Eventi
Falklands Governor Rex Hunt is
informed that an Argentine task
force is gathering. UN Security
Council meets at UK requestEEC agrees sanctions
against Argentina.First British attacks.
RAF bomb Port Stanley
airfield bombed in an
8,000-mile round-trip
from Ascension IslandMay 2: Argentine cruiser
General Belgrano sunk by British.5 Infantry Brigade
arrive at San CarlosArgentine General Menendez
surrenders to British
Major-General Jeremy Moore.General Galtieri resigns
as leader of ruling junta.
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