Guinea-Bissau War of Independence

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anti-colonial war armed conflict war of independence

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence canonical	3
Cape Verdean independence movement	1
Guerrilla forces in Portuguese Guinea	1

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 ⓘ

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