A cikin rabin rabin karni na 20, Falklands ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin da'awar mallakar yankuna na Birtaniya zuwa tsibirin subantarctic da kuma wani ɓangare na Antarctica. Falklands sun mallaki waɗannan yankuna a matsayin Falkland Islands Dependencies farawa a 1908, kuma sun riƙe su har sai da rushewar su a shekarar 1985. Falklands kuma sun taka rawar gani a cikin yakin duniya guda biyu a matsayin sansanin soja da ke taimakawa wajen kula da kudancin Atlantic. A cikin yakin duniya na farko na Falklands Islands a watan Disamba na 1914, wani jirgin ruwa na Royal Navy ya ci nasara da wani rukuni na Jamus na Imperial. A yakin duniya na biyu, bayan yakin Disamba na 1939 na River Plate, yaƙin yaƙin HMS Exeter ya tashi zuwa Falklands don gyare-gyare.
Shekara ta 1965