British ground attack on Stanley delayed by two days[1]
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Jeremy Moore Michael Clapp Julian Thompson Tony Wilson
Ernesto Crespo Mario Menendez Juan Lombardo
Casualties and losses
56 killed[2] 150 wounded 1 landing ship lost 1 LCU sunk 1 helicopter written off 1 landing ship badly damaged 1 frigate damaged
3 killed 3 aircraft lost
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Location within Falkland Islands
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Falklands War
Operation Rosario
South Georgia
Occupation
Operation Corporate
Paraquet
Black Buck
Santa Fe
Belgrano
Sobral
Sheffield
Pebble Island
Mikado
Sutton
San Carlos
Ardent
Seal Cove
Antelope
Atlantic Conveyor
Coventry
Goose Green
Mount Kent
Top Malo House
Bluff Cove
Many Branch Point
Mount Harriet
Two Sisters
Glamorgan
Sir Galahad
Mount Longdon
Wireless Ridge
Mount Tumbledown
Port Stanley
Thule & South Sandwich Islands
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by the Argentine Air Force (FAA) while unloading at Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.
^Bolia, Robert S. "The Falklands War:The Bluff Cove Disaster" (PDF). Military Review (November–December 2004): 71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012.
^Hickman, Kennedy, "The Falklands War: An Overview", About.com, archived from the original on 13 March 2015, retrieved 25 January 2010
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