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The Falkland Islands 1933 Centenary Of British Occupation set

Can you recall the nail-biting weeks of April, May and June 1982 when Margaret Thatcher sent a combined military force on an 8,000-mile expedition to recover the Falkland Islands and its captive ex-pat British population from Argentina? Our Army, Navy and Air Force emerged bloodied but victorious. Meanwhile, at home we tucked in to our breakfast tea and toast and read the stories recounted in our morning tabloids beneath sensational headlines such as ‘Gotcha!’, ‘Argy Bargy’ and ‘Yomp to Port Stanley’.

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