Two Epic Sea Battles Off Falklands Recalled
<i> Associated Press</i>
LONDON —
Several hundred people gathered Saturday to commemorate two sea battles that underlined the importance of the Falkland Islands as a major South Atlantic base for the Royal Navy in two world wars.
The veterans and survivors marched past the Cenotaph memorial to Britain’s war dead to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands in World War I and the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate in World War II.
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