Well, then, here's my summary.
The Falklands are islands 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They have been under British control since 1833. All the inhabitants were, I believe, English speaking in 1982 and loyal to the Queen. But the Argentines call these Islands the Malvinas and some Argentines claim to trace their ancestry back to this land, and it was a nationalistic thorn in their side.
In 1982, the small British military garrison there was overwelmed by an invading Argentine force and surrendered. Margaret Thatcher sent the British military there to reconquer the islands.
Would you not have cared?
ML/NJ