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Héctor Barrantes enlisted in the Argentine Army during the Falklands War of 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom, but did not fight. Later, he bred polo ponies on his 1,000-acre (400 ha) ranch in Guaminí, 335 miles (540 km) southwest of Buenos Aires.
- Task force. © Crown copyright. IWM (FKD 543) The aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, part of the British naval task force, silhouetted against the horizon as she sails towards the South Atlantic.
- Weapons training. © Crown copyright. IWM (FKD 2200) Weapons training for members of the Royal Marines during the voyage to the South Atlantic, 1982. Around 9,000 personnel, 5,000 tonnes of equipment and 70 aircraft were transported to the Falkland Islands.
- HMS Sheffield. © Crown copyright. IWM (FKD 534) A casualty from HMS Sheffield is rushed by stretcher to Sick Bay on board HMS Hermes. HMS Sheffield was hit by an Argentine air-launched Exocet missile on 4 May and sank the same day.
- Sea Harrier. © Crown copyright. IWM (FKD 127) A Sea Harrier takes off from the ski-jump while various missiles, helicopters and vehicles crowd the flight deck of HMS Hermes.
In total, 649 Argentine soldiers, 255 British soldiers, and 3 Falkland Islanders died during the conflict. One Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges, aptly described “the Falklands thing, [as] a fight between two bald men over a comb.”
Jan 24, 2024 · Hector Barrantes enlisted in the Argentine Army during the Falklands War of 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom, but did not fight. Career He started playing polo at the age of fifteen.
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The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Jun 13, 2001 · It has long been a legend of the Falklands War that the Argentines defending Stanley were so terrified of the Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers fighting for the British, that they ran from their positions before the small but ferocious Gurkhas were able to make contact.
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Apr 7, 2022 · It was June 14, 1982, and that photograph, known as The Yomper, came to symbolise the fighting spirit and determination the British soldiers displayed during the conflict.
