Tag: Falkland War

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 01:57 UTC

  Falklands' war hero Rick Jolly, who saved hundreds of lives of British and Argentine solider, has died

  

  A Royal Navy medical officer who saved the lives of hundreds of British and Argentine troops during the Falklands War has died, aged 71. Working amid terrible conditions in the field, Surgeon Capt Rick Jolly OBE, from Torpoint, Cornwall, saved the life of every British serviceman he treated. He is the only person to have been decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his service during the conflict.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2017 - 11:13 UTC

  Images of Falklands' war wrecks: HMS Coventry, HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope

  

  Images showing the wrecks of three Royal Navy ships sunk in the Falklands War and which are the final resting places for 42 British servicemen. The remains of HMS Coventry, HMS Antelope and her sister ship HMS Ardent have been captured using sonar images taken by the survey vessel HMS Enterprise.

• Friday, October 20th 2017 - 06:03 UTC

  A Rose for Peace presented the Falklands by Argentine students

  

  The large number of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands this week included pupils of the Don Bosco College in Ensenada. Having spent the first full day of their stay visiting the military cemeteries at Darwin and San Carlos where they paid tribute to the fallen of both sides in 1982, on Monday the group, whose visit was arranged in conjunction with the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, was given a presentation on the Falklands by the FIG Policy Department.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 10:03 UTC

  Reminiscences of the Falklands' war triggered by the Argentina/Peru Russia 2018 qualifier

  

  The building up to the South American qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, between Argentina and Peru, which was played in Buenos Aires on Thursday evening, resurfaced the strong political and military alliance of the two countries, particularly referred to recent events such as the Falklands war in 1982.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 06:40 UTC

  Falklands' Darwin cemetery holds 121 single unmarked graves reveals Red Cross

  

  Humanitarian exhumation tasks at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands unearthed 121 body remains of Argentine combatants, and not 123 as originally expected, revealed the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, during a media conference in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands' Argentine cemetery DNAs “good quality” so far, says Red Cross

  

  About 50% of samples from exhumed remains of Argentine war dead buried in the Falkland Islands have been analyzed and all of them have provided good quality DNA, ICRC Operational Coordinator for Humanitarian Project Laurent Corbaz, stated this week. He provided an update on the work undertaken in recent months at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin.

• Friday, August 25th 2017 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands' war Peruvian air force Mirage on exhibition in Cordoba

  

  One of the ten fighter bombers donated by Peru to Argentina during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict is being exhibited in the Velez Sarsfield Plaza, at the heart of Cordoba City, as part of the 105 anniversary celebrations of the Argentine Air Force.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

  Under Kirchnerism the Air Force lost more aircraft than in the Falklands' war

  

  Argentine defense minister Julio Martinez criticized the previous government policies towards the Armed Forces saying that during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict the country lost 72 aircraft, but under the administrations of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner over a hundred went out of service or were decommissioned.

• Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  ICRC work in the Falklands/Malvinas continues as planned

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2017 - 16:20 UTC

  Commemorations for 35th anniversary of Liberation Day held in Falklands

  

  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.