On 4.may 1979 was the first female Prime Minister chosen in Great Britain. Her name was Margaret Thatcher. She changed the country from a conservative to a liberal public. She is known as the iron lady who played a major role in the economic revolution in England. She is also known as one of the persons who finished the cold war. But maybe the thing she is most known for is how she tackled the war of The Falkland Island, something you will hear more about in this presentation.
The Falkland Island is an archipelago, which lies south for the Atlantic sea. The Falklands Island belonged earlier to the Spanish people but after the Argentineans break out from the colonial power, it has been many disagreements of who want to take over the islands. The British controlled over it for many years but one day the Argentineans decided that they want theirs islands back. So all broke out with a great war between the Great Britain against Argentina. The 2. April 1982 attacked a force of 800 Argentineans soldiers the Island with a population of ca 1800. The little military army of 68 English soldier who was supposed to protect the Island just have to surrender them selves. The 3 April 1982 demanded UN that the Argentineans have to withdraw out from the Falkland. Leopaldo Galtieri the general to the Argentineans didn't accept the requirements. So Tatcher had to make them to leave with power. She sent an army of 2700 men with course straight to the Islands. It became a big war who lasted over two months. Eventually the British people won the war. The war didnt solve any problem of which part the Islands actually belonged to but the Island is still in the British hands.
Sources: Falklandskrigen-Wikipedia, Falklandskrigen-store norske leksikon og Falklandskrigen-Daria.no
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