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by wickedwillie on January 3rd, 2005

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Why were the Falkland Islands so important for England that it went to war with Argentina?

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  • by Quirkie on January 4th, 2005

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    Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands.

    The Falkland Islanders themselves do not want to be ruled by Argentina and appealed to the UK government for help.

    But a big part of the reason for defending the islands must be political: that Margaret Thatcher had been advised by the armed forces that a war to regain the islands would be easily won by the British side. A successful campain would show her government as a saviour for British subjects which would be a huge politcal advantage for her government.

    While the war hardly went as smoothly as anticipated, the victory was still generally a poltical success for the Thatcher government.

    The UK had the option not to defend the islands: e.g. they chose not to oppose the occupation of the Channel Islands by Germany during the Second World War.

    (Edited this answer to make it clearer that it was actually pretty much a shorter version of Drinking Dano's answer)

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    • This isn't even close.. The Falkland Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom

      Drinking Dano

      by Drinking Dano on January 5th, 2005

    • You fucken brits always stealing other peoples land and resorces. STOP just STOP killing people of color. Your kind lived under the gound in england for thousands of years hiding like rats, you fuckers live in the ground like snakes. I am going to stab a white person for the hell it cause you tiny dick fuck need to all die!!!!!! Die white eye die!!!!!!

      killallbrits

      by killallbrits on May 26th, 2011

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