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3 days ago · In 1914, both Angola and Mozambique had Portuguese army garrisons of around 2,000 men, African troops led by European officers. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Portugal sent reinforcements to both colonies, because the fighting in the neighboring German African colonies was expected to spill over the borders into its territories.
- 4 February 1961 – 25 April 1974, (13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks)
- Portuguese overseas territories in Africa become independent.
3 days ago · Portuguese Angola; Ovimbundu Kingdoms: Victory: 31 January 1891 Revolt (1891) Location: Portugal. Kingdom of Portugal: Republicans: Victory: Battle of Mufilo (1907) Part of Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation; Location: Angola. Portugal. Portuguese Angola; Ovambo: Victory: Municipal Library Elevator Coup (1908) Location: Portugal. Kinngdom ...
1 day ago · The same year, the tiny Portuguese fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá in Ouidah, a remnant of the West African slave trade, was annexed by the new government of Dahomey (now Benin) that had gained its independence from France. Unrest spread from Angola to Guinea, which rebelled in 1963, and Mozambique in 1964.
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4 days ago · World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers —mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey —against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917 ...
The conflict resulted in the independence of Algeria from French colonial rule. Portuguese Colonial Wars (1961–1974): Portugal fought independence movements in its African colonies of Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. These wars resulted in the independence of these countries.
5 days ago · Largest online source for information on the Vietnam War. Formed by Vietnam veterans in 1989 with a mission to “collect and preserve the documentary record of the Vietnam War.”
4 days ago · Historians have criticized this "cordon defense" for dispersing manpower so thinly that Union forces were certain to break through somewhere, as they did at several points in 1862. The second factor inhibiting a Washingtonian strategy of attrition was the temperament of the southern people.
