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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), was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974. The Portuguese regime was overthrown by a military coup in 1974, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end.

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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), was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974. The Portuguese regime was overthrown by a military coup in 1974, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end.
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  • Guerra Colonial Portuguesa
  • Portuguese Colonial War
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  • 15,507 wounded (physical and/or psychological)
  • 8,827 killed
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  • Portugal
  • UNITA
  • FLEC
  • FNLA
  • FRELIMO
  • MPLA
  • PAIGC
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  • Independence ofAngola,Cape Verde,Guinea Bissau,MozambiqueandSão Tomé e Principe:
  • *Portuguese military victory in Angola and Mozambique. Portugal regains full control of the territory of Angola and almost all of Mozambique by the end of the conflict (1974); maintenance of the nationalist movements´s headquarters and its political bodies in neighboring countries during the war. Military stalemate or Portuguese partial defeat in Portuguese Guinea.
  • *Fall of the Estado Novo regime (Carnation Revolution)
  • *Political, social and diplomatic erosion of the Estado Novo regime
  • *Subsequent withdrawal of all Portuguese troops from Africa under theLusakaandAlvoragreements.
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  • 10,000 in Portuguese Guinea
  • 10-15,000 in Mozambique
  • 148,000 European Portuguese regular troops;
  • 18,000 in Angola
  • 32,000 in Portuguese Guinea
  • 38,000-43,000 Guerrillas;
  • 51,000 in Mozambique
  • 65,000 in Angola
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