O Fim do Império Colonial Português. O Caso da Guiné-Bissau​​

Abstract

The African colonies of the Portuguese Colonial Empire remained until 1974, most of them on the African continent. After the 2nd World War, a favorable climate for the self-determination of these colonized peoples was created in the international community. The superpowers, supporting the emancipation movements in the colonies of Cape Verde, Guinea, S. Tomé, Angola and Mozambique. The Cold War facilitated the creation of an international climate for the liberation of colonized peoples. In Guinea, the PAIGC, under the leadership of Amílcar Cabral, led the politicization of peoples and unleashed the armed struggle on January 23, 1963, against the Portuguese Administration, with direct support from Russia and Guinea Conacri and indirect support from Senegal. Until 1965, the Portuguese Army was unable to find an adequate response to the PAIGC’s psychological and military offensive, allowing the guerrillas to seize and consolidate positions across the Southern Front, occupying the Island of Como and opening hostilities on the Northern Front and on the Eastern Front. The most significant military operation unleashed during this period was the “Battle of the Island of Como.