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On the breadline
A queue of shoppers in the East German town of Jüterbog waits
for a bakery to open. Despite the promise that a communist
economy would serve the interests of the people, citizens of the
German Democratic Republic experienced years of shortages
following the collectivisation drive of the 1950s, resulting in
queuing, empty shelves and products of indifferent quality. The
gap between communist rhetoric and social reality played no
small part in the collapse of the regime in 1990.Tumbledown triumph
Scots Guards on Mount Tumbledown celebrate Argentina’s
surrender on 14 June 1982, ending the brief Falklands War.
A large task force had been sent to the Falkland Islands in
early April after Argentine forces seized the archipelago. After
weeks of bitter fighting, British troops reached the mountains
surrounding the capital, Stanley, and Argentina capitulated.
British victory, at the cost of 255 British and 649 Argentinian
dead troops, brought down the military junta in Argentina and
strengthened Margaret Thatcher’s position as prime minister.