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Falkland Islands
Although the Falkland Islands are a British territory, they are actually located in the South Atlantic Ocean, near Argentina. This is often a source of political tensions.
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What were the causes of the Falklands war?
Once upon a time the British owned a little strip of islands, and within this community of islanders they hated the British. Now, it is well known that the islanders tried to grow their own crops, but the British would end up finding out and bombing the fields.
When Argentina found out about this, they were very mad. In the end Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and tried to stop the madness. Because of this the British fought back and thus the Falkland's war.
What country controls the Falkland Islands off the coast of South America?
The United Kingdom controls the Falkland Islands, which was declared a British territory in 1830. The islands are also claimed by Argentina, which briefly seized the islands in 1982 until expelled by the UK in the Falklands War.
United Kingdom
What is the latitude of Falkland islands in south America?
The Falkland Islands are about 51 degrees 50 minutes south, 59 degrees west. They are in the Atlantic Ocean, about 300 miles east of Argentina.
Which island group is closest to the south pole Solomon Hawaiian Falkland?
The Hawaiian islands are north of the equator and the Solomon Islands are in within the southern tropic, which means that the Falkland Islands are furthest south. The Falkland Islands.
What is Spain's official stance on the Falkland Islands?
Spain respects the British claim to the islands. It is Argentina which contests the British claim.
How did the British Empire break up in the 1950?
It didn't. It was a gradual process spanning the late 19th and 20th centuries. World War 2 left Britain weakened internationally and still less capable of controlling a vast empire. Britain withdrew from most of the Middle East in 1946-48. India was granted independence in 1947, Ghana and Malaya in 1957, Most of Britain's African colonies weren't freed until the 1960s: Hong Kong remained a colony until 1997, the Falkland Islands to this day.
Where possible, the British sought to hand power to traditionally-minded rulers who would respect British business in the former colonies. Decolonisation was complicated in some territories by the presence of privileged white settler minorities: British failure to bring about majority rule resulted in uprisings in Kenya in the 1950s and Rhodesia (whose white regime had proclaimed independence rather than share power) in the 1970s.
Well first of all their real name is the Falklands, as this is the name that the locals use for it and is the internationally recognised name for it. As for who owns it, Britain does. Having first claimed the uninhabited islands in 1765, Britain retained sovereignty over the islands, with occasional private settlements springing up with British permission but none ever lasted long. In 1832, a man named Louis Vernet set up a private settlement on the islands, which was taken over by an Argentine garrison a few months later. They then murdered their commander and Britain decided that order had to be restored, and the trespassing troops removed. To that end, a Royal Navy warship was sent and the troops were sent back to Argentina. Vernet's settlement remained along with all of the settlers aside from 4 who chose to leave. Since then, the Falklands have grown into a place with their own identity but still wish to remain under British sovereignty, as is their right according to the United Nations Charter which grants self-determination to all people. To give the Falklands to Argentina would be a grave violation of the Islander's rights, and therefore it cannot happen. If the islanders decide that they want to become Argentine, this situation may change. For now though, Britain owns the Falklands
The military conflict over the Falkland Island in 1982 involved what parties?
The 1982 military conflict over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands involved Argentina and the United Kingdom.
How did gurkha's win the Falklands war?
Through a fear campaign.
Argentinian soldiers reported of Gurkha's jumping into Argentinian foxholes with a grenade in one hand and their khukri in the other.
stories ran amok of Gurkha's sneaking into camps and killing entire units silently.
enough to scare the crap out of any argie
Do the British still own the Falkland Islands?
Yes it is still an self governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom with the Queen as head of state. The population are full British citizens.
Who is the president of Falkland Islands?
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Who was President during the Falkland Island wars?
The acting president of Argentina's military junta, was General Leopoldo Galtieri.
How was aluminium used in the Falklands War?
I can think of two ways the British Navy used aluminum; one which worked to their advantage, and the other which worked to their disadvantage.
1) To their disadvantage, several British warships were knocked out of action because they followed the US Navy trend of a steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. It saved weight and made the ships more economical to build, but they were not as tough than the older all-steel warships used by the Argentine Navy, and more vulnerable to Exocet anti-ship missiles of the Argentine Air Force.
2) To their advantage, as I recall, at least one British destroyer saved itself from an Exocet attack by projecting aluminum chaff into the sky; strips of aluminum foil which confused the Argentine radar and caused the missile to miss its target.
Where conscripts tortured in the Falklands War?
