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by SO19 » Sun 06 May, 2007 8:20 pm
6th May 1982
Two British sea harriers crash in fog;
Argentine junta rejects Peruvian peace plan;
Convoy including Canberra heads south from Ascension Island
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by SO19 » Mon 07 May, 2007 2:37 pm
7th May 1982
Britain extends total exclusion zone to 12 miles off Argentine coast;
de Cuellar discusses peace proposals in New York with British and Argentine delegations
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by SO19 » Fri 11 May, 2007 2:54 pm
8th May 1982
War cabinet dispatches landing force south from Ascension Island;
Argentina rejects Peru's peace proposals
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by SO19 » Fri 11 May, 2007 2:55 pm
9th May 1982
Final plans drawn up for San Carlos landing site;
Argentine trawler Narwhal bombed by sea harriers, and subsequently sinks;
Argentine positions face heavy bombardment from sea and air, especially around Stanley
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by SO19 » Fri 11 May, 2007 2:55 pm
10th May 1982
Task Force briefed about San Carlos landing plans;
Argentine supply ship Islas de los Estados sunk by Alacrity in Falkland Sound;
Argentina declares the entire South Atlantic a war zone
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by SO19 » Wed 16 May, 2007 7:35 pm
11th May 1982
Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires
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by SO19 » Wed 16 May, 2007 7:36 pm
12th May 1982
QE2 leaves Southampton with 5 Infantry Brigade comprising Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkhas
Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the UN peace plan
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by SO19 » Wed 16 May, 2007 7:36 pm
14th May 1982
Britain's ambassadors to the US and the UN summoned back to London;
Thatcher warns Britain that a peaceful settlement may not be possible;
SAS attack the Argentine base on Pebble Island and destroy supplies and 11 pucara aircraft;
3 Argentine skyhawk aircraft are shot down by sea harriers
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by SO19 » Wed 16 May, 2007 7:36 pm
16th May 1982
Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons sent back to New York with British peace proposals
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by SO19 » Mon 21 May, 2007 7:15 pm
17th May 1982
British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina;
Helicopter from Invincible lands SAS team in Argentina but they fail to destroy Argentine military aircraft at the Rio Grande base
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by SO19 » Mon 21 May, 2007 7:15 pm
18th May 1982
Landing force rendezvous with Admiral Woodward's task group;
San Carlos landing plan put to full cabinet;
Argentine junta rejects British peace proposals
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by SO19 » Mon 21 May, 2007 7:15 pm
19th May 1982
War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan;
British sea king helicopter crashes with the loss of its crew and 19 Special Forces personnel
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by SO19 » Mon 21 May, 2007 7:16 pm
20th May 1982
de Cuellar admits failure of UN peace talks;
Thatcher accuses Argentina of 'obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith', tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle;
RMS St. Helena requisitioned by the Task Force - 19 Saint Helenian sailors volunteer to serve aboard alongside naval personnel, and after the end of the War she stays in the Islands as a minesweeper
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by SO19 » Mon 21 May, 2007 7:16 pm
21st May 1982
San Carlos landings begin, codenamed Operation Sutton;
British frigate Ardent sunk in San Carlos Water by air attack - 22 die;
Argonaut and Antrim hit by Argentine bombs which fail to explode - 2 die;
2 British helicopters and 15 Argentine aircraft are shot down;
Open debate commences at UN Security Council
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by SO19 » Sat 26 May, 2007 2:46 pm
23rd May 1982
British frigate Antelope hit by Argentine bomb which fails to explode - 1 crewman dies;
10 Argentine aircraft are shot down
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