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Fit the Zeroeth - the POD.

28th December 1981

Admiral Jorge Anaya was in a hurry, there was an important meeting of the new leaders of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional. Unfortunately, he was in too much of a hurry and his driver was already overtired from a long period of activity that had happened since the changes of the previous week. The driver didn't see the truck full of gas cylinders turn out in front of him and slammed into it at full speed. The crash followed by the explosion caused considerable damage in the area where it occurred and the threat of further gas cylinders cooking off slowed down rescue attempts considerably.

His driver died instantly. Admiral Anaya died in the hospital after a few hours, the initial plan of Vice-Admiral Lombardo with regards to the Malvinas operation was never recovered from the remains of the car. The already poor level of co-operation between Dozo and Galtieri meant the the junta would have several internal crises over the weeks ahead, sufficient to mean that any considerations over military action in the Malvinas would be relegated to a footnote of history.
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