article_snippet.sent: Above, troops walk across the Falklands in 1982 .
article_snippet.sent: Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982, leading to a conflict that cost 260 British and 650 Argentine lives.
article_snippet.sent: On April 2 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a remote UK colony in the South Atlantic.
article_snippet.sent: The UK, which had ruled the Falkland Islandsfor 150 years, quickly chose to fight.
article_snippet.sent: In the fighting that followed, 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen lost 255 British servicemen lives, as did three Falkland Islanders.