What the records say
- When
- 15 Feb 1953
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 62.98° S, 60.57° W
Deception Island incident
Incident between the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile during the Cold War
The Deception Island incident took place in February 1953 when a group of British Royal Marines landed on Deception Island in Antarctica, took two Argentine sailors prisoner and destroyed both an Argentine Navy base and nearby Chilean base.
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