Guerra de las Malvinas

On April 2, the military junta occupies the Malvinas, Georgias, and South Sandwich Islands, which have been controlled by Great Britain since the first decacles of the nineteenth century. Margaret Thatcher's government sends a powerful fleet to recover them. The navy, which had encouraged the occupation, withdraws its fleet to the coast at the news that the United Kingdom is using nuclear submarines. Astiz is captured by the British after surrendering the South Georgias Islands without resistance. Ultimately, Argentina loses the war. Galtieri is deposed by his peers. Fatally wounded, the dictatorship calls elections.

Horacio Verbitsky's Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior