On Kitmaker Benelux the campaign "Falklands War / Guerre de las Malvinas" will start on September 1st.
As the community on Kitmaker Benelux is not that large, I was wondering if maybe here there are members who are willing to join!
Background
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The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina; their name and sovereignty over them is disputed.
The Falklands War started on Friday, 2 April 1982, with the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Britain launched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Argentine Air Force, and retake the islands by amphibious assault. The conflict ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, and the islands remained under British control. The war lasted 74 days. It resulted in the deaths of 255 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors, and airmen, and the deaths of three civilian Falkland Islanders. It is the most recent external conflict to be fought by the UK without any allied states and the only external Argentine war since the 1880s.
The conflict was the result of a protracted historical confrontation regarding the sovereignty of the islands. Neither state officially declared war and the fighting was largely limited to the territories under dispute and the South Atlantic. The initial invasion was characterised by Argentina as the re-occupation of its own territory, and by the UK as an invasion of a British dependent territory. As of 2011,[6] and as it has since the 19th century, Argentina shows no sign of relinquishing its claim. The claim was added to the Argentine constitution after its reformation in 1994.
The political effects of the war were strong in both countries. A wave of patriotic sentiment swept through both: the Argentine loss prompted even larger protests against the ruling military government, which hastened its downfall; in the United Kingdom, the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was bolstered. It helped Thatcher's government to victory in the 1983 general election, which prior to the war was seen as by no means certain. The war has played an important role in the culture of both countries, and has been the subject of several books, films, and songs. Over time, the cultural and political weight of the conflict has had less effect on the British public than on that of Argentina, where the war is still a topic of discussion.
Relations between Argentina and UK were restored in 1989 under the umbrella formula which states that the islands' sovereignty dispute would remain aside
Source = Wikipedia
Rules
- Every aircraft, (armored) vehicle, ship, figure, diorama that has any relation to the Falklands conflict is allowed. For an entire list, see Wiki on Falklands weapons
- Starting date is September 1st
- Duration of the campaign is 3 months
- Everyone who completes the campaign will be awarded a ribbon
English/Dutch
Although our campaign page and campaign topic are in Dutch, you can just enlist and do your topics/reply in English.
Everybody understands English in Netherlands/Belgium/Luxemburg.
Enlist?
1. Please enlist by clicking on "Meedoen" in the campaign page
2. Report in the campaign topic.
3. You can post your entry in our 'Campagne' forum, which is here. By the way, I see that on Aeroscale everything is posted in one topic. On Kitmaker Benelux it is the 'tradition' that campaign information is posted in the campaign topic and that everybody has their own build/blog topic in the campaign section, recognizable with the text [Falklands War] in the title, see the campaign forum for examples of previous campaigns & topics.
Questions or comments?
Put them here or send me a personal message.
Hope to see you joining!
Greetz,
Jurrie
