Who was Britain’s Defence Secretary at the time of the Falklands War?
Events leading to the Falklands War United Nations Resolution requesting that Argentina withdraw from the islands. When Argentina refused, the community announced sanctions against Argentina. Today, the present European Union recognises the UK's sovereignty as the only legitimate claim and this is recognised in the Treaty of Lisbon, with all member states (apart from Spain which is Neutral), individually recognising it. The President of France, François Mitterrand, gave full support to the UK in the Falklands war. Sir John Nott, who was Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, has acknowledged in his memoirs that "in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our
Cultural impact of the Falklands War of the conflict occurred in South Georgia (which at the time was a dependency of the Falklands), and the deep ocean. Cultural impact of the Falklands War The cultural impact of the Falklands War spanned several media in both Britain and Argentina. A number of films and television productions emerged from the conflict. The first Argentine film about the war was "Los chicos de la guerra" ("The Boys of the War") in 1984. The BBC drama "Tumbledown" (1988) told the story of a British officer who got paralysed due to a bullet wound. The computer game "Harrier Attack" (1983) and