LIMITED WARS

FALKLANDS WAR

• Who: Great Britain, Argentina
• What: Fought over the Falklands/Malvinas islands
• When: April 2nd 1982- July 12th
• Where: Off the southern coast of Argentina
• Why: Britain wanted colonial power, Argentina wanted what was once theirs

FALKLANDS CONTINUED

• Leaders: Margaret Thatcher (Britain), General Leopoldo Galtieri (Argentina)
• Short term causes: both sides had domestic economic problems, political instability, and the desire to reclaim for Argentina.
• Immediate causes: Argentina invades the Falklands on April 2, 1982. Unable to solve problem.
• Results: British won and they kept the land. Argentines still wanted the land.

WHY IT WAS LIMITED

• Only military was involved
• Britain didn't use all forces
• The war lasted two months
• Small casualties

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

• Who: Nationalists (right), Republicans (left)
• What: The clash between the left and the right
• When: 1936-1939
• Where: Throughout Spain, Nationalists were in north, Republicans were in the south
• Why: The economic crisis caused a look for a new government.

SPANISH WAR CONTINUE

• General Francisco Franco led the Nationalists
• Germany and Italy was also involved with the uprising of the Nationalists
• Josef Stalin supported the Republicans
• Hitler used planes and tanks to test for WWII.
• Germany bombed Guernica on April 26, 1937 causing wide spread destruction

WHY IT WAS LIMITED

• Others countries did not use full power to win the war
• For Spain it was a "total" war
• Small casualties for foreign countries
• Spain had the most casualties

GULF WAR

• Who: Iraq-Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern Countries
• What: There was a coalition between the middle eastern countries going against Iraq.
• When: 1990-1991, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
• Where: Middle East- Kuwait, Iraq
• Why: Iraq took over Kuwait for their oil land to solve their economic crisis

GULF WAR CONTINUE

• Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi leader
• The Iran Iraq war caused the economic crisis in Iraq
• Iraq was in desperate need
• US and the UN was a part of the coalition

WHY IT WAS LIMITIED

• US did not use full power
• War materials came from all countries in the coalition
• War ended within a year
• Small casualties

CHINESE CIVIL WAR

• Nationalists (guomindang "GMD") vs Communists (Chinese communist party "CCP"
• What: civil war fought in attempts to unify china
• When: 1927-1937 and 1946-1949
• Where: all throughout china
• Why: China was an unproductive country because of imperialism. Changes in power took place

CHINESE CIVIL WAR CONTINUED

• Manchu dynasty failed leaving china with yuan shikai military dictator
• After shikai's death warlords took over separate provinces
• When sino Japanese war started the GMD and CCP joined together but later attacked each other
• Leaders: general Jiang jieshi (nationalist) Mao Zedong (communists)
• Second part of the war fought after WWII mainly against each other after Japan lost

WHY WAS IT LIMITED

• Resources were scarce
• Mainly fought with guerrilla warfare
• War of attrition- not advanced weaponry

OUTLINE FOR ESSAY

• P1: intro, define limited war, counterclaim
• P2: talk about 1st war, gulf war- include dates, battles etc
• P3: talk about 2nd war, Chinese civil war- dates, battles etc
• P4: commonalities between the two
• P5: conclusion