Angolan War of Independence
Part of The Portuguese Colonial Wars
Date 1961 - 1975 Location Angola Result Alvor Agreement, Angolan independence, start of Angolan Civil War[1]
Belligerents
National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC)  Cuba	Estado Novo (Portugal) Supported By:  South Africa  Rhodesia
Commanders and leaders
Holden Roberto Jonas Savimbi Agostinho Neto Fidel Castro	Marcelo Caetano Silvino Silvério Marques Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro
Strength
90,000	65,000
Casualties and losses
50,000	2,991 killed (1,526 KIA & 1,465 non-combat related)[2] 4,684 with permanent deficiency (physical or psychological)

The Angolan War of Independence was from 1961 to 1975. Angola fought against Portugal. Portugal was making people in Angola farm cotton. Three different groups in Angola were against Portugal. Agostinho Neto was the leader of the war. Portugal was winning the war when the country's government became democratic. An agreement was signed to let Angola become independent.

About three thousand people died because of the war.^[3]

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