This is an edited version of a paper that originally appeared in Autour de la guerre. Les archives, de précieuses alliées. » La Gazette des archives. Paris: Association des archivistes français, 2024.
On 2 April 1982, a force from Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic. Three days later, the UK government sent a naval taskforce – comprising 127 warships, submarines and merchant ships carrying troops and equipment – to take back the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. Over 900 people lost their lives.
