Battle of Grytviken

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Grytviken was a brief 1982 engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces recaptured the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia from Argentine troops.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Grytviken canonical	1
Recapture of Grytviken	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
belligerent	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties	Argentine casualties ⓘ British casualties ⓘ
combatant	Argentine Marine Corps ⓘ surface form: Argentine Marines Argentine Navy ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ
commandedBy	Captain Trombetta ⓘ Lieutenant Keith Mills ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
conflictType	naval and land engagement ⓘ
coordinateLocation	54.281°S 36.509°W ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1982-04-03 ⓘ
describedBySource	Argentine military reports ⓘ British Ministry of Defence accounts ⓘ
endDate	1982-04-03 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Paraquet ⓘ Battle of Grytviken self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Recapture of Grytviken
genre	20th-century battle ⓘ
hasPart	Argentine amphibious landing at Grytviken ⓘ defence of Grytviken by Royal Marines ⓘ
hasTopic	amphibious warfare ⓘ small-unit defence ⓘ
location	Grytviken ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia
militaryTheater	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
notableEvent	sinking of ARA Guerrico damaged in action near Grytviken ⓘ
partOf	Falklands War ⓘ Falklands War ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic campaign of the Falklands War
placeOfAction	Grytviken ⓘ surface form: Grytviken whaling station
precededBy	Falklands War ⓘ surface form: Argentine invasion of South Georgia
relatedTo	Battle of Goose Green ⓘ Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ Falklands War ⓘ surface form: Invasion of the Falkland Islands
result	Argentine victory ⓘ capture of Grytviken by Argentine forces ⓘ
significance	first clash between British and Argentine forces in the Falklands War ⓘ
startDate	1982-04-03 ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War era ⓘ
usedWeapon	anti-tank weapons ⓘ naval gunfire ⓘ small arms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Corporate → includesEvent → Battle of Grytviken ⓘ

Battle of Grytviken → followedBy → Battle of Grytviken self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Recapture of Grytviken