Falklands War - The First landings of SAS troops took place

Time: Wednesday Apr 21, 1982

Place: Falklands

Details: The first landings of SAS troops took place on 21 April, but—with the southern hemisphere autumn setting in—the weather was so bad that their landings and others made the next day were all withdrawn after two helicopters crashed in fog on Fortuna Glacier.

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