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The original was posted on /r/portugalcaralho by /u/Riseup1942 on 2025-05-07 08:28:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Portugal fought a 13-year Colonial War to keep its African colonies long after the rest of Europe had given up theirs. Eventually the military got sick of dying in a pointless war, overthrew the dictatorship and installed a democracy