The African War Stories Archive | Portuguese Colonial Wars | Activity https://africanwars.org/groups/portuguese-colonial-wars/ Activity feed for the group, Portuguese Colonial Wars. Fri, 01 May 2026 20:45:47 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e6b5fdb99462efa1a94a37c5527b7a9a Greg McEwan-Marriott posted an update in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars https://africanwars.org/activity/p/1656/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:27:06 +0200

On the trail to the Lunguege River, Angola – Mário Mendes

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Detachment in Rivungo on the Cuando River, Angola. From left: unidentified fuzileiro lieutenant-commander, 2Lt (Cavalry) Barato Silvéiro, Óscar Cardoso and Manuel Pontes. Photo Personal archive of Óscar Cardoso

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Portuguese soldier during the African colonial wars with an MG42, Ca. 1970’s

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Members of CAVALRY COMPANY 3419 in Chimbete, Angola/Cabinda 71/73

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Picada Quivuenga

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Angola – Mortar Platoon 2247

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Portuguese Dragoon Angola
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Dragoons Angola

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The 1st Cavalry Group GCav1 was based in based in Silva Porto, Angola
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Column in Chindorilho, Angola, February 14, 1970

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Explosion of a mine under a FOX vehicle, in Largo do Aço, Angola on October 17, 1969

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Mine explosion in “Chindorilho, between Mueda / Sagal, Angola February 14, 1969

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Portuguese Soldiers in Guinéa

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Flechas on parade – Angola

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Óscar Cardoso providing training on the handling of a 7.62mm FN MAG light machine gun to a Flecha Bushman

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Awarding of decorations to the Flechas of the province of Uíge, wearing the famous camouflage beret instituted by PIDE inspector Alves Cardoso

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Mozambique Revolution no.58, January-March 1974

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A Portuguese Air Force F-84 Thunderjet being loaded with ordnance in the 1960s, at Luanda Air Base.

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A group of BCAÇ 17 Trackers somewhere in the Tete District

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Dornier Do-27 delivering mail in Mozambique

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Founder and first commanding officer of the Grupos Especiais Pára-quedistas, Colonel Costa Campos wearing the red beret of the GEP, sitting alongside the Commander in Chief of forces in Mozambique, General Kau?lza de Arriaga in an Alouette III helicopter.

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Bare-chested, First Lieutenant Pereira Bastos, commander of the 8th Special Fusiliers

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Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)

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Portuguese mercenaries of the National Liberation Front of Angola during the Angolan Civil War

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SAAF Puma in support of Portuguese troops in Angola

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Portuguese Dornier #Do-27 at #Macaloge airport, Macaloge, Niassa Province, #Mozambique armed with two 37 mm rocket launchers

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#F-84 Thunderjets

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#F-84 Thunderjets in #Luanda #Angola 1968

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Portuguese #Alouette III, #Zenza River, #Angola, 1965

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Portuguese Paratroopers loading onto #Noratlas, #Mozambique

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Portuguese Air Force FIAT #G-91 R/4 frontline at #Guinea-Bissau in 1966. 121st ‘Tiger’ Squadron

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#G-91 R4-Esq-121-FAP-BA-12-Bissalanca-Guin-1973 #Bissalanca

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#G-91 5411 a few days before it was shot down .

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Captain Alberto Cruz in Guinea. #G-91

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Fire on the front line of the #DO-27, caused by the firing of a Very-Light fired by Lt. Pilav. Marks. #Bissalanca

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Already after #Namialo

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – On the day of departure from #Nampula

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Patrols

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Anti-personnel mine that Furriel Sousa raised

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Panhard patrolling the trail

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Daimlers protecting a plane and the airstrip #Noratlas

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Military helicopter launch

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – #Miteda Airstrip

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Operation “Gordian Knot” – Evacuation near #Miteda
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Operation “Gordian Knot” – #Berliet

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All-terrain driving

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Adding detonators and charges to grenades for shooting training

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#Angola – Hunter Battalion 185

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Mutamba dos Macondes – Camp

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