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  • Portuguese Dragoons 1966-1974

    The Return to Horseback

    by John P. Cann ...
    Between 1961 and 1974 Portugal fought a war to retain its African colonies of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. Collectively known as the Campaigns for Africa, the origin of the conflict stems from the post-World War II atmosphere of nationalism and anti-colonial fervor. The Angolan insurgency began in 1961, followed by unrest in Guinea-Bissau in 1963 and Mozambique in 1964.Portugal’s initial ... Read more

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  • Brown Waters of Africa

    Portuguese Riverine Warfare 1961-1974

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series series Helion Studies in Military History
    During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into the Atlantic Alliance. By 1960, when other colonial powers were abandoning their empires, Portugal made the decision to cling to its possessions, as they had been Portuguese for over 400 years. Without ... Read more

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  • The Fuzileiros

    Portuguese Marines in Africa, 1961–1974

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series Book 25 - Africa@War
    In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to retain its colonial possessions and preserve the remnants of its Empire. It was almost completely unprepared to do so, and this was particularly evident in its ability to project power and to control the vast colonial spaces of Africa. Following the uprisings of March 1961 in the north of Angola, Portugal poured troops into the colony as fast as its ... Read more

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  • Counterinsurgency in Africa

    The Portugese Way of War 1961-74

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series Book 12 - Helion Studies in Military History
    Portugal was the first colonial power to arrive in Africa and the last to leave. As other European states were granting independence to their African possessions, Portugal chose to stay and fight despite the small odds of success. That it did so successfully for thirteen years across the three fronts of Angola, Guiné and Mozambique remains a remarkable achievement, particularly for a nation of ... Read more

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  • The Paras

    Portugal’s First Elite Force in Africa, 1961-1974

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series Book 28 - Africa@War
    Portuguese paratroopers or “paras” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army seemed to have had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose forces that operated in small units with the attendant flexibility and elevated lethality. Shock troops have been traditionally controversial, and even ... Read more

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  • Flight Plan Africa

    Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961-1974

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series Book 4 - Wolverhampton Military Studies
    Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft for its NATO role and train a professional corps of pilots, it was suddenly confronted in 1961 with ... Read more

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  • The Flechas

    Insurgent Hunting in Eastern Angola, 1965–1974

    by John P. Cann ...
    Series Book 11 - Africa@War
    In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to retain its colonial possessions and preserve the remnants of its empire. It was almost completely unprepared to do so, and this was particularly evident in its ability to project power and to control the vast colonial spaces in Africa. Following the uprisings of March of 1961 in the north of Angola, Portugal poured troops into the colony as fast as ... Read more

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  • The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War

    Decision at Cuito Cuanavale and the Battle for Angola, 1987–1988

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    After the military coup in Portugal on April 25th, 1974, the overthrow of almost fifty years of Fascist rule, and the end of three colonial wars, there followed eighteen months of intense, democratic social transformation which challenged every aspect of Portuguese society. What started as a military coup turned into a profound attempt at social change from the bottom up and became headlines on a ... Read more

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