Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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As of 2014, there are 50 states party to the treaty.
The Argentines believed that the islands had belonged to the Spanish empire and therefore belong to them. It is also theorized that there is a "tap into" the antarctic oil reserve ( which nobody can drill for because of the antarctic treaty) near or on the islands, bypassing the antarctic treaty meaning the islands are a bit more important than believed. This theory may be another motive for invasion and also would be a good reason why Britain defended it besides national pride.
Treaty of Versaillies
The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 ended the First Opium War and gained the island of Hong Kong for the British.
Anti-Treaty IRA occupied the Four Courts in Dublin, and Michael Collins of the Irish Free State was forced to bombard them. That started it.