Portuguese Colonial War

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colonial war independence war war

The Portuguese Colonial War was a series of armed conflicts from 1961 to 1974 between Portugal and independence movements in its African colonies, which ultimately led to the end of the Portuguese Empire.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Angolan War of Independence	0	5
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	0	2
Angola theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War	0	1
Guerra Colonial Portuguesa	0	1
Guerra do Ultramar	0	1
Guinea-Bissau theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War	0	1
Portuguese Colonial War in Africa	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war → independence war → war →
alsoKnownAs	Portuguese Colonial War → surface form: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa Portuguese Colonial War → surface form: Guerra do Ultramar Overseas War →
belligerent	African independence movements → FNLA → FRELIMO → MPLA → PAIGC → Portugal → UNITA →
causeOf	Carnation Revolution → surface form: Portuguese military coup of 25 April 1974
conflictType	counter-insurgency → guerrilla warfare →
countryInvolved	Portugal →
endDate	1974 →
endedBy	Carnation Revolution →
followedBy	Carnation Revolution → surface form: Portuguese decolonization
hasConsequence	transition to democracy in Portugal →
hasPart	Portuguese Colonial War self-linksurface differs → surface form: Angolan War of Independence Portuguese Colonial War self-linksurface differs → surface form: Guinea-Bissau War of Independence Mozambican War of Independence →
ideologyOfOneSide	Portuguese nationalism → anti-colonial nationalism →
location	Africa → Angola → surface form: Portuguese Angola Guinea-Bissau → surface form: Portuguese Guinea Mozambique → surface form: Portuguese Mozambique
opponent	FNLA → FRELIMO → MPLA → PAIGC → UNITA →
partOf	decolonization of Africa →
precededBy	Estado Novo authoritarian regime consolidation →
primaryLanguageOfOneSide	Portuguese →
relatedTo	Cold War → NATO politics →
result	Carnation Revolution → surface form: Carnation Revolution in Portugal end of Portuguese Empire in Africa → independence of Angola → independence of Guinea-Bissau → independence of Mozambique →
significantEvent	international condemnation of Portuguese colonialism → mass emigration of Portuguese draft-age men → use of conscription in Portugal →
startDate	1961 →

Referenced by (28)

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

Portuguese Colonial War → alsoKnownAs → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Guerra do Ultramar

Portuguese Colonial War → alsoKnownAs → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa

Estado Novo regime → conflict → Portuguese Colonial War →

subject surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)

Francisco da Costa Gomes → conflict → Portuguese Colonial War →

Saraiva de Carvalho → conflict → Portuguese Colonial War →

subject surface form: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Portuguese Empire → event → Portuguese Colonial War →

Angolan Civil War → follows → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence

Processo Revolucionário em Curso → hasCause → Portuguese Colonial War →

Portuguese Colonial War → hasPart → Portuguese Colonial War self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence

Portuguese Colonial War → hasPart → Portuguese Colonial War self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Guinea-Bissau War of Independence

Portugal e o Futuro → historicalContext → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Portuguese Colonial War in Africa

Estado Novo (Portugal) → inConflict → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba → involvedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Guinea-Bissau War of Independence

Portugal e o Futuro → mainSubject → Portuguese Colonial War →

António Lobo Antunes → militaryService → Portuguese Colonial War →

Estado Novo regime → notableEvent → Portuguese Colonial War →

subject surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)

Américo Tomás → notableEventDuringTerm → Portuguese Colonial War →

António de Spínola → participantIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

Spínola → participatedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

subject surface form: António de Spínola

João Lourenço → participatedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence

Otelo → participatedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

Portuguese Armed Forces → participatedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

25 April Revolution → precededBy → Portuguese Colonial War →

Angolan Civil War → precededBy → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → servedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Guinea-Bissau theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → servedIn → Portuguese Colonial War →

this entity surface form: Angola theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War