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8 June 48 UK servicemen are killed
when two supply ships are bombed by
Argentine air strikes off Bluff Cove.
14 June War ends as British forces
reach the outskirts of Stanley after
"yomping" across East Falkland from
San Carlos Bay. They arrive to find
the Argentine forces flying white
flags of surrender. A formal surrender
is agreed that day.
All told, 907 lives were lost in the
war, mostly on the Argentine side with
649 losses.
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