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Falklands War - the reporter's story (Sound Story)
In April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. BBC radio reporter Laurie Margolis gained the first confirmation from the Islands, via a fragile shortwave radio link, that the invasion had taken place. He told his story to the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive.
Oral history interview by Jonathan Kempster for Imperial War Museums, www.iwm.org.uk/
An edited version of this material was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3rd April 2022.
(Image: IWM Archive FKD2750)
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By Jonathan Kempster - oral historyIn April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. BBC radio reporter Laurie Margolis gained the first confirmation from the Islands, via a fragile shortwave radio link, that the invasion had taken place. He told his story to the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive.
Oral history interview by Jonathan Kempster for Imperial War Museums, www.iwm.org.uk/
An edited version of this material was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3rd April 2022.
(Image: IWM Archive FKD2750)