Relocated from San Carlos Museum in 2018, is part of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust. The main displays chart the events of the 1982 war. The key can be collected from the Goose Green Galley Cafe close by. Other exhibits show aspects of agricultural history and the area’s ...
They are mainly known for the Falkland War between the Argentina and The United Kingdom. This website will map the history of the conflict chronologically.Treaty of TordesillasSebald de WeertPhantom IslandsNew AcadiaPort EgmontThe 1770 Falklands Crisis...
Falkland Island is not just the focal point of a war between Great Britain and Argentina, but also the last home for many kinds of birds. This is the edge of the world, both the last bastion of humanity against the frigid world, and the spring of nature's unbridled imagination. 而下一...
war on the global map of international relations by Paul Virilio, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri.;The fictions of Malvinas/Falklands propose the impossibility of narrating an epic of this conflict by telling stories of survival, mocking the nationalist prerogatives and dismantling the very idea of ...
Darwin, Goose Green and San Carlos are best known for their involvement during the 1982 war between the British and Argentine. These 3 locations all have memorials to those fallen, Darwin is the site of the Argentine memorial, San Carlos holds the British memorial and Goose green has a small...
It was the approach of war that brought strong economic growth to Grantham. The town benefited from its position on the main road and rail links between London, the north-east and Scotland – the opening sentence of Margaret Thatcher’s memoirs is: ‘My first distinct memory is of traffic’...
They represented a very small dot on a very large map before March, 1982, and very few people could honestly say they had even heard of them. But by the beginning of April that same year, the Falkland Islands had become the centre of world attention. One of the defining moments of la...
Pebble Island has something for everyone - a huge variety of birdlife, great hiking opportunities and fascinating war history. Spectacular Elephant Beach is the longest beach in the Falklands at 6.4km (4 miles) long. This lovely stretch of white sand is used occasionally as the airstrip. ...
Fought in 1982, the Falklands War was the result of the Argentine invasion of the British-ownedFalkland Islands. Located in the South Atlantic,Argentinahad long claimed these islands as part of its territory. On April 2, 1982, Argentine forces landed in the Falklands, capturing the islands two...
A sprightly islander who specialises in battlefield tours that lift the lid on the 74-day war fought between British and Argentine forces in 1982, Smith reprimands me swiftly when I ask about Argentina’s ongoing interest in getting the islands back. “Not back,” he corrects me, pointing ou...