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| 1982 | Adviser Lewen, Terence |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister's principal adviser on the war |
| Appointed Prime Minister's Principle Adviser |
| 1982 | Alliance Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 30th April Reagan declares USAfor Britain & promises "materiel aid" |
| 1982 | Battle of Goose Green Crosland, John | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Battle of Goose Green Deane, Philip | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Battle of Goose Green Farrar-Hockle, Dair | |
| 27th May Goose Green Helps capture Goose Green |
| 1982 | Battle of Goose Green Jones, Herbert "H" | |
| 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 | Battle of Goose Green Keeble, Chris | |
| 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 | Battle of Goose Green Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Battle of Mount Longdon Pike, Hew | |
| 12th June Mount Longdon Helps capture Mount Longdon, commands 3 Para |
| 1982 | Battle of Port Stanley McKay, Ian | |
| 11th June Portanley Sergeant Ian McKay of 3 Para is killed on Mount Longdon and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross |
| 1982 | Battle of Port Stanley Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 11th June Portanley Battle for Stanley begins on Mount Longdon, Mount Harriet and Two Sisters |
| 1982 | Battle of Port Stanley Moore, Jeremy | |
| 14th June Portanley General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time |
| 1982 | Battle of Port Stanley Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Bombing of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 1st May Falklands Air attacks begin on the Argentrine garrison on the Falklands |
| 1982 | Bombing of Port Stanley Lewen, Terence | |
| 1st May Portanley Operations against the Falklands open with the "Black Buck 1" attack on the airfield at Stanley |
| 1982 | Bombing of Port Stanley Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Capture of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Capture of Goose Green Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Capture of South Georgia Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 25th April South South Georgia recaptured by Royal Marines - Thatcher tells Britain to "rejoice" |
| 1982 | Capture of Thule Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 20th June Thule British forces land on Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands) - Argentines surrender without a fight |
| 1982 | Chief Defense Staff Lewen, Terence | |
| Appointed Chief of the Defense Staff |
| 1982 | Conference of Versailles Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 3rd June Versailles President Reagan presents his 5 point plan to Britain |
| 1982 | Corporate Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Corporate Woodwood, Sandy | |
| 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 | Declaration of Defence Area Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 26th April A "defence area" is declared around the fleet |
| 1982 | Declaration of Exclusion Zone Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Diplomacy Ros, Ernesto | |
| 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 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Luce, Richard | |
| 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 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 2nd Mar The Argentine foreign minister says that Argentina reserves the right to 'employ other means' if Britain keeps refusing to cede sovereignty |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert | |
| 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 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Pym, Francis | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 30th April Reagan terminates Haig's peace mission, declares USAsupport for Britain, imposes economic sanctions on Argentina, and offers Britain materiel and other aid |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Pym, Francis | |
| 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 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Parsons, Anthony | |
| 16th May Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons sent back to New York with British peace proposals |
| 1982 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | European Union Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Exclusion Zone Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Falkland Islands Protection Zone Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Falklands Task Force Clapp, Mike | |
| 2nd April Commodore Mike Clapp is in charge of the amphibious ships |
| 1982 | Falklands Task Force Fieldhouse, John | |
| 2nd April Northwood In overall command is Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at his headquarters at Northwood near London |
| 1982 | Falklands Task Force Woodwood, Sandy | |
| 2nd April Destroyers and frigates exercising off Gibraltar under Rear Admiral 'Sandy' Woodward were ordered south. They were joined by the carriers Hermes and Invincible, loaded with Sea Harrier fighters as well as amphibious ships and merc |
| 26th April Admiral Woodward's task group rendezvous with mid-Atlantic destroyers |
| 29th April Task force arrives at exclusion zone |
| 19th May War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan |
| 1982 | Franks Commission Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Amery, Julian | |
| 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 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Hunt, Rex | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Leach, Henry | |
| 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; |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Hunt, Rex | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Leach, Henry | |
| 1st April Falklands Admiral Leach orders ships on exercise in the Mediterranean to prepare to sail south |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert | |
| 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 | Invasion of Falklands Clapp, Mike | |
| 2nd April Commodore Mike Clapp is in charge of the amphibious ships |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Fieldhouse, John | |
| 2nd April Northwood In overall command is Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at his headquarters at Northwood near London |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Hunt, Rex | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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) |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Woodwood, Sandy | |
| 2nd April Destroyers and frigates exercising off Gibraltar under Rear Admiral 'Sandy' Woodward were ordered south. They were joined by the carriers Hermes and Invincible, loaded with Sea Harrier fighters as well as amphibious ships and merc |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 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 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands Fieldhouse, John | |
| 17th April Ascension Island Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs con |
