Angolan Civil War
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The Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975
Building with Bullet holes in Huambo, Angola
Cuban PT 76 Angola
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Ural 375D with BM 21 Grad in Angola
Jonas Savimbi
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Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, also known as UN
Angolan Civil War
…of the country's population, but the organization also had roots among several less numerous peoples of eastern Angola. UNITA was founded in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi, who until then had been a prominent leader of the FNLA. During the anti-colonial war, UNITA received some support from the People's Republic of China…
Savimbi during the Angolan Civil War
Savimbi with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1986
Savimbi greeting U.S. President George H. W. Bush in 1990
A billboard of Savimbi in Jamba, UNITA's headquarters in southeastern Angola. Under his image, the caption reads, "Here in Jamba of the elephants, on the banks of vanished rivers, on the frontier at the end of the earth, it was here that courage and bravery were bred."