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| 1982 | Amery, Julian Invasion of Falklands |  |
| 3rd Mar Falklands MP Julian Amery asks if 'all necessary steps are in hand to ensure the protection of the Islands against unexpected attack' but receives an evasive reply |
| 1982 | Atkins, Humphrey Resignation | |
| 5th April Junior Foreign Office Ministers Richard Luce and Humphrey Atkins resign |
| 1982 | Blake, Peter Invasion of Falklands | |
| 16th June Falklands Peter Blaker, Defence Minister of State, announces that the official count of British military and civilian war dead is 255, with approximately 300 wounded |
| 1982 | Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Diplomacy | |
| 28th Mar Falklands British Foreign Secretaty Carrington asks USASecretary of State Alexander Haig to intercede with the Argentine junta in an attempt to avoid military action |
| 1982 | Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Invasion of Falklands | |
| 20th Mar Falklands Carrington says a diplomatic solution is being pursued |
| 28th Mar Falklands British Foreign Secretaty Carrington asks USASecretary of State Alexander Haig to intercede with the Argentine junta in an attempt to avoid military action |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 1982 | Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Resignation | |
| 5th April Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym |
| 1982 | Clapp, Mike Falklands Task Force | |
| 2nd April Commodore Mike Clapp is in charge of the amphibious ships |
| 1982 | Clapp, Mike Invasion of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Commodore Mike Clapp is in charge of the amphibious ships |
| 1982 | Crosland, John Battle of Goose Green | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Deane, Philip Battle of Goose Green | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Farrar-Hockle, Dair Battle of Goose Green | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Fieldhouse, John Falklands Task Force | |
| 2nd April Northwood In overall command is Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at his headquarters at Northwood near London |
| 1982 | Fieldhouse, John Invasion of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Northwood In overall command is Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at his headquarters at Northwood near London |
| 17th April Ascension Island Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force |
| 17th April Ascension Island The main task force sails south from Ascension Island |
| 1982 | Hunt, Rex Invasion of Falklands | |
| 31st Mar Falklands Governor Rex Hunt is informed Britain believes Argentina is planning a submarine landing on the Islands as a means of increasing pressure over South Georgia |
| 1st April Falklands At 7.15pm FI time Governor Hunt in a radio broadcast warns Islanders of the impending invasion and mobilises the Royal Marines and Falkland Islands Defence Force |
| 1st April Falklands Governor Hunt is informed at 3.30pm FI time that Britain now believes a full invasion is planned and summons an immediate meeting of Government heads of department |
| 2nd April Falklands Governor Hunt advises Islanders that Galtieri has rejected Reagan's intervention, and declares a State of Emergency at 3.25am |
| 2nd April Falklands Governor Hunt (dressed in full regalia), other Foreign Office officials and the captured Royal Marines are forcibly evacuated by the Argentines to Montevideo |
| 2nd April Falklands Governor Hunt orders the surrender at 9.15am - by now the whole town other than Government House is under Argentine control |
| 25th June Portanley Governor Rex Hunt returns to Stanley as Civil Commsisioner |
| 1982 | Jones, Herbert "H" Battle of Goose Green | |
| 27th May Goose Green Commands the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, the Battalion is ordered to attack enemy positions in and around the settlements of Darwin and Goose Green |
| 27th May Goose Green Darwin and Goose Green are liberated, and the Battalion releases the local inhabitants unharmed and forced the surrender of some 1,200 of the enemy |
| 27th May Goose Green Killed in battle, posthumously awarded the VC |
| 1982 | Keeble, Chris Battle of Goose Green | |
| 28th May Goose Green Commands the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment after H Jones is killed |
| 28th May Goose Green Darwin and Goose Green are liberated, and the Battalion releases the local inhabitants unharmed and forced the surrender of some 1,200 of the enemy |
| 29th May Goose Green Accepts the Argentinian surrender |
| 1982 | Leach, Henry Invasion of Falklands | |
| 31st Mar Falklands Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Sir Henry Leach advises a crisis meeting headed by Thatcher that Britain could and should send a task force if the islands are invaded; |
| 1st April Falklands Admiral Leach orders ships on exercise in the Mediterranean to prepare to sail south |
| 1982 | Lewen, Terence Adviser | |
| Appointed Prime Minister's principal adviser on the war |
| Appointed Prime Minister's Principle Adviser |
| 1982 | Lewen, Terence Bombing of Port Stanley | |
| 1st May Portanley Operations against the Falklands open with the "Black Buck 1" attack on the airfield at Stanley |
| 1982 | Lewen, Terence Chief Defense Staff | |
| Appointed Chief of the Defense Staff |
| 1982 | Luce, Richard Diplomacy | |
| 25th Feb Falklands Deputy foreign minister Richard Luce begins sovereignty talks with his Argentine counterpart Ernesto Ros in New York |
| 1st Mar Falklands British and Argentine deputy foreign ministers issue a joint communique praising the 'cordial and positive spirit' of sovereignty discussions held in New York |
