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>The Argentinian junta thought the UK would be unable to respond to their invasion of the Falklands (and if they had waited a couple more years, they may well h
by selimthegrim 4y ago
>The Argentinian junta thought the UK would be unable to respond to their invasion of the Falklands (and if they had waited a couple more years, they may well have been right)
Because of elections or ships and planes being retired?
- Kon-Peki 4y agoWell, sure, it took quite a while for the British Navy to get there - they didn’t have ships or planes nearby. But the UK economy wasn’t doing well and Margaret Thatcher was very unpopular especially with the working class. I doubt many British people cared that much about the Falklands and wouldn’t have minded if they had let it go. But I think an awful lot of the British, and even Americans and Europeans, were completely shocked that Thatcher would not, under any circumstance, tolerate an invasion of British territory - even unwanted territory! Had the Argentinians waited a few more years, the British may have just given the islands to them.
- trilbyglens 4y agoI believe there was literally a plan in the works to do just that.
- fmajid 4y agoAircraft carriers that were in the process of being sold off, like HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible.