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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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#G-91

XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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Daniel #Chipenda, Mário Pinto de Andrade and another companion on the Eastern Front, in #Angola, 1971. Source: Mário Soares Foundation, Mário Pinto de Andrade Archive, Folder 07223.002.079.

XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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Travel on the Catió-Bedanda road during “Operação Rolo”, March 1965. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographs of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau. PT/AHM/FE/110/B4/PQ/1

XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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#Portuguese #Alouette in Guinea-Bissau, 1965

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Patrolling in the “Pedra Verde” area. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola – photographer Manuel da Graça e Costa. PT/AHM/FE/110/B2/MD/12

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Patrol in the bush, 1961. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola

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A Portuguese patrol return fire during the Portuguese Colonial War, circa early 1970’s

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25 Dec 1983 Cahama	SAAF Canberras, Mirages and Impalas successfully bombed targets at Cahama on 25 and 26 December as part of Operation Fox.	42
25 Dec 1975 Huambo	Fighting between UNITA and FNLA break out in Huambo, and at least twenty-five were killed. It soon spreads to Namibe and Lubango	50

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