Margaret Thatcher

1st woman to lead the country
into battle since Elizabeth I

 

Her ‘iron’ determination to go to war when Argentina’s military
invaded the Falkland Islands was at odds with many in her cabinet, close advisers and US President Reagan. Victory saved her political skin, defeated Argentine military and made her an unassailable force, for many years...

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April-June, Britain launched a counter-invasion to reclaim the Falkland Islands...fierce air battles, heavy naval losses, and brutal encounters between ground forces followed. The war lasted 74 days and ended when Argentina surrendered control to Britain, an act that led to the downfall of Argentina’s military dictatorship.

 

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US Navy assessed a British
counter-invasion a ‘military impossibility’

Arthur Herman, Historian

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

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Photo: Believed to be in the public domain because the copyright of this photograph, registered in Argentina, has expired.