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SAMA
South Atlantic Medal Association 82
SAMA 82 exists to maintain and promote
a sense of pride and comradeship
among all veterans of the South Atlantic
campaign, and to re-establish and strengthen
links with the people of the Falkland Islands.

Also

SAMA 82 Australia

Falklands Veterans Foundation

 

A Merchant Seaman's Story Brian Hughes writes about his time aboard the RFA Tidepool during the 1982 Falklands Campaign.

Air Aces of the Falklands War A list of RAF and Fleet Air Arm Aces of the conflict

Armada Argentina Argentine Navy page in English

Aviacion Naval Argentina  Argentine Naval Aviation

BATTLE ATLAS of the FALKLANDS WAR 1982 - by Land, Sea and Air
newly edited version of 1989 book. Covers each stage of the war diplomatically as well by land, sea and air with accompanying maps.NEW!

Chronicle of the Falklands / Malvinas history and war. excellent reference site with time line.

Falkland Islands Conflict 1982 One of the best sites I've found containing a chronology, video library, and information on the ships and aircraft involved.

The Falkland Islands Garrison now has its own web site. It provides insight into life on the Islands for both Soldiers and their dependants.

The Falklands War  Selection of links and Chronicle of the Falkland islands history and war

The Falklands Islands Conflict  By some one who served aboard the SS Canberra as an Engineering Officer. Canberra is primarily a passenger ship but served as a troop ship and a hospital ship for the period of the conflict. She was at sea for 93 days.

The Falklands War " I want to demonstrate that The Falklands War was a display of both political and military miscalculations that ultimately lead to war, and to explain the political, strategic and military lessons that can be learned from this conflict".

Fight For the Malvinas  EXCELLENT SITE The events that took place in the South Atlantic have for most been forgotten, but for those who were there and for those who had loved ones  in the war zone the events that took place in the two and half months of 1982 will live for them forever.

The Great White Whale Turbo Electric Vessel (TEV) CANBERRA. These are my recollections of a war that happened 21 Years ago (Can you believe it !!). Inspired by your comments, material sent to me over the past year and a desire to record the memories, photographs and old newspaper clippings before they fade into obscurity .... THIS is my story. 

HMS Broadsword This is an account of the Falklands war seen from H.M.S. Broadsword.

HMS FearlessThe site is dedicated to HMS Fearless and the campaign to save this great ship from being turned into scrap metal with a view to her being used as a lasting memorial to the Falklands War by way of a Museum.
Save Fearless

Les événements de la guerre des Malouines French site not in English

Overview of the Falklands War A slide show with 25 images of the Falklands War

Photographs from the Falkland Islands A private collection of photos taken shortly after the conflict by Mark Griffin.

South Atlantic Medal Association 82 exists to maintain and promote a sense of pride and comradeship among all veterans of the South Atlantic campaign, and to re-establish and strengthen links with the people of the Falkland Islands.

Westland Seaking AEW 2 The Westland Seaking AEW 2 was developed for the Royal Navy following the Falklands War of 1982,

The following are all Argentinean Web sites. My Spanish is no good so you'll have to figure them out yourself but they are all excellent from what I can tell
CPV CLICK ON UK FLAG FOR TRANSLATION The Center of Volunteers for the Fatherland  was created the 10 of August of 1982 as an answer to the campaign of desmalvinización implemented by the military government. It counted with 11,458 members that had  offered as Volunteers during the war against England. Their objectives were  continue fighting, by other means,for  the recovery of the Falklands Islands. Also to make Argentineans take conscience that the loss of a battle did not have to mean the resignation to the final objective and  implemented a campaign of acts that maintained alive the demonstrated national passion during the conflict. 

La página del Apostadero Naval Malvinas

Conflicto del Atlántico Sur

Página de la Aviación Argentina

BRITISH SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE FALKLANDS WAR 

Official Documents: 

Government of the United Kingdom (1982) Falkland Islands: Negotiations for a 
Peaceful Settlement (London:HMSO) 

The Falklands Campaign: a Digest of the Debates in the House of Commons 2 
April to 15 June 1982 (1982) (London:HMSO) 

The Falklands War: the Official History. (War communiques) (1983) 
(London:Latin American Newsletters) 

Franks, Lord (1983) Falkland Island Review, Report of a Committee of Privy 
Counsellors (London:HMSO) 

Secretary of State for Defence, The Falklands Campaign: the Lessons, Cmnd 
87588, (London:HMSO) 

Books in Print: 

Adams, Valerie (1986) The Media and the Falklands Campaign (London:McMIllan) 

Aulich, James (1992) Framing the Falklands War: Nationhood, Culture and 
Identity (London:Open University Press) 

Barnett, Anthony (1982) Iron Britannia (London:Allison & Busby) 

Benn, Tony (1982) On the Falklands War (London: Spokesman) 

Beck, Peter (1988) The Falkland Islands as an International Problem 
(London:Routledge) 

Belgrano Action Group (1988) The Unnecessary War (Nottingham: Spokesman 
Books) 

Bishop, P. & Witherow, J. (1982) The Winter War (London: Quartet Books) 

Blakeway, Denys (1992). The Falklands War. (London: Sidwick & Jackson in 
association Channel Four Television Company) 

Bluth, C. (1987) "The British resort to force in the Falklands/Malvinas 
conflict, International Law and Just War Theory," Journal of Peace Research, 
23 (1) 5-=20. 

