Operation Corporate was the codename given to the 1982 British

United Kingdom

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 military involvement in the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

 during the Falklands War

Falklands War

The 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...

. The commander of task force operations was Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse

John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse

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. Operations lasted from 1 April 1982 to 20 June 1982.

The 2 April 1982 Argentine invasion, Operation Rosario, took the British by surprise. The British undertook a series of military operations as a means of recapturing the Falkands from Argentine occupation.

The British counterinvasion was launched on 21 May, the capital city of Stanley

Stanley, Falkland Islands

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fell on 14 June. On the British side 3 civilians and 255 service men were killed, and on the Argentine side 649 service men.