What caused Portugal to finally withdraw from its African colonies?
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Africa was being helped by USSR and Portugal was losing control people were unhappy and with new found freedom in site and weapons they fought hard they decided to end their loses and withdraw
The Portuguese controlled colonies in Africa for 4 centuries. Many young men died in the Portuguese colonies trying to keep the colonies during colonial wars. People were getting tired of that. Finally in 1974, the fascist regime was overthrown by a communist ruler who said from the beginning that he was for returning the land back to the Africans which he did in 1975
Portugal withdrew from its African colonies primarily due to the Carnation Revolution in 1974, which ended the authoritarian Estado Novo regime. This political shift, combined with the ongoing independence movements and public dissent over colonial wars, led to the rapid granting of independence to Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau by 1975. The new democratic government negotiated the end of colonial control, marking a significant change in Portugal's foreign policy.
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