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    The Iron Lady At War Over Falklands Islands

    Margaret Thatcher seemed to be at her brashest when Britain was challenged.

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    FILE - This is a Sunday, June 6, 1982 file photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the lunch table, Sunday, June 6, 1982 at the Palace of Versailles, France, following the first session of the second days summit meeting. Margaret Thatcher felt betrayed by close ally Ronald Reagan over the Falkland Islands, according to newly released papers that reveal how isolated Britain's prime minister was in her determination to repel the Argentine invasion by force. When Argentina seized the British territory off the South American coast in April 1982, Thatcher's government presented a united front in public.(AP Photo/ File)
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    An Evening Standard headline on a London newspaper stand during the Falklands War reads 'British Troops Go In', May 1982. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    British troops arriving in the Falklands Islands during the Falklands War. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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    FILE - This is a April 30, 1982 file photo of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, during her election tour in London. Margaret Thatcher felt betrayed by close ally Ronald Reagan over the Falkland Islands, according to newly released papers that reveal how isolated Britain's prime minister was in her determination to repel the Argentine invasion by force. (AP Photo/ File)
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    British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis (1915 - 2003, left) visit Stanley Junior School, Stanley in the Falkland Islands, 1983. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    Some of the 3000 British troops, who are leaving Southampton on board the liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 on their way to South Georgia during the Falklands War, 12th May 1982. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets disabled veterans at the Falklands Victory Parade Banquet at the Guildhall, London, 12th October 1982. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    The Iron Lady At War Over Falklands Islands

    Margaret Thatcher seemed to be at her brashest when Britain was challenged.

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