Mar Verde
The Portuguese Amphibious Assault on Conakry, 1970
Published on 30. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-1-914377-00-6 (ISBN)
Description
A blow-by-blow reconstruction of the famous Portuguese commando attack and a coup attempt in Conakry, the capital of Guinea-Conakry, that caused a major diplomatic crisis between multiple capitals in Europe and Africa.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Solihull
United Kingdom
Illustrations
80 photos, 4 maps, 15 color profiles
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 296 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-914377-00-6 (9781914377006)
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Person
José Matos is an independent researcher in military history in Portugal with a primary interest in operations of the Portuguese Air Force during the colonial wars in Africa, especially in Guinea. He is a regular contributor to numerous European magazines on military aviation and naval subjects, and has collaborated in the major project 'The Air Force at the end of the Empire', published in Portugal in 2018. This is his first instalment for Helion.