The Sinking Of ‘The Belgrano’ By Giovanni Di Stefano
On 2 May 1982 the Argentine cruiser ‘General Belgrano’ was sunk by a British submarine. Despite the huge loss of life, the action was applauded in Britain as a shrewd blow in the Falklands conflict; but as the facts began to emerge, disturbing doubts concerning the role of the British government in the incident were raised. For although it was claimed, at first, that the submarine commander had been acting on his own initiative in firing his torpedoes, it…