The overwhelming bulk of casualties were Argentines captured on the battlefield by British forces. The British detained some 11,400 Argentine prisoners during the war, all of whom were released and repatriated after the conclusion of hostilities. Argentina announced that about 650 lives had been lost—about half of them in the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano—while Britain lost 255. The British also lost several warships to Argentine antiship missile strikes.
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