Modern African Wars 2 Angola by Osprey Publishing
Item Number: OSPMAA202
Men-at-Arms 202
Author: Peter Abbott
Illustrator: Ronald Volstad
About this book
ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. Portugal was both the first and the last of the great European colonial powers. For 500 years Portugal had colonies in Africa. In 1960, as liberation movements swept across colonial Africa, the Portuguese flag still flew over vast expanses of territory across the continent. The spread of decolonization and the establishment of independent states whose governments were sympathetic to the cause of African nationalism led, in the early 1960s, to a series of wars in Angola, Guin- and Mozambique. This book details each of these liberation movements, focusing on the equipment, uniforms and organization of the Portuguese forces.
Contents
Preface - Portugal's African Empire - The Liberation Movements - The Portuguese Forces - The Portuguese Forces in Action - The Plates
Paperback; July 1988; 48 pages; ISBN: 9780850458435