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Portuguese Colonial Wars

1961 CE – 1974 CE · 13 years

Portugal fought simultaneous wars in three African colonies — the last European empire to resist decolonisation. The wars consumed 40% of Portugal's budget and led directly to the 1974 Carnation Revolution that overthrew the dictatorship.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Portugal
  • Independence movements in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau

Key moments

Defining events in the Portuguese Colonial Wars.

  1. 1961 MPLA uprising in Luanda
  2. 1964-1974 FRELIMO campaigns in Mozambique
  3. 1973 Battle of Guileje

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Great Mosque of Touba

1963 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Buganda

1420 CE – 1966 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French Somaliland

1896 CE – 1967 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Union of South Africa

1910 CE – 1961 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1961 CE and 1974 CE.

1961 CE Angolan War of Independence 1963 CE Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 1963 CE Great Mosque of Touba 1964 CE Rhodesian Bush War 1964 CE Mozambican War of Independence

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Trucial Oman Polity · Middle East 1820 CE – 1971 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing British Guiana Polity · Americas 1783 CE – 1966 CE
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