VETERANS of the Falklands War have spoken to members of Haddington and District Probus Club. Royal Navy biomedical scientist Derek Bates and Royal Marine Brigadier Ian Gardiner discussed the events of ...
On April 2, 1982, Argentina launched a bold invasion of the Falkland Islands—the first assault on British territory since WWII. Thousands of miles from home, Britain was thrust into an unexpected war.
The defeat of Argentina's Falkland Islands invaders marked both the summit and the greatest trauma of Margaret Thatcher's tempestuous premiership. She recounted how, as a woman alone, she had to force ...