Ascension Island served as a staging ground for one of the belligerents during this event, while the other side lost a sizable portion of its total casualties with the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano.  Territorial disputes in the Beagle Channel with Chile would prevent the aggressor from utilizing some of its elite forces here. The aggressor's populace converged at the Plaza De Mayo to praise their leader Leopold Galtieri, who had recently ascended in a military 
Ascension Island served as a staging ground for one of the belligerents during this event, while the other side lost a sizable portion of its total casualties with the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano.  Territorial disputes in the Beagle Channel with Chile would prevent the aggressor from utilizing some of its elite forces here. The aggressor's populace converged at the Plaza De Mayo to praise their leader Leopold Galtieri, who had recently ascended in a military junta. Ultimately, Galtieri's army would be driven back out of Stanley, in what would result in a political victory for Margaret Thatcher. For ten points, identify this brief 1982 conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina over a South Atlantic archipelago.
Ascension Island served as a staging ground for one of the belligerents during this event, while the other side lost a sizable portion of its total casualties with the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano.  
{Falkland} Islands {War} (accept clear knowledge equivalents like {Falklands War})