Operation Rosario

Encyclopedia : O : OP : OPE : Operation Rosario

Main article: 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands

Operation Rosario was the name given to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands on the morning of 2 April, 1982; the first event in the Falklands War.

The colonial governor and the small garrison were forced to surrender within hours of the initial landings. The British government under Margaret Thatcher launched a massive expedition (Operation Corporate) which regained control of the colony seventy-four days later.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Falklands War
Military forces \| Argentine ground forces \| British ground forces \| Air forces \| Argentine naval forces \| British naval forces
Timeline \| Background \| Invasion \| Falklands War
Battles \| Goose Green \| Mount Harriet \| Two Sisters \| Mount Longdon \| Mount Tumbledown \| Wireless Ridge
Operations \| Algeciras \| Canbelow \| Corporate \| Black Buck \| Keyhole \| Paraquat \| Purple Warrior \| Rosario \| Sutton