2nd May 1982: Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano sunk during the Falklands War by HMS Conqueror

2nd May 1982: Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano sunk during the Falklands War by HMS Conqueror

The background to the conflict lay in longstanding disputes over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands which were occupied by Argentine forces on 2 April 1982, despite being a British Overseas Territory. This prompted the British government under Margaret Thatcher to dispatch a naval task force to the South Atlantic. A 200-nautical mile exclusion zone was […]

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