Tag: Lord Hennessy
Lord Hennessy
Friday, December 28th 2012 - 05:03 UTC
PM Thatcher “never, never expected” Argentina to invade the Falklands; “it was such a stupid thing to do”
The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina caught PM Margaret Thatcher by surprise, newly released government papers have shown. The then-prime minister only saw it was likely after getting “raw intelligence” two days before the Argentines landed.
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Politics, Argentina, Falkland Islands, International.
