Portuguese Colonial War
1961–1974 · Event
Portugal fights independence movements in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau; the costly wars help precipitate the Carnation Revolution.
On these timelines: Master, Cold War
Around 1961
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)