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Portuguese Colonial War
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| Part of the Decolonisation of Africa and the Cold War | |||||||||
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Angola:
Portuguese Guinea:
Mozambique:
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Angola:
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148,000 European Portuguese regular troops
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40,000–60,000 guerrillas +30,000 in Angola
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Civilian casualties:
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The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa) was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974. Portugal fought the MPLA, FNLA, UNITA and FLEC in Angola between 1961 and 1974. Also, they fought the PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau between 1963 and 1974. Lastly, they fought the FRELIMO in Mozambique between 1964 and 1974.
- ↑ Mia Couto, Carnation revolution, Monde Diplomatique
- ↑ Mid-Range Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century retrieved December 4, 2007
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حروب البرتغال الاستعمارية Arabic Guerra colonial portuguesa AST سومورگه پورتاغال ساواشی AZB Guerra colonial portuguesa Catalan Portugalská koloniální válka Czech Portugiesischer Kolonialkrieg German Portuguese Colonial War English Koloniaj Portugalaj Militoj EO Guerra colonial portuguesa Spanish Portugali koloniaalsõda ET
