FORTY years ago today, on April 2, 1982, the Falkland Islanders woke up to find that Argentinian troops had begun a full-scale invasion. Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the time, was not about to abandon British citizens to the fate of a military dictatorship however far away.
Mark Steyn recounted the amazing story of her persistence, joined by military historian and TCW writer Lt-Gen Jonathon Riley, on his GB News programme on Thursday evening.
You can find a short history of the Falklands War here.