Kindof pointless spitt of rock in the middle of ******* nowhere!
Still, I guess there was a principal at stake... damn argies. Last time the iron lady got to stomp her jackbooted feet on somebody elses neck, other than the polltax rioters or the micks
Oh yer, and there were a few people who lived there who wanted to remain british subjects.
More of a demonstration of intent and resolve than a propper shootin' war... despite appearances to the contrary. Just as well it didn't last very long... good show by the harrier pilots, bad planning by the argentine airforce- if they had concentrated on shooting down the harriers instead of attacking the shipping, they might have had free reign in the sky to do as they pleased once the harriers were out of the way.
What do you remember most clearly from the falklands war? - that bloke with truely awful burns
