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British landings on the shores of
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659:"British Aircraft Lost 22nd April - 12th June 1982"
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1186:May 1982 events in South America
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540:105mm recoilless rifles
516:25th Infantry Regiment
146:Ernesto Horacio Crespo
99:Commanders and leaders
182:Casualties and losses
170:Amphibious Task Force
787:Total Exclusion Zone
671:Ruiz Moreno (h) 2016
621:Ruiz Moreno (h) 2016
602:Battle of San Carlos
571:601 Commando Company
673:, pp. 147–148.
594:Argentine Air Force
590:Operation Corporate
268:Operation Corporate
1105:Argentine cemetery
700:Comandos en acciĂłn
583:Comodoro Rivadavia
488:Parachute Regiment
484:3 Commando Brigade
482:During the night,
1161:Conflicts in 1982
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1115:British logistics
1083:Atlantic Conveyor
818:Many Branch Point
709:978-950-620-312-2
661:Naval-History.net
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396:Two Sisters
366:Goose Green
156:Lt. Esteban
1155:Categories
1130:Land mines
1003:Argentine:
951:Argentine:
892:Black Buck
877:Operations
863:Bluff Cove
858:Mount Kent
808:San Carlos
782:Occupation
762:Background
608:References
560:small arms
468:San Carlos
381:Bluff Cove
371:Mount Kent
328:San Carlos
280:Black Buck
261:Occupation
201:8 captured
189:1 captured
168:6 frigates
1100:Aftermath
1073:RFA
1067:Glamorgan
1065:HMS
1057:HMS
1049:HMS
1041:HMS
1033:HMS
1027:Sheffield
1025:HMS
1014:ARA
1006:ARA
899:Corporate
885:Algeciras
853:Seal Cove
792:Surrender
526:), or EC
502:HMS
402:Glamorgan
340:Seal Cove
307:Sheffield
93:Argentina
1135:Memorial
1081:SS
1059:Coventry
1035:Antelope
1022:British:
969:British:
913:Paraquet
755:Timeline
644:26 April
548:Sea King
538:and two
504:Fearless
497:and the
494:Canberra
492:SS
478:Landings
460:Ajax Bay
360:Coventry
346:Antelope
293:Belgrano
286:Santa Fe
275:Paraquet
199:6 killed
187:3 killed
161:Strength
38:Location
1093:Related
920:Rosario
906:Keyhole
801:Battles
692:Sources
577:with a
552:Gazelle
520:Spanish
466:, near
1043:Ardent
977:Ground
959:Ground
944:Forces
934:Mikado
927:Sutton
767:Causes
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532:GĂĽemes
528:GĂĽemes
334:Ardent
323:Sutton
318:Mikado
300:Sobral
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458:, at
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