What the records say
- When
- 4 Feb 1961 – 15 Jan 1974
- Kind
- War of independence
- Deaths
- 60,000
- Coordinates
- 8.84° S, 13.23° E
- Type
- War of independence
- Region
- Africa
- Cities
- Luanda
- Side a
- MPLA, FNLA, UNITA
- Side b
- Portugal
- Alliances
- MPLA, FNLA, UNITA, Portugal
Placed approximately by the source.
Angolan War of Independence
1961–1974 armed conflict in Southwestern Africa
The Angolan War of Independence, known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation in Angola, was a war of independence fought by the Angolan nationalist forces of the MPLA, UNITA and FNLA against Portugal. It began as an uprising by Angolans against the Portuguese imposition of forced cultivation of only cotton as a commodity crop.
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