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Luanda — Angola, and instant war
11 Nov 1975 — As the Portuguese flag comes down, three liberation movements fight for the capital. Cuban troops and South African columns are already inside the country. Freedom and civil war arrive the same day.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Portuguese Empire Falls Last in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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