On 19th March 1982 Argentina claimed the British-owned Islands of South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands. Evidently an ominous prelude to an invasion of the Falkland Islands, the loyal British Islanders took it upon themselves to achieve some form of retribution, even if just with a tube of toothpaste…
This is an extract from ‘The Falklands War, 1982’ by Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Visiting Gresham Professor of Political History. The transcript and downloadable versions of the full lecture are available from the Gresham College website: [ Ссылка ]
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"Tit for Tat, you Buggers!" - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
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