Most documentaries discuss the Falklands War from a British perspective - in this short film, the Armchair Historian presents the 1982 conflict from an Argentine viewpoint, starting from the 1833 British capture and displacement of gauchos from the island and the British refusal to abide by United Nations resolutions condemning Great Britain's continuing occupation of the island. In the 1980s, facing unrest at home in the 1980s due to its crumbling economy and the thousands of citizens tortured, killed or tortured and killed by the junta, the Argentine military government decides to improve their popularity by capturing the Falkland Islands, totally misreading Great Britain's determination to recapture and retain the South Atlantic archipelago. While the British had to fight the war thousands of miles from home, their army and navy were more experienced, better equipped and had superior intelligence than their foes and quickly captured the islands after a series of sharp, but short engagements. When the Argentine people discovered the junta had continually lied to them, they revolted against the regime and reestablished a democratic government.