The Falkland Islands War: Two Bald Men Fighting For a Comb

The Falkland Islands, or the Malvinas as they are known throughout the Spanish speaking world, are a chain of islands almost 500 kilometers off the cost of Argentina . Over the course of history the islands have been the subject of many disputes; first between the British and the Spanish and later between the British and the Argentines. From the discovery of the islands in the early 17th century until 1833, the custody of the islands shifted back …

…either country coveted, but it was the symbol that was important. Argentina lost the war in part because the comb wanted to go to England but more importantly because they simply were not prepared to fight a war against the whole world. Galtieri felt that he could handle a unilateral British force, but failed to foresee the support that the English would eventually garner. Owing to his miscalculations, over 1000 men were sent home in boxes.