In London, 1982, Her Majesty's government, in retaliation for Gartiery's outrageous sneak attack and the show to the world that the British sword was immortal, decided to use force against Argentina and retake the Falkland Islands (the Malvinas Islands of Argentina).
The following 30 photos are from a collection of photographs taken by the British side. (See also: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/30-photographs-from-the-falklands-war)
The aircraft carrier INS Invincible sailed to the Atlantic Ocean, leaving Portsmouth on 5 April 1982 and arriving on the Falklands in early May. Before the war, Britain concentrated a total of 127 ships.
In 1982, during a voyage in the South Atlantic, the British Royal Marines conducted weapons training. Approximately 9,000 personnel, 5,000 tons of equipment and 70 aircraft were transported to the Falklands throughout the operation.
A wounded man from the USS Sheffield was taken to the infirmary aboard the Athletic carrier.
The Sheffield destroyer was hit by an Argentine Air Force Flying Fish missile on May 4 and sank the same day, killing twenty of its crew.
Just two days ago, the British attack submarine Conquistador sunk the Argentine ship Belgrano with torpedoes. The attack killed 323 Argentines, and the Belgrano was completely outside the restricted area when it was attacked.
A Sea Harrier takes off from the skid, and missiles, helicopters and vehicles of all kinds crowd the Flight Deck of the Athletic. The weapons shown include the 1,000-pound GP (Universal) bomb, the Sidewinder air-to-air missile, and the Pirate Gull air-to-ground missile.
On 20 May 1982, in San Carlos, Falklands, personnel of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment awaited landing on the MV Norland ferry. The landing, code-named Operation Sutton, landed approximately 4,000 British troops at The Bays of San Carlos, San Carlos and Ajax in East Falkland from 21 to 23 May.
On 21 May 1982, a Royal Marine from the 3rd Assault Brigade before landing in San Carlos helped paint another man with camouflage paint on his face.
During the San Carlos landing, the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment came down from the landing craft. The landings were almost unobtrusive, but British helicopters and warships in the waters of San Carlos and the Falklands Strait were attacked by Argentines. The next day, the frigate Zeal was sunk and several British helicopters were shot down.
On 21 May 1982, a heavily armed paratrooper of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment made landfall in San Carlos and headed south for Mount Sussex. From there, the battalion attacked the village of Green Goose.
The sunken antelope frigate, only the bow and stern of the ship are still exposed. On 23 May, Argentine aircraft dropped two bombs at the Antelope at a very low altitude. Two bombs did not explode and were stuck in the ship's cabin. But one of them was detonated during detonation. The ship was torn apart by the explosion, broke in half, and then sank.
In May 1982, 40 Royal Marines commandos patrolled near San Carlos.
Captured Lieutenant Colonel Dante Camelot of Argentina on May 27, 1982. He was spotted observing the movements of British warships in a hidden location above the waters of San Carlos.
On 28 May 1982, the Westland Sea King HC.4 helicopters of the Royal Navy's 825 naval air squadron were transporting the Royal Marine Corps' 42nd Commando Company J from the port of San Carlos to Darwin, Falkland.
At 2:30 a.m. on 28 May, the British attacked the Argentine positions in Darwin and green goose villages, and the British took two objectives after a day of fighting.
Captured Argentine captives were taken away from the village of Green Goose under guard. On 28 May, about 600 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment took part in the offensive at Green Goose Village and Darwin. More than 900 Argentine soldiers were captured and about 200 Argentine soldiers were killed in the village of Green Goose.
Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment marched from Teal Inlet to Estancia House on 30 May 1982.
In June 1982, the 105 mm L118 light gun of the 29th Assault Regiment of the Royal Artillery was located under a camouflage net between Fitzroy and Bluff Bay on the Falklands. During the war, the 29th Assault Regiment provided significant artillery support to the attacking British forces.
In June 1982, the Operator of the Rapid FSB 1 surface-to-air missile for the protection of the Task Force in the waters of San Carlos paid close attention to argentine aircraft. During the war the British Military Department had 12 Rapid FSB1 surface-to-air missile launchers. But later reports showed that only one aircraft was confirmed to have been shot down throughout the war.
In June 1982, the British FV101 Scorpion light tank. With its very light full weight, the Scorpion is one of the few British vehicles capable of operating in the rugged terrain of the Falklands. Two units of Squadron B served on the Falklands. They drove all the armored vehicles used by the British in the campaign, for a total of four Scorpions, four Machetes and one Samson.
Silhouette of a soldier of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the setting sun.
After an airstrike in Argentina on 8 June 1982, damaged pipe crews were extinguishing fires on the auxiliary ship Sir Gallahad near Fitzroy. The Sir Galahad was badly damaged, hit by several bombs, and then caught fire. Many people on board were seriously injured and 48 people were killed, 38 of them members of the Welsh Guard.
On the same day, the Plymouth was also damaged in an argentine airstrike. Sir Gallahard sank on 25 June 1982 and is now the official british war grave.
On 8 or 9 June 1982, probably in the Bluff Bay area, a Gurkha of the 1st Battalion of the 7th Gurkha Rifle Corps installed a 7.62 mm machine gun on an anti-aircraft gun mount to defend against possible Argentine air strikes. The battalion was the only Gurkha unit to participate in the Falklands War.
This is one of the most well-known photographs of the Falklands War. Footage shows 40 commando anti-tank units from the Royal Marines marching towards Port Stanley. In a column of 45 commandos, Royal Marine Peter Robinson flew a British flag on the radio antenna he carried.
On June 11, 1982, the 42nd Commando of the Royal Marine Corps was at Harriet Hill. On June 11, the British launched a series of attacks on the highlands west of Stanley, the capital of the Falklands.
Sergeant Ian McKay of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross after his death for his heroic deeds at the Battle of Langdon.
An Argentine soldier killed on Mount Harriet near Port Stanley, probably belonging to the 4th Infantry Regiment. On the night of 11–12 June 1982, the regiment's B and C companies defended Mount Harriet with 23 casualties.
As part of a second-phase attack on the highlands near Stanley, the British occupied Tantonton, Mount William, and the Ridge on the night of 13–14 June.
On 13 and 14 June 1982, a Casualty of the Scottish Guard was taken on a stretcher to evacuate Goat Ridge by helicopter. The 2nd Battalion of the Scottish Guard attacked a target code-named "Tumbledown".
During the Falklands War, soldiers of Platoon 11 of D Company, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, waited to board a ship in Fitzroy by helicopter. The three people in the photo, from left to right, are Private Dave Parr, Lance Corporal Neil Turner, and Private Terry Stiles.
This is the last photograph of Parr's life, who was killed in an attack on the Wireless Ridge on the night of June 13-14.
On the night of 14 June 1982, with Stanley under siege, the Argentine commander, General Mario Menendez, surrendered to the British commander, Major General Jeremy Moore. It was Scotland's 2nd Battalion G Company 7 Platoon guards at Mount Downton to celebrate the news.
After Argentina surrendered, British Royal Marines raised the flag on the Falklands.
After the surrender, Argentine prisoners in Port Stanley waited to hand over their weapons and other equipment. But most of them didn't forget to bring a blanket.
Aerial view of the USS Athletic returning to Portsmouth Harbour from the Falklands on 21 July 1982. The Athletic is surrounded by small boats that welcome it home, and there are plenty of people to see on the dockside.
In April 1983, at a memorial service for the victims of the Falklands War, a naval officer aboard the Countess laid a wreath in the water.
More than 500 relatives and friends of 255 British soldiers killed in the Falklands War took a tour of the war sites between 10 and 13 April 1983.
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All of the above are from the Imperial War Museum.