The Mozambican War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict between the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal, fought from 25 September 1964 until a ceasefire on 8 September 1974. It grew out of unrest among indigenous Mozambicans against Portuguese colonial rule, part of a wider series of wars Portugal fought against independence movements across its African territories beginning in Angola in 1961. Although the Portuguese army generally held the military advantage over FRELIMO's guerrilla forces, the war ended after the 1974 Carnation Revolution overthrew Portugal's Salazarist regime, and Mozambique achieved independence on 25 June 1975, ending 470 years of Portuguese colonial rule in the region.
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Source Wikipedia: Mozambican War of IndependenceInfobox: locationQuote, Infobox: location
Mozambique
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1. Correlates of War Project: Correlates of War Extra-State War Data, version 4.0
Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War Extra-State War Data, WarNum 471, start and end date columns
Mozambique-Portuguese,2,235,Portugal,-8,Mozambique,9,25,1964,6,25,1975,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,2,-8,4,3500,10000
Correlates of War Extra-State War Data, WarNum 471, battle death columns, summed over the rows of the war
Mozambique-Portuguese,2,235,Portugal,-8,Mozambique,9,25,1964,6,25,1975,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,2,-8,4,3500,10000
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Mozambican War of Independence
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Lusaka Accord
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The war officially started on 25 September 1964, and ended with a ceasefire on 8 September 1974, resulting in a negotiated independence in 1975.
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The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal.
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The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal. The war officially started on 25 September 1964, and ended with a ceasefire on 8 September 1974, resulting in a negotiated independence in 1975.
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