Thatcher announces the Falklands invasion to the House of Commons

The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina; their name and sovereignty over them have long been disputed.The Falklands War started on Friday, 2 April 1982 with the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. The war lasted 74 days, and resulted in the deaths of 255 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors, and airmen, and three civilian Falklanders.

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[MishimaYukio17]

Defending our own people = bad. same old lefties.

[1seansouth]

kill the natives, replace them with British and call it democracy, Good old Tories.

[Tulaenelorto]

no more piracy plz!

pirates leave South America alone!

[RyanBrooksby]

Nope. Spanish Empire collapsed - You are trying to become another Empire.

[Tulaenelorto]

in the long run your Empire will lose

[RyanBrooksby]

Awww how cute, but I dont drink or use cocaine like you Argies, who are responsible for 90% of all cocaine dealings in S.America.

YOU LOST. Get over it, stop whining like bitches.

[Tulaenelorto]

Shut up pirate!

no one asked for the opinion of a drunken buccaneer.

[RyanBrooksby]

Build a nazi shrine to your god CFK.

EDL? Really? Well, at least they're not Nazis like you.

[Tulaenelorto]

Build a pagan temple to your god--Tatcher

so you can worship her beside your basehead queen. Enjoy EDL and David Shrimp!

[Scott Matuschka]

Land burning, work shy, communists.