evidence: On the 2 April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands, sparking one of the largest major conflicts since WW2. [...] Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, had long been challenged. Argentina claimed that the land, which they call the Islas Malvinas, belonged to them because of its natural proximity to the South American mainland. They also asserted that it was rightfully inherited from the Spanish Crown in the 1800s.