Angolan War of Independence

Angolan War of Independence
	Part of The Portuguese Colonial Wars
Date	1961 - 1975
Location	Angola
Result	Alvor Agreement, Angolan independence, start of Angolan Civil War
Belligerents
File:Bandeira da FNLA.svg National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA); File:Flag of UNITA.svg National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); 22px Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA); File:Flag of Cabinda.svg Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC); 22x20px Cuba	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Estado Novo (Portugal); Supported By:; 22x20px South Africa; 22x20px Rhodesia
Commanders and leaders
File:Bandeira da FNLA.svg Holden Roberto; File:Flag of UNITA.svg Jonas Savimbi; File:Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (bandeira).svg Agostinho Neto; 23x15px Fidel Castro	File:Flag of Portugal.svgMarcelo Caetano; File:Flag of Portugal.svg Silvino Silvério Marques; File:Flag of Portugal.svg Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz; File:Flag of Portugal.svg 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
Portuguese M5 Stuart at the Museu do Combatante in Lisbon, saw limited action in 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.
Ethnic map of Angola in 1970.
Holden Roberto, president van de GRAE, de regering in ballingschap van de Angolese bevrijdingsbeweging FNLA in Zaïre*Datum 24 oktober 1973
- Sujet: Jonas Savimbi* * Source: Eege Foto (1989) vum user ernmuhl * Lizenz; GDFL