The Falklands War: Battle for the Islands (TRIH ep 171, part 3)
1982 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (part of the hosts' Falkland series) examines the climactic phase of the 1982 Falklands War. Holland and Sandbrook discuss the political theatre around Margaret Thatcher's public response after South Georgia, the highly contested sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano by HMS Conqueror, and the ensuing international and domestic outrage (including sensational tabloid coverage by…
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1982
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)