<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngomhlaka 28 Meyi 1926, i-Army led coup détat yaphela i-Portuguese First Republic engazinzile ngokwezombusazwe futhi yasungula i-National Dictatorship yesikhashana, umcimbi owaholela ekusungulweni koMbuso Omusha ngo-1933. Kusukela ngo-1936 kuqhubeke, izisebenzi zokuzithandela eziningana zasePortugal ezaziwa ngokuthi amaViriatos zazinikela ukuba zilwe eMpini Yombango yaseSpain ohlangothini lukaFranco lobuzwe. Abaningi balaba bavolontiya babeyizikhulu nama-NCOs aseButhweni Lezempi LasePortugal, futhi iningi lasebenza ngokuyinhloko emaqenjini akhethekile afana neSpanish Foreign Legion kanye neNational Aviation. Nakuba iPortugal ingazange ihlanganyele ngokomthetho eMpini Yezwe II, amabutho amaPutukezi alwa eTimor ngokumelene nabahlaseli baseJapane  <response>: futhi kwadingeka ukuba avimbele ukuhlaselwa okuhleliwe kweziqhingi zasePortugal ezisezwekazini nase-Atlantic. 