War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 5 by Adrien Fontanellaz (.ePUB)
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War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 5: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1987-1992 (War of Intervention in Angola) by Adrien Fontanellaz, Tom Cooper, José Augusto Matos
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Overview: Through late 1987 and early 1988, the battlefields of southern Angola moved ever further away from the border with South West Africa/Namibia, until the showdown between the Soviet and Cuban-supported government in Luanda and South African-supported insurgency of UNITA culminated in the controversial and still much disputed Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
During this period, Angolan and Cuban airpower slowly grew to a point where it outmatched the SAAF, in turn limiting the freedom of movement of the SADF and UNITA ground forces, and reducing their operations to attritional battles, with little chance of achieving major victories on terms acceptable to the government in Pretoria.
As the changing political climate between East and West, and in Africa began to bring about and end to the South African intervention in Angola and the occupation of South West Africa/Namibia, the government of Angola was able to switch its attentions to dealing with UNITA.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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