{"id":13495,"date":"2022-04-24T13:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=206790"},"modified":"2022-04-24T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:36:07","slug":"the-falklands-war-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-falklands-war-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Spencer Mizen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 24 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>How much of a gamble did sending a task force to the South Atlantic represent for Margaret Thatcher? How close did Britain come to losing the conflict? And did victory change the nation\u2019s relationship with its armed forces? Speaking to Spencer Mizen, Helen Parr answers listener questions about the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/20th-century\/falklands-war-history-facts-what-happened\/&quot;\">Falklands War<\/a>, British troops\u2019 campaign to retake the Falkland Islands four decades ago.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-206790-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/Falklands_EV-84545cf.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/Falklands_EV-84545cf.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/Falklands_EV-84545cf.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Spencer Mizen Published: Sunday, 24 April 2022 at 12:00 am How much of a gamble did sending a task force to the South Atlantic represent for Margaret Thatcher? How close did Britain come to losing the conflict? And did victory change the nation\u2019s relationship with its armed forces? 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