| 1982 | Luce, Richard Resignation | |
| 5th April Junior Foreign Office Ministers Richard Luce and Humphrey Atkins resign |
| 1982 | McKay, Ian Battle of Port Stanley | |
| 11th June Portanley Sergeant Ian McKay of 3 Para is killed on Mount Longdon and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross |
| 1982 | Moore, Jeremy Battle of Port Stanley | |
| 14th June Portanley General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time |
| 1982 | Parsons, Anthony Diplomacy | |
| 16th May Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons sent back to New York with British peace proposals |
| 1982 | Pike, Hew Battle of Mount Longdon | |
| 12th June Mount Longdon Helps capture Mount Longdon, commands 3 Para |
| 1985 | Ponting, Clive Resignation | |
| 16th Feb Ministry of Defence assistant secretary Clive Ponting resigns from his post over the Belgrano affair |
| 1985 | Ponting, Clive Sinking Belgrano | |
| Charged with leaking two documents about the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War |
| Had sent information to the Labour MP Tam Dalyell, last July but the jury finds this did not entail, "communicating information to an unauthorised person" |
| 1985 | Ponting, Clive Trial | |
| Charged with leaking two documents about the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War |
| Had sent information to the Labour MP Tam Dalyell, last July but the jury finds this did not entail, "communicating information to an unauthorised person" |
| 1982 | Pym, Francis Diplomacy | |
| 21st April Washington Sent to Washington with Britain's response to Haig's peace plan |
| 22nd April Washington Pym visits Washington with the British response to Haig's proposals |
| 1st May Washington Returns from Washington with the USAan an ally |
| 2nd May New York Has discussions with Perez de Cuellar |
| 2nd May New York Pym meets UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar in New York |
| 1982 | Pym, Francis Resignation | |
| 5th April Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym |
| 1982 | Ros, Ernesto Diplomacy | |
| 25th Feb Falklands Deputy foreign minister Richard Luce begins sovereignty talks with his Argentine counterpart Ernesto Ros in New York |
| 1st Mar Falklands British and Argentine deputy foreign ministers issue a joint communique praising the 'cordial and positive spirit' of sovereignty discussions held in New York |
| 1982 | Sheridan, Guy Paraquat | |
| The South Georgia force, Operation Paraquat, under command of Major Guy Sheridan, consists of Marines from 42 Commando, a troop of the Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service (SBS), reconnaissance forces for an invasion |
| 21st April Fortuna Glacier The first landings of SAS troops took place, the weather is so bad that their landings and others made the next day are all withdrawn after several helicopters crash into the Fortuna glacier |
| 23rd April South A submarine alert is sounded and operations are halted, with the Tidespring being withdrawn to deeper water to avoid interception |
| 25th April South After a short forced march by the British force ordered by Sheridan, the Argentine forces surrendered without resistance, Prime Minister Thatcher breaks the news to the media, telling them to "Just rejoice at that news!" |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Alliance | |
| 30th April Reagan declares USAfor Britain & promises "materiel aid" |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Battle of Goose Green | |
| 29th May Goose Green Argentines surrender Goose Green, British take 1,400 prisoners, and the Islanders imprisoned at Goose Green by the Argentines are released |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Battle of Port Stanley | |
| 11th June Portanley Battle for Stanley begins on Mount Longdon, Mount Harriet and Two Sisters |
| 14th June Portanley By daylight Argentine troops are fleeing in disarray, by mid-morning white flags are flying in Stanley, and by noon the British have marched to the outskirts of Stanley |
| 14th June Portanley General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time |
| 14th June Portanley Thatcher informs the Commons at 10.15pm UK time that the Argentines have surrendered |
| 14th June Portanley The battle of Port Stanley ends with the surrender of Argentinian forces |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Bombing of Falklands | |
| 1st May Falklands Air attacks begin on the Argentrine garrison on the Falklands |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Bombing of Port Stanley | |
| 1st May Portanley Operations against the Falklands open with the "Black Buck 1" attack on the airfield at Stanley |
| 4th May Portanley British forces begin bombarding Argentine positions around Stanley |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Capture of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Capture of Goose Green | |
| 29th May Goose Green Argentines surrender Goose Green, British take 1,400 prisoners, and the Islanders imprisoned at Goose Green by the Argentines are released |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Capture of South Georgia | |
| 25th April South South Georgia recaptured by Royal Marines - Thatcher tells Britain to "rejoice" |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Capture of Thule | |
| 20th June Thule British forces land on Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands) - Argentines surrender without a fight |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Conference of Versailles | |
| 3rd June Versailles President Reagan presents his 5 point plan to Britain |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Corporate | |
