Britain lost many colonies and didn t do anything, so why would it fight for the Falklands?

The Malvinas Islands have more natural and biological resources than any other colony. And because the other colonies were far away from Britain, it was difficult to get started.

Because the Falklands are to Britain what Taiwan is to China, they are part of Britain's inalienable territory, symbolizing Britain's territorial sovereignty.

Is Britain reluctant to lose it? That's because the Falklands region is very rich in oil. If you throw it away? It would have a huge impact on the fragile British economy.

<> "Why didn't Britain return the Falklands?"

The Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falkland Islands, are located in the South Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago was once under the de facto control of the British, but in 1982, Argentina tried to retake the island, leading to the Falklands War.

However, the British have not returned the island to Argentina since then. So, why didn't Britain return the Falklands to tease the spine? This is a highly controversial issue.

First of all, from the point of view of the British, they believe that the Falklands are British territory and should not be returned to other countries. In the 1982 war, the British successfully defended their territory, so they did not see the need to return the island to Argentina. In addition, Britain also believes that if the Falklands are returned to Argentina, it may cause dissatisfaction among other countries and pose a threat to Britain's national interests and security.

Secondly, from the point of view of international law, Britain is also not obliged to return the Falklands to Argentina. Although a country's territorial waters and exclusive economic zones should be shared with countries adjacent to its land under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Malvinas Islands are far from the British mainland, and the number of British troops stationed in the area is far smaller than that of Argentina.

Accordingly, some States believe that the Malvinas Islands should belong to Argentina under international law. However, Britain considered itself entitled to decide the fate of the island.

Finally, from a political point of view, relations between the UK and Argentina have been tense. Although the two countries have held many negotiations and consultations over the past few decades to try to resolve this issue, they have not made substantial progress. In addition, Argentina has been criticizing Britain's actions in the international community, calling it "colonialism", which has also exacerbated the contradictions and confrontation between the two countries.

To sum up, there is still a dispute as to why Britain did not return the Falklands. There are different views and interpretations, both from a legal and political point of view. However, we should respect the views and positions of all parties.

This is mainly because the Falklands region has a lot of oil resources, and if Britain loses the Falklands, it will have a very big impact on the fragile British economy at that time。That's why Britain will gather military forces to engage in a military conflict with Argentina. More importantly, because the geographical location of the Falklands is also very superior, Britain will never lose the strategic location of the Falklands.

However, Argentina actively waged war with Britain because of the pressure at home, so this also led to many countries not supporting Argentina.

Because the contradictions in Argentina were very big at that time, and the economy was in serious decline, Argentina was determined to divert these contradictions by starting a warBecause they felt that simply starting a war would solve such a serious problem. However, due to the backwardness of Argentina's industrial development and military development, many of its military ** are imported from Western countries. However, at that time, Western countries were very close to the United Kingdom, which also made Western countries refuse to export to Argentina**.

Due to the Falklands area, it is very rich in oil and natural gas resourcesIt can be said to be a very important place for a country like the United Kingdom, which has developed industry but very few oil resources, so Britain will definitely not give up such a treasure land. More importantly, the geographical location of the Falklands region is also very important, and the threat to neighboring countries is also very large, so Britain does not hesitate to solve this surrounding conflict by launching a war.

Of course, in the final result, Britain won a big victory, and Argentina** fell because of it, but we all know that this is an unjust warBecause Britain forcibly occupied the territory of Argentina, but forcibly occupied it by means of war. This in itself is a very serious aggression.

The rest were colonies, all independence movements, and Britain was simply powerless to stop them. And the Falklands are considered by Britain as territory, not a colony, nor a question of independence, but Argentina wants to take it away.

The Argentine careerist made a fuss about Margaret Thatcher.

The fifties and sixties were a fierce era of anti-colonialism all over the world, and many colonized countries were successfully victorious, and in the eighties, due to changes in the world situation, the battle between Britain and Argentine on the Falklands was a territorial war between the two countries, not a colonial war.

The fundamental reason is that the Falklands are rich in peat, lead, coal, iron, silver and other mineral resources, and there is oil and gas offshore. P.S. After the Second World War, the question of Falkland's sovereignty was transferred to the United Nations.

In 1964, the United Nations Committee on Decolonization debated the question of the ownership of the archipelago. Argentina claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands on the basis of the papal (papal) royal decree of 1493 (as amended by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494) (on which Spain and Portugal divided the New World on their own), on the grounds of succession to Spain, the islands' proximity to South America, and the need to end their colonial status. Britain claimed sovereignty over the islands on the basis of its "open, continuous, de facto possession, occupation and administration" of the islands since 1833 and its determination to apply the principle of self-determination recognized by the Charter of the United Nations to the people of Falkland Islanders.

The main thing is to play Argentina and have this strength. In 1956 there was no such strength and collapsed.

Because most of the colonies were self-initiated wars of independence to break away from British colonization, they themselves had a mass base. In the case of the Malvinas Islands, the majority of the population did not want to secede from the United Kingdom, which itself was stronger than Argentina, and had a good chance of winning. Britain will not fight a white spoon war with no chance of winning and the people's will to lose, just like Hong Kong, and Britain will not dare to send troops to fight the worst.

That's because of the problem of face, after Britain lost its colonies, the empire on which the sun never sets is fading, just a dying struggle, showing the world that he is still very strong, but in fact he is also a frightened bird.

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Forget it, isn't the Strait of Malacca more strategic than the Falklands? Britain has given up.

Falkland Islands, also known as the Falkland Islands, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Argentina, South Low Antarctica, a total area of 12,200 square kilometers, the whole archipelago consists of East Falkland Island, West Falkland Island and 776 small islands, the island has complex topography, the coastline is tortuous, the north of the archipelago is traversed by two mountains and seas in the east-west direction, and the rest are hilly areas.

