April 2 1982: Argentine forces invade Falkland Islands.
April 3 1982: Invasion condemned by UN Security Council.
April 5 1982: British task force set sail.
April 25 1982: Royal Marines retook South Georgia/
April 30 1982: The Task force arrived at the 300 mile exclusion zone.
May 1 1982: Argentine aircraft attack.
May 2 1982: HMS Conqueror attacked and sunk the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.
May 4 1982: HMS Sheffield abandoned after being attacked by aircraft
May 19 1982: 22 British servicemen killed when helicopter ditches in the sea.
May 21 1982: British landings begin at San Carlos.
HMS Ardent sunk by Argentine aircraft
15 Argentine aircraft shot down.
May 24 1982: HMS Antelope abandoned after bomb detonates
.
May 25 1982: HMS Coventry sunk by Argentine aircraft.
May 28 1982: Battle of Goose Green began.
May 29 1982: Battle of Goose ended Green.
June 11 1982: to 12th British forces take Mount Longdon, Two
Sisters and Mount Harriet.
June 12 1982: British destroyer HMS Glamorgan badly
damaged in missile attack.
June 14 1982: British forces take Argentine positions overlooking Port Stanley.
June 14 1982: Argentine surrenders.
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