Thatcher claims end to 73 day Falklands war
Britain and Argentina announced a cease-fire after a two week siege of Stanley. Mrs Thatcher told Parliament that surrender talks followed the cease-fire and British forces advanced to the capital, with Argentine troops retreating. Crowds outside Parliament celebrated and Argentines faced calls for the junta to resign as fighting ended.
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London
Britain
No. 10
Downing Street
Buenos Aires
Leopoldo Galtieri
Stanley
Jeremy) Moore
Thatcher
Port Stanley
Mario) Menendez
Charles) Walters
Falklands
House of Commons
Falklanders want to go home again
Falklanders seeking refuge in Britain urge immediate return to the Falklands with their governor Rex Hunt. They praise his leadership and want the government to send him back as British victory looms. Northern reporter notes also describe finding dum dum bullets in an Argentine depot at Stanley and mention napalm as a feared war material.
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London
UPI
Britain
Rex Hunt
Stanley
Hunt
Falklands
Alistair Cameron
Charles Laurence
Daily Telegraph
Laurence
Falklands War Toll Rises Amid Final Battles
The 73 day conflict for the Falkland Islands has cost hundreds of lives on both sides. Unofficial British death toll nears 201 before the final engagement, while Argentine deaths are estimated up to 700. Wounded numbers run into the hundreds for each nation.
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Falkland Islands
London
Thatcher announces Falklands cease fire crowds cheer in London
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher smiles after declaring a Falklands cease fire to a cheering Parliament and jubilant crowds outside No 10 Downing Street. She praises forces and joins supporters singing Britannia Rules the Waves as reporters chat with her.
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UPI
Margaret Thatcher
Falklands
Great Britain
House of Commons
Mrs. Thatcher
Buenos Aires Feels Bitter After Defeat At Stanley
In Buenos Aires the mood shifts from war fever to bitterness as news confirms Argentina’s defeat at Port Stanley. Residents lament government claims of enemy inferiority and question aid promises from the Soviets and Latin American allies amid a somber winter mood.
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Argentina
UPI
Port Stanley
Stanley
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Soviet Union
Argentina crowd calls for Galtieri to resign amid Falklands push
In Buenos Aires an angry demonstration gathers about 100 people outside the government house as Argentina's military junta meets after a ceasefire. Raul Alfonsin of the Radical Civic Union urges civilian transition to democracy and the crowd chants against the regime. The Falklands war threatens to topple the 1976 military rule.
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Argentina
UPI
Falkland Islands
Leopoldo Galtieri
Raul Alfonsin
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Galtieri
Falklands
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