Because the Falklands are located in the sea area of about 52 degrees south latitude, and close to Antarctica, the cold and humid climate is dominated by the whole year, with an average annual precipitation of 625 mm.

The unique geographical location makes the Falklands distributed with Gentoo penguins, cormorants, emperor penguins, striped vultures, wild geese, wild ducks, sea lions, walruses and other rare species, animal husbandry and fishing have become the main industries on the island, and the island is rich in mineral resources such as lead, coal, iron, silver, etc., as well as oil and natural reserves in the offshore waters, therefore, the Falklands have become the object of competition among countries since the "Age of Discovery".

For the Kingdom of Great Britain, the control of the Falklands means that it holds the southern gate of the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, and at the same time, the natural advantage of the Falklands itself close to Antarctica provides a complete logistics support base for the Kingdom of Great Britain to enter Antarctica, and from a strategic point of view, the Falklands control the Cape of Good Hope in Africa in the east, New Zealand at the southern tip of the Pacific Ocean in the west, South America in the north, Antarctica in the south, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southeast. The geographical location of the Falklands can be said to be "connecting two oceans" (the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean) and "controlling four continents" (Africa, America, Australia, and Antarctica).

This extremely geostrategically dangerous position can be said to not only ensure the political and military radiation of the Kingdom of Great Britain, but also provide a natural overseas strategic base for the docking of British aircraft carriers, which is simply a rare God-given location.

For Argentina, occupying the Falklands and reaching Antarctica to the south can not only expand its territory, but also lay the groundwork for the future struggle for the Antarctic region, and to the east, it can cut off the corner between South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands controlled by the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Falklands, cut off one of its arms, prevent the political penetration of the British, and at the same time block the southern gate of the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, block the British attempt to dye the beautiful dream of the Americas, and break through the strategic blockade imposed by the British on Argentina.

Therefore, the Falklands are of extraordinary geostrategic importance to both the Kingdom of Great Britain and Argentina, and whoever takes the Falklands will control the South American continent and the east-west routes to the Pacific and Atlantic in future wars.

Presumably, he is more powerful and confident than Argentina in military technology.

Face is the most important thing. Although Britain, known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", has long since declined and its overseas colonies have basically been lost, Britain absolutely cannot tolerate being bullied by dogs when the tiger falls into Pingyang. A wartime cabinet headed by Margaret Thatcher was soon formed, and Congress unanimously passed a resolution to use force against Argentina.

The British Navy dispatched two-thirds of the country's naval forces to form a task force to blockade the land, sea and air forces around the Falklands.

That's really amateurish. The Falklands were originally discovered by the British when they were sailing, and have been managed to this day. The Argentines think that the Falklands are close to themselves, at most less than 600 kilometers away, and far away from the British, so they think that the Falklands should be their own, so that there will be conflicts, and finally wars.

It has nothing to do with resources.

Who robbed whom? When the British occupied the Falklands, there was no such thing as Argentina. Besides, the Argentines are also descendants of the Spanish colonizers, who are also invaders.

Look at Saint Pierre and Miquelon on the border of Canada, which are still French territories, are all colonizers pretending to be weak?

There are abundant oil and gas resources around.

So what do you think we are trying to do with the South China Sea Islands?

Although the Falklands are small, but because of the special geographical location and rich minerals, Britain will not give up the Falklands lightly, the second is that Argentina is not a very strong country, Britain and Argentina are still very sure, and the third is that Britain was full of internal contradictions at that time, and it was also in urgent need of a battlefield to divert domestic contradictions.

The Falklands are close to Antarctica, which can provide a complete logistics support base for Britain to enter Antarctica, and the Falklands control the Cape of Good Hope in Africa in the east, New Zealand in the west, South America in the north, and Antarctica in the southThe Falklands are geographically connected by two oceans and control four continents.

MoreoverThe island is rich in mineral resources such as lead, coal, iron, and silver, as well as oil and natural reserves in the offshore watersThe Falklands were discovered by the British as early as 1592, and international law has the principle of "who discovers, who controls, who governs", and there is no doubt that the island is owned by the British, so how can the British give up the Falklands easily?

Moreover, Argentina, which was once a Spanish colony, is not very strong in actual power, although he claims to have ownership of the Falklands, but the actual control is very limited, and Argentina is full of domestic contradictions, and the control of the Falklands is completely powerless, so for such an Argentina, Britain, as the former world hegemon, wants to beat it, but there is no psychological burden.

PlusThatcher's public opinion was at its lowest point at this timeThe number of unemployed in Britain has doubled since she took office three years ago, and inflation is even more alarmingIf Margaret Thatcher wants to be re-elected, she needs a political cover to help her reverse public opinionSo she seized on the Falklands issue and did not hesitate to fight Argentina.

Sure enough, through the Falklands War, the spirit of patriotism was awakened, and the Falklands not only returned to the hustle of Britain, but Margaret Thatcher also succeeded in winning re-election.

Hello, although the British colonies have become independent after World War II, including Argentina, which has also been freed from colonial rule, the Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falkland Islands by the British, are still in British hands, and the Falklands are a symbol of their presence in the South Atlantic for the British, and they will not give up easily.

In the early 80s, Argentina suffered from severe inflation, the people lived in hardship, and the country's economy was facing collapse. The Argentine people's dissatisfaction with the ruling military at that time reached the extreme, so the Argentine authorities urgently needed to divert the internal contradictions, and the best way to divert the contradictions was war. Therefore, they intended to use the resumption of the Falklands as a pretext to start a war with Britain in order to divert domestic attention.

This was the root of the Anglo-Argentine battle for the Falklands, which of course ended in defeat and the British still hold the Malvinas Islands.