April 2 – June 14, 1982
Argentina's military junta seized the British Falkland Islands to distract from economic collapse and rising domestic unrest. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched an 8,000-mile Task Force across the South Atlantic to retake the islands. Seventy-four days of naval, air, and land warfare ended with a decisive British victory and the swift collapse of the Argentine junta.
Chapter-by-chapter narrative with maps, primary sources, and key events.
Explore battles on a live map with a timeline slider and territory overlays.
Deep-dive into every major engagement — commanders, casualties, significance.
Biographical flip cards with real portraits, facts, and full biography pages.
Trace each figure's full life journey — birth, education, battles, and death — on a live map.
Scroll-driven visualization of casualties — each dot a thousand lives.
Weapons, war machines, and the military innovations that defined how this conflict was fought.
Cause-and-effect chains tracing the war's long shadow on history.
War crimes, massacres, and the darkest chapters of this conflict — documented for history.