Argentine surrender at Port Stanley

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The Argentine surrender at Port Stanley was the formal capitulation of Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands in June 1982, effectively ending the Falklands War in favor of the United Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event ⓘ
military surrender ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Argentine capitulation at Port Stanley ⓘ
surrender of Argentine forces in the Falklands ⓘ
belligerent Argentine Armed Forces ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
commandStructureArgentine Argentine Army ⓘ
commandStructureBritish British Army ⓘ
Royal Marines ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
conflictEndStatus decisive end of ground combat in the Falklands War ⓘ
conflictPhase final phase of the Falklands War ⓘ
countryInvolved Argentina ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1982-06-14 ⓘ
documentLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
domesticImpact political crisis in Argentina ⓘ
endedOccupationOf Falkland Islands by Argentina ⓘ
followedBy British occupation of Port Stanley ⓘ
repatriation of Argentine prisoners of war ⓘ
geopoliticalImpact strain in Argentina–United Kingdom relations ⓘ
governingLaw laws and customs of war ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
immediateEffect cessation of hostilities in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
return of Falkland Islands to British administration ⓘ
transfer of control of Port Stanley to the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalForm written surrender document ⓘ
location Falkland Islands ⓘ
Port Stanley ⓘ
militaryOutcome capture of large numbers of Argentine troops ⓘ
militaryTheater South Atlantic ⓘ
month June 1982 ⓘ
partOf Falklands War timeline ⓘ
linked to: Falklands War
precededBy Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ
Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ
Battle of Wireless Ridge ⓘ
relatedTo Operation Corporate ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
end of Falklands War ⓘ
signatoryRole Argentine commander in the Falklands ⓘ
British land forces commander in the Falklands ⓘ
signedBy Jeremy Moore ⓘ
Mario Benjamín Menéndez ⓘ
symbolicSignificance restoration of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands ⓘ
treatyType instrument of surrender ⓘ
year 1982 ⓘ

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Battle of Mount Tumbledown → followedBy → Argentine surrender at Port Stanley ⓘ
Argentine surrender at Port Stanley → alsoKnownAs → Argentine capitulation at Port Stanley ⓘ
linked to: Argentine surrender at Port Stanley
Battle of Sapper Hill → followedBy → Argentine surrender at Port Stanley ⓘ
Battle of Sapper Hill → relatedEvent → Argentine surrender in the Falklands War ⓘ
linked to: Argentine surrender at Port Stanley