Portugal: The Carnation Revolution (TRIH ep 273)
1974 · Resource
This episode continues The Rest Is History's exploration of Portugal, serving as a coda to their earlier four-part Portuguese series and as part of a World Cup-themed set of episodes. Dominic recounts the decline of the Estado Novo after António Salazar’s stroke, Marcelo Caetano’s succession, and the pressures of costly colonial wars in Angola and Mozambique. He explains how a reform to military promotion fuelled discontent among junior officers, who—guided by figures such as Otelo Sariva de...
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Around 1974
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- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)