15th June 1982:
Tuesday 15th June: was not able to get a BBC news bulletin for this day but CBS News had a film crew in Buenos Aires which recorded the mood of the people after the surrender of Argentine forces in the Falklands.
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15th June 1982:
ITN reporter Michael Nicholson arrived in Port Stanley on June 14th and this video shows the aftermath of 10 weeks of occupation.
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15th June 1982:
Falklands Fireman Neville Bennett and his team of volunteers swing into action to start the cleanup of the mess left by the Argentines which in most cases was disgusting and in many cases was downright malicious with primed grenades left in mugs.
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15th June 1982:
Neville sees a contrast in the Union Office.
“The Colonel had said that when he left the building it would be as he found it. The foors had been scrubbed, the chairs stood on the conference table, no rubbish, all sparkly clean. Remarkable.”
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15th June 1982:
The Bennetts move home which, “was intact. The cats were glad to see us. We soon had the water and electricity on. The stove didn't take too long to heat up, we had a cup of tea using water from the rain barrel.”
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15th June 1982:
Neville Bennett observes that “Nowhere was safe to walk in the Dockyard. Heaps of human excreta in abundance.
Argy soldiers had occupied the post office overnight and filled all the desk drawers with excrement spoiling all the papers there.”
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15th June 1982:
“I went home, nearly 10.30. I listened to the local broadcast.
The announcer played a record that he had removed from the studio for safekeeping on 2nd April. I stood up with tears in my eyes, how lovely to finally hear: 'GOD SAVE THE OUEEN?”
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15th June 1982:
The Falklands War
With the surrender of the Argentines around Stanley, and their transfer to the airfield as a POW camp, steps were taken to deal with the forces on West Falkland and far away on Southern Thule.
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15th June 1982:
B Coy 40 Cdo crossed over to Port Howard by ship and helicopter to take the surrender of 5th Infantry Regiment, and "Avenger's" Lynx landed a small party at Fox Bay to deal with the 8th Regiment, after which all the POW's moved to San Carlos.
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15th June 1982:
The Argentines abandoned large amounts of war material including artillery, armoured cars, missiles, radar systems, aircraft & helicopters in various states of repair, some of which returned to the UK for evaluation or integration into the Services.
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15th June 1982:
And apart from recovering the two Falkland's coasters "Forrest" and "Monsunen" for local duties, the Royal Navy took over two other small craft.
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15th June 1982:
The SAS got a private air force of Agusta A-109 helicopters.
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15th June 1982:
CAPTURED IN STANLEY AREA
Aircraft - 11 FAA Pucaras, 3 CANA Aermacchi MB-339A's
Helicopters - 2 FAA Bell 212's, 1 PNA Puma, 1 Army Chinook, 2 Agusta A-109A's, and 9 Iroquois UH-1H's
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15th June 1982:
Ships - small oil rig tender "Yehuin" (renamed "Falkland Sound") and PNA patrol craft "Islas Malvinas" (manned by men of destroyer "Cardiff" and renamed "Tiger Bay")
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15th June 1982:
As the Task Force ships started entering Port William and Stanley Harbour, the minesweeping trawlers moved in to successfully sweep a field of contact mines laid off Cape Pembroke.
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15th June 1982:
On land, the situation was far worse as apart from the Army having to clear all the battlefield litter and discarded ordnance, the Royal Engineers had to deal with the extensive and mainly unmarked minefields especially around Stanley.
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15th June 1982:
At sea the end of the fighting was marked by a change in the weather - much for the worst. Snow fell steadily, driven by high wind. HMS Plymouth and Yarmouth reported the worst weather they had experienced since leaving for the South Atlantic.
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15th June 1982:
In the early hours of 15th June the Battle Group had to abandon replenishment and then withdraw the Sea King 5s from the anti submarine screen. Glamorgan had borrowed Tidespring's Wessex and this aircraft was damaged on deck.
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15th June 1982:
Outside the TEZ RAF personnel on Europic Ferry were preparing the replacement Chinooks brought south by the Contender Bexant, ready to fly to the Falklands via HMS Hermes.
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15th June 1982:
The surrender of the Argentine forces on West Falkland brought the total of Argentine POW's to 10,254 of which over 8000 were in the Port Stanley area. These were moved to the airport peninsula where shelter had to be improvised.
