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3 unusual facts about Angolan War of Independence


Angolan War of Independence

The USA granted the company Aero Associates, from Tucson, Arizona, the permission to sell seven Douglas B-26 Invader bombers to Portugal in early 1965, despite Portugal's concerns about their support for the Marxists from Cuba and the USSR.

The aircraft were flown to Africa by John Richard Hawke – reportedly a former Royal Air Force-pilot – who on the start of one of the flights to Angola flew so low over the White House, that the United States Air Force forced him to land and he was arrested.

The Portuguese Armed Forces organized a successful campaign to control and pacify the entire Eastern Front (the Frente Leste).


Lúcio Lara

Lúcio Lara (born April 9, 1929 in Huambo) served as General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War.


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