India's 1954 annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 1961 annexation of Goa are sometimes included as part of the conflict. The prevalent Portuguese and international historical approach considers the Portuguese Colonial War as was perceived at the time-a single conflict fought in the three separate Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican theaters of operations, rather than a number of separate conflicts as the emergent African countries aided each other and were supported by the same global powers and even the United Nations during the war. The war was a decisive ideological struggle in Lusophone Africa, surrounding nations, and mainland Portugal. The Portuguese regime at the time, the Estado Novo, was overthrown by a military coup in 1974, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end. 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 Portugal's African colonies between 19.
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