<P> The Falklands War ( Spanish : Guerra de las Malvinas ) , also known as the Falklands Conflict , Falklands Crisis , Malvinas War , South Atlantic Conflict , and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur ( Spanish for `` South Atlantic War '' ) , was a ten - week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic : the Falkland Islands , and its territorial dependency , the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . It began on Friday , 2 April 1982 , when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands ( and , the following day , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it had claimed over them . On 5 April , the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands . The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982 , returning the islands to British control . In total , 649 Argentine military personnel , 255 British military personnel , and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities . </P>
<P> The Falklands War ( Spanish : Guerra de las Malvinas ) , also known as the Falklands Conflict , Falklands Crisis , Malvinas War , South Atlantic Conflict , and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur ( Spanish for `` South Atlantic War '' ) , was a ten - week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic : the Falkland Islands , and its territorial dependency , the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . It began on Friday , 2 April 1982 , when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands ( and , the following day , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it had claimed over them . On 5 April , the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands . The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982 , returning the islands to British control . In total , 649 Argentine military personnel , 255 British military personnel , and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities . </P>
in 1982 argentina fought a war with britain over
in 1982 argentina fought a war with britain over
two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic : the Falkland Islands , and its territorial dependency , the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic : the Falkland Islands , and its territorial dependency , the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands