User:Wee Curry Monster/Falklands War Timeline

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Events in 1980
November


 * November 22 - Nicholas Ridley arrives in the Falkland Islands to discuss his proposals for solving the sovereignty dispute.


 * November 29 - On leaving the Falkland Islands, Nicholas Ridley encounters vociferous protests from the Falkland Islanders denouncing his leaseback proposal.

December


 * December 2 - Nichols Ridley makes a short statement in the House of Commons outlining his proposals for solutions to the sovereignty dispute with Argentina.

Events in 1981
December


 * December 20 - Constantino Davidoff is landed on South Georgia by the Argentine navy ship Almirante Irízar. The Argentine party lands without the customary clearance by the British at King Edward Point, asserting that the island is Argentine territory.  The resulting diplomatic repercussions set of a chain of events that culiminate in the Falklands War.

Events in 1982
January


 * January 9 - The British Ambassador to Argentina, Anthony Williams, lodges a formal protest with the Argentine Government following the unauthorised landing on South Georgia by Constantino Davidoff's party.


 * January 12 - The Argentine Joint Armed Forces Committee led by Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo begans planning for the invasion of the Falkland Islands.
 * January 15 - Vice Admiral Lombardo signals Admiral Anaya requesting that Operation Alpha (a plan to establish an Argentine presence on South Georgia) is cancelled. There are fears that a response by the British would include the deployment of a nuclear submarine (in 1976 Argentine actions were frustrated by a Royal Navy task force - see Operation Journeyman) that would threaten the feasibility of Operation Azul (Blue) (later renamed Operation Rosario (Rosary)).  Anaya responds that Operation Alpha has been cancelled.


 * January 24 - A series of articles in La Prensa discuss Argentina's options for the Falkland Islands including the possibility of invasion. The British Ambassador, Anthony Williams, reports to the Foreign Office that the Argentine Junta was "too intelligent to do anything so silly".

February


 * February 3 - Britain lodges another formal protest at the unauthrosied landing by Davidoff on December 20 1981.

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August

September

October

November

December