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The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in ...
The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial), also referred to as the Portuguese Overseas War or Overseas War (Portuguese: Guerra do Ultramar) for short, was a military conflict staged during the Decolonisation of Africa that pitted the guerrilla forces of the African nationalist Liberation movements of the Guinea-Bissau, Angola ...
Part of Portuguese Colonial War Location: Mozambique; Portugal: FRELIMO: Military stalemate FRELIMO Political victory [47] Independence of Mozambique; South African Border War (1966–1990) Location: South West Africa, Angola, Zambia South Africa Portugal (until 1974) UNITA FNLA: SWAPO SWANU MPLA Cuba ANC Zambia: Stalemate. Withdrawal of ...
The Portuguese Colonial War broke out in 1961 in response to challenges to Portuguese colonial rule by African independence movements following the success of Democratic Republic of the Congo obtaining independence from Belgium a year earlier. In 1970, FRELIMO guerillas began operating along the Mozambican section of the Zambezi River. The ...
The strike in Baixa do Cassange (Portuguese: Greve da Baixa do Cassange), also called Mariano's revolt and Maria's war, was a labor strike that is considered the first political movement that would trigger the Angolan War of Independence exactly one month later and the Portuguese Colonial War over the next three years in the Portuguese overseas provinces.
The Portuguese Colonial War in Africa lasted from 1961 until the final overthrow of the Estado Novo regime in 1974. The Carnation Revolution of April 1974 in Lisbon led to the hasty decolonisation of Portuguese Africa and to the 1975 annexation of Portuguese Timor by Indonesia.
Pages in category "Portuguese Colonial War" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Portuguese Army selected 2,000 of these exiles and organized them on 3 Battalions of 5 companies each, with these three battalions placed in Chimbila, Camissombo and Gafaria; they had their own Katangan officers and sergeants. Leais (Loyals) - a force composed by exiles from Zambia, black soldiers that were against Kenneth Kaunda.