Cuban intervention in Angola
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The Cuban intervention in Angola began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola against the pro-western coali
A Bristol Britannia, photographed in 1964.
Cuban-manned PT-76 tank in the streets of Luanda, 1976.
Fidel Castro 1978 speaking in Havana, Photo: Marcelo Montecino.
Destroyed lighthouse in Lobito, Angola, 1995
UNITA
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The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola and
Cuban intervention in Angola
…sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western coalition of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA). The intervention came after the outbreak of the Angolan Civil War, which occurred after…
UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi