Historical Basis of The Dispute
See also: History of the Falkland Islands, Timeline of the history of the Falkland Islands, Falkland Crisis (1770), Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands (1833), and Sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsRead more about this topic: Falkland Islands Sovereignty Dispute
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