Decolonization of Africa · TURNING POINT ·
Independence of Angola (1975)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “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.
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- Portuguese Colonial War (chapter 8 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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