Category:Movimento das Forças Armadas

The Movement of the Armed Forces (Portuguese: Movimento das Forças Armadas - MFA) was an organisation of lower-ranked left-leaning officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces which was responsible for the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, a military coup in Lisbon which ended the corporatist New State regime (Estado Novo) in Portugal, the Portuguese Colonial War and led to the independence of the Portuguese overseas territories.