Angolan Civil War
November 11, 1975 – April 4, 2002 · Luanda
Result MPLA victory
Civil war after Angolan independence between the MPLA government, backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union, and UNITA, backed by South Africa and the United States. It ended after Jonas Savimbi was killed in 2002.
MPLA government
UNITA
Other
Fidel Castro
military commander
José Eduardo dos Santos
President of Angola, Led the government from 1979
João Lourenço
military commander
Agostinho Neto
President of Angola, Led the MPLA government
Lúcio Lara
belligerent leader
Valentin Varennikov
military commander
António dos Santos França
military commander
Iko Carreira
military commander
Strength and losses
Cuba Deaths 2,016–5,000 · Tanks 600
East Germany Strength 2,000–3,000
Soviet Union Deaths 54
South Africa Deaths 2,365–2,500
United States Deaths 6
- Killed
- c. 102,600
Battles and events 5
- Operation Savannah (Angola) October 14, 1975 – 1976 · MPLA-Cuban victory
- Shaba I May 26, 1977 · Zairian victory
- Shaba II June 1978 · Zairian victory; mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups
- 55 Day War January 9 – March 6, 1993 · UNITA victory
- Lusaka Protocol November 20, 1994
Before and after
- Followed from
- Carnation Revolution April 25, 1974
Related events
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