IN PICTURES: Images from the Falklands conflict of 1982

Argentine Marines outside Government House JPG (492.8 KB)

Argentine Marines of the 2nd Marine Battalion outside Government House following the capture and occuapation of Port Stanley on 2 April 1982 [Source: IWM]

A Sea Harrier aboard HMS Invincible JPG (219.6 KB)

Maintenance men working on a Sea Harrier aircraft on board HMS Invincible off the Falklands [Source: IWM]

801 Squadron pilot JPG (230.1 KB)

A Sea Harrier pilot of No 801 Squadron in his cockpit on HMS Invincible's flight deck [Source: IWM]

Two RN Sea Harriers JPG (619.6 KB)

Two Royal Navy FRS.1 Sea Harriers [Source: IWM]

Aerial photo of Port Stanley Airport JPG (294.7 KB)

Port Stanley Airport after being bombed by RAF Vulcans as part of the Black Buck missions in May 1982 [Source: IWM]

Commandos march towards Port Stanley JPG (451.9 KB)

Royal Marine Commandos march towards Port Stanley in the Falklands [Source: IWM]

HMS Invincible's gun crew JPG (318.7 KB)

HMS Invincible's gun crew at the ready during the Falklands Conflict [Source: IWM]

HMS Sheffield on fire JPG (227.2 KB)

The Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield on fire after being struck by an AM.39 Exocet missile fired from an Argentine aircraft [Source: IWM]

A casualty en route to the sick bay JPG (229.0 KB)

A casualty from HMS Sheffield being rushed to the sick bay on board HMS Hermes [Source: IWM]

HMS Ardent sinking JPG (245.4 KB)

The sinking of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Ardent on 21 May 1982. No fewer than five bombs had struck Ardent's hangar and flight deck area and 22 lives were lost [Source: IWM]

Explosion aboard HMS Antelope JPG (69.3 KB)

The sinking of HMS Antelope in San Carlos Water. Argentine 500lb (227 kg) bombs explode on board HMS Antelope on the night of 23 May 1982 [Source: IWM]

Tea break JPG (343.1 KB)

Tea and maintenance [Source: IWM]

Argentine prisoners JPG (516.8 KB)

Royal Marine escorts Argentine prisoners [Source: IWM]

Argentine prisoner cooks a meal JPG (260.3 KB)

An Argentine soldier cooks a meal on elementary equipment in the sheep-shearing shed at Goose Green used as a holding area for Argentine prisoners of war [Source: IWM]

A funeral during the conflict JPG (512.8 KB)

One of the many funerals of British soldiers held during the conflict [Source: IWM]

Teniente de Naviro (Lieutenant) Alfredo Astiz signing the Instrument of Surrender JPG (296.5 KB)

Teniente de Naviro (Lieutenant) Alfredo Astiz signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of all Argentine forces at Lieth, on South Georgia on board HMS Plymouth [Source: IWM]

Discarded Argentine rifles JPG (671.2 KB)

Argentine rifles piled beside the road leading to the airfield at Port Stanley after being surrendered [Source: IWM]

Argentine prisoners of war JPG (786.5 KB)

Argentine prisoners of war in an open air barbed wire enclosure shortly after surrender [Source: IWM]

Return of the Falkland Islands' Royal Marines to their garrison JPG (876.6 KB)

Naval Party 8901, the Royal Marine garrison of the Falkland Islands evicted by the Argentine invaders, with the Falkland Islands flag outside Government House, Port Stanley, after the Argentine surrender [Source: IWM]

Argentine prisoners under guard JPG (653.0 KB)

Argentine prisoners under guard at Port Stanley [Source: IWM]

Naval taskforce in formation one JPG (323.6 KB)

Heroes return: Naval taskforce in formation one [Source: IWM]

Sub Lieutenant HRH Prince Andrew JPG (349.0 KB)

Sub Lieutenant HRH Prince Andrew at Portsmouth on returning to Britain from the Falkland Islands where he had served as a helicopter pilot with HMS Invincible [Source: IWM]

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Falklands 25: Images from the Falklands conflict of 1982

Pictures are courtesy of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
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