1918-1945 1970-1982







Falkland Islands, 1945-1970


In 1947-1948 - Britain being in the process of releasing India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma into independence - Argentina and Chile challenged Britain's claim on the Falkland Islands and sent a naval expedition; it took diplomatic pressure to avert a crisis. The British flag kept waiving on the Falkland Islands.
After World War I, some nations unilaterally extended their sovereignty over segments of sea (fishery) / ocean floor (mineral deposits) within a distance of 200 nautical miles from the coast. This highly increased the strategic value of islands located far from any coast, such as it was the case with the South Atlantic islands.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from infoplease : Falkland Islands, South Georgia
DOCUMENTS 1948 Document, from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canada
REFERENCE Article : Falkland Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1950 p.274, 1951 p.276, 1952 p.273, 1953 p.270, 1954 p.268, 1955 p.315, 1956 p.252, 1957 p.315, 1958 pp.249-250, 1959 pp.245-246, 1960 p.247, 1961 pp.257-258, 1962 p.246, 1963 p.361 [G]
Article : Colonies and Dependent Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1964 pp.265-268 [G]
Article : Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.253, 1966 p.203, 1967 p.218, 1968 p.216 [G]
Article : Dependent States : Falkland Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 p.277, 1970 p.277, 1971 p.267 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.240-241, 1957 pp.266-267, 1958 p.259, 1959 pp.246-247, 1960 p.251, 1961 p.251, 1962 p.252, 1963 p.233, 1964 p.231 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1961-1962 pp.461-463, 1970-1971 pp.140-142 [G]



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