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QE2 leaves Southampton with 5 Infantry Brigade comprising Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkhas.
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Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the UN peace plan.
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27664 |
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Britain's ambassadors to the US and the UN summoned back to London.
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27665 |
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Thatcher warns Britain that a peaceful settlement may not be possible.
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27666 |
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SAS attack the Argentine base on Pebble Island and destroy supplies and 11 pucara aircraft.
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27667 |
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3 Argentine skyhawk aircraft are shot down by sea harriers.
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27668 |
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Britain's UN ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons sent back to New York with British peace proposals.
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27669 |
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British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina.
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27670 |
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Helicopter from Invincible lands SAS team in Argentina but they fail to destroy Argentine military aircraft at the Rio Grande base.
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27671 |
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Landing force rendezvous with Admiral Woodward's task group.
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