Sanctuary lost : Portugal's air war for Guinea 1961-1974 Volume 1, Outbreak and escalation (1961-1966) / Matthew M. Hurley and Jose Augusto Matos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurley, Matthew M., author.

Matos, José Augusto, author.

Series:

Africa@War ; v. 59.

Africa@War Series ; v.59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portugal. Força Aérea--History.

Portugal.

Guinea-Bissau--History--Revolution, 1963-1974.

Guinea-Bissau.

Portugal--Colonies--History, Military--20th century.

Portugal--Colonies--Africa--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Production:

Portugal's air war for Guinea 1961-1974

Outbreak and escalation (1961-1966)

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Helion & Company, Limited, 2022.

Summary:

"From 1963 to 1974, Portugal and its nationalist enemies fought an increasingly intense war for the independence of "Portuguese" Guinea, then a colony but now the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. For most of the conflict, Portugal enjoyed virtually unchallenged air supremacy, and increasingly based its strategy on this advantage. The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa, abbreviated FAP) consequently played a crucial role in the Guinean war. Indeed, throughout the conflict, the FAP - despite the many challenges it faced - proved to be the most effective and responsive military argument against the PAIGC, which was fighting for Guinea's independence. The first conflict in which a non-state irregular force deployed defensive missiles against an organized air force. Moreover, the degree to which Portugal relied on its air power was such that its effective neutralization doomed Lisbon's military strategy in the province. The FAP's unexpected combat losses initiated a cascade of effects that degraded in turn its own operational freedom and the effectiveness of the increasingly air-dependent surface forces, which felt that the war against the PAIGC was lost" -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Crocodiles and Bombs

1. The Wind of Change

2. Planes of the Cross of Christ

3. The Friendly Shade

4. Eggs of Fire, Eggs of Death

5. They Have Only the Sky.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781804512517

1804512516