Falklands Crisis
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Falklands Crisis can refer to:
- Falklands Crisis (1770)Falklands Crisis (1770)The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. These events were nearly the cause of a war between France, Spain and Britain — the countries poised to dispatch armed fleets to contest the barren...
, a dispute over the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Spain. - Falklands WarFalklands WarThe Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
(1982), the invasion of the Falklands by Argentina and their subsequent recapture by British forces.