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Argentine reconnaissance aircraft penetrates to within 12 miles of task force before retreating.
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27458 |
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HMS Antrim uses Wessex helicopter to land special forces on South Georgia.
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27459 |
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Special Forces evacuated from South Georgia due to poor weather conditions.
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27460 |
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Galtieri visits Port Stanley and decides to increase the size and speed of the build up.
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27461 |
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British helicopters engage Argentine submarine Sante Fe and drive it ashore on South Georgia in a damaged condition.
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27462 |
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Royal Marines and Special Forces (75 men) land on South Georgia (culmination of Operation Paraquat). Argentines surrender.
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27463 |
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Argentine navy deploys to counter anticipated British landing on Falklands.
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27464 |
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British government announces further restrictions on transit through 200 nautical mile exclusion zone (amounting to complete blockade), to come into effect 1100 hours 30 April.
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27465 |
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Further task force elements (requisitioned merchant vessels) concentrate at Ascension.
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27466 |
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Argentine fleet splits into two groups, one moving north-west, and the other south of the Falklands.
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27467 |