Argentina - Report on 1982 War With Britain Is Declassified - NYTimes.com The government has finally made public a critical report of the mistakes made by its military dictatorship in its war against Britain to recover the Falkland Islands in 1982. The so-called Rattenbach report was so critical of the military junta that Argentina's last dictator ordered it kept secret for 50 years. President Cristina Fernández declassified it as part of a continuing effort to blame the junta and not the people for the failed war. It is available on the presidential Web site.