Carnation Revolution: The 24-Hour Coup D’état That Overthrew 48 Years Of Dictatorship
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In the early 1970s, when Portugal was still under the authoritarian rule of Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship, a handful of military officers decided to risk everything to try to free their country. In the shadow of the regime, they devised a coup d’état like no other. From that coup, a revolution blossomed: the Carnation Revolution. 50 years after that day of insurrection – April 25, 1974 – this documentary, which unspools like a historical thriller, aims to explore the multi-facetted events that would change the fate of an entire nation.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's father was a young conscript in the Portuguese military and sent to fight in Africa. The horrors of war and all the atrocities it entailed never left him. He suffered what we now know to be Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This led to him having an alcoholism problem and him struggling to be a part of Cristiano's life. He died from his alcoholism while Cristiano was at Manchester United.
Carnation Revolution: The 24-Hour Coup D’état That Overthrew 48 Years Of Dictatorship
Timeline - World History Documentaries
117,016 views
In the early 1970s, when Portugal was still under the authoritarian rule of Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship, a handful of military officers decided to risk everything to try to free their country. In the shadow of the regime, they devised a coup d’état like no other. From that coup, a revolution blossomed: the Carnation Revolution. 50 years after that day of insurrection – April 25, 1974 – this documentary, which unspools like a historical thriller, aims to explore the multi-facetted events that would change the fate of an entire nation.
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my dad was in the Army and was deployed to Mozambique for 2 or 3 years.
i was the first generation that grow up Free. No fascism and no PIDE the state police that arrested many many innocent people!!!
Portugal is great but the politicians not really. It's been like that for a while .