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Falklands War
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The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The United Kingdom had held the Falklands since 1831, but in support of a long-standing territorial claim, Argentina invaded on 2 April. The British government of Margaret Thatcher despatched a naval task force which succeeded in taking back control of the islands on 14 June; 649 Argentine and 258 British forces were killed in the war, along with three Falkland Island civilians.
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The war turned deadly serious in May. On May 2, 1982, the sinking of the Argentinian ship Belgrano by a British submarine resulted in the deaths of over 300 sailors (“Gotcha!” screamed the headline of a British tabloid the next day). Two days later, the British ship H.M.S. Sheffield was sunk in turn, killing 20 sailors.
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The former East Germany's feared Stasi secret police set Nazi officers to work as spies and shielded them from prosecution for war crimes, according to a new book that belies the official anti-fascist stance of the communist regime. Historian Henry Leide drew on Stasi files that have not been opened to the general public since the fall of the communist regime in 1989 to trace the often well-paid careers of 35 of Hitler's men who found a reprieve in the secret police.
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Is the Iraq War a "just" war?: That is the question posed by Professor Robert K. Vischer over at the excellent Mirror of Justice blawg. Here are the responses generated ... far from MOJ contributors.
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Here in Algeria, some of those who participated in that war find little use in the comparison. But the US military - and the American public - continues to study the 1954-62 Algerian war of independence for lessons on how to fight the insurgency in Iraq.
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April 14 ~ "...Mr Blair should see Robert McNamara’s film, The Fog of War, during his stay in Washington. It demonstrates what happens when a leader’s wishful thinking loses all touch with reality in a distant war. Military history is full of chateau generals compounding their mistakes by taking intravenous optimism. They send ever more troops “over the top”, pleading no alternative and no surrender..." Simon Jenkins in the Times
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