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Re:Portugal Dominated Angola for Centuries. Now the Roles Ar... by tellarin on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:55AM (#15071177)
"Decolonized" reads way too light. It was a 13 or 14 years long war (depending on how you count) before independence and that has left huge scars in the country. Not to mention that the war mostly ended because the Portuguese government fell in 1974.

Also, Macau was only returned to China in 1999.

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Re:Portugal Dominated Angola for Centuries. Now the Roles Ar... by Jacqued on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @07:23AM (#15071325)
Not to forget Goa, which was actually invaded by India in 1961, with the Portuguese fighting back, although there were 10 times more Indian troops.
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Re:Portugal Dominated Angola for Centuries. Now the Roles Ar... by zemvpferreira on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @07:40AM (#15071404)
If by fighting back you mean laying down arms as quickly as humanly possible.
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Re:Portugal Dominated Angola for Centuries. Now the Roles Ar... by nl on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:54AM (#15071855)
The engagement lasted two days resulting in twenty-two Indians and thirty Portuguese killed in the fighting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa

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