ELNA

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ELNA was the armed wing of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), a nationalist movement that fought in the Angolan War of Independence and subsequent conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
ELNA canonical 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeDuring 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
alignedWith FNLA political program ⓘ
armedWingOf FNLA ⓘ
National Liberation Front of Angola ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Holden Roberto ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Cold War–era conflicts in Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
fullName Exército de Libertação Nacional de Angola ⓘ
goal independence of Angola from Portugal ⓘ
political power in post-independence Angola ⓘ
hasAbbreviation ELNA ⓘ
hasLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
hasNameInPortuguese Exército de Libertação Nacional de Angola ⓘ
historicalPeriod decolonization of Africa ⓘ
ideology Angolan nationalism ⓘ
movementType anti-colonial armed movement ⓘ
operatedIn Angola ⓘ
opposedTo MPLA ⓘ
Portuguese colonial rule in Angola ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
partOf Angolan nationalist movement ⓘ
regionOfActivity border areas with Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) ⓘ
northern Angola ⓘ
sideInConflict Angolan nationalists ⓘ
anti-communist forces in Angola ⓘ
status defunct military organization ⓘ
supportedBy FNLA political leadership ⓘ
theaterOfWar Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ

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

FNLA → militaryWing → ELNA ⓘ