| 21st May Two brigades of troops had been transported 8,000 miles and one of the most successful amphibious landings was conducted in San Carlos Water when 3,000 troops are put ashore without casualties |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Declaration of Defence Area | |
| 26th April A "defence area" is declared around the fleet |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Declaration of Exclusion Zone | |
| 12th April Falklands The maritime exclusion zone comes into operation |
| 19th April Falklands The exclusion zone comes into force |
| 7th May The exclusion zone is extended to 12 miles off the Argentine coast |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Diplomacy | |
| 9th Jan The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff |
| 3rd Feb South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia |
| 2nd Mar The Argentine foreign minister says that Argentina reserves the right to 'employ other means' if Britain keeps refusing to cede sovereignty |
| 31st Mar Thatcher telegraphs American President Ronald Reagan asking him to warn the Argentines off |
| 1st April UN Security Council meets at Britain's request and calls for restraint and avoidance of force |
| 14th April London Argentina rejects Haig's 5 point peace plan & London is informed |
| 19th April EEC foreign ministers declare support for Britain |
| 30th April Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 5th May Emergency meeting of full British cabinet approves Peruvian peace plan |
| 5th May London Full cabinet approval of the Peruvian peace plan |
| 6th May Argentine junta rejects Peruvian peace plan |
| 12th May Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the UN peace plan |
| 17th May British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina |
| 18th May Argentine junta rejects British peace proposals |
| 18th May London The Junta rejects the British proposals |
| 20th May London Tells Parliament of the collapse of the peace process |
| 20th May Thatcher accuses Argentina of 'obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith', tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle |
| 26th May UN Security Council Resolution 505 instructs de Cuellar to seek negotiated settlement |
| 29th May Organisation of American States condemns Britain's military action and calls on the USAto stop helping Britain - only the US, Chile, Columbia and Trinidad & Tobago abstain |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda European Union | |
| 9th April European Economic Community approve economic sanctions against Argentina (Ireland and Italy veto) |
| 10th April European Economic Community approve economic sanctions against Argentina (Ireland and Italy veto) |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Exclusion Zone | |
| 5th April Falklands British Government announces it will impose a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Islands on 26 April |
| 12th April Falklands 200 mile maritime exclusion zone around the Islands declared by Britain to prevent Argentine reinforcements and supplies reaching the Islands from the mainland |
| 30th April Falklands Maritime exclusion zone is declared a total exclusion zone, applicable to all ships and aircraft supporting the Argentine occupation of the Islands |
| 7th May Falklands Britain extends total exclusion zone to 12 miles off Argentine coast |
| 20th June Falklands 200 mile exclusion zone established around the Islands during the war is replaced by a Falkland Islands Protection Zone of 150 miles |
| 22nd July Falklands Britain lifts the Exclusion Zone around the Islands |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Falkland Islands Protection Zone | |
| 20th June Falklands 200 mile exclusion zone established around the Islands during the war is replaced by a Falkland Islands Protection Zone of 150 miles |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Franks Commission | |
| 26th June Falklands Thatcher appoints an official commission headed by Lord Franks to examine the causes of Britain's failure to prevent Argentine capture of the Islands |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Invasion of Falklands | |
| 2nd Feb Falklands Thatcher in a private letter to a Conservative Party activist makes clear that she regards the Royal Marine presence in Stanley as sufficient to prevent an Argentine invasion |
| 9th Feb Falklands Thatcher confirms the retirement of HMS Endurance |
| 3rd Mar Falklands MP Julian Amery asks if 'all necessary steps are in hand to ensure the protection of the Islands against unexpected attack' but receives an evasive reply |
| 5th Mar Falklands Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington refuses to send a submarine to patrol off the Islands and South Georgia |
| 6th Mar Falklands Hercules aircraft operated by Argentine military airline LADE,on a mail run to an Antarctic base, lands at Stanley Airport, falsely claiming a fuel leak, and carrying senior Argentine officers who survet Stanley |
| 8th Mar Falklands Thatcher asks the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence for contingency plans in case of an Argentine blockade or invasion of the Islands |
| 19th Mar South Davidoff sends 40 workmen on naval vessel Bahia Buen Suceso to dismantle Leith whaling station, the workmen fail to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken and hoist the Argentinian flag |
| 28th Mar Falklands Britain begins contingency planning for the sending of a task force to the Islands |
| 29th Mar Falklands The Joint Intelligence Committee reports an invasion seems imminent, Thatcher orders 3Nuclear submarines south to the Islands |
