3/3. Six Weeks That Saved the Navy. When the Falkland Islands were invaded in 1982, the Navy was undergoing major cuts. If the invasion had taken place a few months later, the task force that was sent would have been impossible to assemble. Professor Andrew Lambert assesses the conflict with the help of first-hand accounts. Producer Charles Colville ; Executive producer Bill Grist Followed by Summer of Opera The power and passion of opera in a minute.