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  2. Angolan Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The civil war spawned a disastrous humanitarian crisis in Angola, internally displacing 4.28 million people – one-third of Angola's total population. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that 80% of Angolans lacked access to basic medical care, 60% lacked access to water, and 30% of Angolan children would die before the age of five, with an ...

  3. Operation Wallpaper - Wikipedia

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    Operation Wallpaper (aka Operation Weldmesh) [1] was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War. [2]

  4. Costas Georgiou - Wikipedia

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    Costas Georgiou (Greek: Κώστας Γεωργίου; 21 December 1951 – 10 July 1976), also known by his alias Colonel Callan, was a Cypriot-born British court-martialled-soldier-turned-mercenary who was executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Independence.

  5. Battle of Cuito Cuanavale - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was part of the Angolan Civil War, itself a proxy war in the Cold War. [48] The FAPLA strategic objective was to destroy UNITA, win the civil war and thus take sole control of the entire country. As part of that process FAPLA brigades advanced south-east from Cuito Cuanavale to attack UNITA at Mavinga.

  6. Battle of Quifangondo - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Quifangondo (popularly known as Nshila wa Lufu, or Battle of Death Road in Kikongo) [8] was fought on 10 November 1975, near the strategic settlement of Quifangondo, Luanda Province, between the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA), armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and the National Liberation Army of Angola (ELNA), armed ...

  7. Jonas Savimbi - Wikipedia

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    Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi (Portuguese: [ˈʒɔnɐʃ ˈsavĩbi]; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ().

  8. Operation Savannah (Angola) - Wikipedia

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    It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence. The operation also materially influenced the subsequent Angolan Civil War. South African forces invaded deep into Angola with the objective of driving the MPLA, Soviet and Cuban forces out of southern Angola so as to strengthen the position of UNITA ...

  9. Cuito Cuanavale - Wikipedia

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    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.