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Wikipedia: The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Portuguese: Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of liberation (Portuguese: Guerra de Libertação), was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974. It was a decisive ideological struggle and armed conflict of the Cold War in African (Portuguese Africa and surrounding nations) and European (mainland Portugal) scenarios. Unlike other European nations, the Portuguese Estado Novo regime did not leave its centuries-old African colonies, or the overseas provinces (províncias ultramarinas) as those overseas territories were officially called since 1951, during the 1950s and 1960s.
![[The Portuguese Airforce employed Fiat G91 aircraft like this in the Portuguese Colonial War]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fiat_G91_s.jpg "The Portuguese Airforce employed Fiat G91 aircraft like this in the Portuguese Colonial War")
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![[Monument in Lisbon to Portuguese soldiers killed in Africa (1961–1975).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lisboa_Monumento_Combatentes_Ultramar_s.jpg "Monument in Lisbon to Portuguese soldiers killed in Africa (1961–1975).")
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![[Portuguese soldier with black Afro]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Monument_in_Coimbra_to_the_heroes_of_the_Portuguese_Colonial_War_s.jpg "Portuguese soldier with black Afro")
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