In Britain, files released under the 30-year rule show the intense pressure Margaret Thatcher was under during the 1982 Falklands War.
US President Ronald Reagan wanted the former British PM to hand the islands over to international peacekeepers.
She also had a furious row with the French over the fact they may continue to sell Exocet missiles to the Argentineans during the conflict threatening NATO alliances.
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Falklands veteran Simon Weston says she was the right person for the job:
