It seems that they did not read Sun Tzu

Abstract

41 years ago, since April 2 to June 14, 1982, the Armed Conflict of the South Atlantic took place; by which the sovereignty of the archipelagos of the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands was disputed. The main protagonists and opponents on the battlefield were the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Three months after the end of the Malvinas War, the Argentine Government ordered the formation of a Commission for the Analysis and Evaluation of Political and Strategic-military Responsibilities in the South Atlantic Conflict (CAERCAS).

The analysis in question resulted in a work known as the Rattenbach Report. Said report crudely concludes in serious failures committed by the Government and the Superior Leadership of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, which would lead to the declaration of the cessation of hostilities and to their consequent defeat at the end of the war, that June 14, 1982. It seems that the Argentine authorities who worked during the conflict, according to Rattenbach and making a parallel, had never read Sun Tzu.