Mozambican War of Independence

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anti-colonial war armed conflict war of independence

The Mozambican War of Independence was a protracted armed struggle (1964–1974) in which the FRELIMO liberation movement fought Portuguese colonial rule, ultimately leading to Mozambique’s independence in 1975.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mozambican War of Independence canonical	9
Mozambican independence movement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-colonial war ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ war of independence ⓘ
abbreviationOfMainRebelGroup	FRELIMO ⓘ
belligerent	FRELIMO ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ
casualties	tens of thousands of deaths ⓘ
ceasefireDate	1974 ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
country	Mozambique ⓘ
displacement	large numbers of internally displaced persons ⓘ
endDate	1974 ⓘ
ideologyOfMainRebelGroup	African nationalism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
impact	end of nearly five centuries of Portuguese presence in Mozambique ⓘ
independenceDateOfMozambique	1975-06-25 ⓘ
legacy	establishment of the People's Republic of Mozambique under FRELIMO rule ⓘ
location	Cabo Delgado Province ⓘ Niassa Province ⓘ northern Mozambique ⓘ surface form: Northern Mozambique Portuguese East Africa ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Mozambique Tete Province ⓘ
mainRebelGroup	Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ⓘ
notableLeaderOfFRELIMO	Eduardo Mondlane ⓘ Marcelino dos Santos ⓘ Samora Machel ⓘ
opponent	Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ surface form: Portuguese secret police PIDE
partOf	Cold War era conflicts ⓘ Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ decolonization of Africa ⓘ
peaceAgreement	Lusaka Accord ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate	1974-09-07 ⓘ
relatedEvent	Carnation Revolution ⓘ surface form: Carnation Revolution in Portugal
result	Mozambican independence ⓘ withdrawal of Portuguese colonial administration from Mozambique ⓘ
startDate	1964 ⓘ
successorConflict	Mozambican Civil War ⓘ
supporterOfFRELIMO	Algeria ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
supporterOfPortugal	NATO allies (political support) ⓘ
tacticsUsedByFRELIMO	guerrilla warfare ⓘ
tacticsUsedByPortugal	counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
triggeredBy	Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique ⓘ denial of political rights to Mozambicans ⓘ economic exploitation under colonialism ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Colonial War → hasPart → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Samora Machel → conflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Estado Novo (Portugal) → inConflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Machel → movement → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

subject surface form: Samora Machel

FRELIMO → ledWarOfIndependence → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Second Republic (Portugal) → colonialWars → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Samora → conflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

subject surface form: Samora Machel

Heroes' Square, Maputo → associatedWith → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Mozambican Civil War → precededBy → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

Josina Machel → movement → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozambican independence movement