Britain quickly started diplomatic negotiations but in the mean time, assembled a fleet including destroyers, helicopters, aircraft carriers, assault ships and a nuclear submarine. It took over six weeks for the fleet to sail south and in that time Argentina refused to seriously negotiate and had over a division flown to the islands and dug in.
Atterr�e, la vieille Angleterre assiste aujourd'hui, impuissant, aux derniers soubresauts de son empire moribond. �videmment, pour sauver l'honneur, elle envoie les deux tiers de sa flotte. Quarante b�timents, destroyers et fr�gates pr�c�d� par les deux joyaux de la couronne: les porte-avions "Invincible" et "Hermes".