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 surrender at Port Stanley
surface form: 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 Argentine military administration of the Falkland Islands
surface form: Falkland Islands by Argentina
followedBy Battle for Port Stanley
surface form: 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
surface form: Cold War era
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
surface form: Falklands War timeline
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 surrender at Port Stanley
this entity surface form: Argentine capitulation at Port Stanley