Historical person
Leopoldo Galtieri
1926–2003
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri was an Argentine army general who became de facto president during the military dictatorship. In April 1982 his government ordered the seizure of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, triggering the war with Britain that ended with Argentine surrender in June.
Leopoldo Galtieri was the Argentine army general and de facto president whose junta ordered the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands. Leopoldo Galtieri was born in Argentina and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins’ The Battle for the Falklands treats Leopoldo Galtieri as one of the political decision-makers whose calculations turned the sovereignty dispute into war in 1982. The book follows the Argentine seizure of the islands, the British diplomatic response and task force, and the campaign that ended in Argentine surrender. Galtieri’s leadership of the military junta is therefore examined alongside Margaret Thatcher’s government, allowing the history to connect battlefield events with the domestic pressures and strategic assumptions behind them.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Leopoldo Galtieri (1 book)
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