Overseas War
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Overseas War is an alternative name for the Portuguese Colonial War, a mid-20th-century conflict in which Portugal fought independence movements in its African colonies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Overseas War canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese Colonial War
ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ colonial war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Portuguese Colonial War
ⓘ
surface form:
Guerra Colonial Portuguesa
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
surface form:
Guerra do Ultramar
|
| alternativeName | Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ |
| belligerent | African independence movements ⓘ |
| casusBelli | anti-colonial uprisings in Angola in 1961 ⓘ |
| combatant |
African liberation movements
ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ |
| conflictType |
counterinsurgency
ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
| countryInvolved | Portugal ⓘ |
| endedBy | Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| endTime | 1974 ⓘ |
| followedBy | independence of former Portuguese African colonies ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Angola
ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ |
| hasCause |
African nationalist independence movements
ⓘ
Portuguese refusal to decolonize ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
economic strain on Portugal
ⓘ
military conscription of large numbers of Portuguese men ⓘ political opposition to Estado Novo regime ⓘ |
| location |
Angola
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Angola
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese East Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Mozambique
|
| opponent |
FNLA
ⓘ
FRELIMO ⓘ MPLA ⓘ PAIGC ⓘ UNITA ⓘ |
| partOf | decolonization of Africa ⓘ |
| precededBy | Portuguese colonial rule in Africa ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| result |
end of Portuguese colonial empire in Africa
ⓘ
independence of Angola ⓘ independence of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ independence of Mozambique ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
start of armed struggle in Angola in 1961
ⓘ
start of armed struggle in Mozambique in 1964 ⓘ start of armed struggle in Portuguese Guinea in 1963 ⓘ |
| significantFor | end of Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal ⓘ |
| startTime | 1961 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ |
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