For three months in the spring and summer of 1982, the Falklands Conflict was headline news across the world. It was the first conventional war that British troops had fought since Korea. It was a war that saw great heroism, great sacrifice, great tragedy - and a lot of harsh lessons for the fighting services and their equipment.

It began on April 2nd 1982, apparently as a trivial incident on a vast and inhospitable island. It ended in a war costing hundreds of lives and billions of pounds. Argentinian scrap metal merchants had illegally landed and raised the Argentinian Flag on the island of South Georgia. The next day the BBC World Service announced that the Falklands had been invaded.

At first it was thought that Britain would not bother to retaliate against the invasion because the Falklands was thousands of miles away, it's only connection being the RAF Tristar flight which took people to and from the islands every week. However this view was soon shattered as Mrs Thatcher declared a state of war for Britain to regain control of the Falkland islands and South Georgia.

In this scenario you will play the side of the British. 

You begin the game with 3 Nuclear Submarines (HMS Conqueror, Splendid & Spartan) already on patrol around the islands and South Georgia. Their main aim is to 'pin back' the two main Argentine Naval Forces. The first force is that of the ageing carrier 25 de Mayo, escorted by two destroyers. although dated, she still carry's 3 strike aircraft and an helicopter, enough to cause you considerable concern. Try to locate her as soon as possible. - The second Naval Force contains the pride of the Argentine fleet - A second world war, ex US Cruiser named General Belgrano. Her guns bigger than anything in the Royal Navy she must be immobilized quickly!

As commander of the British Task Force, your objectives are clear: recapture the Falkland Islands and her dependencies (south Georgia) with as little loss of UK units as possible. The three main locations are listed below.