1982年4月2日，阿根廷武装部队入侵福克兰群岛，即“罗萨里奥行动”。福克兰群岛是英国海外领土之一，不过阿根廷声称拥有福克兰群岛、南乔治亚和南三明治群岛的主权。1982年，阿根廷由东向西展开维护其主权各式行动，试图加强对于其领土的全面控制。

Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War.

The invasion of South Georgia, also known as the Battle of Grytviken or Operation Georgias, took place on 3 April 1982, when Argentine Navy forces seized control of the east coast of South Georgia after overpowering a small group of Royal Marines at Grytviken. Though outnumbered, the Royal Marines shot down a helicopter and hit the Argentine corvette ARA Guerrico several times before being forced to surrender. It was one of the first episodes of the Falklands War, immediately succeeding the invasion on the Falkland Islands the day before.