The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation (Portuguese:...
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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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MPLA (redirect from Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola -Partido de Trabalho (Popular Liberation Movement of Angola-Labour Party))
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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UNITA (redirect from National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) in the Angolan War for Independence (1961–1975) and then against...
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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 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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during the Angolan Civil War. In 1961, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), based...
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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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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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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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Alvor Agreement (redirect from Agreement of Alvor)
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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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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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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(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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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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Flag of MPLA Flag of UNITA In the early 1960s, the Angolan War of Independence broke out. The war against the Portuguese administration was waged by five...
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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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groundwork for official Angolan independence (to be instituted on 11 November 1975) and confirming Cabinda as part of Angola. The Alvor agreements were...
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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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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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was an elite cavalry (horseborne) unit of the Portuguese Army, that operated in the Angolan War of Independence against the communist guerrillas. The unit...
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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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Ruth Lara (category Angolan independence activists)
for their historic documents on the process of Angolan decolonization during the Angolan War of Independence. Lara was born to German parents Lotte and...
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pressure from Angolan liberation movements, Portugal accepted Cabinda as part of Angola in the Alvor Agreement where the 3 Angolan independence movements...
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The following is a list of wars involving Angola....
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Lúcio Lara (category Angolan people of Portuguese descent)
of Angola (MPLA). He served as General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of...
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