| 31st Mar Falklands Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Sir Henry Leach advises a crisis meeting headed by Thatcher that Britain could and should send a task force if the islands are invaded |
| 2nd April South Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons puts a draft resolution to the Security Council condemning the hostilities and demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands |
| 2nd April Falklands Emergency cabinet meeting approves the sending of the task force to liberate the Islands |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 2nd April South MPs are recalled for a special Saturday sitting of the House of Commons (first since Suez) |
| 3rd April Falklands UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply |
| 5th April Portsmouth Aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible set sail from Portsmouth |
| 5th April Falklands British Government announces it will impose a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Islands on 26 April |
| 7th April Falklands A task force is sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland Islands from Argentina |
| 15th April British destroyer group takes up holding position in mid-Atlantic |
| 15th April Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 17th April Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force |
| 20th April Falklands British War Cabinet orders repossession of Islands |
| 22nd April Falklands British task force arrives in Falklands waters |
| 23rd April Falklands Britain warns Argentina that any military or civilian ship or aircraft representing a threat to the task force will be destroyed |
| 12th May Falklands QE2 leaves Southampton with 5 Infantry Brigade comprising Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkhas |
| 20th May Falklands Thatcher accuses Argentina of 'obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith', tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle |
| 16th June Falklands Peter Blaker, Defence Minister of State, announces that the official count of British military and civilian war dead is 255, with approximately 300 wounded |
| 20th June Falklands Britain formally declares an end to hostilities |
| 20th June Falklands British forces land on Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands) - Argentines surrender without a fight |
| 26th June Falklands Thatcher appoints an official commission headed by Lord Franks to examine the causes of Britain's failure to prevent Argentine capture of the Islands |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Invasion of South Georgia | |
| 3rd Feb South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia |
| 19th Mar South Davidoff sends 40 workmen on naval vessel Bahia Buen Suceso to dismantle Leith whaling station, the workmen fail to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken and hoist the Argentinian flag |
| 21st April South The Sth Georgia operation begins |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Mobilization | |
| 2nd April London Cabinet approves the sending of the task force |
| 29th April Falklands The task force arrives at the exclusion zone |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Resignation | |
| 5th April Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Rule of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 19th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig's plan unless Britain agrees to transfer sovereignty by 31 December 1982 and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands |
| 20th May Falklands Offers to place the Falklands under jurisdiction of the UN, Argentina refuses |
| 4th Nov Falklands The UN General Assembly passes a resolution calling for a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Service of Thanksgiving | |
| 26th June St Paul's Cathedral Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance at St. Paul's Cathedral in London |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Antelope | |
| 24th May The HMS Antelope is sunk |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Ardent | |
| 21st May The Ardent is sunk |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Atlantic Conveyor | |
| 25th May The Atlantic Conveyor is sunk |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Belgrano | |
| 2nd May After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities |
| 2nd May The General Belgrano is sunk outside the Exclusion Zone demarcated by the British |
| 3rd May Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Coventry | |
| 25th May The HMS Coventry is sunk |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sinking Sheffield | |
| 4th May The British lose the Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield to fire following an Exocet missile strike - 20 die |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Surrender | |
| 14th June Portanley The battle of Port Stanley ends with the surrender of Argentinian forces |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Sutton | |
| 27th April London Operation Sutton is presented to the cabinet |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Victory Parade | |
| 12th Oct London Victory Parade in London |
| 1982 | Woodward, Sandy Invasion of Falklands | |
| 17th April Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force |
| 1982 | Woodwood, Sandy Corporate | |
| 21st May San Carlos Water Two brigades of troops had been transported 8,000 miles and one of the most successful amphibious landings was conducted in San Carlos Water when 3,000 troops are put ashore without casualties |
| 1982 | Woodwood, Sandy Falklands Task Force | |
| 2nd April Destroyers and frigates exercising |
