The another end of the world war: the Malvinas and “redemocratization” of South America

• Autor(a) principal: Coggiola, Osvaldo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Aurora (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/2357
• topic: South America; Malvinas; redemocratization; América do Sul; Malvinas; redemocratização

1. national question, militarism, Malvinas Between the beginning of April and mid-June 1982, a military confrontation took place between Argentina and England (supported by the USA) over the possession and sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, occupied by Argentine troops on April 2, 1982 After the Second World War, the Falklands was one of the conflicts that came closest to the use of atomic weapons, carried by the English fleet to the South Atlantic for their eventual use against the Argentine mainland. In the war, the Argentine armed forces used 14,200 soldiers; the United Kingdom, 29,700, with much superior weapons and logistical support. The final result of the war was the recovery of the archipelago by the United Kingdom and the death of 650 Argentine soldiers, in addition to 1068 injured (many seriously) and 11,313 prisoners; 255 British soldiers and three civilians from the islands were killed, in addition to 777 injured. In the decade after the war, there were approximately 350 suicides by former Argentine combatants, most of whom were reduced to a situation of social misery; suicides by former English soldiers reached a total of 264.