What is Guinea-Bissau war of Independence?
On January 23, 1963, [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] fighters of the African Party for the Independence of [[Guinea]] and [[Cape Verde]] (PAIGC), a marxist revolutionary group, officially started the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence by attacking the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. The war ended when Portugal, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, granted independence to Guinea-Bissau, followed by Cape Verde a year later.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gleijeses|first=Piero|date=February 1997|title=The First Ambassadors: Cuba's Contribution to Guinea-Bissau's War of Independence|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies/article/abs/first-ambassadors-cubas-contribution-to-guineabissaus-war-of-independence/DC63ED145B37BB7686FAB97DFDB284C3|journal=Journal of Latin American Studies|language=en|volume=29|issue=1|pages=45–88|doi=10.1017/S0022216X96004646|s2cid=144904249 |issn=1469-767X}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Wars of independence]] [[Category:Wars involving Portugal]] [[Category:Wars involving Africa]] [[Category:1960s conflicts]] [[Category:1970s conflicts]]