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Cuito Cuanavale was not the Cubans' Stalingrad; rather it was the Angolans' Dunkirk. [45] A summary of the battle in Krasnaya Zvezda, the official periodical of the Soviet Ministry of Defence, noted that the FAPLA-Cuban coalition had failed to "decisively defeat the enemy" and described the result as "frankly speaking, an impasse". [113]
This operation forms part of what became known as the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Operation Packer was a continuation of Operation Hooper, using fresh troops and equipment. The Cubans' objective was still to secure the town of Cuito Cuanavale to the west of the river from capture. The SADF objective was once again to eliminate the remaining ...
Operation Hooper was a military operation in 1987-88 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.This operation forms part of what has come to be called the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
Operation Moduler [1] (sometimes incorrectly called "Modular") was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.It formed part of what has come to be called the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
Cuito Cuanavale, occasionally spelt Kuito Kuanavale or Kwito Kwanavale, is a municipality in Cuando province in Angola.. The area around the town was the scene of heavy fighting during various campaigns during the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War, with the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale from 1987 to 1988 being the largest land battle in Africa since World War II.
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale proved to be a major turning point for both conflicts, as it resulted in the Angolan Tripartite Accord, in which Cuba pledged to withdraw its troops from Angola while South Africa withdrew from South-West Africa. [44] South-West Africa received independence as the Republic of Namibia in 1990. [45]
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