''Forgotten Voices of the Falklands'' uses the resources of the

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’s

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to present the first complete oral history of the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

. The book presents a chronicle of the conflict from many different perspectives, told in the participants’ own voices from the initial invasion of the islands to the British landings to the Argentine surrender and its aftermath. The interviews were brought together by author

Hugh McManners Hugh McManners is an English musician and a writer: he is a guitarist and songwriter, an author, and a campaigner for medical research to help war veterans. Music McManners writes contemporary rock and folk songs and is currently working with pr ...

, who himself fought in the

. In addition to the Imperial War Museum archives, entries for Bill Belcher (

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Air Squadron) and Jim Mitchell ( Scots Guards) were taken from BBC documentary interviews.

Background

In March 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and the occupation quickly escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. Often referred to as a forgotten war, the

Falklands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

conflict was, actually, the first war of the modern age, using satellite surveillance, night observation devices, and all the very latest weaponry military technology had to offer.

External links

Forgotten Voices website

Imperial War Museum website
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