Battle for the Falklands (2) Naval Forces.Pdf
Published in 1982 by Osprey Publishing Ltd Member company of the George Philip Group 12-14 Long Acre, London WC2E9LP © Copyright 1982 Osprey Publishing Ltd This book is copyrighted under the Berne Convention All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Battle for the Falklands.—(Men-at-Arms series; 134) 2: Naval forces 1. Falkland Island War, 1982 I. English, Adrian II. Watts, Tony III. Series 997.11 F3031 ISBN 0-85045-492-1 Filmset in England by Tameside Filmsetting Limited Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Printed in England by Mono: BAS Printers Ltd Colour: George Philip Printers Ltd Editor's note: Osprey Publishing Ltd wish to express their gratitude to Geoff Cornish, Alexis Dunstan, Paul Haley, and John Moore for their assistance in the preparation of this book. They also feel that it may be desirable, under the circumstances, to note that a donation has been made to the South Atlantic Fund. Battle for the Falklands (2) Naval Forces April Fool joke went largely unappreciated. Introduction The following day Argentine forces also invaded the Falklands dependency of South Georgia, The 1,813 inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, who forcing the garrison of just 22 Royal Marines to had gone to bed on the night of 1 April 1982—the surrender—though not before they had inflicted Feast of All Fools—happy in the knowledge that disproportionately heavy losses on their attackers.
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