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Portuguese Commandos Cann John P. During the 13-year insurgency (1961-74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Yet their combat losses ― 357…
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Portuguese Commandos Cann John P.
During the 13-year insurgency (1961-74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Yet their combat losses ― 357 dead, 28 missing in action and 771 wounded ― represented 11.5 percent of the total casualties (a percentage 10 times that of normal troops). Of this number, about 9,000 served as commandos (or about 1 percent).
Great pains were taken to stay abreast of the latest enemy operational methods and maintain the 'warrior edge' in the force. It is well established that these warriors were responsible for the elimination of more insurgents and capturing more of their weapons than any other force during the war. This edge, in essence, was an approach to fighting that pushed the commandos always to think of themselves as the hunter rather than the hunted.
Officers returning from contact with the enemy were rigorously
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