton with British troops onboard, including 3 Para and 40, 42 and 45 Royal Marine Commandos. |
| 11 April: | The submarines HMS Spartan and HMS Splendid close in on the Falkland Islands. |
| 12 April: | A 200-mile Exclusion Zone around the Falkland Islands is announced by the British Government in London. Meanwhile, ships including the destroyer Antrim and Plymouth the frigate set sail with M Company, 42 Commando on board in a bid to South Georgia from the Argentines. |
| 14 April: | The South Georgia Task Force meet up and plot their attack on the enemy. |
| 18 April: | The Task Force moves away from Ascension. |
| 21/22 April: | SAS men are dropped into South Georgia to begin the attack, however are quickly removed. |
| 25 April: | SAS and Royal Marine men recapture South Georgia from the Argentine forces. |
| 26 April: | The Argentine troops formally surrender at South Georgia. |
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| 1 May: | The Exclusion Zone is entered by the Task Force, while the Port Stanley runway is attacked by a vulcan bomber called Black Buck. 1 May was also the day of the first Harrier air assaults on Argentinean strongholds. SAS and SBS men arrive on the islands. |
| 2 May: | The Argentine ship known as the General Belgrano is sunk by British ship HMS Conqueror. |
| 4 May: | HMS Sheffield is lost after being hit by an Exocet missile fired by the Argentines. 20 British men are killed. |
| 12 May: | The QE2 departs from Southampton with the Fifth Army Brigade on board. Meanwhile, an Argentine bomb disables HMS Glasgow. |
| 14 May: | Pebble Island is raided by SAS men. |
| 19 May: | The SAS loses 21 men after a helicopter crashes into the sea. |
| 21 May: | San Carlos Bay sees the first landings of the British Task Force, with the Royal Marines and Paras arriving along with supplies. The warship HMS Ardent is lost. |
| 23 May: | The ship HMS Antelope is lost. |
| 24 May: | The ships Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad are hit by Argentine bombs, however the bombs do not explode. |
| 25 May: | Atlantic Conveyor hit by a flying Exocet missile, HMS Coventry lost and HMS Broadsword disabled. |
| 27 May: | Attacks on Goose Green and Darwin begin. |
| 28 May: | Argentine troops surrender to 2 Para at Goose Green. The Atlantic Conveyor sank. |
| 30 May: | Teal Inlet is reached by 3 Para and 45 Commando while Mount Kent is captured by 42 Commando and SAS. |
| 2 June: | 2 Para is carried by air to Fitzroy. |
| 8 June: | Bluff Cove is the scene for the destroying of Sir Galahad, with numerous men from the Welsh Guards killed or injured. |
| 11/12 June: | Attacks are carried out by the British Task Force on Mount Longdon, Two Sisters and Mount Harriet. |
| 13/14 June: | Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge are attacked by the British Task Force. 14 June: Argentine troops announce their surrender. |
| 13 July: | The Argentine Government agrees to call and end to the conflict. |
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