Burns, Jimmy (1987) The Land that Lost Its Heroes: Argentina, the Falklands 
and Alfonsin (London:Bloomsbury) 

Charlton, Michael (1989) The little Platton. Diplomacy and the Falklands 
Dispute (London: Blackwell) 

Child, J. (1985) Geopolitics and Conflict in South America:Quarrels among 
Neighbours (N. Y. :Praeger) 

Coll, A. & Arendt, A. (1985) The Falklands War: Lessons for Strategy, 
Diplomacy and International Law (Boston:Allen & Unwin) 

Dalyell, Tam (1982) One Man's Falklands (London:Cecil Woolf) 

Dalyell, Tam (1983) Thatcher's Torpedo (London:Cecil Woolf) 

Dillon, G. M. (1989) The Falklands, Politics and War (London: McMillan Press) 

Eddy, P., Linklater, M. & Gillman, P. (1982).The Falklands War. (London: 
Duetsch) 

Freedman, L. (1988) Britain and the Falklands War (Oxford: Blackwell) 

Freedman & Gamba-Stonehouse (1990) Signals of War: the Falklands conflict of 
1982 (London: Faber & Faber) 

Fox, Robert (1982). Eyewitness Falklands: A personal account of the Falklands 
campaign. (London: Methuen) 

Gavson, A. & Rice, D. (1984) The Sinking of the Belgrano (London: Secker & 
Warburg) 

Greenberg & Smith (1983) "Rejoice!" : Media Freedom and the Falklands 
(London: Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom) 

Haig, Alexander (1984) Caveat: Realism, Reagan and Foreign Policy 
(London:Weifendel & Nicolson) 

Hanrahan, B. & Fox, R. 91984) I counted them all out and I counted them all 
back. The battle for the Falklands (London:BBC Editions) 

Harris, R. (1985) Gotcha! The Media, the Government and the Falkland Crisis 
(London: Faber & Faber) 

Hastings, M. & Jenkins, S. (1983) The Battle for the Falklands (London: 
Michael Joseph) 

Henriksen, O. (1982) A just War? The Mass Media and the Falklands Campaign 
(Herning, U.K.: Systime) 

Honeywell, M. & Pearce, J. (1982) Falklands/Malvinas: Whose Crisis? 
(London:Latin American Bureau) 

Keesing's Contemporary Archives, (1982)Falkland Islands: British military 
campaign to recapture Islands - Argentine surrender - Accompanying military 
developments- Political aftermath of military conflict . 28 (38), 
p.31709-31718. 

Keesing's Contemporary Archives, (1982) Falkland Islands: Invasions by 
Argentina - Background to crisis - Dispatch of British task force to South 
Atlantic - British and European Community sanctions against Argentina - Haig 
peace initiative - Military developments in South Atlantic - Repossession of 
south Georgia by British forces. 28 (23), p. 31525-31539 

Mercer, D. Mungham, G. & Williams, K. (1987) The Fog of War. The Media in the 
Battlefield (London:Heinemann) 

Middlebrook, Martin (1989). The fight for the 'Malvinas':The Argentine forces 
in the Falklands War. (London: Viking) 

Middlebrrok, M. (1985) Operation Corporate: The Story of the Falklands War 
1982 (London: Viking) 

(MORI) Market and Research International (1992) The Falkland Islands 
situation. (London:The Economist) 

Morrison & Tumber (1988) Journalists at War: The Dynamics of News Reporting 
during the Falklands Conflict (LOndon:Sage) 

Orgill, Andrew (1993). The Falklands War: Background, conflict, aftermath: An 
annotated bibliography. (London: Mansell). 

Parsons, Anthony (1983). The Falklands crisis in the United Nations 31 
March-14 June 1982. International Affairs, 59 (2), 169-178. 

Pontig, Clive (1985) The Right to Know: the Inside History of the Belgrano 
Affair (London:Sphere Books) 

Rasor, Eugene (1992). The Falkland/Malvinas campaign: A bibliography. 
(Westport, Connnecticut: Greenwood Press) 

Sunday Times Insight Team (1982) The Falklands War:The Full Story 
(London:Sphere Books) 

Thompson, J. (1985) No picnic; the Story of 3 Commando Brigade in the 
Falklands War (London:Leo Cooper for Secker & Warburg) 

Vaux, Nick (1986) March to the South Atlantic (London:Buchan & Enright) 
Young, Hugo (1989) One of Us (London:Macmillan) 

And also: 

Yokota, Marilyn B. (1985). Bibliography on the 1982 Falklands War. (Santa 
Monica, California: Rand Corporation). 

Day Alan (1996) The Falkland Islands, South Georgia and The South Sandwich 
Islands World Bibliographical Series (London:Clio Press) 

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