18 April: Carrier Battle Group continues south The Carrier Battle Group sailed from Ascension on the morning of Sunday 18 April 1982; Hermes weighe...
17 April: Top brass visits Battle Group Assault ship HMS Fearless arrived off Ascension early in the morning of Saturday 17 April 1982, havi...
16 April: Carrier Battle Group reaches Ascension Island Friday 16 April 1982 saw Battle Group Commander Admiral Sandy Woodward fly from his flagship, carrie...
15 April: Admiral Woodward joins his flagship Thursday 15 April 1982 was effectively the last leg of US Secretary of State Al Haig’s burst of sh...
14 April: Brilliant Group sails for the Falklands Wednesday 14 April 1982 marked the start of another burst of activity in both the military and polit...
13 April: Diplomatic deadlock American Secretary of State Al Haig continued his gruelling programme of transatlantic shuttles as h...
12 April: Maritime Exclusion Zone enforced The 200-mile Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ) announced by the British government the previous week cam...
11 April: Submarines arrive on station Having detached the Antrim Group, which had arrived at Ascension Island a day earlier, the remainder...
10 April: More diplomatic moves The diplomatic campaign continued to go in Britain’s favour, with a major step forward on Easter S...
9 April: The Great White Whale sails south Two very different white cruise ships joined Operation Corporate on Friday 9 April, which in 1982 wa...
8 April: Two more frigates depart from Gib As Al Haig’s shuttle diplomacy raced on, two further ships departed from Gibraltar to take their p...
7 April: Shuttle diplomacy begins The United States began the month of April by taking a broadly neutral stance towards the Argentine...