Angolan War of Independence

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The Angolan War of Independence was a protracted anti-colonial conflict (1961–1974) in which Angolan nationalist movements fought Portuguese rule, ultimately leading to Angola’s independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial war ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
war of independence ⓘ
belligerent FNLA ⓘ
MPLA ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese Angola colonial administration ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
cause Portuguese colonial rule in Angola ⓘ
denial of self-determination to Angolans ⓘ
forced labor policies in Portuguese Angola ⓘ
combatant National Front for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ⓘ
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
Portuguese Republic ⓘ
linked to: Portugal
conflictType asymmetric warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
endDate 1974-04-25 ⓘ
endedBy Carnation Revolution in Portugal ⓘ
followedBy Angolan Civil War ⓘ
hasEffect destruction of rural infrastructure in Angola ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Angolan civilians ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
location Angola ⓘ
Portuguese Angola ⓘ
Southwest Africa ⓘ
opposedBy NATO allies of Portugal at diplomatic level ⓘ
opposingForce Angolan nationalist guerrillas ⓘ
Portuguese colonial forces ⓘ
outcome recognition of Angola’s right to independence by Portugal ⓘ
partOf Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
decolonization of Africa ⓘ
peaceAgreement Alvor Agreement ⓘ
result Alvor Agreement ⓘ
Angolan independence ⓘ
withdrawal of Portuguese colonial administration from Angola ⓘ
significantEvent Baixa de Cassanje revolt ⓘ
Carnation Revolution ⓘ
Luanda prison attacks of 4 February 1961 ⓘ
Northeast Angola uprising of March 1961 ⓘ
startDate 1961-02-04 ⓘ
supportedBy Cuba ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zaire ⓘ
temporalContext Cold War ⓘ

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

FNLA → activeDuringConflict → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Agostinho Neto → participantIn → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Holden Roberto → participatedIn → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Os Cus de Judas → mainSubject → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Second Republic (Portugal) → colonialWars → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Pepetela → writesAbout → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Antonio da Costa Fernandes → activeIn → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Muangai → associatedWith → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Muangai → conflictContext → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
ELNA → conflict → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Ngola Kabangu → associatedWith → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Alvor Agreement → conflictContext → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Sagrada Esperança → associatedWith → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
A Renúncia Impossível → associatedWith → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Uíge Province → historicalPeriod → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Northern Angola → historicallySignificantFor → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Angola
Angolan War of Independence → significantEvent → Northeast Angola uprising of March 1961 ⓘ
linked to: Angolan War of Independence
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola → activeInConflict → Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo → partOf → Angolan War of Independence and Civil War transition period ⓘ
subject linked to: Quifangondo
linked to: Angolan War of Independence