Battle for the South Atlantic
Date: 4th April 1982
Battle Location: Stanley - East Falkland - Falkland Islands
Battle Type: British Delay - Argentine Assault
Description: Operation Rosario
The Argentine amphibious operation began in the late evening of Thursday 1 April 1982,
After advancing through a Royal Marin ambush the next objective for the invasion force was
Government House. Lying on a small hillock south of Government House, Lieutenant-Commander Giachino
of the Argentine Marines faced the difficulty of capturing this important objective with no radio and with a small force.
He split his force into small groups, placing one on either side of the house and one at the rear.
Unknown to them, the Governor's residence was the main concentration
point of the Royal Marines, who outnumbered the Commandos by two to one. The first attack
against this building came at 6.30 a.m., barely an hour before the Yorke Bay amphibious landing,
when one of Giachino's platoons, led by Lieutenant Gustavo Lugo, started to exchange fire with
the British troops inside the house.
Sources: Wikipedia - 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
Designer: Wigam - aka Marcus DOMINEY
Blitzkrieg Wargaming Club
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