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30 years since Falkland war
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Margaret Allen, wife of British serviceman Iain Boldy, who was killed in an Argentine attack on his ship HMS Argonaut during the Falklands conflict on May 21, 1982, poses for pictures as she looks at his name engraved on a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, central England. AFP/Andrew Yates
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(FILE) File picture shows Argentine soldiers having lunch at the partially destroyed former Royal Marines base, on April 13, 1982 in Stanley. More than 900 people died, including 655 Argentines, 255 British troops and three islanders, before Argentine forces surrendered on June 14, 1982. AFP/Daniel Garcia
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An Argentine Air Force Canberra bomber sits on the tarmac at an air base somewhere in southern Argentina this past week as it awaits rearmament by ground crews for another run in support of ground troops on the Malvinas Islands, according to the caption material released in Buenos Aires May 23rd by the official Argentine news agency Telam. AFP
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(FILE) File picture dated 13 April 1982 shows Argentine soldiers in their way to occupy the captured Royal Marines base in Puerto Argentino/Port Stanley, a few days after the Argentine military dictatorship seized the islands Malvinas/Falklands, starting a war between the Argentina and the United Kingdom. Thirty years ago a remote South Atlantic island chain was thrust into the global glare as Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, triggering a bitter conflict which rankles to this day. AFP/Daniel Garcia
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(FILE) File picture shows an Argentine soldier through the window of a military vehicle as he leaves the airport carrying supplies on 13 April 1982. AFP/Daniel Garcia
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Argentine war veterans pay honour to their brothers in arms fell in the 1982 South Atlantic war between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands during the 30th Anniversary in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, some 3100 Km south of Buenos Aires. AFP/Juan Mabromata
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British soldiers raise the Union Jack flag at Government House in Port stanley 17 June 1982 after the surrender of Argentine forces ending the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina.
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