Tag: Falklands Liberation

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  “We reject any questions over the Falklands' right to self determination,” Foreign secretary Liz Truss

  

  British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sent a strong message in support of the Falkland Islands people right to self determination on the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands Liberation, 14 June 1982, while at the same time recalling the effort and sacrifices of the troops sent to ensure that aggression could not succeed.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  That’s a fine mess you got out of, Stanley

  

  By Graham Bound for MercoPress – Images of Stanley captured in 1982 compared with photos taken from the same vantage points 40 years on, show a town – now a city – transformed.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Locking in Stanley by land, sea and air, was stalemate for Argentine occupation and Falklands Liberation

  

  British Armed Forces fought their way towards the capital of the Falkland Islands, Stanley, in a series of battles on the evening of 11 June 1982. The objective were the mounts Two Sisters and Harriet, securing the high ground next to Stanley facilitating the definitive surrender of the Argentine occupying force and Liberation of the Falklands

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Crown coin commemorating the Liberation of the Falklands for every child in the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Commissioners of Currency and the 40th Anniversary Committee are delighted to announce the issue of a Crown Coin to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Children from the Falklands say “Thank you” in a video to veterans who liberated the islands in 1982

  

  As part of the commemoration events for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands war, school children from both the Junior and Secondary schools in the Falkland Islands have created special “Thank you” messages to all the veterans involved in liberating the Falkland Islands in 1982. The school children are keen that their messages are seen by as wide an audience as possible, so that as many veterans and their families and families of those 255 lost, get to see them and know that what they did 40 years ago is still greatly appreciated and not forgotten, even by the most recent generation of young Islanders.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Gibraltar's Falklands war exhibition: “we share the right to freedom and self-determination”

  

  An exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands was opened in Gibraltar by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia. The exhibition was curated by the Archivist Anthony Pitaluga and prepared by the Gibraltar National Archives.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Liberation of South Georgia: 40th Anniversary stamp set

  

  In 1982, the island of South Georgia experienced the only armed conflict in its history. Forty years on, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) commemorates the conflict and reflects on the progress of the island since the time of the Falkland Islands conflict.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 23:06 UTC

  A photographic exhibition commemorates the Falklands conflict 40 years later

  

  April 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the Falklands War, a 74-day conflict fought over the Falkland Islands. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is commemorating this anniversary through a photographic exhibition and gallery display.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio Grande prepares for the Malvinas Vigil and a remake of the Falklands landing 2 April

  

  The municipality of the Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province, together with the local branch of the Malvinas Veterans have organized an agenda of activities, with an open invitation to all residents from the province and former combatants from the 1982 Falklands war.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands' Liberation: 5,6 miles yomp Charity challenge, remembering Royal Marines epic 56 mile yomp in 1982

  

  Britain's Royal Marines Charity has set a challenge for its supporters, wherever they are in the world, to run, walk or cycle 5.6 miles in June to mark 40 years since the liberation of the Falkland Islands and raise money.