THE FALKLANDS WAR Then and Now (Warehouse Soiled)

In 1982, Argentina gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands,disputed with Britain for over a century,would end years of political wrangling. Britain’s response was swift: a task force was dispatched to retake the islands, by force if necessary.
The ensuing conflict,never formally declared a war,lasted ten brutal weeks. Modern weaponry clashed with hand-to-hand bayonet fighting across inhospitable terrain, as battles raged on land, at sea, and in the air. Eyewitness accounts from both sides and the islanders capture the ferocity of the fighting with unflinching clarity.
This book combines colour comparison photography of battlefields, aircraft crash sites, relics, and memorials with portraits of those who fell, offering a vivid, lasting record of their courage and sacrifice 25 years on. A Roll of Honour documents casualties from both sides, and for what was the the first time photographs every British grave,on the islands and in the UK,preserving the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in what is likely Britain’s final colonial war.
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