BACKGROUND The Falklands conflict began on Friday 2 April 1982, when approximately 500 Argentine special forces landed at Mullet Creek on East Falkland Island. As part of Operation Rosario, Argentina advanced on Government House in Port Stanley against a disorganized garrison of British Royal Marines stationed on the island. Little opposition was encountered and the Argentine junta quickly assumed control. On the same day, Brigadier General Mario Menendez was appointed governor of the islands, and Port Stanley was immediately renamed Puerto Argentino. Argentina at this point expected the British to relinquish sovereignty over the islands through negotiations and with little or no armed conflict. Argentina had claimed the Falkland Islands, or Las Islas Malvinas as they call them, since 1833. However, the United Kingdom responded differently with the British ambassador to the UN, Sir Anthony Parsons, sending a draft resolution to the Council of Security in which he condemned hostilities and called for Argentina's immediate withdrawal. from the Islands. After rejecting British demands, the British government announced that the islands would be reconquered by force and began the largest mobilization of British forces since World War II. Because the Argentine government expected Britain to relinquish sovereignty over the islands with little or no conflict, no response planning or preparations to broadly defend the islands by force had been carried out. Argentina was forced to hastily prepare for war with a British task force waiting to arrive within three or four weeks to claim the Falkland Islands. This would be Argentina's first war in nearly 120 years. This article will discuss the command and control structure of both Argentine... half of article......Scheina, Robert L. "Chapter 15 The Malvinas War, May-June 1982." Latin America: A Naval History 1810-1987. Naval Institute. 379-386. Print.Thompson, Julian. "Chapter 8 Amphibious Logistics-Falklands 1982." The lifeblood of war: logistics in armed conflicts. Brassey's. 249-288; 371-374. Print.Train, Harry D. 'An Analysis of the Falkland Islands Campaign. Newport: Naval War College: Naval War College Review, 1988. 33-50. Print.Webb, K. The continuing importance of geographic distance and the Boulding strength loss gradient, comparative strategy. 2007. Wikipedia. Web.Woodward, Sandy and Patrick Robinson. One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Commander of the Falklands Battle Group. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1992. Print.Woodward, Sandy. "XVIII." One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Commander of the Falklands Battle Group. London: Harper Collins, 2003. Wikipedia. Net.