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[[File:Operación_Rosario-Soldados_argentinos_en_Stanley_(1).jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Argentine troops in Port Stanley during the Falklands War]]__NOTOC__

Early on April 2, 1982, Argentine military forces landed on the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Argentina had maintained a claim to the islands dating to its independence from Spain in 1816; beginning in 1833, however, the United Kingdom had established a presence on the islands and developed them as a British colony. The islands’ future sovereignty had been the subject of intermittent and inconclusive negotiations between the two countries since the 1960s. Within hours of the invasion, the Argentines overwhelmed the small British garrison, forcing its surrender.

British victory in the field brought an end to the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas crisis. Following a three-week ground campaign, British forces recaptured the islands’ capital, Port Stanley, on June 14, forcing all Argentine troops' surrender. Three days later, Galtieri resigned as Argentine president, the first step in the eventual return of civilian government to Argentina.

* Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/south-atlantic| Crisis in the South Atlantic: The Reagan Administration and the Anglo-Argentine War of 1982]