Occupation of the Falkland Islands
| Malvinas Islands | ||||||||||
| Islas Malvinas | ||||||||||
| Military occupation by Argentina | ||||||||||
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Anthem Himno Nacional Argentino |
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 Location of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).
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 Location of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
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| Capital | Puerto Argentino (Stanley) | |||||||||
| Languages |
Spanish (official) English (de facto) |
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| Government | Dictatorship | |||||||||
| President of Argentina | ||||||||||
| • | 1982 | Leopoldo Galtieri | ||||||||
| Military Commander | ||||||||||
| • | 2 April 1982 | Oswaldo Jorge Garcia | ||||||||
| • | 3 April – 14 June 1982 | Mario Menéndez | ||||||||
| Historical era | Falklands War | |||||||||
| • | Argentine invasion | 2 April 1982 | ||||||||
| • | Argentine surrender | 14 June 1982 | ||||||||
| • | Official dissolution | 15 May 1985 | ||||||||
| Currency |
Peso (ARL) |
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| Today part of |
 Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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The occupation of the Falkland Islands and of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Spanish: Gobernación Militar de las Islas Malvinas, Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur "Military Administration of the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands") was the short-lived Argentine administration of a group of islands in the South Atlantic whose sovereignty has long been disputed. Until their invasion on 2 April 1982 by the Argentine military junta, they had been governed by the United Kingdom since it re-established control over them in 1833.
The invasion and subsequent occupation signalled the start of the Falklands War, which resulted in the islands returning to British control on 14 June 1982.
The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) had been under British administration since January 1833, when the United Kingdom re-established sovereignty over the islands which, at that time, housed an Argentine settlement. Argentina has claimed the Falklands to be part of their territory ever since.
The UK first claimed South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1843, and incorporated them as Falkland Islands Dependencies in 1908. The Compañía Argentina de Pesca had an operation on South Georgia in the early 20th century, and Argentina had claimed sovereignty over South Georgia since 1927 and the South Sandwich Islands since 1938. In November 1976, Argentina landed and occupied the uninhabited islands of Southern Thule which had been in British possession since the 18th century.
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