the Falklands a group of islands, under British control, in the southwest Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. The Argentinians believe that the islands belong to Argentina, and call them the Malvinas
A conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982
a war in the Falkland Islands between the UK and Argentina in 1982. Both countries say that the Islands belong to them. Argentina wanted control of the Islands, but the British kept control after the war