Al J. Venter - Portugals Guerrilla Wars in Africa: Lisbons Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea 1961-74

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Text Al J. Venter 2013
Maps as follows Africa 1974 Al J. Venter; Angola at the end of the war in 1974 Dr
Richard Wood; Portuguese Guinea Al J. Venter; Coastal regions of Portuguese Guinea
Revista da Armada; Mozambique Dr John P. Cann.
Photographs Al J. Venter unless noted otherwise

ISBN: 978 1 909384 57 6
EPUB ISBN: 978 1 910294 30 7

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Front cover: Portuguese marines on patrol in Guinea waters. (Authors photo). Rear cover:
When a vehicle hit a mine, there were invariably casualties, which was when the air force
would be tasked with uplifting casualties and flying them to the nearest hospital. In this
stretch of the Hell Run from the Zambezi to Mwanza, on the Malawi border it would
have been the clinic at Tete. (Authors photo)

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While the United States was fighting a bitter war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, Portugal battled an equally resolute bunch of guerrillas in a spate of insurgencies that stretched halfway across Africa. Very little was known of these conflicts at the time, because South East Asia tended to hog the headlines. While these tropical insurgencies might have lacked the intensity and sophistication of what was going on in Vietnam, tens of thousands of people were to die in Portugals African wars. Ultimately, these conflicts would radically alter the political dynamics of the continent. Indeed, it was the beginning of the end of white rule in Africa

A luta continuo!

Dedication

In the realms of recent African history, particularly with regard to Lisbons role on the continent, one writer stands out above all others and that is my dear old friend and colleague Ren Plissier. You have been a fount of knowledge and inspiration, which is why I dedicated this book, with thanks, to you Ren.

Former United States naval captain John Cann whom we all know as Jack also figures strongly as a friend, a colleague and a co-conspirator. His breadth of understanding of Portugals efforts in Africa encompasses much and we have learned a lot from his books. Thank you Jack.

Contents

by Capt John P Cann USN

Glossary