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.
Operation Gordian Knot
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Operation Gordian Knot was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa. The operation was carried out in 1970, during the
Portuguese soldiers on patrol.