White flags over Port Stanley
Okay, so imagine you and your friends are playing a game where you have to capture each other’s forts. If you win, you get to be the new king of the game, but if you lose, you have to give up your fort.
Now, imagine two countries are playing a similar game but with real forts and soldiers. Argentina and the United Kingdom both wanted control over a group of islands in the South Atlantic, one of the islands was called Falkland. They both sent soldiers to fight for control of the islands.
In 1982, the United Kingdom’s soldiers successfully took over the Falkland Islands and Argentina’s soldiers surrendered. The British soldiers wanted to make sure the other soldiers knew they had won and that they were in control, so they raised a white flag over Port Stanley, which is the capital of the Falkland Islands.
You know how when you play tag with your friends, you shout “safe” or “out” so that everyone knows who is still in the game and who is not? Raising the white flag was like saying “safe”, it meant that the fighting was over and that the British soldiers were the winners.
So, that’s why the white flags were raised over Port Stanley, to let everyone know that the United Kingdom had won control of the Falkland Islands.
Now, imagine two countries are playing a similar game but with real forts and soldiers. Argentina and the United Kingdom both wanted control over a group of islands in the South Atlantic, one of the islands was called Falkland. They both sent soldiers to fight for control of the islands.
In 1982, the United Kingdom’s soldiers successfully took over the Falkland Islands and Argentina’s soldiers surrendered. The British soldiers wanted to make sure the other soldiers knew they had won and that they were in control, so they raised a white flag over Port Stanley, which is the capital of the Falkland Islands.
You know how when you play tag with your friends, you shout “safe” or “out” so that everyone knows who is still in the game and who is not? Raising the white flag was like saying “safe”, it meant that the fighting was over and that the British soldiers were the winners.
So, that’s why the white flags were raised over Port Stanley, to let everyone know that the United Kingdom had won control of the Falkland Islands.