Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1926, wani Sojojin da ke jagorantar juyin mulki ya kawo karshen Jamhuriyar Portuguese ta farko da ba ta da kwanciyar hankali a siyasance kuma ta kafa mulkin mallaka na wucin gadi, wani lamari da ya haifar da kafa sabuwar jihar a 1933. Daga 1936 zuwa gaba, wasu 'yan sa-kai na Fotigal (da aka sani da Viriatos) sun ba da kansu don yin yaƙi a Yaƙin Basasa na Spain a gefen 'yan kishin ƙasa na Francoist. Yawancin waɗannan masu sa kai sun kasance jami'ai da NCOs na Sojojin Fotigal, kuma mafi yawansu sun yi aiki ne a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi kamar Ƙungiyar Ƙasashen waje ta Spain da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa. Ko da yake Portugal ba ta saka hannu a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ba, sojojin Portugal sun yi yaƙi a Timor da 'yan yaƙi na Japan
kuma ya hana wani shirin mamayewa na Continental da kuma tsibirin tsibirin Atlantic na Portugal.