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15th June 1982:
Captain David Pentreath was ordered on the 15th to assume the duties of 'Queen's Harbour Master' at Port Stanley and therefore HMS Plymouth was the first ship to enter the harbour.
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15th June 1982:
The first task undertaken as QHM was an armed boarding of the designated Argentine hospital ship ARA Bahía Paraíso, already at anchor in the harbour and suspected of having contravened the Geneva Convention some days earlier.
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15th June 1982:
The task of the boarding party was to search the ship and identify any evidence that she had been used to ferry munitions. The Bahía Paraíso was a big unit and the boarding party spent over an hour searching the numerous decks and compartments.
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15th June 1982:
SS Canberra enters port at Stanley, bringing 1,121 prisoners from San Carlos, most taken at Goose Green. The total number of Argentine prisoners taken is now 11,848, and most have nowhere to sleep and little to eat.
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15th June 1982:
More images of the Argentines and their equipment post-surrender. The problem now is how to feed them and keep them warm and healthy and to repatriate them. The junta refuses to allow any home, so that the public won't know of the disaster...
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15th June 1982:
Afraid to face the crowds, Galtieri broadcasts that Argentine soldiers "made supreme efforts" against "a power supported by the United States of America, which is the enemy of Argentina and its people" and states that he will go on with the war.
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15th June 1982:
Argentine press agency Telam announces a fictitious seven point deal between UK & Argentine forces, whereby the UK agrees to recognise the courage of the Argentine troops, with troops to go home in their own ships & aircraft with their arms.
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15th June 1982:
This is of course a complete fabrication. Mendenez had tried to negotiate this line with General Moore and had ended up conceding that this was impossible. In any case the Junta were not really interested in a fast repatriation of troops.
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15th June 1982:
US Ambassador to the UN, Jeane Kirkpatrick, falsely tells Perez de Cuellar that an agreement exists for Argentina to recognise Resolution 502 and withdraw on Argentine ships with their weapons and equipment...
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15th June 1982:
Sir Anthony Parsons denies the story at once, telling de Cuellar, "It is characteristic of Mrs Kirkpatrick to act as a relay between Argentina and the Secretary General... It may represent the conditions that Argentina will try to put forward."
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15th June 1982:
British forces find three MM38 Exocet missiles and the home-made "ITB" launcher for them too. The RN takes the Exocets. The launcher is taken back for study...
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15th June 1982:
The three 155mm guns of the Argentine artillery are taken. One of the two was destroyed, two more came in the night of June 13/14 and only one got into action before Stanley fell. Eventually they will go back to the UK to become museum pieces...
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15th June 1982:
This document describes the challenges facing the British in handling over 11,000 Argentine Prisoners of War.
1. Enough food for three or four days but our tents lost on Atlantic Conveyor.
2. Water supply in Stanley has failed.
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15th June 1982:
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15th June 1982:
Foreign Office Situation Report for June 15th.
There is a summary of the events on the previous day including the surrender of all Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands.
The repatriation of 14,000 Argentine prisoners of war is discussed.
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15th June 1982:
The New York Times reported that:
Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands have surrendered, halting the war in the South Atlantic, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's office announced early this morning.
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15th June 1982:
This New York Times segment summarises the 10 week conflict.
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15th June 1982:
New York Times again
"That ''de facto cease-fire'' in the Falklands is, de facto, an Argentine surrender. Britain's strangulation of Port Stanley was the moral and honorable substitute for a final bloodbath. "
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15th June 1982:
New York Times on the end of the war:
"Argentine officials had no comment early today on the British announcement that Argentine forces had surrendered in a two-and-a-half month effort to seize control of the Falkland Islands."
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15th June 1982:
New York Times ponders the aftermath of the conflict:
"The reported surrender of Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands has forced Argentina, a nation that has never lived up to its own expectations, to ponder why and what next."
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15th June 1982:
"WE'VE WON!"
Announces The Sun newspaper, reporting on Victor and Vanquished in regards to the respective commanders.
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15th June 1982:
Petty Officer Iain Shickle onboard HMS Hermes notes that the Argentine surrender in the Falkland Islands has come 74 days to win back the islands.
On Hermes there is however no change for the present with dawn to dusk action stations.
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