Project Type: The Falklands Conflict
A Legasee project, The Falklands Conflict. On 19 March 1982, Argentine scrap metal workers illegally arrived at Leith Harbour, South Georgia, on board the transport ship ARA BahÃa Buen Suceso and raised the Argentine flag. This move led to a brief, but bitter conflict on the Falkland Islands, a remote UK colony in the South Atlantic. During the ten-week battle, a total of 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders lost their lives.
