Commemorations for 35th anniversary of Liberation Day held in Falklands

Wednesday, June 14th 2017 - 16:20 UTC

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Commemorations are being held in the Falkland Islands to mark the end of the Falklands War 35 years ago today. Liberation Day, as it is officially known in the Falklands, is commemorated every year on the 14th June to mark the end of 74 days of Argentine occupation in 1982. Read full article

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Marti Llazo
“The 1982 war, which began on April 2nd and last [sic] 74 days....,”

Once the ground war began, it was a matter of days before the argie surrender. They couldn't wait to go home, back to Argentina.
Jun 14th, 2017 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse +6
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HughJuanCoeurs
I wonder if there were any celebrations in Argenzuela today. Probably not.
Jun 14th, 2017 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Ricardito
This is a war that should have never happened. There is nothing to celebrate but to commemorate.
Jun 14th, 2017 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Hepatia
England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Jun 15th, 2017 - 03:32 am - Link - Report abuse -6
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Capt Rockhopper
@Hepatia substantiate your statement or are you just a troll?
Jun 15th, 2017 - 03:46 am - Link - Report abuse +4
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R. Ben Madison
Argentines are celebrating their glorious victory in the Falklands today by pooping in their neighbours' houses, they way they did in the Falklands.
Jun 15th, 2017 - 04:46 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Brit Bob
RIP UN 2065 XX 1965 (the World has moved on).

UN 2065 XX : -
https://www.academia.edu/10573354/UNGA_2065_XX_Question_of_The_Falkland_Islands_16_Dec_1965
Jun 15th, 2017 - 10:34 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Marti Llazo
Because of the war, the Falklands were liberated, Argentina's brutal dictatorship was eviscerated, and the Argentine threat to invade Chile was ended. Argentina's true and indelible nature having thus been exposed, the Falklands now offer a shining example to the world of a people and land restored to peace and freedom.
Jun 15th, 2017 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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jfalkland
no one knows he truth but? those whom do not have a voice!
Jun 15th, 2017 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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Jo Bloggs
JFalkland
Name some people in the Islands who do not have a voice. You are not a Falkland Islander so stop pretending to be one.
Jun 15th, 2017 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Capt Rockhopper
@JFalkland You do really need to grow, you are neither an islander nor knowledgeable on the subject. I guess the butt hurt for your generation must be huge, how could a small country like the UK defeat the great and mighty Argentine. Well did your mother not explain to you that it is not the size that matters but what you do with it?
Jun 16th, 2017 - 05:46 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Stoker
Interview with men of 2 Para on 14 June 1982.
Reporter “What sort of opposition was there?”
Paratrooper “Running opposition. They ran away”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLzDC6bLPE&t=148s
The interview is just over five minutes in to the video. I wonder what date “Liberation Day” would have been if they could have run a little faster? ;-D
Jun 16th, 2017 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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