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Why did Argentina invade the Malvinas/Falklands in 1982?

UCL Uncovering Politics

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The Malvinus Falkland Islands

This year we commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the war. It was the only military attempt by the argentine to antunite to reassert control over the islands. The Falklands are an archipelago in the south atlantic, some 500 kilometers outside h coast of ogentina. They were first settled by the french in 70 64, britain and spaindisputed their sovereignty during most of colonial times. Then after independence, argentina exercised some sovereignty over the islands, until they were expelled by the british in an incident in 18 33. And since then, the islands had the fact to belong to the uk. And are contested by arg

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