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After so many European countries decided they couldn't maintain their empires in Africa and withdrew, why did Portugal keep spending immense amounts of money and lives suppressing guerilla wars there? Did the Portuguese really believe victory was realistic?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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