Name | Role | Info |
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British | ||
Margret Thatcher | Prime Minister | Britain's first, and to date, only woman Prime Minister. |
Lord Carrington | Foreign Secretary | Considered the war a result of failed dipomacy on the behalf of his department; resigned. |
John Nott | Defence Secretary | Controvercial Sec.Def., Nott had already made serious cuts to the Navy and was shortly to scrap the two ageing (steam-powered) amphibious landing ships Fearless and Intrepid that played a cruical role in re-taking the islands. |
Anthony Parsons | British Ambassador to the UN | |
Admiral Lord Terence Lewin | Admiral of the Fleet; Chief of the Defence Staff | |
Major General Jeremy Moore | Commander, ground forces | |
Rear Admiral John "Sandy" Woodward | Flag, Task Force | |
Brigader Julian Thompson | Commander, 3 Commando Brigade | |
Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse | Commander in Chief | Admiral Fieldhouse was C-in-C and in overall command of the Falklands confict. The Conflict ensured a place for John Fieldhouse in the annals of British military history - since World War II, he as been the only C-in-C to have directed British forces to a unilateral victory against a well-equipped enemy. |
Jeremy 'JJ' Black, MBE | Captain, HMS Invincible | |
Commander "Sharkey" Ward | CO 801 Sea Harrier Sqdn., Invincible | |
Rex Hunt | Governor, Falkland Islands | |
Argentinian | ||
Nicanor Costa Mendez | Foreign Minister | |
Enrique Ross | Diplomat | |
General Leopoldo Galtieri | Head of Argentine Military Junta | |
Rear Admiral Carlos Büssar | Commander of the Marines | |
Admiral Jorge Anaya | C-in-C, Navy | |
Brigadier Basilio Lami Dozo | C-in-C, Air Force | |
Brigadier-General Menéndez | Governor and C-in-C, Las Malvinas | |
Vice-Admiral J.J.Lombardo | Head of Naval Planning Unit | |
Captain Hector Bonzo | Captain of the cruiser General Belgrano | |
Other Countries | ||
Gen.Alexander Haig | USA, Diplomat | |
Casper Weinberger | USA, Defence Secretary | |
General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | Chile, President & C-in-C armed forces |
Notes:
Rank indicates rank at the time of the war; some have been promoted since.
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