The Commandos are a special operations unit in the Portuguese Army. Their parent unit is the Commando Regiment.
A commando group ready to go into action in the Portuguese Guinea, 1966.
Portuguese Commandos in Afghanistan, 2011.
The Guinea Commando Company being reviewed, 1966.
The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front and Portugal. The war officially started on 25 September 1964, and ended with a
Samora Machel reviewing FRELIMO troops
A Portuguese propaganda flier, distributed from aeroplanes: "FRELIMO lied! You suffer".
The Aérospatiale Alouette III, one of the most common helicopters operating in Africa, but a rare sight in the Mozambican conflict
Eduardo Mondlane in the 1960s.