#OtD 2 May 1982 a UK submarine fired on Argentina's Belgrano ship during the Falklands war, sinking it and killing 323 people.

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#OtD 2 May 1982 a UK submarine fired on Argentina's Belgrano ship during the Falklands war, sinking it and killing 323 people. Widely considered a war crime, the UK claimed the ship had entered an exclusion zone, but leaked documents showed it hadn't https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7825/Sinking-of-the-Belgrano