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There are several memorials on the Falkland Islands themselves, the most notable of which is the 1982 Liberation Memorial, unveiled in 1984 on the second anniversary of the end of the war. It lists the names of the 255 British military personnel who died during the war and is located in front of the Secretariat Building in Stanley, overlooking ...
The Battle of Wireless Ridge was an engagement of the Falklands War which took place on the night from 13 to 14 June 1982, between British and Argentine forces during the advance towards the Argentine-occupied capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley.
Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland , on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a population of 2,460. [ 1 ]
The 1982 Liberation Memorial is a war memorial in Stanley, Falkland Islands. It commemorates all British Forces and supporting units that served in the Falklands War and helped liberate the Falkland Islanders from Argentine military occupation in 1982. The Memorial is situated in front of the Secretariat Building, overlooking Stanley Harbour.
The Argentine Army Special Forces in Stanley, that were preparing with the Gendarmerie commandos for a major insertion behind British lines on Beagle Ridge, were instead sent aboard the armed transport ship ARA Forrest to help Major Jorge Alberto Monge on Cortley Ridge and the National Gendarmerie Commandos on nearby Navy Point to defend the ...
The Falkland Islands (/ ˈ f ɔː (l) k l ə n d, ˈ f ɒ l k-/ FAW(L)K-lənd, FOLK-; [6] Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
The Battle of Mount Kent was a series of engagements during the Falklands War, primarily between British and Argentine special forces.. Mount Kent and the surrounding hills is an area of high ground on East Falkland, five miles West of the capital Stanley.
Mount Tumbledown, Mount William, and Sapper Hill are located to the west of Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands. Due to their proximity to the capital, these positions held strategic importance during the 1982 Falklands War. On the night of 13-14 June, British forces launched an offensive against Mount Tumbledown and the ...