 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waApril 2, 1982, hurumende yechiuto yeArgentina yakapinda muFalkland Islands, uye musi waApril 3 yakapinda muSouth Georgia, Makoloni eBritain ayo Britain yakanga yagara ichitonga asi ayo Argentina yakanga yaiti ndeayo. Thatcher akanga asati amboratidza kunetseka pamusoro pezvitsuwa uye akanga aronga kuderedza kukuru kwemauto ake ehondo. Thatcher ainyanya kuteerera Admiral Henry Leach, First Sea Lord; uye Admiral Sir Terence Lewin, Chief of the Defence Staff. Akabva angosarudza kudzinga vapambi vacho. Iye akatsiva gurukota rezvekunze Ishe Carrington naFrancis Pym uye akakomberedza rutsigiro rwezvamatongerwe enyika. United Nations Security Council yakashora kudenha kweArgentina, uye France nedzimwe nyika dzakabatana nayo dzakapa tsigiro yezvamatongerwe enyika neyechiuto. MuUnited States, Reagan akanga achitsigira, asi akatangawo zvirongwa zvediplomatic zvokugadzirisa dambudziko racho pasina hondo. Thatcher akaunganidza ndokutuma boka rebasa rehondo kuti ritorezve kutonga mumazuva matatu. 