Operation Corporate
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Operation Corporate was the codename given to the 1982 British military involvement in the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War.
The 2 April 1982 Argentine invasion, Operation Rosario, took the British by surprise. The British undertook a series of military operations as a means of recapturing the Falkands from Argentine occupation.
The British counterinvasion was launched on 21 May, the capital city of Port Stanley fell on 14 June. 3 British civilians and 255 service men were killed restoring the islands to the previous status.
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| Military forces | Argentine ground forces | British ground forces | Argentine air forces | British air forces | Argentine naval forces | British naval forces | ||
| Timeline | Background | Invasion | Falklands War | ||
| Battles | Goose Green | Mount Harriet | Two Sisters | Mount Longdon | Mount Tumbledown | Wireless Ridge | ||
| Operations | Algeciras | Canbelow | Corporate | Black Buck | Keyhole | Paraquat | Purple Warrior | Rosario | Sutton | ||
