falkland islands

  1. World Mapping

    British Invasion of Argentina, AD 1982

    Today, I learned this: "Although it wasn't public knowledge until 2012, Chile played a large, covert role in the Falklands Conflict. Without the early warnings provided to the British by the Chilean air force's radar network and the use of coastal air bases for refueling, the smaller British...
  2. WI: The Falklands Crisis of 1770 erupts into war

    In 1770, Britain and Spain had a diplomatic standoff over their respective claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. Spain attempted to drag France into the dispute, and it seemed like war would break out. But French king Louis XV refused to let things escalate, and Spain was forced to...
  3. DBWI: The Malvinas never had its Indigenous Population

    Today the Honawa people of the Malvina islands off the coast of Patagonia are fairly obscure and numbered, at just 1,200, and the vast majority of their culture has been wiped out by the spanish colonists. The most famous wasn't even a full honawa, Charles Darwin's biracial wife Pilar Darwin...
  4. Bobbbcat2

    WI: Native Americans from Tierra Del Fuego island hop to Antarctica?

    I'm thinking a Fuegian group (maybe the Yaghan) settles the Falklands from Tierra Del Fuego, South Georgia from the Falklands, the South Sandwich Islands from South Georgia, the South Orkneys from the South Sandwiches, the South Shetlands from the South Orkneys and mainland Antarctica from the...
  5. AHC: Britain gains territory from the Falklands War

    As it says on the tin: Have Britain not only retake the Falkland Islands but also gain land from Argentina (such as Tierra del Fuego) following the Falklands War.
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