✦ History

Part of Portuguese Colonial War

Angolan War of Independence

February 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 · Angola

Result Alvor Agreement

Angolan nationalist movements, the MPLA, FNLA and UNITA, fought Portuguese colonial rule. The war ended after the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, and Angola became independent in 1975.

On the map Contemporaries

MPLA

Portugal

Other

MPLA
UNITA
FNLA
Portugal
Agostinho Neto belligerent leader Lúcio Lara belligerent leader Álvaro Holden Roberto military commander Jonas Malheiro Savimbi military commander
Francisco da Costa Gomes military commander António de Oliveira Salazar belligerent leader Marcelo Caetano belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Strength
27,000
Killed
10,000–25,000

Portugal Killed c. 4,000

Killed
c. 29,000
Civilian deaths
30,000–50,000

Before and after

Ended by
Alvor Agreement January 15, 1975

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Angolan War of Independence
 
Portuguese Colonial War
 
Carnation Revolution
 
Alvor Agreement

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