Under the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the allegation that Argentine army officers and NCOs abused and killed their own troops in the Falklands War has repeatedly made the headlines of several newspapers. "Our own officers were our greatest enemies" , says Ernesto Alonso, the president of CECIM, a left-wing veterans group founded by Rodolfo Carrizo and other conscripts of the 7th Regiment. "They supplied themselves with whiskey from the pubs, but they weren't prepared for war. "They disappeared when things got serious." (Argentina's Falklands War Veterans. 'Cannon Fodder in a War We Couldn't Win'. By Jens Glüsing, Spiegel.de, 4 March 2007)
But the former officers, including British historian Jon Cooksey, maintain that the conscripts were helped to make themselves as comfortable as possible under the circumstances and that their officers and NCOs fought well and tried hard to bolster morale. Major Carlos Eduardo Carrizo-Salvadores, second-in-command of the 7th Infantry Regiment, would later explain that he did his best to arrange some measure of comfort for his men on Mount Longdon: "We took good care of the personnel. We did what we could do to set an example. Captain Eduardo Lopez [the company commander] was there with the platoons, with news-updates and nougat bars. The soldiers had everything you can imagine in their kitbags, including thermos flasks and transistor radios. Some of the soldiers heard that the British had disembarked at San Carlos and captured Goose Green by tuning radios on to the BBC. In the mornings the soldiers had a mug of the green Guarani herb 'mate' which contains around the same amount of caffein as a cup of coffee; it is stimulating and helps register a feeling of fullness. Meals were served in the open and consumed in mugs. I remember that mutton and pasta figured largely on the menu. There was a strict ration of one ratpack per man per week, eaten slowly to make it last." (Mount Longdon: The Argentinian Story, By David Aldea for britains-smallwars.com) Major Oscar Ramón Jaimet, the Operations Officer of the 6th Infantry Regiment would later say that the platoon commanders in his company shared the same wartime privations of the ordinary conscripts:
"Over there, everyone took the same risks, shared the same privations and tasks, suffered from the cold and shared the same foxholes that would fill with water. There has been a tendency to create differences - or make us believe - in the experiences of the officers, NCOs and privates. My platoon commanders (second lieutenants Aldo Franco, Augusto La Madrid, Guillermo Robredo and Guillermo Corbella) would sleep alongside the privates. I slept among the privates in our position." (Malvinas: Contrahistoria, Héctor Rubén Simeoni, p. 84, Editorial Inédita, 1984) Under the orders of Brigadier-General Mario Benjamin Menéndez, the Argentine military governor at the time, the army engineers (under Colonel Manuel Dorrego) in Port Stanley constructed field showers for the troops that allowed the frontline units before the British landings to send companies into town on a rotating basis to get a hot shower and mend their clothes. (See Malvinas: A Sangre y Fuego, By Nicolás Kasanzew, page 35, Editorial Abril, 1982) Marcelo Alberto Llambías Pravaz, a former platoon commander in the 4th Infantry Regiment in a television interview with Argentina's Channel 23 in December 2011, recalled taking his platoon of conscripts in mid-April 1982 to Port Stanley to allow his men to have a hot shower and shave. On 19 May 1982 a conscript serving with the 12th Infantry Regiment at Goose Green, Secundino Riquelme, reportedly died of starvation. The commanding officer of the 12th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Italo Angel Piaggi however, maintains in his book about the war that private Riquelme died of a pre-existing heart condition. (Ganso Verde, Italo Angel Piaggi, p. 82, Editorial Sudamericana, 1986)
Second Lieutenant Gustavo Malacalza of the 12th Regiment is accused of having staked three conscripts at Goose Green, for having abandoned their positions to go looking for food and revealing their positions with gunfire. "We said it was going to be us next", said Private Mario Oscar Nuñez recalling the death of conscript Riquelme. Soon after the British landings, he and two other conscripts took the decision to kill a sheep. The three men were skinning the sheep when they were discovered by Second Lieutenant Malacalza, who was accompanied by fellow conscripts of A Company, 12th Regiment and given a beating. "They started kicking and stamping on us. Finally came the staking."(Falklands conscripts recall torture and death at hands of officers." The Times. 18 June 2009) Not all the conscripts of the 12th Regiment experienced field punishments and some even came forward to praise Second Lieutenant Ernesto Orlando Peluffo of the 12th Regiment, who would break and share his loaf of bread with the conscripts. (Diario Momarandu, 25 ANIVERSARIO DE MALVINAS, By Armando Godoy, 02/04/2007)
Second Lieutenant Juan Domingo Baldini of the 7th Regiment has also been accused of handing out field punishments to three conscripts in his platoon for abandoning their posts to go looking for food. When preparing the interviews for his book, Vincent Bramley, a machine-gunner with 3 Para in the Falklands, reached the conclusion that the Argentine officers on Mount Longdon showed little or no concern for their men. Private Alberto Carbone said: "Lieutenant Baldini never said anything to us − we just followed him up the hills. It was like living in hell on that hill. Corporal Rios was the worst. Like most of the other corporals, he was a lazy bastard. None of our superiors showed the slightest concern for us." (Two Sides of Hell, Vincent Bramley, pp. 116-117, 22 Books, 1999) However, Private Fabian Pássaro has defended the platoon commander's actions saying: "But the officer that was with us, second lieutenant Baldini, he woried a lot about it. One day he said the way things were going it was impossible, that this could not be, and he sent for provisions from down below. And what is more, he allowed us to supplement the little we got with sheep. Baldini did what he could, but he could not do everything, poor guy." (Los Chicos de la Guerra: Hablan los soldados que estuvieron en Malvinas, Daniel Kon, p.179, Editorial Galerna, 1982) Baldini is reported to have served a cup of hot chocolate milk to each conscript in his platoon in late May 1982 an act of kindness that Private Carbone remembers but does not go into any details. (Mount Longdon: The Argentinian Story, By David Aldea for britains-smallwars.com)
In 2009, Argentine authorities in Comodoro Rivadavia ratified a decision made by authorities in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego (which, according to Argentina, have authority over the islands) charging 70 officers and NCOs with inhumane treatment of conscript soldiers during the war. "We have testimony from 23 people about a soldier who was shot to death by a corporal, four other former combatants who starved to death, and at least 15 cases of conscripts who were staked out on the ground", Pablo Vassel, under-secretary of human rights in the province of Corrientes, told Inter Press Service News Agency. There soon surfaced claims, however, that false testimonies were used as evidence in accusing Argentine officers and NCOs of abandonment of conscripts and Vassel had to step down from his post as under-secretary of human rights of Corrientes in 2010. (Centro de Ex Soldados Combatientes en Malvinas de Corrientes)
Who were the survivors in second para from the Falklands war?
trying to find out who the survivors were from the 2nd para from the falklands war/
What is the relative location of the Falkland islands?
400 miles to the east of southern Argentina in the South Atlantic.
The sinking of the British warship HMS Sheffield accelerated modern naval design.
In which ocean is the only island state located?
The only island state is Hawaii and it placed in Pacific Ocean.
