Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 in a military operation code-named Operation Rosario. The invasion served as a catalyst for the subsequent Falklands War. The Argentines m
Recopilación de imágenes durante la Guerra de las Malvinas
Site of Moody Brook Barracks, the island garrison for the Falklands. A small detachment of Royal Marines was stationed here from the 1960s until the invasion of 1982 when Argentine forces stormed the barracks. The site is that of the old wireless station. Only foundations remain today.
Giachino being treated by Argentine medic moments before his eventual death
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Pedro Giachino
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Capitan de Corbeta Pedro Edgardo Giachino, was an Argentine Navy officer who became the first serviceman killed in action during the Falklands War.
1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
…special forces troopers of Lieutenant-Commander Guillermo Sánchez-Sabarots's 1st Amphibious Commandos Group and a small party under Lieutenant-Commander Pedro Giachino, who was second-in-command of the 1st Marine Infantry Battalion and had volunteered for the mission to capture Government House. Argentine Rear Admiral…
Pedro Giachino