Tag: Falklands War

• 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.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  “The saddest page of history between Argentina and Britain”, Ambassador Hayes

  

  Kirsty Hayes, current British ambassador in Argentina wrote a column, published in Buenos Aires main daily, La Nacion pointing out that April 2nd was the beginning of the saddest page of the wide history of relations between Argentines and British. A painful date that brings sad memories to many families and sensitizes us all who some way or another work to build bridges between our nations, Ambassador Hayes begins her column.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands' war vivid frontline sketches by Linda Kitson who marched alongside the troops

  

  The National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, has opened a new free exhibition featuring frontline sketches of the Falklands War by Linda Kitson who was appointed as the official war artist by the Imperial War Museum.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Falklands40, Key dates April/May 2022 to mark the anniversary in the Islands

  

  The following is a detail of the activities scheduled in the Falklands Islands for Falklands40 in April and May.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Malvinas war commemoration events includes a Time Capsule to be opened April 2082

  

  The Malvinas Veterans from Ushuaia Center has started April 2nd commemoration activities by inaugurating a Dignity Tent at the Malvinas Heroes Square in the capital of the southernmost Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia and announcing details of the agenda for the following days.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Malvinas Families Commission needs funds to finance a mass on Saturday at Buenos Aires cathedral

  

  With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War only a couple of days away, relatives of the Argentine fallen regret they have been forced to request donations to finance a homage mass to the heroes that lost their lives fighting for Argentine sovereignty over the Islands in 1982.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Falklands war runs the risk of becoming a “forgotten war”, charity survey confirms

  

  The British charity “Help for Heroes” has done a poll to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict and the report on results is astonishing to the point that the South Atlantic war risks becoming a “forgotten war” since many of the people polled have no idea about events.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  “Radio Atlántico Sur”, Britain's propaganda station during the Falklands' war to demoralize Argentine combatants

  

  It has been forty years since the Falklands, a conflict fought between April and June 1982 and which claimed the lives of 649 Argentines, 255 British service personnel, and three civilian Falkland Islanders. While the UK sent a task force to reclaim the Falklands following the Argentine military invasion, there was a top-secret operation launched at the same time.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands war anniversary: UK cities have scheduled a raft of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict's end

  

  A series of lectures, memorials, exhibitions, and other events will be launched in the United Kingdom in the coming days to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. The aim is to commemorate the sacrifices made in 1982 and to celebrate the progress made in the South Atlantic archipelago over the past 40 years.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands' War Mapping Project expected to begin this month at Mount Tumbledown

  

  Waterloo Uncovered, the groundbreaking charity that combines archaeology with veteran care and recovery, will be visiting the Falkland Islands this month to begin the first intensive archaeological survey of its battlefields.