Mozambican War of Independence

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The Mozambican War of Independence was a protracted armed struggle (1964–1974) in which the FRELIMO liberation movement fought Portuguese colonial rule, ultimately leading to Mozambique’s independence in 1975.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial war ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
war of independence ⓘ
abbreviationOfMainRebelGroup FRELIMO ⓘ
belligerent FRELIMO ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands of deaths ⓘ
ceasefireDate 1974 ⓘ
colonialPower Portugal ⓘ
country Mozambique ⓘ
displacement large numbers of internally displaced persons ⓘ
endDate 1974 ⓘ
ideologyOfMainRebelGroup African nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
impact end of nearly five centuries of Portuguese presence in Mozambique ⓘ
independenceDateOfMozambique 1975-06-25 ⓘ
legacy establishment of the People's Republic of Mozambique under FRELIMO rule ⓘ
location Cabo Delgado Province ⓘ
Niassa Province ⓘ
Northern Mozambique ⓘ
linked to: northern Mozambique

Portuguese Mozambique ⓘ
Tete Province ⓘ
mainRebelGroup Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ⓘ
notableLeaderOfFRELIMO Eduardo Mondlane ⓘ
Marcelino dos Santos ⓘ
Samora Machel ⓘ
opponent Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
Portuguese secret police PIDE ⓘ
partOf Cold War era conflicts ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
decolonization of Africa ⓘ
peaceAgreement Lusaka Accord ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate 1974-09-07 ⓘ
relatedEvent Carnation Revolution in Portugal ⓘ
result Mozambican independence ⓘ
withdrawal of Portuguese colonial administration from Mozambique ⓘ
startDate 1964 ⓘ
successorConflict Mozambican Civil War ⓘ
supporterOfFRELIMO Algeria ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Soviet Union ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
supporterOfPortugal NATO allies (political support) ⓘ
tacticsUsedByFRELIMO guerrilla warfare ⓘ
tacticsUsedByPortugal counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
triggeredBy Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique ⓘ
denial of political rights to Mozambicans ⓘ
economic exploitation under colonialism ⓘ

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Portuguese Colonial War → hasPart → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Samora Machel → conflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Estado Novo (Portugal) → inConflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Samora Machel → movement → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
subject linked to: Machel
FRELIMO → ledWarOfIndependence → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Second Republic (Portugal) → colonialWars → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Samora Machel → conflict → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
subject linked to: Samora
Heroes' Square, Maputo → associatedWith → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Mozambican Civil War → precededBy → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
Josina Machel → movement → Mozambican independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Mozambican War of Independence
Joaquim Chissano → participatedIn → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
President of FRELIMO → historicalContext → Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