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  2. 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. [47] 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.

  3. Operation Packer - Wikipedia

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    Strategic stalemate. Operation Packer was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War from March to April 1988. 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 ...

  4. Cuito Cuanavale - Wikipedia

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    Cuito Cuanavale, occasionally spelt Kuito Kuanavale or Kwito Kwanavale, is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango (Kuando-Kubango) 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 ...

  5. Cuban intervention in Angola - Wikipedia

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    Cuito Cuanavale was the major battle site between Cuban, Angolan, Namibian and South African forces. It was the biggest battle on African soil since World War II and in its course just under 10,000 soldiers were killed. Cuban planes and 1,500 Cuban soldiers had reinforced the MPLA at Cuito.

  6. Operation Moduler - Wikipedia

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    Date. 4 August - 30 November 1987. 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. The Angolan objective was to advance south-east to attack the UNITA ...

  7. Operation Hooper - Wikipedia

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    42+ killed. 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. The Cubans' objective was securing the town of Cuito Cuanavale on the west of the river from capture.

  8. Brazzaville Protocol - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, UNITA and South African forces stopped and repelled an MPLA advance on UNITA regions in strongholds in Southern Angola ending with the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Cuando Cubango province from January 13 to March 23, 1988. This was the largest conventional battle in Africa since World War II.

  9. Talk:Battle of Cuito Cuanavale/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    The battle around Cuito Cuanavale was only the final phase of a roughly six month long engagement started by a FAPLA advance from Cuito Cuanavale in Aug 1987. South Africa realised the obvious threat to the UNITA controlled buffer zone (the Cuando Cubango province bordering Namibia) and strategic balance of power.