The Falklands (Las Malvinas)

The year 1982 saw a huge event occur in South American territory: The Falklands War. Taking place over ten chaotic weeks, this armed conflict saw Argentina and the United Kingdom fight a bloody war for the “Islas Malvinas”, a number of islands just off the Argentine shore which had been under British control since the 1800s. In this episode, we tell the tale of how this war came to occur, and reveal the final victor of this terrible encounter. Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/596