Falklands War Timeline
Events of 1982
January 9 — The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against theunauthorized landing on South Georgia onDecember 20, 1981, by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff. January 12 — The Argentine Joint Armed Forces Committee beginsplanning a military invasion of the Islands,later revealed in articles in La Prensa newspaper. February 25 — British Deputy Foreign Minister Richard Luce andhis Argentine counterpart Ernesto Ros begin sovereignty talks in New York. March 1 — The two deputy foreign ministers issue a jointcommuniqué praising the “cordial and positive spirit of the discussions. March 2 — The Argentine foreign…