Guinea-Bissau War of Independence

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The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed anti-colonial struggle (1963–1974) in which the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde fought Portuguese rule, ultimately leading to Guinea-Bissau’s independence.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial war ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
war of independence ⓘ
aim end of Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ
belligerent African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ
PAIGC guerrilla forces ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
casualties thousands of combatants and civilians killed ⓘ
conflictIn Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Guinea
declaredBy African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ
deFactoIndependenceDeclared 1973 ⓘ
endDate 1974 ⓘ
followedBy Guinea-Bissau Civil War ⓘ
establishment of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
leader Amílcar Cabral ⓘ
Luís Cabral NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentLeader António de Spínola ⓘ
Marcelo Caetano ⓘ
surface form: Marcello Caetano
opponentTactics aerial bombardment ⓘ
counterinsurgency ⓘ
partOf Cold War proxy conflicts ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
decolonization of Africa ⓘ
portugalRecognitionDate 1974-09-10 ⓘ
precededBy Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
relatedEvent Guinea-Bissau War of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verdean independence movement

Carnation Revolution ⓘ
result independence of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
withdrawal of Portuguese colonial administration from Portuguese Guinea ⓘ
startDate 1963 ⓘ
supportedBy Algeria ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
surface form: Guinea (country)

China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Senegal ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
theater border regions with Guinea (Conakry) ⓘ
border regions with Senegal ⓘ
rural areas of Portuguese Guinea ⓘ
triggeredBy Portuguese refusal to decolonize ⓘ
unRecognitionDate 1973-11-22 ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
rural insurgency ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Estado Novo (Portugal) → inConflict → Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
PAIGC → armedWing → Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guerrilla forces in Portuguese Guinea
PAIGC → conflict → Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
Second Republic (Portugal) → colonialWars → Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence → relatedEvent → Guinea-Bissau War of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Verdean independence movement