ENGLISH

Modern African Wars: Angola and Mozambique 1961-74

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
1988
ISBN
9780850458435, 0-85045-843-9
LCC
DT21.5 .A33 1986
Open Library ID
OL1527115M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14006451 bytes)
Series
Men At Arms 202
Volume
vol 2
Pages
50\50
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Portugal was the first and last of the great European colonial powers. In 1960 the Portuguese flag still flew over vast expanses of African territory, and continued to fly there while others were busy granting independence to their African colonies. It was not until 1975 that it was finally forced down. The educated mestiГ§os and assimilados were well aware of what was happening in other territories. They were encouraged by the fact that the Portuguese territories had begun to find themselves surrounded by newly independent states whose governments were sympathetic to the cause of African nationalism. It seemed that their time had come.

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