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Operation Gordian Knot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa. The operation was carried out in 1970, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). The objectives of the campaign were to close down the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)'s infiltration routes across the Tanzanian border and to destroy permanent FRELIMO bases inside the liberated zones in Northern Mozambique. Gordian Knot was a seven-month long campaign ultimately employing thirty-five thousand men, and was almost successful since it destroyed most guerrilla camps located inside FRELIMO's liberated zones and captured large numbers of rebels and armaments, forcing FRELIMO to retreat from their bases and outposts i

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rdfs:label	Operació Nus Gordià (ca) Operation Gordian Knot (en) Operação Nó Górdio (pt)
rdfs:comment	L'Operació Nus Gordià (portuguès Operação Nó Górdio) fou la major i més cara campanya militar portuguesa en la província ultramarina de Moçambic, o Àfrica Oriental Portuguesa. Va transcórrer en 1970, durant la Guerra Colonial Portuguesa (1961-1974). Els objectius d'aquesta campanya consistien en erradicar les rutes d'infiltració dels escamots independentistes del Frelimo al llarg de la frontera amb Tanzània i destruir les seves bases permanents a Moçambic. L'operació va durar set mesos, va mobilitzar en el total trenta i cinc mil militars i va ser parcialment reeixida. (ca) Operation Gordian Knot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa. The operation was carried out in 1970, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). The objectives of the campaign were to close down the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)'s infiltration routes across the Tanzanian border and to destroy permanent FRELIMO bases inside the liberated zones in Northern Mozambique. Gordian Knot was a seven-month long campaign ultimately employing thirty-five thousand men, and was almost successful since it destroyed most guerrilla camps located inside FRELIMO's liberated zones and captured large numbers of rebels and armaments, forcing FRELIMO to retreat from their bases and outposts i (en) A Operação Nó Górdio foi a maior e mais dispendiosa campanha militar portuguesa na província ultramarina de Moçambique, na África Oriental. Decorreu em 1970, durante a Guerra Colonial Portuguesa (1961 - 1974). Os objectivos desta campanha consistiam em erradicar as rotas de infiltração das guerrilhas independentistas ao longo da fronteira com a Tanzânia e destruir as suas bases permanentes em Moçambique. A Nó Górdio durou sete meses, mobilizou no total trinta e cinco mil militares e foi parcialmente bem-sucedida. (pt)
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