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Overview. At the outbreak of World War II, Portugal was ruled by António de Oliveira Salazar, who in 1933 had founded the Estado Novo ("New State"), the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal until 1974. He had favoured the Spanish nationalist cause, fearing a communist invasion of Portugal, yet he was uneasy at the prospect ...
Mauser Karabiner 98k [1] Mauser–Vergueiro m/1904-39. Portuguese-Mannlicher M1896 Portuguese licensed production. Steyr-Kropatschek M1886/89 Portuguese licensed production for colonial troops. Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III* m/917 [2] Remnants of British military aid in WW1. M1917 Enfield.
Reykon. Andrés Felipe Robledo Londoño (born 12 December 1986), [ 1] better known as Reykon " El Líder " " Pel mazo ", is a reggaeton performer from Colombia. [ 2] He is considered one of the biggest proponents of Latin America's reggaeton music genre. [ 3] He is from Envigado, Antioquia. [ 4]
Portugal shown on a map of German-occupied Europe, c.1942 France was invaded and occupied in May and June 1940. Acting contrary to Circular 14, Aristides de Sousa Mendes , Portuguese consul at Bordeaux , issued an undetermined number of transit visas to substantial numbers of refugees on his own initiative, [ 3 ] although their numbers fell ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military ...
Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Community Newspaper Holdings subsidiary, also owned multiple newspapers in small and medium-sized markets ...
Cape Verde saw its worst ever famines during World War II, specifically from 1941 to 1943 and 1947 to 1948. The famines caused the deaths of an estimated 45,000 Cape Verdeans and led thousands more to flee the country, with many coming to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, also controlled by Portugal at the time. [4] [5]
The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in ...