Angolan War of Independence

Angolan War of Independence
	Part of The Portuguese Colonial Wars
	; Portuguese troops on patrol in Angola
Date	1961 - 1975
Location	Angola
Result	Alvor Agreement, Angolan independence, start of Angolan Civil War
Belligerents
National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA); National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA); Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC); Cuba	Estado Novo (Portugal); Supported By:; South Africa; Rhodesia
Commanders and leaders
Holden Roberto; Jonas Savimbi; Agostinho Neto; Fidel Castro	Marcelo Caetano; Silvino Silvério Marques; Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz; Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro
Strength
90,000	65,000
Casualties and losses
50,000	2,991 killed (1,526 KIA & 1,465 non-combat related) ; 4,684 with permanent deficiency (physical or psychological)

The Angolan War of Independence was from 1961 to 1975. Angola fought against Portugal. Portugal was making people in Angola farm cotton. Three different groups in Angola were against Portugal. Agostinho Neto was the leader of the war. Portugal was winning the war when the country's government became democratic. An agreement was signed to let Angola become independent.

About three thousand people died because of the war.^[3]

Angolan War Of Independence Media

Map of the present provinces of Angola, corresponding almost exactly to the Portuguese-era districts.
Portuguese paratroopers in the forests of northern Angola
An SA-330 Puma of the Portuguese Air Force.
A Portuguese F-84 being loaded with ordnance in the 1960s, at Luanda Air Base, during the Portuguese Colonial War.
Portuguese Air Force F-84 Thunderjet.
Angola highlighted on a map of modern-day Africa
Portuguese colonial troops on parade in Luanda
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Training of F.N.L.A. soldiers in a camp in Zaire in 1973