ELNA

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ELNA was the armed wing of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), a nationalist movement that fought in the Angolan War of Independence and subsequent conflicts.

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ELNA canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing
guerrilla movement
military organization
activeDuring 1960s
1970s
alignedWith FNLA political program
armedWingOf FNLA
National Liberation Front of Angola
associatedWithLeader Holden Roberto
conflict Angolan Civil War
Angolan War of Independence
Cold War–era conflicts in Africa
country Angola
fullName Exército de Libertação Nacional de Angola
goal independence of Angola from Portugal
political power in post-independence Angola
hasAbbreviation ELNA
hasLanguage Portuguese
hasNameInPortuguese Exército de Libertação Nacional de Angola
historicalPeriod decolonization of Africa
ideology Angolan nationalism
movementType anti-colonial armed movement
operatedIn Angola
opposedTo MPLA
Portuguese colonial rule in Angola
UNITA
partOf Angolan nationalist movement
regionOfActivity border areas with Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
northern Angola
sideInConflict Angolan nationalists
anti-communist forces in Angola
status defunct military organization
supportedBy FNLA political leadership
theaterOfWar Portuguese Colonial War
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
insurgency

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FNLA militaryWing ELNA