The Falklands War: Galtieri's Gamble and Argentina's Fall

Just months after the collapse of Argentina's military dictatorship, General Leopoldo Galtieri made a desperate gamble: invade the remote Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as las Islas Malvinas. This episode breaks down the 1982 Falklands War, from the scrappy Argentine conscripts defending Port Stanley to the brutal sinking of the cruiser ARA General Belgrano by a British submarine. We explore the miscalculation at the heart of Galtieri's strategy, the real-time protests in Buenos Aires that flipped from nationalist fervor to demands for democracy, and the war's lasting legacy—how a military defeat led to the collapse of the junta and paved the way for Raúl Alfonsín's presidency. Drawing on testimonies from Argentine veterans, we ask: was the war a cynical distraction, a genuine nationalist crusade, or both?

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