Angolan War of Independence
The Angolan War of Independence was a conflict from 1961 until 1974. It was the first of a series of wars that would be known as the Portuguese Colonial Wars. The conflict was fought by Angolan rebels against the Portuguese Armed Forces. The rebels would receive aid from the USSR while the Portuguese Armed Forces received military support from South Africa.
Read more about this topic: Military History Of Angola
Famous quotes containing the words war and/or independence:
“Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
“We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.”
—Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)