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    The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional ("Armed Struggle...
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    Liberation of Angola (FNLA), having fought the MPLA with UNITA during the Angolan War of Independence, played almost no role in the Civil War. Additionally...
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    South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric...
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    Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National...
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  • Thumbnail for National Liberation Front of Angola
    militant organisation that fought for Angolan independence from Portugal in the war of independence, under the leadership of Holden Roberto. Founded in 1954...
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    of Angola (MPLA) in the Angolan War for Independence (1961–1975) and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war (1975–2002). The war was one of the...
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  • of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. Lists of active...
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    different version of events." In the Israeli narrative, the war is Israel's War of Independence. In the Palestinian narrative, the War of 1948 is inextricable...
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    fighting for the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda. Formerly under Portuguese administration, with the independence of Angola from Portugal...
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    outbreak of the Angolan Civil War, which occurred after the former Portuguese colony was granted independence after the Angolan War of Independence. The civil...
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    the Angolan War of Independence (1961–1975) and Angolan Civil War (1975–2002), the Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1974) and Mozambican Civil War (1977–1992)...
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  • Portugal, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November and formally ended the 13-year-long Angolan War of Independence. The agreement was...
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    during the Angolan Civil War. The government was established in 1975, after Portuguese Angola, an autonomous State, was granted independence from Portugal...
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    War. After the Bicesse Accords in 1993, the FAPLA were transformed in the Angolan Armed Forces (Forças Armadas de Angola, FAA), by the integration of...
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    colony from 1655, and Angola was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951. After the Angolan War of Independence, which ended in 1974 with...
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  • in the liberation war and subsequent conflicts. The armed struggle for the country's independence, the Angolan War of Independence (part the larger Portuguese...
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  • Costas Georgiou (category People of the Angolan Civil War)
    mercenary executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Independence. Georgiou was born in...
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    military incursion into Angola in 1975–1976. It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence. The operation also...
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    Cold War geopolitics, which led the U.S. to support anti-government rebels during the protracted Angolan Civil War. Although Angola won independence from...
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    (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...
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    Angola. The number of Portuguese Angolans precipitously dropped during and immediately after the Angolan War of Independence, but several hundreds of...
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  • The following is a list of wars involving Angola....
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    An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part...
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    The Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (Exército Angolano)...
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  • or Algerian War (1954–62) Angolan War of Independence or Angolan Revolution (1961–74) Egyptian Revolution of 1919 Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egyptian...
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    Jonas Savimbi (category Angolan independence activists)
    was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)...
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    Kenya, the Algerian War in French Algeria, the Congo Crisis in the Belgian Congo, the Angolan War of Independence in Portuguese Angola, the Zanzibar Revolution...
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  • Sambizanga (film) (category Angolan drama films)
    Life of Domingos Xavier by José Luandino Vieira. Set in 1961 during the onset of the Angolan War of Independence, it follows the struggles of Angolan militants...
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    posts along the Angolan coast, principally trading in Angolan slaves for plantations. Local slave dealers provided a large number of slaves for the Portuguese...
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  • 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 Angolan War of Independence November 11, 1975 – April 4, 2002 Angolan Civil War 1880–1881 Gun War 22 September 1998 – May 1999...
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