Cuban intervention in Angola

1975 Cuban operation in southwestern Africa

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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 (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 the former Portuguese colony was granted independence after the Angolan War of Independence. The previously unimportant civil war quickly developed into a major proxy war between the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc. Apartheid South Africa and the United States backed UNITA and the FNLA, while communist nations backed the MPLA.

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1975 Cuban operation in southwestern Africa

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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 (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 the former Portuguese colony was granted independence after the Angolan War of Independence. The previously unimportant civil war quickly developed into a major proxy war between the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc. Apartheid South Africa and the United States backed UNITA and the FNLA, while communist nations backed the MPLA.

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